Episodes
Mapping the long history of Slovenia onto the three "Santas' that visit each year
Published 12/26/23
We have a year-end mix of short stories about a rogue architect, spooky kitchens, a hundred year old music streaming service, and the crazy way the French tried to make telling time less crazy
Published 12/20/23
Roman Mars and Elliott Kalan are starting The Power Broker book club that will run through all of 2024 as bonus episodes. This introductory episode features Conan O'Brien.
Published 12/05/23
The tradition of the Tomb of the Unknown goes back only about a century, but it has become one of the most solemn and reverential monuments.
Published 11/29/23
A band that was never meant to be recorded and a personal recorder that was never designed to capture music came together and were somehow perfect for each other
Published 11/22/23
A town's fight to be free from the noise and trauma of the Cincinnati Police Department's open-air gun range
Published 11/15/23
How Reno became the go-to place to get a quick divorce and how divorce laws have changed over time
Published 11/07/23
Devo’s first record and the fight over the arresting image of a flashy, handsome golf legend on the cover.
Published 10/17/23
The historic vote over which version of Elvis should be immortalized on a postage stamp
Published 10/10/23
Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s Big Dig massive infrastructure project, which rerouted the central highway in the heart of the city, encountered every hurdle imaginable: ruthless politics, engineering challenges, secretive contractors, outright fraud and even the death of one motorist. It became a kind of poster child for big government ‘boondoggles.’ But the full story is of course much more complicated – and really represents a turning point in how...
Published 10/03/23
The triumph and tragedy of the Sydney Opera House
Published 09/19/23
The story of how "Who Let The Dogs Out" ended up stuck in all of our brains. A story that goes back over 50 years and spans continents.
Published 09/05/23
Solving the housing crisis and the office vacancy crisis with one obvious and elegant idea: office to housing conversion. If it were only that simple.
Published 08/29/23
The story of a voice training VHS tape that helped trans women at a time when other resources were hard to access
Published 08/22/23
We take the humble trail, what might be the original designed object, and deconstruct it
Published 08/08/23
Andrew Leland takes us through the fascinating history of alternative reading technologies designed for blind people and discusses his fantastic new book The Country of the Blind, which is out today!
Published 07/25/23
The ubiquity and cultural legacy of the shocking little Christian comics books called Chick Tracts
Published 07/11/23
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