Revenge of “A Good Walk Spoiled”
Ten years ago, Malcolm inveighed against the exclusive country clubs of Los Angeles in an episode of Revisionist History called “A Good Walk Spoiled.” This November, thanks to a Los…
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Leslie Jones on Knowing Your Worth
Kamau sits down with Leslie Jones for a raw, funny, and fiercely honest journey through becoming one of Saturday Night Live’s most unforgettable forces, and why she ultimately had to…
The Robberiest Robber Baron: The Villainy of Jay Gould
Jay Gould became hugely rich without ever really making a product or offering service to benefit his customers. Other “Robber Barons” in the 19th century forged steel or pumped oil…
Bayonets! Joshua Chamberlain’s Famous Stand at Gettysburg
Joshua Chamberlain had never planned to be a soldier; he wanted to be a minister or a teacher. And yet, when the Civil War began, he felt it was his…
Land, Not Liberty | Episode 5
Did you know that foreclosure was invented as a way to take Native land? Free, Indigenous land once built the American dream. But the mechanisms our government used to take…
How Tina Turner Built Rock ‘n’ Roll (And Got Left Out of It)
We trace Tina Turner’s journey from the cotton fields of Nutbush, Tennessee to global superstardom. We dig into the abuse that nearly ended her career, her extraordinary reinvention, and the…
Men Don’t Just Need Friends. They Need Bromance.
Men today are spending less time with friends, and many have no close friendships at all. Research shows that this lack of social connection can lead to serious long-term consequences…
“What a Bloody Mess we’re in” – Britain’s [REDACTED] Accident
Windscale is supposed to be Britain’s big leap into the nuclear age, bringing science fiction to life in 1950s Northern England. But in the race to catch up with America’s…
Using Viruses to Fight Disease
Phages are viruses that attack bacteria. People have been using phages to treat infections for over a hundred years, but in most cases they just don’t work as well as…
The Staten Island Problem – Part 2: A New Map
After the Supreme Court takes a close look at New York City government, Staten Island comes out the loser. A local artist begins organizing for secession. We take a deep…
Eddie Huang on The Cost of Personal Truth
Kamau sits down with the outspoken multihyphenate Eddie Huang to discuss his evolution as a chef and writer. Kamau gives Huang flowers for his moral clarity and refusal to let…
The Medic Who Gave Everything: Clarence Sasser’s Longest Night
In 1968, Clarence Sasser was a young combat medic thrust into a nightmare. During a reconnaissance mission in Vietnam, his company was ambushed in a rice paddy. Despite being shot…
