128: Gilded Sins: The Rise & Fall of a New Orleans Madam
When Kate Townsend arrived in New Orleans in 1857, she was a young, poor, uneducated immigrant. Within just a few years, she opened one of the most luxurious brothels in the country. Her mansion at 40...
4 Nov 1h 31min
127: ABBA Rises, Falls and Rises Again! (Part 2)
ABBA became an international sensation when they won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with their song, “Waterloo.” In the years that followed, they created hit after hit after hit. They toured the glo...
28 Okt 1h 6min
126: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! An ABBA Episode (Part 1)
Calling all Dancing Queens! In this two-part series, Kyla Pitts-Zevin (Kristin’s sister & mayor of all of Kristin’s podcasts) tells us about the Swedish pop music group, ABBA. She tells us the band me...
21 Okt 54min
125: The Reimer Twins Unmask Dr. Money (Part 2)
As soon as David Reimer learned the truth, he knew what he wanted to do. He began presenting as a man. He got a new name. He started testosterone therapy. He underwent surgery. But just when it looked...
14 Okt 1h 5min
124: Forced Identity: The Story of David Reimer (Part 1)
When he was just seven months old, David Reimer became the victim of a botched circumcision. The accident left him without a penis. His parents, Janet and Ron Reimer, were distraught. They wondered wh...
7 Okt 1h
123: Pearl Harbor: Titanic for Boys (Part 2)
You might have thought we couldn’t make it through last week’s episode, but just like Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor, we’re alive, we’re here, and we’re really pissed at you for listening to other podcas...
30 Sep 1h 37min
122: We Watched Pearl Harbor So You Don’t Have To (Part 1)
In this two-part series, we analyze Michael Bay’s 2001 box office smash, Pearl Harbor. Normie C points out historical inaccuracies. Kristin points out cringey dialogue. Above all, we ask ourselves the...
23 Sep 1h 30min
121: Doris Miller: Duty, Honor, and the Fight for Recognition
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked the U.S. Naval Station at Pearl Harbor. During that chaotic scene, a Black sailor named Doris “Dorie” Miller shot down a Japanese plane and saved an untold nu...
16 Sep 1h 17min
