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Americanish
Given reporter Julia Longorias long love affair with the Supreme Court, its no surprise shes become the new host of More Perfect (https://zpr.io/4R9fMg9gJ96k), a show all about how the Supreme Cour
Beware the Sand Striker
Shipworms. Hairy Chested Yeti Crabs. Parasitic Barnacles in the cloaca of Greenland Sharks. These are the types of creatures Sabrina Imbler, a columnist at Defector, likes to write about. The stranger
Eye in the Sky
Ross McNutt has a superpower: he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he? In 2004, when casualties in Iraq were rising due to roads
The Seagulls
In the 1970s, as LGBTQ+ people in the United States faced conservatives whose top argument was that homosexuality is unnatural, a pair of young scientists discovered on a tiny island off the coast o
On the Edge
At the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, one athlete pulled a move that, as far as we know, no one else had ever attempted. In this episode, first aired in the Spring of 2016, we tell you about Surya Bo
Family People
In 2021, editor Alex Neason's grandfather passed away. On his funeral program, she learned the name of his father for the first time: Wilson Howard. Not Neason. Howard. And when she asked her family w
The War on Our Shore
Foreign enemies have seldom brought war to U.S. soil right? In this episode from 2017, we tell you strange stories of foreign enemies landing on our shore. From bombs floating across the country with
Ologies: Dark Matters
Testudinology. Enigmatology. Hagfishology. Raccoonology. Meteorology. Chronobiology. Chickenology. Delphinology. Bryology. Vampirology. Zymology. Echinology. Screamology. Melaninology. Dolorology. In
The Golden Rule
At first glance, Golden Balls was just like all the other game shows quick-witted host, flashy set, suspenseful music. But underneath all that, each episode asked a very serious question: can you ev
Corpse Demon
Heaven and hell, Judgement Day, monotheism these ideas all came from one ancient Persian religion: Zoroastrianism. Also: Sky Burials. Zoroastrians put their dead on top of a structure called The Tow