10 Podcasts like Total Recall: California’s Political Circus
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1. Heaven's Gate
In 1997, thirty-nine people took their own lives in an apparent mass suicide. The events captivated the media and had people across the planet asking the same question...‘Why?’ 20 years later, those who lost loved ones and those who still believe - t...Show More
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35:43 | Oct 18th, 2017
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The Heaven's Gate faithful weren't freaks or space cadets. They were regular people, hungry for something more. They were Seekers.
2. Slow Burn
In the early 1970s, the future of abortion in America was far from settled. Roe v. Wade would change everything, though few knew it at the time. For the seventh season of Slate’s Slow Burn, host Susan Matthews explores the path to Roe—a time when mor...Show More
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27:28 | Nov 28th, 2017
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People called her crazy, and to be fair she must have seemed crazy. But she was onto something. How Martha Mitchell, the celebrity wife of one of Nixon’s closest henchmen, tried to blow the whistle on...Show More
3. The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
Did you know that Europeans used to believe that sheep grew from Mongolian trees? Have you heard about the misbegotten discovery of a new form of water in the 1960s that set off a cold war arms race? Ever seen the gleaming Las Vegas hotel that accide...Show More
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53:54 | Aug 8th, 2023
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In 1900, three lighthouse keepers went missing, starting a phony mystery that long concealed a real one. Go to drinkAG1.com/constant to get a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 F...Show More
4. You're Wrong About
Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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Mike tells Sarah that America has sent the wrong messages and done the wrong things about obesity for more than half a century. Digressions include height (again), sweatshops and Julianne Moore. Sarah...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5. Moonrise
“Truer, but also darker.” This is the real origin story behind America’s decision to go to the moon. The story we learn starts with Sputnik, then President Kennedy’s challenge, and ends with triumph: an American flag on the lunar surface. But in the ...Show More
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38:53 | Aug 13th, 2019
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A Russian rocket dreamer is sent to a Siberian prison. And the road to redemption stretches more than 5,000 miles. On this episode of "Moonrise," a look at the maestro behind the Soviet space effort.
6. The Last Archive
The Last Archive is a show about the history of truth, and the historical context for our current fake news, post-truth moment. It’s a show about how we know what we know, and why it seems, these days, as if we don’t know anything at all anymore. Th...Show More
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42:33 | May 14th, 2020
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On a spring day in 1919, a woman’s body was found bound, gagged, and strangled in a garden in Barre, Vermont. Who was she? Who killed her? In this episode, we try to solve a cold case - reopening a ce...Show More
7. Flashback: History's Unintended Consequences
A series of stories of disastrous turning points, dangerous ideas, crazy coincidences, unsung heroes and forgotten villains. From OZY’s Sean Braswell, host and creator of the chart-topping, Webby-nominated The Thread, comes a new show about how some ...Show More
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FB 107: A Tale of Two Pests: How Gypsy Moths and Kudzu Took Over America
36:09 | Jun 10th, 2020
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Gypsy moths and the invasive vine kudzu were supposed to be solutions. Instead they’re problems that seem to grow … and grow.
8. Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast by Sam Kean
A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast
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18:40 | Apr 27th, 2020
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How a long-forgotten woman pioneered the first personal protective equipment (PPE) in history, rubber gloves for surgery, equipment that has been vital in fighting infections and pandemics ever since....Show More
9. Eclipsed
Lakes disappear, sailors cry, and pop stars go into battle on this season of ECLIPSED. Hosted by writer Bijan Stephen (The Verge, The Believer), each episode features a story hidden in the shadow of another historical event. ECLIPSED: a Campside Me...Show More
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Pop Stars Go to War | Episode 1: The Moon and the Pop Stars
22:17 | Nov 16th, 2021
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How do the highs of teen pop stardom become the horrors of war? July 20, 1969 is best remembered as the day of the moon landing. But it’s also the day a young Australian pop singer named Cathy Wayn...Show More
10. the memory palace
From public radio producer, Nate DiMeo, comes The Memory Palace, a finalist for the 2016 Peabody Award and one of iTunes Best Podcast of 2015. Short, surprising stories of the past, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, often a little bit of...Show More
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