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CLASSIC: When (and why) did the US start calling its citizens consumers?
Today, the terms "citizen" and "consumer" are often used interchangeably by authors, journalists and politicians. To some experts, this shift has dis…
3 years, 10 months ago
A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part Two: Reality Goes Global
As reality TV continued to grow across networks and genres, it also spread across the planet. In the second part of this two-part series, special gue…
3 years, 10 months ago
A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part One: An Origin Story
However you define it, reality TV is a giant in the world of entertainment. From soap operas to game shows and the hazards of dating, it seems almost…
3 years, 11 months ago
Surprising Former Careers of the Famous
Did you know Abraham Lincoln was an infamous, trash-talking wrestler? Ronald Reagan spent his younger years saving people from drowning (and throwing…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Humorous History of Genetics
What makes you... well, you? It's a question humanity has wrestled with since the dawn of recorded history all the way to the modern day. In today's …
3 years, 11 months ago
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The World's Only (Recognized) Double Atomic Bomb Victim
On August 6th, 1945, Mitsubishi engineer Tsutomu Yamaguchi was finally heading home from a three month assignment in Hiroshima... until the United St…
3 years, 11 months ago
Gods of Deception, Part II: Art, History, Fiction and War
As Ben and Noel continue their conversation with novelist and art historian David Adams Cleveland, the group finds themselves going far beyond the wo…
3 years, 11 months ago
Gods of Deception, Part I: Alger Hiss in the Halls of Power
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Alger Hiss was a mover and shaker in the political sphere. Highly educated and deeply connected, Hiss worked as a law…
3 years, 11 months ago
Operation LAC: That Time Uncle Sam Sprayed Poison Across St. Louis
As the US government became increasingly concerned about the possibility of large-scale biological weapons, they decided something must be done: they…
3 years, 11 months ago
CLASSIC - Does the US Confederacy Still Exist in Americana, Brazil?
The guys took a day off to celebrate the 4th of July -- and what better time to share a classic episode about another (very strange) form of patrioti…
3 years, 11 months ago