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Mike and Sarah are journalists obsessed with the past. Every week they reconsider a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
The JFK Assassination Part 1 with Mackenzie Joy Brennan
Where is Dana Scully when you need her? For the first installment of this two-part episode, legal correspondent...
ListenCrying in Baseball with Julie Kliegman
Could there be a little crying in baseball as a treat? Sports correspondent Julie Kliegman is here to...
ListenRainbows with Lulu Miller
Why are there so many songs about rainbows (and what’s on the other side)? A bridge between worlds,...
ListenWhat to Carry, What to Burn with Blair Braverman
Ada Blackjack wants one thing: To make enough money to bring her son home from an orphanage. But good...
ListenDesperation Pie with Sarah Archer
What would you do for a desperation pie? Kitchen correspondent Sarah Archer is here to talk with Sarah...
ListenThe Great American Spelling Bee with Gabe Henry
Can you use the word in a sentence? For this episode, Spelling Correspondent Gabe Henry takes Sarah...
ListenCrop Circles with Chelsey Weber-Smith
What do men really get up to at the pub? For this April Fools' Day episode, Sarah tells urban legend...
ListenHow to Deprogram a Guy in 10 Days with Endless Thread
Free yourself. What does it take to get someone to leave a cult? What happens if the cult is all around...
ListenThe Worst Movie Ever Made? with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson
From the bonus vault!What actually makes a movie “bad”? In this bonus episode, Paul Scheer and Amy...
ListenThe Bluebelle with Blair Braverman
Do we ever finish surviving? Sarah tells Survival Correspondent Blair Braverman the incredible story...
ListenKeiko Part 3 with Brianna Bowman
Would you ride on the back of a random orca at the beach? For the final part of this series on Free...
ListenKeiko Part 2 with Brianna Bowman
The movies freed Willy, but what about Keiko? For the second part of our trilogy on the biggest aquatic...
ListenKeiko Part 1 with Brianna Bowman
Can a killer whale really jump that high? For kids of the 90s, the adventure movie Free Willy introduced...
ListenWhere I Live: The Listener Holiday Special
“We’ve always been inventing and reinventing new worlds for taking care of each other. We just have...
ListenCold War Santa with Sarah Archer
What happens when Santa trades his sleigh for a rocket ship? Christmas correspondent Sarah Archer tells...
ListenThe Dictionary Wars! with Gabe Henry
Remember being a teen and coming up with “cool” ways of spelling common words? Well, just like the...
ListenIntroducing: The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Listen now to the first episode of Sarah's new 8-part series with CBC Podcasts, The Devil You Know.In...
ListenMidnight Ghost Shows with Chelsey Weber-Smith
What do you get when you combine a horror movie audience, a spiritualist séance, and a haunted house...
ListenThe Auralyn with Blair Braverman
Are you a survival pessimist or a survival optimist? Blair Braverman surprises Sarah with a harrowing,...
ListenSamantha Smith vs. the Cold War with Maris Kreizman
Who really ended the Cold War, Ronald Reagan or a ten-year-old girl? Eighties correspondent Maris Kreizman...
ListenThe Insanity Defense with Mackenzie Joy Brennan
What do John Hinckley Jr. and a jazz age tuberculosis patient have in common? Legal correspondent ??Mackenzie...
ListenCorn Mazes with Chelsey Weber-Smith
Can you find your way out of the maize? The corn maze has become an enduring attraction of the American...
ListenPee-wee Herman Part 2 with Jamie Loftus
In the second part of our series, pop culture historian Jamie Loftus takes us through the meteoric rise...
ListenPee-wee Herman Part 1 with Jamie Loftus
What’s today’s secret word? Paul Reubens spent years bringing to life one of America’s most beloved...
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