Margo Jefferson: We Must ‘Go On’
Today, we sit with author and cultural critic Margo Jefferson. We begin with her new book, Constructing a Nervous System (6:54), an early Ella Fitzgerald memory (11:20), and the said…
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Eddie talks to Lake Bell and Rob Corddry about the cars that shaped their adolescent years and turned them into car geeks.
The Final Destination: Season 1 Finale
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Sonny Rollins
Today we’re continuing our celebration of Black Music Month with the incredible jazz legend, Sonny Rollins. Rollins is an American tenor saxophonist and composer who is widely regarded as one…
Episode 4: Playboy vs. Rusty and Edie
How is it legal for porn sites to host millions of videos uploaded by users? The answer is in the story of an Ohio family in the early 1990s. In…
Who Is Scott Menke?
Scott Menke never thought he had a particularly compelling personality, but he did feel he stood out in at least one way: he had a natural ability to learn and…
The Supreme Court Conversation We’re Not Having
Last month, a leaked draft opinion offered a repudiation of a 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. The historic leak was followed by both pro-choice and…
Adrian Quesada
Today on the show, we’re talking to Grammy award-winning musician, Adrian Quesada who’s best known as one-half of the Black Pumas. During the pandemic Adrian started working on a solo…
The French Knight’s Guide to Corporate Culture
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Revisionist History Season 7: The Experiment Experience
Revisionist History is back! And obsessed with … experiments. Natural experiments. Thought experiments. Failed experiments. Experiments that end up in salt factories and file drawers filled with carbon copies. Not…
The Volkswagen GTI was our Hero ft. Malcolm Gladwell
Proud VW evangelists Malcolm Gladwell and Eddie agitate for a reappraisal of the VW GTI as a historically monumental vehicle—at least to Gen Xers.
