Toy Riots (Rerun)
Tickle Me Elmo, Beanie Babies, Cabbage Patch Kids, Pokemon cards. These trendy toys all inspired parental parking lot brawls and suburban shadow economies. For our Christmas hangover, we revisit the o...
26 Des 202239min
The Horror of Hallmark with Podcasters Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed of 'You Are Good'
Because so many Hallmark writers and directors also make horror movies, I called in podcasters Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed of 'You're Wrong About' and 'You Are Good' to discuss the similarities betw...
19 Des 202258min
HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES
They usually go something like this: A cranky career woman from the big city who has lost the true meaning of Christmas arrives in a small town where she falls in love with a handsome handyman or bake...
12 Des 20221h
Context Clues: The Hallmarks of Hallmark's "Hallmark Christmas"
This episode gives context to our upcoming series on Hallmark Christmas Movies using excerpts from previous topics including The War on Christmas, The Gay Agenda, and Suburbia. Listen to The War on C...
5 Des 202243min
Land of Delusion with Cultural Historian Colin Dickey
Colin Dickey is one of American Hysteria's biggest influences—our episodes called Talking to the Dead and Alien Abductions relied on his books Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places and The ...
28 Nov 202251min
Haunted Objects of Our Affection with Podcaster Jim Perry of Euphomet
Paranormal podcast host (and major buddy) Jim Perry of Euphomet returns to discuss a couple of the many experiences that have made it impossible for us to live purely skeptical lives: his time getting...
7 Nov 202255min
Our Halloween Open Mic
Featuring poems, fiction, nonfiction, AND A GROUP SONG with work by Sarah Marshall (You're Wrong About, You Are Good), Alex Steed (You Are Good), BJ Colangelo (This Ends at Prom), Will Rogers (Guide t...
31 Okt 202243min
Halloween Sadism from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Here’s a preview from a podcast that's right up your dark alley! On Cautionary Tales, bestselling author Tim Harford finds the morals in moments from the greatest mistakes and tragic catastrophes of t...
28 Okt 202216min
