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The Queen of Cuba
Season 4 Episode 11
On February 24, 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two small planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an organization in Florida that tried to spot refugees fleeing Cuba in boats. A strange chain o…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
The Obscure Virus Club
Season 4 Episode 10
Throughout the 1960s, a biologist named Howard Temin became convinced that something wasn’t right in science’s understanding of viruses. His colleagues dismissed him as a heretic. He turned out to be…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
Chutzpah vs. Chutzpah
Season 4 Episode 9
You thought that there was only one kind of chutzpah. Wrong. There’s two. Revisionist History tells the story of the Mafia’s showdown with a legendary Hollywood producer, in a battle of competing chu…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
In a Metal Mood
Season 4 Episode 8
Two seasons after its investigation of the decline of McDonalds french fries, Revisionist History returns to fast-food’s high-tech test kitchens. This time the subject is cultural appropriation. The …
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Descend into the Particular
Season 4 Episode 7
An unarmed man is shot to death by police. How does the Jesuitical idea of “disordered attachments” help us make sense of what happened? Part three of three.
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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Dr. Rock’s Taxonomy
Season 4 Episode 6
John Rock was the co-inventor of the birth control pill — and a committed Catholic. He wanted his church to approve of his invention. What happens when a layman takes on the Vatican? Part two of thre…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
The Standard Case
Season 4 Episode 5
Revisionist History tries to make sense of the conundrum of PED use in baseball, using the 500-year-old philosophical techniques of St. Ignatius. Part one of a three-part series on the moral reasonin…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Good Old Boys
Season 4 Episode 4
If you disagree with someone — if you find what they think appalling — is there any value in talking to them? In the early 1970s, the talk show host Dick Cavett, the governor of Georgia Lester Maddox…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Tempest in a Teacup
Season 4 Episode 3
Bohea, the aroma of tire fire, Mob Wives, smugglers, “bro” tea, and what it all means to the backstory of the American Revolution. Malcolm tells the real story on what happened in Boston on the night…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
The Tortoise and the Hare
Season 4 Episode 2
A weird speech by Antonin Scalia, a visit with some serious legal tortoises, and a testy exchange with the experts at the Law School Admissions Council prompts Malcolm to formulate his Grand Unified …
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago