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August 25, 2025Uncategorized

Native American Vengeance: Grass in His Mouth

In this episode we explore the chilling moment when a heartless comment—“let them eat grass”—became a spark that ignited a war. We trace the starvation, the politics, the desperate plea […]
August 18, 2025Uncategorized

Operation Beaver Drop: Conservation in Freefall

In 1948, Idaho faced a strange wildlife problem: too many beavers in the wrong place. Their solution? Strap parachutes to them and drop them from planes. In this episode, we […]
August 11, 2025Uncategorized

Fish Fraud: Chilean Sea Bass is a Lie

When you go to a restaurant and order Chilean Sea Bass, you’re not getting what you think. It’s not Chilean, it’s not a bass, and the name was made up […]
August 4, 2025Uncategorized

Frozen Legacy: The Battle Over Kasem’s Corpse

He was the voice of America’s Top 40 – but after Casey Kasem died, a bizarre battle broke out over his body. From courtrooms to Norway to Howard Stern’s radio […]
July 28, 2025Uncategorized

Edgar Allan Poe and the Cabin Boy, Richard Parker – REWIND

Originally released October 10, 2022. When Edgar Allan Poe wrote his only novel in 1838, he included a grim story about a young cabin boy who was killed and eaten […]
July 21, 2025Uncategorized

Talk to Your Plants: The Weird Science Behind It (It Really Works)

You’ve probably heard that singing to your plants helps them grow – but is that actually true? In this episode, we dig into the science behind the myth, from CIA […]
July 14, 2025Uncategorized

Mr. & Mrs. Stephenson: Kitchen Table Baseball Scheduling

For over 20 years, the fate of every baseball game on the calendar wasn’t in the hands of some software or spreadsheets in MLB offices. It was in the hands […]
July 7, 2025Uncategorized

Concrete Decisions: When Race Determined Routes

What do Rondo, Hayti, Storyville, and Humboldt Park have in common? They were thriving minority communities – until the U.S. built highways through them. In this episode, we look at […]
June 30, 2025Uncategorized

The Spirit Scam: Houdini’s Capitol Hill Showdown

Did the world’s greatest magician take on psychics in Congress? In 1926, Harry Houdini testified in Washington to outlaw spiritualist fraud. What he said—and what happened next—might surprise you. In […]
June 23, 2025Uncategorized

Jailing Political Opponents: Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus – Rewind

Originally released Nov. 11, 2021. Abraham Lincoln is known as “The Great Emancipator.” But not many people know that during the Civil War, he jailed as many as 2,000 political […]

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