Podcast Episodes

Bonus Sample: Leaving S-Factor pt. 1 (w/Jessica Hopper)

Those who fly high, fall hard. Pole dance company S-Factor crashed and burned in 2021 amidst a stack of complaints. Detractors said the company was c…

3 years, 3 months ago

Brief: Digging up the Hampstead Hoax (w/Alexi Mostrous)

Matthew checks in with investigative journalist Alexi Mostrous on his fantastic work digging up the Hampstead Hoax.

Show Notes

Hoaxed — Tortoise Media

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3 years, 3 months ago

131: Parasite Cleanses are Full of Sh*t (feat Mallory DeMille)

Did you know, right now, as you sit there listening to this, your body is filled with parasites that need to be cleansed? Of course, that’s if you li…

3 years, 3 months ago

Bonus Sample: The Super Best Most Pure Immune-Boosting Supplement Ever (Until Next Week)

Are you ready for the bestest, purest immunity-boosting supplement in the history of the world? No, not that one. Only I have discovered what really …

3 years, 3 months ago

130: Can We Stop Abusing Fat People? (w/Aubrey Gordon)

Well jeez. What can we say? We're totally honored to host and learn from Aubrey Gordon, author and co-host of Maintenance Phase. She gives us the run…

3 years, 3 months ago

Bonus Sample: The Courage to Heal Pt. 2

Matthew and Julian sit down for the second of a two-part examination of the 1988 bestseller at the heart of the recovered memory movement.  This is e…

3 years, 3 months ago

UNLOCKED: Michelle Remembers: Literal Symbols

The homestretch of our study of Michelle Remembers zeroes in on the literal symbols—and symbols gone literal—of the Satanic Panic. (This is episode 6…

3 years, 3 months ago

129: White Christian Nationalism (w/Philip Gorski & Samuel Perry)

American-style white Christian Nationalism tells of a promised land given by God to the Puritan settlers. Their divine mandate for political dominanc…

3 years, 4 months ago

Bonus Sample: Kanye, Candace & The Christian Billionaires

Antisemitism is in the news again, as Candace Owens defends Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, while her boss, Ben Shapiro shakes his head in dismay. In th…

3 years, 4 months ago

128: The Trauma of Caste (w/Thenmozhi Soundararajan)

An ancient text at the root of the culture that gave birth to the yoga tradition says that if an outcaste person—a Dalit—dares to learn the holy lang…

3 years, 4 months ago