Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's be
“Humans aren’t good at remembering what got us where we are.” Mike tells Sarah how a turning point i
“Once you tell a story incorrectly once, you can’t control where it goes.” Sarah tells Mike how The
“We’re uncomfortable with the evidence that teen girls have sexual agency.” Special guest Amy Hasino
“He’s been punished even more than the American prison system can aspire to punish anyone”: Mike tel
"It just seems like capitalism masquerading as religion": Sarah tells Mike how a horror mo
“We want stories that don’t exist in systems”: Mike tells Sarah what happened when Utah set out to s
“Why did we make fun of Dan Quayle for misspelling the word ‘potato’ when we should have made fun of
Mike tells Sarah how a 5-year-old kid transformed a city, divided a political party and (maybe) dete
Sarah tells Mike how an aspiring rich kid became an emblem of a world he didn't belong to. Digr
Mike tells Sarah how a simple idea in a single school district became a nationwide racial panic. Dig
Mike tells Sarah how the media, the president and the Pope turned a simple medical story into a comp
Sarah tells Mike how a poor Texas girl made herself into an icon and America made her into a punchli
Mike tells Sarah how an environmental problem became a national rallying cry, a sticky diplomatic is
Sarah tells Mike how a sex scandal ruined a rising star and established a new template for American
“She only said one thing her whole life”: Sarah tells Mike how two decent women became scapegoats fo
Mike tells Sarah how a "bad apples” explanation kept us from seeing the real scandal at the hea
It wasn’t an accident. Mike tells Sarah how the infamous space shuttle disaster came to be seen as a
Sarah tells Mike how a tragic story became a hacky catchphrase. Digressions include raccoon anarchis
Mike tells Sarah how a close election and an even closer Supreme Court decision established the poli
Sarah tells Mike about the sad reality — and the terrible man — behind the infamous Long Island Loli
