Podcast Episodes

Zero Gravity: The Zambian Space Program

Season 1 Episode 70

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…

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Movie Mystery: The 2000 Oscars Heist

Season 1 Episode 69

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

1 week ago

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The Galápagos Murders

Season 1 Episode 68

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

2 weeks ago

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Taking On Water

Season 1 Episode 67

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…

3 weeks ago

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The Olympic Prison

Season 1 Episode 66

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…

1 month ago

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Breaking the Olympics

Season 1 Episode 65

Elizabeth Swaney fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming an Olympian, defying all odds. But it wasn’t supernatural athletic ability that got her th…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Meet the Steagles

Season 1 Episode 64

During World War II, football itself was at risk. The Steagles—a hybrid of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers—were a desperate wartime e…

1 month, 1 week ago

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JFK's Forgotten Summer [Best of 2025]

Season 1 Episode 63

Eighty years ago, a young John F. Kennedy took a summer job as a journalist for Hearst newspapers, filing dispatches in the final days of World War I…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Big in Japan: Kentucky Fried Christmas

Season 1 Episode 62

In much of the world, Christmas dinner means roasted turkey, glazed ham, or a table crowded with family recipes passed down for generations. But in J…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Cabbage Patch Crisis

Season 1 Episode 61

In 1983, a cherubic, homely doll triggered something close to national hysteria. Parents fought in store aisles. Shelves were stripped bare. Even the…

3 months ago

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