Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMagical Overthinking with Amanda Montell
Season 5 Episode 106
Amanda Montell is the host of the podcast Sounds Like A Cult as well as the author of the new book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern I…
1 year, 10 months ago
FRANCINE AND THE WOLVES OF WALL STREET with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
Season 5 Episode 105
Sarah Marshall joins me to chat about how, in 1968, one unsuspecting young woman’s bustline almost caused a stock market bust when thousands of Wall …
1 year, 11 months ago
THE SOCIETY FOR INDECENCY TO NAKED ANIMALS
Season 5 Episode 104
In the late 1950s, an organization known as SINA started a campaign with the mission of clothing naked animals for the sake of decency. Today we will…
1 year, 11 months ago
When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Journalist Tom Risen
Episode 103
Journalist and author Tom Risen is here to tell me about some of the real conspiracies that the CIA and the FBI were involved in from the 50s to the …
2 years ago
Bigfoot's Big Adventure with Author John O'Connor
Season 5 Episode 102
John O'Connor is the author of The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster, a cross-country adventure and investigation in…
2 years ago
GANG INITIATIONS (part two)
Season 5 Episode 101
For the second part of this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are continuing to explore various tall tales of ruthless gang initiations from the 1990…
2 years ago
GANG INITIATIONS (part one)
Season 5 Episode 100
For this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are answering a listener message about a story of street gangs initiating wannabes with frightening ritual…
2 years, 1 month ago
Context Clues: Ganging Up
Season 5 Episode 99
'Gang Initiations' is the topic of our upcoming series, and this episode will provide extra context using excerpts from three previous episodes—Urban…
2 years, 1 month ago
Alligators in the Sewer with 'You're Wrong About' [Live at SketchFest]
Season 5 Episode 98
Live at SF Sketchfest, Sarah Marshall tells me about the urban-legendary alligators in the sewers of New York City. But of course, that's only one of…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Paranormal Entertainment Industry with Sapphire Sandalo and Jim Perry
Season 5 Episode 97
Today I'm joined by paranormal corespondent Jim Perry of the podcast Euphomet and Sapphire Sandalo of the podcast Stories With Sapphire as well as th…
2 years, 2 months ago