Episodes
Published 06/14/18
Just in time for the World Cup, we bring you the first installment of Gimlet’s new show, We Came To Win. The show tells the stories behind the World Cup’s biggest moments, and this episode brings you inside one of the most miraculous turnarounds in sports. It was 1990, and English soccer was in the doldrums. The national team was crap, the stadiums were crumbling, and there was the pervasive threat of violence from football hooligans. But one summer—and one World Cup—changed English soccer...
Published 06/14/18
America’s divided. And it always has been. Uncivil, Gimlet’s new history podcast, takes you back to a time when America was so divided that it split in two. In each episode hosts Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika ransack the official history of the Civil War… that boring, safety-first version you were taught in school. They’ll bring you untold stories of covert ops, mutiny, counterfeiting, and the 1860s version of drone warfare. And give you a better sense for how these forgotten struggles...
Published 10/09/17
Pat is back to present a brand new show from Gimlet Media called The Nod. Hosted by best friends Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings (who reported the Undone episode The Deacons) The Nod gleefully explores all the beautiful, complicated dimensions of Black life. This episode will especially appeal to fans of Undone as Brittany and Eric look back at one night in 1973 that transformed the fashion world. This is the story of The Battle of Versailles—where one Black designer and his ten Black models...
Published 08/15/17
In 2003 the space shuttle Columbia was returning from two weeks in orbit. It was a routine mission. So routine that most of America barely paid attention. Until something went terribly wrong. Many of us watched shuttle break apart over Texas on television. All seven of the crew members were lost. Jon Clark’s wife, Laurel, was one of them, and her death that day inspired his life’s work: helping get more people to space.Undone is hosted and produced by Pat Walters, with Julia DeWitt and...
Published 01/24/17
This episode features an excerpt from Twice Removed, a new Gimlet show that proves we’re all just one big family. We think you’ll really like it. The guest for this episode is writer Dan Savage. We will return with a brand new episode of Undone in a couple of weeks.CreditsUndone is hosted by Pat Walters and produced by Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry. Our senior producer is Larissa Anderson.Editing by Alan Burdick and Catlin Kenney. Production assistance by Isabella Kulkarni.Undone is mixed...
Published 01/09/17
In 1975 a group of activists set off into the Pacific Ocean to confront some Soviet whalers. They ended up starting a movement. But then things changed, and today some of them don’t even talk to each other.Undone is hosted by Pat Walters.This episode was produced by Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry. Our senior producer is Larissa Anderson. Editing by Alan Burdick and Caitlin Kenney. Production assistance by Isabella Kulkarni.Undone is mixed and scored by Bobby Lord, with additional music by...
Published 12/20/16
Ibrahim Parlak came to the U.S. in 1991 as Kurdish refugee; his friends and neighbors see him as the ideal American immigrant. But the U.S. government considers him "the complete terrorist package" and has been trying to deport him for over a decade. We try to figure out why the two see him so differently.CreditsUndone is hosted and produced by Pat Walters. This episode was reported by Alex Kotlowitz, and produced by Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry. Our senior producer is Larissa...
Published 12/13/16
Before Tinder, before eHarmony, before the internet, there was Operation Match. This is the story of the roots of online dating, when, in 1965, a computer the size of a van helped people find their perfect dates. Credits:Undone is hosted by Pat Walters.This episode was produced by Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry. Our senior producer is Larissa Anderson. Editing by Alan Burdick and Catlin Kenney. Our intern is Isabella Kulkarni.Undone is mixed and scored by Bobby Lord. Our fact-checker is...
Published 12/06/16
This is a story about a forgotten part of civil-rights history that is still very much alive. In 1965, a group of black men in Louisiana called the Deacons for Defense and Justice took up arms against the Klan. Now a daughter of the Deacons wants to start a museum in their honor, but not everyone in town wants their story told.Go to GimletMedia.com/FallSeason to subscribe to Undone and Gimlet’s other new podcasts.CreditsUndone is hosted by Pat Walters.This episode was reported and produced by...
Published 11/22/16
In 1996, two teenagers stumbled across some very old human remains. The struggle to identify them and determine who owns them kicked off a fight that has lasted 20 years -- and is finally about to be resolved.Our SponsorsBlue Apron - Get your first three Blue Apron meals delivered for free by going to blueapron.com/undoneSquarespace - Go to squarespace.com and use the offer code UNDONE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchaseCreditsUndone is hosted by Pat Walters.This episode was...
Published 11/15/16
One summer night in 1979, 50,000 people got together at a baseball stadium to kill disco. And it worked. Kind of. In this first episode of "Undone" we meet someone who worked as an usher at Disco Demolition Night and played a vital role in keeping the spirit of disco alive today.Our SponsorsAutotrader – To start searching for your new car go to autotrader.com/undoneSquarespace - Go to squarespace.com and use the offer code UNDONE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchaseCreditsUndone is...
Published 11/15/16
When big news happens, the world tunes in and then moves on. But often the stories we thought were over haven’t really ended. They were the beginning of something else. Undone is a new show from Gimlet Media that digs up the surprising things that happened when we weren’t looking. The first episode premieres Monday, November 14th.
Published 10/30/16