How inflated statistics, cultural anxieties and moral crusaders turned a tiny number of missing children into a decade-long political project. Digressions include 1870s parenting, “E.T.” and the lack of parks in Los Angeles. Both co-hosts secretly believe that the popularity of TV movies in the 1980s explains all of America’s social problems. Continue readi ... Show More
Jul 14
What I Love: A Listener Summer Special
How do I love thee? For this special episode, we asked you to send us a voice message about something you love. From gas station coffee to tap dancing to rocks to the inner lives of rats, you answered—and showed us that when we experience the things that other people love, that l ... Show More
57m 56s
Jun 23
The JFK Assassination Part 1 with Mackenzie Joy Brennan
Where is Dana Scully when you need her? For the first installment of this two-part episode, legal correspondent Mackenzie Joy Brennan tells Sarah about what happened before, during, and after the moment that John F. Kennedy was shot in that Dallas motorcade, the lasting cultural ... Show More
1h 43m
Jul 2022
It's a Double Entendre | Ep.1
Addressing the elephant in the room, talking tour buses & traveling as a kid, meeting our cohost, fourth of July mishaps, risking my life for a dog, becoming gentleminions, and bandwagoning Stranger Things. Submit your shady story to be featured in a future episode anonymously he ... Show More
27m 29s
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