Podcast Episodes

VH-1: MTV for Your Parents

Today we complete our music video duology with a dive into the mellow pool of VH-1.

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Published on 17 hours ago

Short Stuff: China's Corpse Walkers

If you died away from home but wanted to be buried there, don’t worry – Taoist priests had you covered. They’d just have your animated corpse walk itself back home.

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Published on 1 day, 17 hours ago

We want our MTV!

If you've ever wanted to hear a couple of Gen X'ers wax nostalgic about MTV, then you're in luck. 

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Published on 2 days, 17 hours ago

Selects: How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement

Schoolhouse Rock is possibly the best children's program of all time. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they tell the story of SR, featuring an interview with Pavement's Bob Nastanovich,…

Published on 5 days, 17 hours ago

Everyone Deserves A Good Death

The concept of hospice was created as a way to help people with only a few weeks to live spend their last days comfortable an surrounded by friends and family in the hope they can pass away peacefull…

Published on 1 week ago

Short Stuff: The Call is Coming... FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE

Did you know that the "the call is coming from inside the house" urban legend may be based on a very grisly murder case from the 1950s?

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Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

The Happy Place of Saturday Morning Cartoons

The greatest period in the history of humankind took place in the short era between 1970 and 1995. During that time kids could tune in every Saturday morning between 8 and noon and find the most amaz…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Selects: How Mail Order Marriages Work

Everybody knows mail order marriages are at best a last resort for jerks looking to boss a foreign spouse around or, at worst, a front for human trafficking. Or are they? Yes and no. Mail order marri…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Mystery of the Sleepy Sickness

Back in the early 1900s, a new pandemic happened out of nowhere with odd symptoms, that was never solved or cured. It just went away. Which means it's right up our alley. 

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Published on 2 weeks ago

Short Stuff: La Lechuza - The Witch Owl

Today we kick off the scariest month with the legend of La Lechuza - The Witch Owl.

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Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago