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The Top Pop Independence Days
Episode 101
Pop history is full of notable independence days. If the red, white, and blue isn’t doing it for you, this year, here are some iconic moments of libr…
2 months, 1 week ago
James Cameron’s Quest to Pester Ghosts (with Caitlin Durante)
Episode 100
The Titanic is one of the most famous and chilling disasters of all time. The movie “Titanic.” could have also been a lesson in hubris. It was helme…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The NFL is Bravo (with Megan Gailey)
Episode 99
You don’t have to be a sports fan to appreciate the wild and jaw dropping tale of a sports reporter and a head coach whose affair may have changed th…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
An Alleged Tupac Assassin Stands Trial. Who Hired Him?
Episode 98
Nearly thirty years after the killing of Tupac Shakur, Duane Davis is set to face murder charges in a Nevada court. Additionally, Davis has been name…
3 months ago
The TMZ Secret Sauce (with Lauren Vino)
Episode 97
When TMZ reports on a tragedy in Los Angeles, chances are, it’s true. How does this tabloid source its seedy confidential information, and why do TMZ…
3 months, 1 week ago
A Literal Captive Audience
Episode 96
After Tess learns about a shocking method of filling live studio audiences, she is sent on a long journey to get to the bottom of a clandestine and w…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Terrifying Face Behind Those Pass It On Billboards (from the vault)
Episode 95
This is dark money hiding in plain sight. Tess revisits the twisted reality of those strange ads the in one of her favorite vault episodes.
There’s…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Exposing “Girls Gone Wild” (with Courtney Kocak)
Episode 94
Few commercials were as ubiquitous in the early aughts as the ones for the video series “Girls Gone Wild.” The premise of these videos was so dumb it…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Settlement: What Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Doesn’t Want Us to Know
Episode 93
Blake Lively’s case against Justin Baldoni has settled. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman has been doing a media tour in an attempt to frame this as a …
4 months ago
Banksy Gets His Mask Ripped Off (with Chris Fairbanks)
Episode 92
For decades, the street artist Banksy was one of the most famous anonymous people in the world. Like most street artists, Banksy used anonymity for c…
4 months, 1 week ago