Can We Add a Fifth Face to Mount Rushmore? The History and Future of the Monument
Could a new president ever be carved into Mount Rushmore? It depends on who you ask. We call up historian Matthew Davis (author of A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore) ...
31 Dec 202548min
Are These Really the Best Movies of the 21st Century? Debating the NYT's Top 100
What is the greatest movie of the 21st century? The New York Times says it's Parasite, but not everyone agrees. We call up Rotten Tomatoes correspondent Mark Ellis to debate the NYT's list of the 100...
24 Dec 202539min
Death by Lightning: What Netflix Got Right (and Wrong) About a Presidential Assassination
Netflix's Death by Lightning is gripping, dramatic and TRUE. Or is it? We call up historian and New York Times bestselling author Alexis Coe for a lightning round fact check of Netflix's new James A....
17 Dec 20251h 5min
Was Johnny Appleseed a Real Person? The Man Behind the Myth
Was Johnny Appleseed a real person or just another American tall tale? We get to the core of the issue with author William Kerrigan (Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History) to s...
10 Dec 202543min
The Surprising History of Vaccines in America with Kathryn Olivarius
Many Americans have turned their backs on the vax, but early Early Americans would literally have killed for some vaccines. In this episode, we explore the history of America's first vaccines, which ...
3 Dec 202545min
Why Were There So Many Serial Killers in 1970s America?
Was it the rise of hitchhiking? Lead in the water pipes? Or was it something a little darker in our culture? Bob rings up private investigator and host of the podcast Hell & Gone: Murder Line — Cather...
26 Nov 202543min
Is Thanksgiving a Feast of Lies?! Historian David J. Silverman Separates Myth from Truth
We all have that relative that tells us there was actually no green bean casserole at the first Thanksgiving. Yeah, we know, Grandma! But how much do we really know about that first feast between the ...
19 Nov 202548min
When Murder Was Legal …ish
In 1859, Congressman Daniel Sickles murdered Philip Barton Key (son of the man who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner) in a fit of jealous rage just steps from the White House. The resulting trial became ...
12 Nov 202535min
