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DEATH
Season 3 Episode 15
For our season finale, we will be exploring our ultimate human fear, our number one cognitive dissonance that arguably leads to all our American hyst…
6 years, 1 month ago
WHAT WE INHERIT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN RACISM
Season 3 Episode 14
The national and international protests over the death of George Floyd have generated larger and more widespread conversations about systemic racism …
6 years, 1 month ago
A message from the team
Season 3
Like many shows, we are taking a break this week. We will be back next Monday with an audio guide that we hope can provide historical context and und…
6 years, 1 month ago
#GAMERGATE
Season 3 Episode 13
The internet hate campaign known as #gamergate began in February of 2013 when video game developer Zoe Quinn put out a simple, text-based game called…
6 years, 1 month ago
MEN'S RIGHTS
Season 3 Episode 12
In 2014, a young man named named Elliot Rodger went on a killing spree as revenge for the beautiful women who had denied him the sex he believed he w…
6 years, 1 month ago
THE CURSE OF THE LOTTERY (mini episode)
Season 3 Episode 11
Have you ever heard of the Curse of the Lottery? The legend that most, if not all big winners eventually face everything from bankruptcy to untimely …
6 years, 2 months ago
GET RICH QUICK
Season 3 Episode 10
The search for untold riches has always been at the heart of America, from its very beginning as a nation founded on the search for gold. For this ep…
6 years, 2 months ago
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AND THE LOST CAUSE (mini episode)
Season 3 Episode 9
Since the tragedies of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville and the Charleston Church shooting that killed nine black members, the display of…
6 years, 3 months ago
REDNECKS
Season 3 Episode 8
For this episode we are dissecting the archetype of American rednecks, hillbillies, and those we call white trash, a group often accused of being the…
6 years, 3 months ago
BEARDS (mini episode)
Season 3 Episode 7
On this episode we explore the history of one of the most hipster of trends, how facial hair has come to represent masculinity, the pastoral fantasy,…
6 years, 3 months ago