If you've taken part in a religious service, have you ever stopped to think about how people become believers? Where do the rituals come from? And what purpose does it all serve? This week, we bring y...Show More
BER is the international airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, nickname Willy Brandt. It has also become a signifier of failure, incompetence, corruption and Berlin’s general inability to get i...Show More
Can the cunning, mischief-making Loki redeem his troublesome ways? The god-king Odin hopes so. But when a giant outwits the Trickster of all tricksters, Loki’s path to redemption is derailed — and he’...Show More
"Centering conversations around blame is not the most useful thing for us to be doing." Sarah tells Mike about the woman who broke up with O.J. Simpson on the morning of the murders — then stayed by h...Show More
Durante su niñez, mientras crecía en una ciudad en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, María García se sintió dividida entre dos identidades: la mexicana y la estadounidense. Pero algo cambió s...Show More
“The very last word she said was ‘You can become a voice for the voiceless.’ And I was just like, ‘Damn, why am I letting this lady mess up my high?’” We meet Suave, a man who has been serving a life...Show More
The Class that made 200 Child Nazis
A Detroit high school teacher doubts his ability to make a difference and help his students.
To succeed in the modern business environment, you need to strut your stuff: to cultivate a personal brand that supports career growth. No one represents this better than Tyra Banks. As a model, a pro...Show More
The schoolgirl outfit! Those pigtails! That song! Those hooks! Britney Jean Spears took off like a rocket and changed the pop landscape when she dropped her debut LP ...Baby One More Time on January 1...Show More
Episode 7 of the Sketch Nerds podcast features actress Leila Drici and we chat about “Concerning Language” by A Bit of Fry & Laurie and “Tom Brokaw Pre-Tapes” by Saturday Night Live. Sketch Nerds is a...Show More
This first bonus episode finally has a star worthy of fame...ME! My friend Josh Mahan has known me since high school where I often walked around with a lobster puppet on my hand (that's a fact about m...Show More
John Green reviews humanity's temporal range.
Ben loves podcasts, but he has a problem. When he tries to listen to one podcast in particular, his car stereo completely breaks. This week, Super Tech Support takes on one of its strangest cases — Ro...Show More
Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our February event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. Features Starlee Kine o...Show More
The Godfather of podcasting.
In 2018, a 23-year-old Indigenous woman named Jermain Charlo stepped out of a bar in downtown Missoula, Montana, and disappeared. Journalist Connie Walker travels to Montana to retrace what might have...Show More
danny recommended:
This is the most academic discussion of religion I've heard. Was a great convo but if you are religious you may get offended.