The Metric Pirates & Joseph Dombey's Bizarre Tale (with Jake Johnson)
Jake Johnson is an off-the-cuff kinda guy, form-fit for this week's SNAFU when Ed and Jake meet a man who loved taking off his cuffs...and tunic, and trousers. He also happened to be one of the preemi...
18 Feb 38min
Entering the world of a Former KGB Spy (with Jack Barsky)
Welcome to another Bonus Episode of SNAFU! Today, sit back and enjoy Ed's conversation with a real, genuine former KGB Spy! Jack Barsky was a Soviet operative who defected, risking his life, and famil...
11 Feb 40min
Unpacking the OG Ponzi Scheme (with Adam Grant)
Adam Grant is a thinker. The kind of thinking that makes you think twice. Which is precisely what the victims of a certain financial fraud deployment have been told throughout history. But today, Ed a...
4 Feb 45min
Operation Cottage: The Most Awkward WWII Invasion of... Nothing? (with Kelly Corrigan)
Kelly Corrigan is all class. As an award-winning journalist, podcaster, and author, her insights are a breath of fresh air. Today, Ed and Kelly cover Operation Cottage, a screwy attempt by American an...
28 Jan 47min
Why the 1920 Palmer Raids Feel...Weirdly Familiar? (with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway)
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway are two titans of podcasting. Their ever-prescient analyses of today's political, technological, and cultural worlds have set an elevated standard for journalists acros...
21 Jan 46min
Jenny Slate and the Flight to Varennes
Jenny Slate is a connoisseur of finer things. Ed invites her to revisit an epic failure on the part of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they attempt to flee revolution, yet cling to their superfluous...
14 Jan 47min
Sarah Spain and Napoleon's Russian Blunder
Sarah Spain knows a thing or two about winning. But sadly for ol' Napoleon Bonaparte, he managed to do anything but win this war. Ed and Sarah trudge into the tundra to follow Napoleon's epic screwup ...
7 Jan 38min
Jon Lovett and the Donner Party
Jon Lovett is a prominent podcaster and political commentator -- and, a survivor. (Get it?). Today, Ed brings Jon along to help commentate on the ill-fated journey of another group who was simply tryi...
31 Des 202537min
