All Episodes
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Episode 207: Virginity Tests, International Achievement Tests, and the End of the 2010s
Episode 206: War Crimes, Controversial Food Takes, and Indigenous Land Acknowledgments
Episode 205: Pete Buttigieg, Groypers, and Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary
Episode 204: LIVE! With Emily Bazelon, Author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Episode 203: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Rep. Katie Hill, and Booing
Episode 202: Elijah Cummings, Homelessness, and Amusement Parks
Episode 201: Automation, Male Baldness, and Paula White
Episode 200: Rudy Giuliani, Greta Thunberg, and Vaping
Episode 199: Whistleblowers, Church Arsons, and Co-Working Spaces
Episode 198: Ukraine, Declining Bird Populations, and Luxury Parking
Episode 197: Shane Gillis and Saturday Night Live, Saudi Arabia, and Telephone Calls
Episode 196: FBI on College Campuses, John Bolton, and Technology and Women's Voices
Episode 195: Franco Columbu, Kamala Harris, NYC's Gifted and Talented Program
Episode 194: David Koch, Bedbugs, and Breaking Up
Episode 193: Twins, the Equinox Boycott, and "The Hunt"
Episode 192: Anti-Latino Nativism, Ronald Reagan, and Sound Baths
Episode 191: Baltimore, Marianne Williamson, and a National Service Requirement
Episode 190: Boris Johnson, Purity Culture, and Spaying and Neutering Dogs
Episode 189: The Moon Landing's 50th Anniversary, "Go Back to Where You Came From," and Air Conditioning
Episode 188: Women's World Cup, Ross Perot, and Jeffrey Epstein
Episode 187: School Busing, Girlboss, and Lil Nas X
Episode 186: Iran, E. Jean Carroll, and Knitting
Episode 185: Alan Brinkley, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Lesbian Cruises
Episode 184: YouTube, Tariffs, and Elizabeth Warren
Episode 183: LIVE! The Stonewall Uprising, Jazzercise, and C-SPAN
Episode 182: The 1994 Crime Bill, Mount Everest, and the Grand Canyon
Episode 181: Student Loans, Fur Bans, and TWA
Episode 180: Sex Strike, David McCullough, and Doris Day
Episode 179: Electability, Caster Semenya, and Rachel Held Evans
Episode 178: John Singleton, Anti-Semitism in the New York Times, and TikTok
Episode 177: Ancestry.com, Vigilante Border Patrol Groups, and Cargo Shorts
Episode 176: Notre Dame Cathedral, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and the Center for American Progress
Episode 175: Stephen Miller and DHS, Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement, and Adjunct Professors
Episode 174: Reparations, Leggings, and Nipsey Hussle
Episode 173: The Mueller Report, the Electoral College, and Arugula Lettuce
Episode 172: "Operation Varsity Blues," the White Supremacy Terrorist Attack in New Zealand, and Beto O'Rourke
Episode 171: "Cancel Culture," Hobbies, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Episode 170: "Finding Neverland," Luke Perry, and the United Methodist Church and LGBTQ Christians
Episode 169: Jussie Smollett, Christopher Hasson, and Debunking Psychics
Episode 168: Karl Lagerfeld, the Pledge of Allegiance, and Lee Radziwill
Episode 167: Cardi B, Jeff Bezos, and Lyndon LaRouche
Episode 166: Blackface, Venezuela, and Conversation Hearts
Episode 165: Howard Schultz, Gay Priests, and Ted Bundy
Episode 164: Marching on Washington, the LA Teachers' Strike, and Cities and Economic Inequality
Episode 163: Gillette's New Ad, Rep. Steve King, and Cursive's Decline
Episode 162: The Green New Deal, Marie Kondo, and National Emergencies
Episode 161: "Fault Lines," Dry January, and the Sex Recession
Episode 160: The Weekly Standard, Sheryl Sandberg, and "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Episode 159: Classical Statues, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Oklahoma Land Rights
Episode 158: George H.W. Bush, Exorcisms, and the Squatty Potty
Episode 157: Inmate Firefighters, China's Social Credit System, and Chanukah
Episode 156: Segregation Academies, the Death of an American Missionary, and Victoria's Secret
Episode 155: The 2018 Recounts, Jim Acosta, and Bedtime Stories
Episode 154: The 2018 Midterm Elections, Gab, and Movember
Episode 153: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, the Closing of Rural Hospitals, and the Political Mobilization of Orange County Women
Episode 152: U.S.-Saudi Relations, Trans Americans, and Horror Movies
Episode 151: Black Women's Political Power, the End of Sears, and Corporate Art Patronage
Episode 150: LIVE! George Soros, "Grievance Studies," and Bavarian Hipsterism
Episode 149: Binge Drinking, McCarthyism, and Women's Rage
Episode 148: High School Yearbooks, Trump and Immigrants, and Barstool Sports
Episode 147: Brett Kavanaugh, Fraternity Hazing, and the Natural Beauty Industry
Episode 146: Crafting, the 2008 Financial Crisis, and the Marshmallow Test
Episode 145: Nike's Colin Kaepernick Ad, the Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed, and Robin Leach
Episode 144: John McCain, the Catholic Church Scandals, and Loneliness
Bonus Episode 6: Omarosa
Episode 143: LIVE! Latinos in the Hamptons, Grift, and Rosé Wine
Episode 142: Institutionalizing Children, Referees, and Charlottesville
Episode 141: Sacha Baron Cohen, the Yoga Vote, and Middle Children
Episode 140: Treason, Accents, and Outdoor Play
Episode 139: Thai Cave Rescue, Breastfeeding, and Fleece Vests
Episode 138: Democratic Socialists, Court Packing, and Audiobooks
Episode 137: Civility, Gays and Gyms, and Mr. Rogers
Episode 136: Anthony Bourdain, Family Values, and Ageism
Episode 135: U.S.-Canada Relations, Kate Spade, and A.P. History
Episode 134: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Presidential Pardons, and Separated Families
Episode 133: Twinks, a Manhattan Con Artist, and the Ford Mustang
Episode 132: Incels, Mormonism and Race, and Millennials and Personal Finance
Episode 131: The Israeli Embassy, Tom Wolfe, and Sports Gambling
Episode 130: "This is America," NRATV, and Instragramming Museums
Episode 129: the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the Golden State Killer, and Remembering the Holocaust
Episode 128: Sean Hannity, Gayborhoods, and Running Tutus
Episode 127: Barbara Bush, Starbucks, and the U.S. Census
Episode 126: Sinclair Broadcasting, Tony Robbins, and Early Admissions
Episode 125: Roseanne, NFL Cheerleaders, and Instant Pot
Bonus Episode 5: Stormy Daniels
Episode 124: Cambridge Analytica, the Austin Serial Bomber, and Stanford's "Manel"
Episode 123: Rex Tillerson, Women's Obituaries, and National Geographic
Episode 122: Trump's Tariffs, Weight Watchers for Teenagers, and Disneyland Workers
Episode 121: Billy Graham, High School Activism, and Teachers' Strikes
Episode 120: Black Panther, Adam Rippon, and Plastics
Episode 119: Presidential Portraits, Down Syndrome, and Sanitation Workers
Episode 118: the Nunes Memo, the Stock Market Fall, and the 2018 Winter Olympics
Episode 117: The Flu, Chief Wahoo, and Female Pain
Episode 116: Homeschooling, Government Shutdowns, and Tide Pods
Episode 115: Tonya Harding, Prison Book Bans, and the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal
Episode 114: Alt-Right Asian Fetish, Temporary Protected Status, and Raw Water
Episode 113: African-American Intellectuals, Southern Democrats, and LaCroix Sparkling Water
Episode 112: "Cat Person," Black Maternal Mortality, and Elf on the Shelf
Episode 111: Etiquette Books, a Royal Engagement, and National Monuments
Episode 110: Time Inc., Massage Envy, and Net Neutrality