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This week on Beef, a divided Roman republic’s uneasy peace is broken when rival rulers Marc Antony and Octavian vie... more

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In our latest piece of bonus content, senior producer James Levine sits down with former IndyCar driver and current F1... more

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This week on Beef, famed naturalist John James Audubon and his eccentric contemporary Charles Waterton engage in a war of... more

In For the Love of History, TK is your guide to the past as we uncover the people, events, and... more

This week on Beef, the two pioneering music television programs, Dick Clarke’s American Bandstand and the Buddy Deane Show, bring... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, senior producer Benjamin Austin-Docampo interviews space travel historian Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony about the... more

This week on Beef, the Space Race reaches unprecedented heights as the Soviets and the Americans compete to be the... more

A podcast of fascinating facts! What do extraterrestrial radio signals and a mushroom from Texas have in common? What is... more

Marie-Josephe Angélique was an enslaved Portuguese woman brought to Montreal, Canada in 1732. Two years later, the city burned down:... more

This week on Beef, the 20th century’s two global superpowers, the United States of America and the USSR, seek supremacy... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with fashion historian Dr. Valerie Steele about the importance... more

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Directed by Art Manke and designed by Lindsay Jones, Amy Freed’s translation of “The Taming of the Shrew” pits the... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Max Wolfson talks with wine writer Rod Phillips about the history of... more

This week on Beef, brewers and booze-hounds of every social strata go head to head in 18th century England over... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto talks with Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto about the spirit of adventure,... more

This week on Beef, fearless explorers Sir Richard Burton and Captain John Hanning Speke face unimaginable dangers, and their own... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with journalist and author J. Randy Taraborrelli about the... more

This week on Beef, Former First-Lady Jackie Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill play tug-of-war with the public’s affection... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Adrián Duston-Muñoz talks with professor of Hispanic Studies Dr. Stephanie Kirk about... more

This week on Beef, the brilliant 17th century nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz dares to defy the Catholic... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto chats with pop culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong about TV... more

This week on Beef, actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Catrall, the stars of the groundbreaking HBO megahit series Sex... more

In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto sits down with University of Edinburgh paleontology professer Dr. Steve... more

In 2024, two Next Chapter Podcasts shows received nominations for Ambies awards: "Play On Podcasts" and "BEEF!" So on March... more

This week on Beef, the natural historians who started the Great Bone Wars refuse to bury the hatchet, wreaking havoc... more

This week on Beef, pioneering 19th century paleontologists Othneil Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope help build a discipline of... more

In our first piece of bonus content for season 2 of Beef, senior producer Sam Levine sits down with pro... more

This week on Beef, professional wrestling promoter Vince McMahon and media mogul Ted Turner use their companies WWF and WCW... more

The wait is almost over! Our hit show BEEF with Bridget Todd is back by popular demand. After a stellar... more

The Beef team is honored to be named as finalists for Best Writing, Best Emerging Podcast and Best Host in... more

Gil visits a psychic after Lex asserts he has the worst luck of any person he’s ever met. Nadya, the... more

Episode 138: I'll Always Have Coach - What's Your Beef? Coach has complications with cat sitting, JD tiffs with taxes, and Davis... more

Comedian Kiki Andersen finds the funny in the most uncomfortable corners of our culture. Sex. Politics. Religion. But in the... more

In this bonus episode for season 1, the writing team behind Beef sat down to talk about how they put... more

In our third piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with wrestling journalist... more

In our second piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with African American... more

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Athletes and advertising seems so synonymous these days that it can be hard to imagine a time when the two... more

Nowadays, the shoe game may have reached unprecedented heights. But modern sneaker heads might gasp at the realization that the... more

Long before Marvel and DC started digging through their archives for whatever semi-recognizable spandex-clad heroes they could squeeze into FunkPop... more

Sexual imagery and erotic content are nothing new. Whether for artistic enjoyment or pure carnal pleasure, humans have been obsessed with watching... more

Pirates have long fascinated us as a society and have been a cultural touchstone for anyone who dreams of a... more

Whether you're a lifelong fan or just a casual observer of the cultural zeitgeist, there's a good chance professional wrestling has entered... more

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