Reconstruction with Jamelle Bouie
Jamelle Bouie explains to Sarah what the Reconstruction era was, why it remains relevant today, and how this history lesson is one that could get some high school teachers into legal trouble due to pa...
6 Dec 20211h 2min
True Crime with Emma Berquist
Emma Berquist stops by to tell us about how true crime doesn't have to make us better people, and in fact may be more harmful to us than we realize—but we don't let her in, because we don't want to ge...
22 Nov 202152min
Ed and Lorraine Warren with Jamie Loftus
Special Guest Jamie Loftus tells Sarah about Ed and Lorraine Warren (of The Conjuring and Annabelle fame). Topics of interest include Connecticut as a locus of scary happenings, New England uncles, an...
8 Nov 20211h 5min
Catherine the Great with Dana Schwartz
Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Sarah about Catherine the Great. Topics of interest include the very not great life of serfs, the accidental flattening of women via the girl-bossification of history...
25 Okt 20211h
Mike Lives in a Downtown Hotel
An announcement!Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy stickers, magnets, T-shirts and more Where else to find us: Sarah's other show, You Are Good Mike's other show, Maintenance...
11 Okt 202121min
Bonus: The Great Protein Fiasco
From our friends at Maintenance Phase, the story of how Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a nutritional myth we're still living with today. Support us:H...
27 Sep 20211h 10min
The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
Mike tells Sarah how a tragic story became a national punchline and a decades-long moral panic. Digressions include a sympathetic psychic, a paternalistic principal and a manure mishap. Mike appears t...
13 Sep 20211h 13min
Re-Release: Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown
While our next episode's in the oven, enjoy this gem from the YWA vault!Support us:Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy cute merch Where to find us: Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads Mike's other s...
6 Sep 202152min
