Podcast Episodes

Lawrence v. Texas Part 2 with Marcus McCann

"Times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress. As the…

1 year, 7 months ago

Lawrence v. Texas Part 1 with Marcus McCann

Or, is it legal to have gay sex in your own home? This week, Marcus McCann takes us back to the 2003 Supreme Court case that challenged a Texas anti-…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Jane Collective with Moira Donegan

"As long as the law is male, women must be outlaws." 

— Linnea Johnson 

This week, Moira Donegan takes us back to Chicago in 1969, when an underground …

1 year, 8 months ago

Dungeons & Dragons & The Satanic Panic with Adrian Daub

This week we travel back to the 80s, when America’s parents decided to freak out over some kids rolling dice and drawing things on graph paper! Adria…

1 year, 8 months ago

Rosie Ruiz and the Marathon Women with Maggie Mertens

Maggie Mertens tells us a tale of the first women who fought to run the marathon, and of one woman who decided to cut to the finish line.

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1 year, 9 months ago

Has the Supreme Court Always Been This Terrible? with Mackenzie Joy Brennan

What is “originalism,” and what does it have to do with all these bribes? Mackenzie Joy Brennan has some answers.

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1 year, 9 months ago

Balloonfest ‘86! with Harmony Colangelo

The city of Cleveland will not be made to apologize for its balloons. Harmony Colangelo defends the mistake on the lake.

You can find Harmony on This …

1 year, 10 months ago

Phones Are Good, Actually with Taylor Lorenz

This week, Taylor Lorenz fights our latest moral panic. Are phones really making kids anxious, or are kids just good at noticing what's going on? 

Lis…

1 year, 10 months ago

Immigration with Alejandra Oliva

Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth, came by to catch us up on the last few decades of American immigration policy--and to talk about how the world…

1 year, 11 months ago

The Tradwife Rises with Sarah Archer

Sarah Archer came by to make an episode from scratch. What's the real history of the American housewife? Where did the tradwife come from, and why? I…

1 year, 11 months ago