Pod Crashing Episode 226 with Ben Bowlin And Alex French From Let’s Start A Coup What would you do if a secret cabal of the nation's most powerful people asked you to overthrow the President? Weirdly enough - it's not a hypothetical. It almost happened to FDR in the 1930s, were it not for a very intense, very problematic Marine named Major General Smedley Butler. Join Ben Bowlin, Alex French, and a cast of historical characters brought to life by Joe Kinosian for a darkly comedic - and terrifyin...
May 10, 2023•22 min
Pod Crashing Episode 224 With Ben Austen And Khali Gibran Muhammad From Some Of My Best Friends Are Some of My Best Friends Are. is a podcast hosted by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago in the 1980s. Today a Harvard professor and an award-winning journalist, Khalil, and Ben invite listeners into their conversations about the absurdities and intricacies of race in America.. Mixing anecdotes, entertaining storytelling, and tho...
May 06, 2023•19 min
Pod Crashing Episode 224 With Joanne McNeil From Main Accounts The Story Of MySpace Myspace was the first major social media company. And it was the first major social media company to collapse. What was this internet sensation in aughts? Log on with Joanne McNeil and revisit Myspace through the people who lived it: the users.
May 05, 2023•20 min
Pod Crashing Episode 223 With Comedian Ophira Eisenberg From Parenting Is A Joke Guests include Jessi Klein, Roy Wood Jr., Eugene Mirman, Chuck Bryant, Chris Gethard, Catherine Reitman, Dr. Emily Oster and more. Parents are overwhelmed AF and could use a laugh. Join comedian host Ophira Eisenberg as she talks to your favorite celebrity comics and actors about their careers and their kids as well as teen angst, Nietzche, workaholism, being ok with not being cool anymore, eating sticks, and debati...
May 04, 2023•17 min
Pod Crashing Episode 222 With Bob Crawford From The Avett Brothers. Founding Son: John Quincy’s America. One of the most fascinating periods in American history is also one of the least discussed today. Join Bob Crawford of the Avett Brothers as we go inside the head of America's Founding Son, John Quincy Adams. In the years between 1824 and 1848, southern slave owners ran roughshod over the American political landscape. For most of that time there was only one man who stood against them in thei...
May 03, 2023•17 min
Pod Crashing Episode 221 With Joel Stein From Story Of The Week In Story of the Week with Joel Stein , journalist Joel Stein selects an article that fascinated him, interviews the writer, and gives listeners all the scoop without any actual reading. Problem solved! Stein, who spent 20 years at TIME , has the journalistic chops to understand where the best writing is coming from and the humor to make it all fun.
Apr 29, 2023•21 min
Pod Crashing Episode 220 With Dan Bush And Jonathan Tucker From The Mantawauk Caves On the night of May 1, 2010, three boys entered a cave in Mantawauk County, Tennessee. Only one made it out alive. The boys were found days later. They had been attacked by someone - or something. The investigation that followed revealed town secrets as old as the caves themselves. Written by filmmaker Dan Bush, this fictional podcast weaves together the narrative threads of social drama and supernatural horror. ...
Apr 28, 2023•22 min
Pod Crashing Episode 219 With Janice Liamoca From Party Crews Award-Winning Journalist Janice Llamoca Revisits Her Y2K Party Crew Days and a Crime That Shaped the Narrative of the Scene in New Podcast - Party Crews: The Untold Story From VICE, LAist Studios and iHeartMedia's My Cultura Podcast Network, New Limited Series Launched March 14th WHAT: For many Latinx kids in the 2000s, the party crew scene was a safe space to express themselves as they came of age in the grit and glitter of Los Angel...
Apr 22, 2023•21 min
Pod Crashing Episode 218 With Wright Thompson From The Cost Of Their Dreams From one of America's most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports. There is only one Wright Thompson. His work includes some of the most read articles in the history of sports journalism. But to say his pieces are about sports barely scratches the surface. Wright Thompson shows us the humanity behind the legendary. Whether it be Michael Jordan,...
Apr 21, 2023•11 min
Pod Crashing Episode 217 With Lilliana And Joseph From Becoming An Icon Becoming an Icon chronicles the lives of Latinx artists who have left an indelible mark through the sustained brilliance of their careers. This podcast brings you an exploration of various genre-defining stars, like Shakira, Rita Moreno, Bad Bunny and more, whose talent is so memorable that they surpass mere performers and ascend to the iconic level. Here, we chart the paths and trails these unique artists have blazed on the...
Apr 20, 2023•20 min
Pod Crashing Episode 216 With Joe Brown From Financial Heresy Financial Heresy with Joe Brown helps you navigate financial markets during these turbulent times. In order to have success with investing and creating wealth, you have to understand the rules of the game, which means understanding how the economic machine really works. Entrepreneur, public speaker, investor, and host of the popular Youtube channel Heresy Financial, Joe Brown has helped millions achieve financial success by sharing ke...
Apr 15, 2023•8 min
Pod Crashing Episode 215 With Jenny Kaplan From Womanica Thinking back to our history classes growing up, we had one question: Where the ladies at? Enter, Womanica. In just 5 minutes a day, learn about different incredible women from throughout history. On Wonder Media Network's award-winning podcast, we're telling the stories of women you may or may not know - but definitely should.
Apr 14, 2023•19 min
Pod Crashing Episode 214 With Jason Flom From Wrongful Convictions Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, and Pulitzer prize-winning podcast host and producer Maggie Freleng, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to langu...
Apr 13, 2023•22 min
Pod Crashing Episode 213 With Brenden The Host Of MasterTalk On YouTube Brenden Kumarasamy is a renowned speaker and presenter. Between his coaching, podcast and speaking engagements, he keeps a busy calendar. Brenden and Pete A Turner are likely to get off the beaten path. Brenden is always in high demand on podcasts. If you've a fancy or penchant for improving your skills that allow you to speak in front of a crowd, this will be a good episode to tag and re-watch. Speaking publicly will always...
Apr 12, 2023•12 min
Pod Crashing Episode 212 With PW Singer From The Podcast Like War Through the ages, the boundaries between war, technology and politics have blurred. Now, terrorists livestream their brutal attacks online. Twitter "wars" produce real‑world casualties. Viral misinformation influences elections and alters the very fate of nations. Based on the book of the same name, LikeWar explores the ways in which technology, and especially social media, has been weaponized, arming the internet and the billions...
Apr 08, 2023•11 min
Pod Crashing Episode 211 With Paco de Leon From Weird Finance I'm weird, you're weird, we're all weird about money. Weird Finance explores the often intimidating terrain of money, finances, and economics and how these invisible forces shape each person's ideas about themselves and the world around them. Hosted by author, illustrator, and musician Paco de Leon; Weird Finance is all about having real, honest, unconventional money conversations with the aim of getting comfortable with the uncomfort...
Apr 07, 2023•9 min
Pod Crashing Episode 210 With Maya Lau From Other People’s Pockets Have you ever wondered how your friend bought that vacation home or why that colleague of yours makes everyone meticulously split the tab down to the last Diet Coke? Other People's Pockets is a show about other people's money. We ask people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who we are and what makes us tick (and perhaps we level the playing field a littl...
Apr 01, 2023•18 min
Pod Crashing Episode 209 With Gilbert King From Bone Valley In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield was found dead in a phosphate pit in Florida. Two years later, her husband Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Fifteen years later, previously unidentified fingerprints matched Jeremy Scott--a violent teenager who lived nearby. Jeremy has since confessed to Michelle's murder. Yet Leo Schofield remains behind bars. In this groundbreaking podcast, Bone Valley host Gilbert King uncover...
Mar 31, 2023•20 min
Pod Crashing Episode 208 With Toby Ball From Strange Arrivals In Strange Arrivals, host Toby Ball explores the folklore and culture surrounding UFO encounters by going deep into the source material and examining the key stories the center. Season 2 explores the Rendlesham Forest Incident-one of the most famous UFO sightings in history, sometimes described as Britain's Roswell-and features interviews from all three main witnesses, as well as retired US Military Intelligence officer Richard Doty, ...
Mar 30, 2023•16 min
Pod Crashing Episode 207 With Kay-B From On Call With Kay-B On-Call with Kay-B is about taking the wildest episodes of your favorite medical shows and diving into their medical accuracy and some real-life cases that may have inspired them. Join Kay-B and her guests that range from medical professionals, scientists, and researchers to directors, actors, writers, and show fans, as they also share the best water cooler moments, fan favorites, dive into relationship drama and more.
Mar 29, 2023•17 min
Pod Crashing Episode 206 With Lance Bass From The Last Soviet In the pulsating thriller, the last Soviet Cosmonaut watches from space as the country he loves falls apart beneath him. Trapped in space as the Soviet Union disbands, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has two sources of information from the ground: his wife in mission control, and a ham radio operator from Australia, who has managed to tap into the Mir Space Stations frequency. As relations between Russia and the U.S. hit new lows, The Last ...
Mar 28, 2023•7 min
Pod Crashing Episode 205 With Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, and Noel Brown From Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know The co-hosts of the hit podcast Stuff They Don't Want You to Know , Ben Bowlin, Matthew Frederick, & Noel Brown, discern conspiracy fact from fiction in this sharp, humorous, compulsively readable, and gorgeously illustrated book. In times of chaos and uncertainty, when trust is low and economic disparity is high, when political institutions are crumbling and cultural animosities a...
Mar 25, 2023•19 min
Pod Crashing Episode 204 With Jason Alexander And Peter Tilden From Really No Really Every Tuesday best friends Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden are joined by experts, newsmakers and celebrities in an attempt to find answers to the things that make us go."Really? No, Really?" We invite you to join us, subscribe and even suggest topics, as we search for the answers to life's most baffling, intriguing, confusing and annoying questions.
Mar 24, 2023•8 min
Pod Crashing Episode 203 With Rachel Adams-Heard From In Trust A hundred and fifty years ago, the Osage Nation bought a stretch of prairie the size of Delaware, in what's now Oklahoma. The Osage owned the land and everything beneath it. Today, much of present-day Osage County has left Osage hands. In some cases, appropriation was swift and brutal: Dozens of Osages were murdered for their share of lucrative mineral rights to this oil-rich land, a period often referred to as the Reign of Terror. B...
Mar 22, 2023•14 min
Pod Crashing Episode 202 With Baratunde Thurston From How To Citizen Season 4 How To Citizen reimagines "citizen" as a verb and reminds us how to wield our collective power. In this time of pandemic and revolution, we find ourselves frustrated at so much: high levels of corruption and inequality, our inability to get basic things done, flagrant violations of human rights, and the persistence of systemic racism. Our democratic experiment is at a tipping point, but which way we tip is up to us.
Mar 21, 2023•20 min
Pod Crashing 201 With Dan Kitrosser From Svetlana Svetlana In 1967, Joseph Stalin's daughter braved her way over the Iron Curtain, secret memoir in tow, and landed in America as the Cold War's most famous defector. At 40 years old, Svetlana had left everything behind for a new life in the West and the chance to finally share her story. What she found instead - a controversial commune in the Arizona desert built by Frank Lloyd Wright, a whirlwind marriage dictated by destiny, and a Montenegrin ma...
Mar 16, 2023•17 min
Pod Crashing Episode 200 With Clayton English And Greg Glod From War On Drugs In 1971, President Nixon declared drug abuse 'public enemy number one'- the first salvo in America's War on Drugs. Fifty years later, with drug overdoses in the US at a record high, are we any closer to 'victory'? The War on Drugs has a more profound effect on society than any of us really understands. It is embedded in the fabric of our culture and permeates our daily lives in visible and invisible ways -- perhaps the...
Mar 15, 2023•19 min
Pod Crashing Episode 199 With Alex And Nigel From More Than A Movie American Me When Edward James Olmos set out on his directorial debut, American Me, he wanted to accomplish two things: to represent Chicano culture on the big screen and to save part of his community from gang violence. But when people were allegedly murdered because of their participation in the film and Olmos himself was allegedly extorted by the real-life Mexican Mafia, it exposed the unintended risks of trying to represent s...
Mar 14, 2023•20 min
Pod Crashing Episode 198 With Erika Lantz From The Turning In every ballet studio, there is a wall of mirrors. It reflects the people within. They're part of a closed, elite group that asks for sacrifice and devotion from its members. This insular community produces iconic artists. It's founded on a strict power structure, often with one man at the top. By tracing the origins of this unusual lifestyle, starting with the legacy of choreographer George Balanchine and the intimate stories of young ...
Mar 11, 2023•20 min
Pod Crashing Episode 197 With Joel Larsgaard From How To Money Best friends Joel and Matt are the co-hosts of How to Money which is all about providing the knowledge & tools that normal folks need to thrive in areas like debt payoff, DIY investing, and crucial money tricks that will provide continuous help along your journey. We believe that access to unbiased and jargon-free personal finance guidance is more necessary than ever before. When you handle your money in a purposeful, thoughtful ...
Mar 09, 2023•19 min
