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The Prison Boom with Shannon Heffernan
May 23, 2022Where did all these prisons come from? WBEZ’s Shannon Heffernan is here to give us part of the answer, which involves “small government” (of course), Lennie Briscoe (as always), the pink flowers of Al...
Go Ask Alice Part 1 with Carmen Maria Machado
May 09, 2022This week we begin our journey into the totally true not at all made up diary that has been scaring America’s teens for fifty years. Digressions include Jell-O, magic mushrooms, and ironing your hair,...
Medieval Torture with Dana Schwartz
Apr 25, 2022We want to play a game. This week, Dana Schwartz stuffs us in an iron maiden and explains why the most famous Medieval torture devices are none of the above. Digressions include the Kings Cross Wax Mu...
How Email Took Over the World with Anne Helen Petersen
Apr 11, 2022How did the information superhighway get so gridlocked? Guest Anne Helen Petersen tells Sarah the story of how email took over the world and our working lives, and what it would mean for us to get a l...
Juliet's Balcony with Chelsey Weber-Smith
Mar 28, 2022What do Chopin, Kylie Jenner, baby carrots, and the War of the Worlds all have in common? They’re all part of Sarah and Chelsey Weber-Smith’s speedrun through common misconceptions—plus a little Sata...
Ronald Reagan and "The Welfare Queen" with Laci Mosley
Mar 14, 2022Laci Mosley (Scam Goddess) tells Sarah about Linda Taylor and the origins of the Welfare Queen myth ("the build the wall" of the 70s). They also discuss the origins of the Ronald Reagan myth, and how ...
Bonus: Groundhog Day with Josh Gondelman
Mar 07, 2022What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today. Josh Gondelman is here to laugh and cry with us, and to unpack the heaps of big feelings in Groundhog Day. Subscribe to You Are Good here. Jos...
CSI: Junk Science with Josie Duffy Rice
Feb 21, 2022Josie Duffy Rice and Sarah discuss the role of junk science in the criminal justice system. It is a big turkey to carve up and Josie serves Sarah a bleakly empowering feast. Here’s where to find J...
Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 3 with Jamie Loftus
Feb 07, 2022In this final installment of the Amityville Horror Winter Book Club, Sarah tells guest host Jamie Loftus about Jodie the Demon Pig's scary hooves, the catharsis of exorcism, and how the book kinda deb...
Tom Cruise on Oprah’s couch with Willa Paskin
Jan 24, 2022Willa Paskin (of Slate's Decoder Ring) brings Sarah back to 2005, when Tom Cruise jumping on a couch became the talk of the town. We will return to Amityville (part 3 of 3) next time! Here's wher...