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Mike tells Sarah about the complicated legacy of Anita Hill and the not-particularly-complicated facts of her case. Digressions include “Tootsie," Garrison Keillor and the Donner party. Mike, for rea…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Stockholm Syndrome
It’s not a real thing! … OR IS IT? Sarah tells Mike about the convoluted history of a contested term. Digressions include James Bond, Charlie Manson and rat poison.
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Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Matthew Shepard
But not how you think! Special guest Mike Owens tells Sarah and Mike about the (attempted) debunking of the gay-bashing victim. Digressions include Leopold and Loeb, Basic Instinct and Rolling Stone.…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Afterschool Specials
Mike tells Sarah that the TV movies of her childhood were both less and more problematic than she remembers.
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Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Crack Babies
Sarah tells Mike about the long history of white anxiety over black motherhood.
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Going Postal
Mike tells Sarah about the rash of mass shootings carried out by postal workers in the '80s and '90s, then brings out the debunkin' turducken.
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Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
The Satanic Panic
The 1980s were real but the Satanists weren't. Sarah tells Mike about why America spent a decade worried about witches running daycare centers.
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Published on 7 years, 6 months ago