Podcast Episodes

The 1932 Crime That Birthed Superman

Season 1 Episode 52

Superman is everywhere this summer, but today's bonus episode has nothing to do with James Gunn or David Corenswet. Let's go back to the beginning, w…

1 year ago

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Hush! The Battle Over 'Goodnight Moon'

Season 1 Episode 51

Today, Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon is considered a classic. The deceptively complex children’s book has been passed down for generations. Bu…

1 year ago

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Who Really Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance? [Re-Release]

Season 1 Episode 50

Although American schoolchildren still recite The Pledge every morning in nearly every classroom, we still aren't sure who actually wrote it. And all…

1 year, 1 month ago

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JFK's Forgotten Summer in Journalism (with Rob Reiner)

Season 1 Episode 49

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

1 year, 1 month ago

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Richard Nixon's Alien Adventure

Season 1 Episode 48

Jackie Gleason of The Honeymooners was obsessed with UFOs. Obsessed! Lucky for him, his golfing buddy just happened to be the leader of the free worl…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Hemidemisemiquaver: A Modern Quiz Show Scandal

Season 1 Episode 47

In 2009, a 10-year-old from Arizona flew to Los Angeles to compete on a new game show offering child prodigies the chance to win $500,000. But almost…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Big Bird Goes to China

Season 1 Episode 46

During one of the most delicate periods for international relations, the United States sent Bob Hope to China with the ultimate wingman. Together, th…

1 year, 2 months ago

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How a Three-Point Shot Saved Thousands of Lives [Re-Release]

Season 1 Episode 45

Mykal Riley’s name isn’t mentioned alongside Stephen Curry or Larry Bird. But neither of those guys can say they hit a three-pointer that literally s…

1 year, 2 months ago

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David Chase's Wonder Years

Season 1 Episode 44

Sopranos creator David Chase wrote an episode of The Wonder Years that was deemed too intense for network television. The internet says it's because …

1 year, 2 months ago

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The Night the Harlem Globetrotters Finally Lost

Season 1 Episode 43

The Harlem Globetrotters always beat the Washington Generals. It's just what they do. As of 1971, they’d done it 2,495 times. But for one gloriously …

1 year, 2 months ago

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