Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public... more
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"Our alleged serial killers deserve better than this." Was Elizabeth Báthory the most prolific serial killer of all time, or... more
Black cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts/ Covens of witches with all of their hosts/ You may think they... more
What could possibly go wrong when two skeptical podcasters try to summon a ghost? Join Sarah and Chelsey Weber-Smith (of... more
Kellie Carter Jackson, author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, is here to take us on a... more
"Times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in... more
Or, is it legal to have gay sex in your own home? This week, Marcus McCann takes us back to... more
"As long as the law is male, women must be outlaws." — Linnea Johnson This week, Moira Donegan takes us... more
This week we travel back to the 80s, when America’s parents decided to freak out over some kids rolling dice... more
Maggie Mertens tells us a tale of the first women who fought to run the marathon, and of one woman... more
What is “originalism,” and what does it have to do with all these bribes? Mackenzie Joy Brennan has some answers.Find... more
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