Playing Indian with Rebecca Nagle
As we endure surreal celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the United States, we hear the same Disneyfied history being told over and over again. Rebecca Nagle is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and t...
22 Jun 1h 11min
In Defense of Queer Villains with BJ Colangelo
Have you ever noticed that many of the most iconic evil-doers in movies seem, well, pretty gay? Think Scar from the Lion King, Jafar from Aladdin, Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Miss Trunchbull from ...
15 Jun 1h 4min
DATING APPS
In the early 1990s, match.com debuted as the first major dating app on the world wide web, but it was far from the earliest way that people used technology to meet other hopeful singles. For this epis...
8 Jun 1h 6min
THE GAY AGENDA (Pride Rewind)
This is a rerelase with a new introduction! The purse-carrying, tutu-wearing purple Teletubby Tinky Winky was outed as a homosexual in 1999, capping off a decade of conspiratorial anti-gay writings an...
1 Jun 37min
Our 300th Episode with Sarah Marshall
We are celebrating our (estimated) 300th episode of American Hysteria with a little Chelsey Weber-Smith Q&A session hosted by Sarah Marshall of You’re Wrong About. It’s been a strange journey, and to ...
25 Mai 1h 28min
The Voyager Golden Record with Riley Swedelius-Smith and Miranda Zickler
During the 1970s, a ragtag group led by American astronomer Carl Sagan set out to create and then launch into deep space an audio time capsule of sounds, songs, and messages that would represent the E...
18 Mai 1h 25min
The Disturbing World of Cute Cat AI with Panic World
Warning! Extremely weird episode! In a world where AI creations are taking over social media, we are seeing more and more bafflingly bizarre content overwhelm apps like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram,...
11 Mai 1h 21min
Introducing: No Such Thing
We’re excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you’d enjoy: No Such Thing. No Such Thing is a show where three best friends and journalists settle their dumb arguments — and yours — by ...
7 Mai 12min
