Podcast Episodes

A Brief History of Vehicular Violence

Last week, we talked about one particular incident of vehicular violence on protesters. But where does the tactic come from? Who is doing it? And why?

Sources:
Miller, Vincent, and Keith J. Hayward. “…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Murder on Fourth Street

With vehicular attacks on protests on the rise and elected officials encouraging the tactic, old conspiracy theories about one vehicular attack in particular are circulating once again. This is the s…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Stand Back and Stand By

Last week, five Proud Boys announced a $100 million lawsuit against the government over their treatment during the January 6th prosecutions.

Sources:

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70474277/tarr…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Disney's Villain

After losing his job, an ex-Disney employee tried to get his former employer's attention by hacking in and making strange updates to company files.

Sources:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6953421…

Published on 3 months ago

State Created Danger

In April 2025, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by a pair of white supremacists who felt the police had violated their civil rights by refusing to help them put on a rally in Charlotte…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Small Time Arms Dealer

In 1992, a small business owner in Oregon had to shut down his gun store. But he had to do something with all his remaining inventory….

Sources:

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-21-ari…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Introducing: Away Days Podcast

Hi, Weird Little Guys Fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly. 

About the show: Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories f…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

CZM Rewind: Arrested Democracy

Arrested Democracy, Part 1

In 2010, conspiracy theorists around the country were convinced that Barack Obama was not the rightful president. Some of them filed lawsuits. Some of them tried to have th…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Minisode: Pappas v Giuliani

A bite-sized look at the NYPD officer who sued the city for firing him over anonymously mailing racist pamphlets to charitable organizations

Sources:

​​https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/17/nyregion/offic…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

CZM Rewind: The Devil's Chatroom

The Devil's Chat Room: Ethan Melzer, Part 1

In June of 2020, US Army Private Ethan Melzer was arrested for leaking information about his unit's deployment to Turkey with the intention of causing a mas…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago