When Naked Swimming was Required in Gym Class with Journalist Robin Washington
Nope, it's not an urban legend! Today we are talking to journalist and filmmaker Robin Washington who, like a huge number of boys in high school between the 1920s and 1970s, was required to swim naked...
23 Jan 202356min
THE STREAKING CRAZE
In 1974, running naked in public became a major fad led by students on college campuses across the nation. This provocative prank was surprisingly well-received, considered a playful call back to the ...
16 Jan 202355min
Context Clues: Naked or Afraid
This episode will give context for our upcoming topic called The Streaking Craze using excerpts from previous shows including: Terrorism Pt. 1 Mind Control Teenage Sex For ad-free, early episodes and ...
9 Jan 202338min
Toy Riots (Rerun)
Tickle Me Elmo, Beanie Babies, Cabbage Patch Kids, Pokemon cards. These trendy toys all inspired parental parking lot brawls and suburban shadow economies. For our Christmas hangover, we revisit the o...
26 Dec 202239min
The Horror of Hallmark with Podcasters Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed of 'You Are Good'
Because so many Hallmark writers and directors also make horror movies, I called in podcasters Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed of 'You're Wrong About' and 'You Are Good' to discuss the similarities betw...
19 Dec 202258min
HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES
They usually go something like this: A cranky career woman from the big city who has lost the true meaning of Christmas arrives in a small town where she falls in love with a handsome handyman or bake...
12 Dec 20221h
Context Clues: The Hallmarks of Hallmark's "Hallmark Christmas"
This episode gives context to our upcoming series on Hallmark Christmas Movies using excerpts from previous topics including The War on Christmas, The Gay Agenda, and Suburbia. Listen to The War on C...
5 Dec 202243min
Land of Delusion with Cultural Historian Colin Dickey
Colin Dickey is one of American Hysteria's biggest influences—our episodes called Talking to the Dead and Alien Abductions relied on his books Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places and The ...
28 Nov 202251min
