Podcast Episodes

Marilyn Monroe, John Wilkes Booth + Hamilton: The New York City History Hiding in Plain Sight

Today's episode is a tour of New York’s secret history with a very special guest!

Greg Young of the beloved Bowery Boys podcast joins us to prove the…

13 hours ago

The Unintended Insanity of the 1994 Caribbean Cup (w/John Green and Daniel Alarcón of The Away End)

Today we're sharing an excerpt from a new soccer podcast, The Away End with John Green and Daniel Alarcón. In a recent episode they covered the 1994 …

1 week, 1 day ago

Bar Trivia: How a Staten Island Pub Made College Hoops History [from Very Special Episodes]

Long before the NCAA Basketball Tournament became a billion-dollar business, there was a massive betting pool run out of a neighborhood bar on Staten…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Richard Nixon and the Magic Suitcase [from Very Special Episodes]

In honor of April Fools' Day, Zaron Burnett digs into a persistent legend surrounding VSE regular Richard Nixon. With a little help from his pops, Za…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

10 Minutes to Live: Hawaii's Text Message Debacle [from Very Special Episodes]

On a quiet morning in Hawaii in 2018, cell phones across the islands lit up with a text message that felt impossible — a ballistic missile was inboun…

4 weeks ago

Zero Gravity: The Zambian Space Program [from Very Special Episodes]

In the 1960s, a newly independent Zambia entered the space race with a bold — and baffling — plan. Led by self-declared “Minister of Space” Edward Nk…

1 month ago

Movie Mystery: The 2000 Oscars Heist [from Very Special Episodes]

In 2000, weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony, 55 Oscars vanished during shipment to Los Angeles. The disappearance triggered a frantic search. T…

1 month, 1 week ago

The Galápagos Murders [from Very Special Episodes]

In 1929, a pair of European lovers abandoned civilization for a remote island in the Galápagos. Their utopian experiment made headlines around the wo…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Split-Second Decision That Changed Olympic History [from Very Special Episodes]

For 20 years, Canadian sailor Lawrence Lemieux chased perfection on the water. He slept in vans. He drained his savings. He dedicated his life to a s…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

The Olympic Prison [From Very Special Episodes]

In the winter of 1980, the world turned its eyes to Lake Placid, New York, host of the Winter Olympics. But behind the pageantry, another structure l…

2 months ago