All Episodes

A Million Lives Book Festival: Bedlam in Baltimore | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Who Gets the Leg?

Varsity Blues: The Infamous College Admissions Scandal | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Bean Soup & Parasocial Pozole

Jason Arday: Plagiarism, Power, and Prejudice

Comparison is a carousel, and you're not a horse

The Odyssey Isn't What We Were Expecting

The Tale of Msscribe: Smut, Slander, and Shadowboxing | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

What if you *don't* live at the center of the universe?

Russian Hockey in the 90s: Plotting, Pilfering, and Penguins

Hot Girls Own Everything ™

The Salt Path Scandal | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Did the Journal Factory Explode?

The Amazing World of ASMR

Can You ACTUALLY Separate the Art From the Artist?

The Dumbfounding Dalia Dippolito | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Creative Collaboration: The Good, The Bad, The Absolutely Hideous

The Shy Girl Controversy | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

The Cosmonaut Abandoned in Space

How Dramageddon Changed the Internet | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

The Forbes to Federal Prison Pipeline | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Let's Talk About Creepy Romance Books | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

James Somerton, Plagiarism, and You(Tube) | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Satanic Panic: Lies, Manipulation, and the Very Scary Book

The American Pirate Who Won the Civil War

The Flabbergasting Elisabeth Finch | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

The Bad Art Friend Debacle: Who Has the Right to Write About What?

What's Going On With Dr. Phil?

The Milo Winter "Age of Scorpius" BookTok Calamity | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

Justin, Hailey, Selena, and the Story That Can't Be Stopped | GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINS

SEALAND: The Rebellious Micronation in the Middle of the Ocean

Insomnia & Sleep Paralysis Demons

ROOFMAN: The Guy Who Lived Inside of a Toys 'R Us

Rudi Dekkers + The American Nightmare

When the Mob Bought a Hockey Team: The Story of the Danbury Trashers

Too Sweet: The Incredible Discovery of Insulin

The Woman Who Brought Down Rockefeller

I Watched Every Best Picture Winner Ever... THE FINALE

I Watched Every Best Picture Winner Ever (Part 3)

The Birth of Las Vegas + The World Series of Poker

I Watched Every Best Picture Winner Ever (Part II)

I Watched Every Best Picture Winner Ever.

Bass Reeves: The GREATEST COWBOY You've Never Heard Of

The Most Haunting Place in the Universe 🕳️

The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser

Belle Gibson: The Biggest Liar in the World?!

The Green Children of Woolpit

The Ill-Fated Terra Nova Expedition

We've Been Lied To.

The Pig War!

Men Crave the Trenches ⚔️

Jack Parsons: Polyamorist, Anti-Christ, Rocket Scientist

The Family Who Never Sleeps

How Witness Protection ACTUALLY Works

The Grunge Rockstar Who Became a Green Beret