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Reconstruction with Jamelle Bouie
Dec 06, 2021Jamelle Bouie explains to Sarah what the Reconstruction era was, why it remains relevant today, and how this history lesson is one that could get some high school teachers into legal trouble due to pa...
True Crime with Emma Berquist
Nov 22, 2021Emma Berquist stops by to tell us about how true crime doesn't have to make us better people, and in fact may be more harmful to us than we realize—but we don't let her in, because we don't want to ge...
Ed and Lorraine Warren with Jamie Loftus
Nov 08, 2021Special Guest Jamie Loftus tells Sarah about Ed and Lorraine Warren (of The Conjuring and Annabelle fame). Topics of interest include Connecticut as a locus of scary happenings, New England uncles, an...
Catherine the Great with Dana Schwartz
Oct 25, 2021Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Sarah about Catherine the Great. Topics of interest include the very not great life of serfs, the accidental flattening of women via the girl-bossification of history...
Mike Lives in a Downtown Hotel
Oct 11, 2021An announcement! Support us: Hear bonus episodes on Patreon Donate on Paypal Buy stickers, magnets, T-shirts and more Where else to find us: Sarah's other show, You Are Good Mike's other show, Main...
Bonus: The Great Protein Fiasco
Sep 27, 2021From our friends at Maintenance Phase, the story of how Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a nutritional myth we're still living with today. Support us...
The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
Sep 13, 2021Mike tells Sarah how a tragic story became a national punchline and a decades-long moral panic. Digressions include a sympathetic psychic, a paternalistic principal and a manure mishap. Mike appears t...
Re-Release: Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown
Sep 06, 2021While our next episode's in the oven, enjoy this gem from the YWA vault! Support us: Subscribe on Patreon Donate on Paypal Buy cute merch Where to find us: Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads Mike's ...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: Runaway Grand Jury
Aug 23, 2021This week, the defense hires Alan Dershowitz, Marcia Clark questions witnesses and Jill Shively tries to get a salad. Digressions include narcissism, "Hard Copy" and the dad from "The Wonder Years." S...
Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (The Debunking!)
Aug 09, 2021This week we debunk Mike Warnke right out of his cabin and into the lake, using Cornerstone Magazine’s long overdue exposé as our guide. Digressions include "Star Trek," a classic New Yorker cover and...