Josephine Baker. What a meatsack!! Such an incredible person. The modern world's first internationally famous black, female celebrity. She lived a lot of life. She was born into extreme poverty in St Louis. She overcame incredible odds to become a touring performing as a young teenager, working her way into the Philadelphia theater scene, then making it big ... Show More
Nov 17
481 - Go Ask Alice: When a Fake Diary Helped Launch a Real War on Drugs
<p>In 1971, Go Ask Alice shocked parents across America - marketed as the real diary of a teenage girl swallowed alive by drugs, addiction, and death. Terrified moms and dads bought the book by the millions, used it to police their kids, and fueled a cultural panic that helped ju ... Show More
2h 58m
Nov 14
Short Suck #45: The Great Molasses Flood
<p>On January 15th, 1919, a massive molasses tank in Boston’s North End burst, unleashing a 25-foot wall of sticky destruction that toppled buildings, derailed trains, and killed 21 people while injuring scores more. Today, we follow the harrowing rescues, the landmark class-acti ... Show More
58m 8s
Apr 2022
Ep 263: Madonna-Whore Complex (Ft. Around the Way Curls Podcast)
On this week’s episode of Whoreible Decisions, Weezy and Mandii are joined by another podcast duo, Shanti and Antoinette from the Around the Way Curls Podcast. In an icebreaker, both women dive into their “Heaux Tales” interludes on Jasmine Sullivan’s album and open up about thei ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2022
Danielle Bernstein is Not Telling a Fashion Story
Danielle Bernstein has never shied away from life’s great questions like “We Wore What?” The creator of the occasionally famous, often infamous fashion instagram account, clothing line, and tech company (?) is putting Papermate pen to Xerox paper to tell us exactly how she got to ... Show More
1h 20m
Mar 2022
8x06: Awkward Joe - Let's Not Meet
Stories in this episode: - Awkward Joe, by Liz (0:47). - Creep at the End of my Bed, by Tricia (14:36). - Man on the Staten Island Ferry, by rachelohclara (26:00). - College Stalker shows up to my Apartment, by Rachel Solomon (34:04). - Man in the Black Hoodie with a Silver Musta ... Show More
53m 15s