Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHoliday Suicides: Is That BS? with Sadie Dingfelder
Holiday dread is real enough—fraught family gatherings, forced merriment, and the persistent myth that December is the peak month for suicide. In tru…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mark Rowlands on Memory and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
The philosopher discusses The Book of Memory: How We Become Who We Are, exploring how recollection constructs identity, coherence, and the personas w…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Daniel Zoughbie: The Mightiest Turns an Enemy into a Friend
Daniel Zoughbie discusses Kicking the Hornet's Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump, arguing that Truman's one-sided rec…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mike Pesca on the Vig, the Fix, and the John Goodman Thumb
On this Saturday edition, Mike Pesca joins the cast of Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone to explain the dopamine minefield of modern sports betting.…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Funny You Should Mention: Mohanad Elshieky
Mohanad Elshieky joins Funny You Should Mention with stories that make Benghazi feel less like a political Rorschach test and more like the small tow…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
TJ Raphael on the Liberty Godparent Trap and the Cost of Coercion
TJ Raphael, host of the series Liberty Lost, joins Mike to investigate the "Liberty Godparent Home"—a facility on Liberty University's campus where p…
3 months ago
Rachel McCarthy James on Axe Murder, Salad Spinners, and the Hat-Brim Line
True crime historian Rachel McCarthy James joins to talk about Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder, tracing humanity's relationship between axe and sk…
3 months ago
Daniel Brook & Brandy Schillace: The Sex Expert Who Scared Hitler
Daniel Brook and Brandy Schillace trace the life and legacy of Magnus Hirschfeld, the so-called "Einstein of Sex," from his pioneering Institute for …
3 months ago
Murdaugh Showrunner Michael D. Fuller: Power Metastasizes
Michael D. Fuller joins to talk about Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family. The conversation digs into what scripted drama can do that true-crime pod…
3 months ago
Jesse Eisenberg: "Marv Albert Is My Therapist"
On this Saturday edition, Mike Pesca reaches into the archives for a 2016 classic with actor and author Jesse Eisenberg. They discuss Eisenberg's sho…
3 months ago