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.
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Back to School with Gabe Henry
Who will you be this year? No matter your age, it’s likely that your body remembers the school calendar, and with the blooming aisles of binders and pencils and backpacks, it’s easy to feel like a nervous, hopeful kid waiting for that first day back in class. For this episode, An ... Show More
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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
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Strange Adolescence with Sadie Sink & Finn Wolfhard
Topics covered include: COVID scheduling nightmares, wasp problems, being the youngest person in a room, the gift of time, playing characters desperate for connection, the trope of the angsty teen, feeling the pressure, shedding child actor habits, imposter syndrome, the Stranger ... Show More
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