All Episodes

Episode 406: Neil J. Young's "Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right"

Episode 405: Controversies over Christmas "Classics"

Episode 404: George Santos

Episode 403: Nikki Haley

Episode 402: Home Ownership and the History of Mortgages

Episode 401: The History of Drive-Thru Dining

Episode 400: The History of U.S. Divorce Laws

Episode 399: Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Chaos

Episode 398: The History of Restaurant Reservations

Episode 397: The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Tours

Episode 396: The History of Historic Preservation

Episode 395: TED Talks and the History of Public Speaking

Episode 394: Sen. John Fetterman and the Senate Dress Code

Episode 393: Ibram X. Kendi and the Controversy over the Center for Antiracist Research

Episode 392: The New Crisis of Masculinity

Episode 391: The History of Telemarketing

Episode 390: A History of the Mugshot

Episode 389: West Virginia University and the Attack on American Universities

Episode 388: The Hollywood Strike

Episode 387: Trigger Warnings

Episode 386: Pee-wee Herman

Episode 385: Barbie

Episode 384: The History of Summer Break

Episode 383: The History of Tipping

Episode 382: Male Enhancement Surgery

Episode 381: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Episode 380: The Ocean Gate Submersible and the History of Extreme Travel

Episode 379: The Trump Indictment

Episode 378: The Duggar Family and "Shiny Happy People"

Episode 377: Car Buying and the History of Car Dealers

Episode 376: Tina Turner

Episode 375: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Episode 374: The History of Camping

Episode 373: The Media Meltdown

Episode 372: Tucker Carlson's Firing by Fox News

Episode 371: The Rollback of Child Labor Laws

Episode 370: Tennessee's Attack on Democracy

Rerun Episode: The History of Spring Break and More!

Episode 369: The History of Children's Story Hour

Episode 368: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Episode 367: The Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

Episode 366: Judith Heumann and the Disability Rights Movement

Episode 365: Student Loan Debt and the Supreme Court

Episode 364: Jimmy Carter

Episode 363: ChatGPT

Episode 362: A History of Menopause

Episode 361: The History of Advanced Placement

Episode 360: A History of the Sleepover

Episode 359: "Nepo Babies" and the History of Nepotism

Episode 358: How Gas Stoves Became Political

Episode 357: The Battle over Speaker of the House

Episode 356: Natalia Petrzela's "Fit Nation"

Episode 355: ROTC and American Schools

Episode 354: Brittney Griner and the History of Prisoner Exchanges

Episode 353: Antisemitism's Resurgence

Episode 352: Weight Loss Drugs

Episode 351: The 2022 Midterm Elections

Episode 350: Affirmative Action

Episode 349: Rats!

Episode 348: Halloween Panics

Episode 347: John Fetterman

Episode 346: Herschel Walker

Episode 345: The Protests in Iran

Episode 344: Pickleball

Episode 343: The Averted Rail Strike

Episode 342: Queen Elizabeth II

Episode 341: Mikhail Gorbachev

Episode 340: Nicole Hemmer's "Partisans"

Episode 339: The Alex Jones Defamation Trial

Episode 338: Third Parties in American Politics

Episode 337: The U.S. National Parks

Episode 336: Prenuptial Agreements

Episode 335: The Webb Telescope and the History of Space Photography

Episode 334: Summer Travel and European Vacations

Episode 333: The Monkeypox Outbreak

Episode 332: Religious Schooling and Church-State Separation

Episode 331: The Tampon Shortage

Episode 330: Summer Weddings and June Brides

Episode 329: Uvalde, Texas and the Persistence of American Gun Violence

Episode 328: Cryptocurrency

Episode 327: The "Great Replacement" Conspiracy Theory

Episode 326: The History of Adoption

Episode 325: The End of Roe v. Wade

Episode 324: Elon Musk, Twitter, and the History of Media Oligarchs

Episode 323: Coachella and the History of Music Festivals

Episode 322: The Enormous Popularity of True Crime

Episode 321: The Latest Battles over Marriage

Episode 320: U.S. Demographics and the History of Population Panics

Episode 319: "The Great Resignation"

Episode 318: Netflix's "Love Is Blind" and the History of TV Dating Shows

Episode 317: Gas Prices and the History of Energy Shocks

Episode 316: The Russia-Ukraine War

Episode 315: The Mystery and History of Havana Syndrome

Episode 314: Canada's Freedom Convoy

Episode 313: Women's Activewear and the History of Sports Bras

Episode 312: The History of Emoji

Episode 311: Justice Breyer's Retirement and the Future of the Supreme Court

Episode 310: The Biden Administration's First Year

Episode 309: Wordle and the History of Word Games

Episode 308: The History of Rest and Relaxation