While we're on a Field Trip, we turned the show over to the Roosters this week with a Veuve Clicquot adjacent subject: The History of Absinthe with The Gilded Gentleman, Carl Raymond. Keep an ear out for cameos from Bowery Boy Greg Young, and Chris Graham Beckett's husband.
Carl talks with Don Spiro, creator of New York's Green Fairy Society to tell the trut ... Show More
Jun 27
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Early Suffragists, 2025
Years before Alice Paul was even born, the women's suffrage movement began with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and others at the first women's rights convention in the US in 1848. The efforts of these early suffragists laid the groundwork for Alice Paul ... Show More
1h 30m
Sep 2022
The Spy Who Came Back From The Dead | Interview | 4
Alice and Matt speak to Julian Hayes, John Stonehouse's grand-nephew and author of 'Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy'. They discuss the allegations surrounding Stonehouse's involvement with the Czechs, his family's reaction to the disappearance, and the time he tried ... Show More
35m 43s
Jan 2021
18 - Saturday Tonight Live
After failing to book Jimmy Fallon on the podcast, Connor instead talks to his good friend, comedian Alex Song-Xia, whose brief time as a writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ended before her contract was up. Also, Rolling Stone’s chief TV critic and Band of Brothers ... Show More
41m 13s
Apr 2023
Amelia Earhart: Across the Atlantic | 100th Episode, Amelia’s Final Flight | 3
It’s officially Against the Odds’ 100th episode! To celebrate the milestone, hosts Cassie De Pecol and Mike Corey sit down to reminisce about their favorite seasons, swap stories of their own adventures, and discuss the pioneers who inspire them. Later, author and podcaster Chris ... Show More
39m 6s
Jun 2022
Dad Visits The Red Light District | DFMB Episode 1
On the premiere episode of his podcast, Charles shares stories of his new found fame and life in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He reads some jokes from fans, teaches Link how to shag, and tells of his misadventures with Nancy in Amsterdam's Red Light District. C’mon and have a go ... Show More
35m 34s
Jan 2024
BONUS: Into the Bravo-verse Live! with Watch What Crappens
On this special bonus episode of Even the Rich, Brooke and Aricia go off-script with Ben and Ronnie from the Watch What Crappens podcast. Recorded live at Wondery studios in November, they dish on Scandoval and all things Reality TV. Plus, the hosts play an epic round of two-trut ... Show More
49m 28s
Aug 2021
Mike Duncan and Patrick in Conversation at Powell's Books: "The Verge," Ancient Rome, and Doing History
To mark the release of Patrick's book The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World, he did a virtual event with Powell's Bookstore in Portland, hosted by history podcaster extraordinaire and bestselling author Mike Duncan. Mike and Patrick discussed t ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2021
EP29: Saturday Morning Cartoons, The Man in a Glass Coffin, and The Road to Sobriety
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Mark McCray, author of The Best Saturday's of Our Lives, tells us the story of Saturday morning cartoons and what happened to them; also, Chris Siriano tells us about an American man in a glass coffin along the shores of Lake M ... Show More
1h 1m