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A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets"

Everyone in the developed world knows someone who's tried a 'fad diet' -- these are the so-called miracle practices that promise to help people lose weight and keep it off, through any number of potentially dubious methods. But where did they come from? In today's episode, Ben, N ... Show More

43m 40s

Jul 8

A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder

James Cameron's Titanic was, by all accounts, a blockbuster success. And, like so many other masterpieces, the story of its creation is a tale all its own. In today's episode, Ben and Noel dive deep into a little-known disaster that struck the already-tense production: someone la ... Show More

44m 30s

Jul 3

CLASSIC: Back When the Rich Ate Corpses

Nowadays it's safe to say that cannibalism isn't a widely-accepted practice, but not so long ago it was considered the bleeding edge (get it?) in medicine throughout Western Europe. Join Ben and Noel as they explore the odd practice of consuming human body parts in hopes of curri ... Show More

36m 21s

Jan 2020

The Bastard Who Executed The Top Nazis

Robert is joined by Courtney Kocak to discuss John C. Woods, the American tasked with executing the Nazi High Command.FOOTNOTES: MEET THE LOUSY KANSAS HANGMAN WHO EXECUTED NAZIS Nazi executioner from Wichita found fame, but died his own mysterious death Sunday Express ARMED FORCE ... Show More

1h 17m

Jul 2023

Part Two: Julius Streicher: The Other Hitler

Robert and Jake conclude the story of Julius Streicher, the trailblazing Nazi cancel culture pioneer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 27m

Jul 2023

Part One: Julius Streicher: The Other Hitler

Robert sits down with Jake Hanrahan to talk about trailblazing Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher, the man who might have been Fuhrer if a few things had broken differently. (2 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 21m

Mar 2023

The (Nazi) Hess Conspiracies (Rudolf Hess)

During WWII, Rudolph Hess, a close aide to Hitler, made a secret flight to Scotland, where he was imprisoned. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss who Hess was, why he crossed enemy lines, and the allegations of conspiracies involving British and Nazi leaders. The post The (Nazi ... Show More

1h 15m

Jan 2018

Roger Frie, “Not in My Family: German Memory and Responsibility After the Holocaust” (Oxford UP, 2017)

What if you suddenly discovered a cherished member of your family was a Nazi? How would you make sense of the code of silence that had kept an uncomfortable reality at bay? How would you resolve the wartime suffering of your family with their moral culpability for the Holocaust? ... Show More

1h 6m

Apr 2023

Family Secrets

Nicky talks to Martin Davidson, a historian who discovered as an adult that his Grandfather was a mid ranking SS Officer in the Nazi party - and had joined the party far before Hitler came to power. He and Nicky discuss what he uncovered about the holocaust, recognising evil and ... Show More

41m 30s

May 2017

Hitler’s Early Rise and the Night of the Long Knives

Over the course of several days in 1934, Adolf Hitler, who was at the time the Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor, directed an action which eliminated all of his political enemies and enabled him to declare himself Fuhrer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihear ... Show More

31m 4s

May 2024

Part One: The Parenting Gurus of Nazi Germany

Robert sits down with Margaret killjoy to talk about Moritz Schreber, the pseudo scientific parenting guru who strapped children into torture devices and helped prepare Germany for the Nazis. (4 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

58m 4s

Sep 2023

The Nazi Massacre at Rumbula

What would it be like to discover that your grandfather was a Nazi? For decades, generations of Germans have been grappling with the legacies of relatives who were part of the Third Reich. These legacies inspire feelings of tremendous guilt but also present an opportunity to ackn ... Show More

39m 10s

May 2024

Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do

Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 6m

Otto Rahn, The Nazi Occultist Who Hated ...