Episodes

Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
There is still YET ANOTHER killing in Lafayette Square to discuss, but this story could've gone in a far worse direction. Come for the oddly pleasant death-dealing, stay for the host yelling at his dog for chewing on the studio acoustic panels.

Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Forget what you think you know about the deadliest fire in American history.

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
The real story that likely inspired a fake story, and it's way more heartbreaking. This one is a three-hankie episode.

Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
We actually had genuine royalty in this country once, and no, I don't mean Beyoncé (or Queen Bey, as those of us who are true fans call her). And in New Jersey, of all places.

Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Remember that time that somebody almost assassinated JFK? Probably not.

Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
A baker's dozen colonies? A regular dozen? Fourteen? Fifteen? Twenty-six? HOW MANY COLONIES WERE THERE?

Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Here's another round of lightning-fast-ish presidential trivia, from the devil to the Beast and everything in-between.

Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
The tip of Lake Michigan is just the tip of the iceberg that spins out into a war between the states. Two states, that is.

Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
THIS ONE'S GOT IT ALL, FOLKS - hucksters, country music, goat testicles, pirate radio, patent medicines, wire fraud, William Jennings Bryan...you name it! This is the bizarre story of how rural America fell in love with country music.

Thursday May 22, 2025
Thursday May 22, 2025
Meet Herman Hollerith - the founder of your digital world and archnemesis to The Count on Sesame Street.







