THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
For the 100th anniversary of the Macy's Parade, we are looking at the chaos energy that has always animated this cultural institution, from its explosive balloon disasters to its surprisingly unruly o...
26 Nov 202454min
Context Clues: All the World Loves a Parade
This episode will give some context for our upcoming episode about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, its unbelievable chaotic origins and its totally out of control early days. Excerpts will be incl...
18 Nov 202443min
Artificial Unintelligence with Perry Carpenter
Perry Carpenter is the author of the new book FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. For this episode, we are discussing what it means ...
11 Nov 20241h 18min
Falling for Fascism (re-release)
This episode was originally released right before the 2020 presidential election and is even more relevant as we face the 2024 election. Political philosopher Jason Stanley, author of the book How Fas...
4 Nov 202428min
BURIED ALIVE!
In the 19th century, America and Europe experienced a panic over premature burial, believing that anyone could be accidentally declared dead and entombed before their time was really up. Led by a move...
28 Okt 202456min
Context Clues: Grave Mistakes
'Buried Alive,' our upcoming Halloween special, looks at the American fear and fascination with premature burial. We'll explore the panic that swept the nation in the 1800s, leading to the creation of...
21 Okt 202445min
A MASSIVE SEANCE Live Show Tour with YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT
What could possibly go wrong when two skeptical podcasters try to summon a ghost? Join Sarah Marshall of You're Wrong About and Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria for a historical, theatrical, e...
18 Okt 20241min
I WAS A TEENAGE POLTERGEIST with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
Today Sarah Marshall transports us to the old world of British Hysteria to reveal the mysterious story of the Enfield Poltergeist and joins me at the seance table to discuss the great unknown and the ...
14 Okt 20241h 34min
