Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's be
Special guest Megan Burbank tells us about the history, limitations and loopholes of a landmark cour
Mike tells Sarah how a false rape allegation became a right-wing rallying cry and a left-wing conspi
Sarah tells Mike how a case of marital rape and spontaneous mutilation became a national punchline.
How inflated statistics, cultural anxieties and moral crusaders turned a tiny number of missing chil
Razorblades in apples, babysitters on acid, killers in backseats and "rainbow parties": In
Sarah tells Mike how Ed Gein became one of America’s most famous serial killers despite not actually
Mike tells Sarah how an over-simplified diagnosis, over-confident doctors and over-zealous prosecuto
Sarah tells Mike how pop culture created a two-decade-long obsession with multiple personality disor
Mike tells Sarah that America has sent the wrong messages and done the wrong things about obesity fo
Special guest Rachel Monroe (re-)joins Mike and Sarah to talk about all the myths surrounding the se
Mike tells Sarah why the biggest scandal of Reagan's presidency provides more (depressing) less
Sarah tells Mike that shoddy policing (and Milwaukee generally) are responsible for one of America&a
Mike tells Sarah that the D.A.R.E. program did not, in fact, keep kids off drugs. But that’s just th
Sarah tells Mike that animal behavior is an imperfect template for human society. Digressions includ
Special guest Candace Opper tells Mike and Sarah about how the death of a rock star changed the fiel
Sarah tells Mike about how America's favorite gangster movie is really its favorite killing-the
Sarah and Mike take a break from debunking to reflect on the first 10 episodes and tell the secret h
Mike tells Sarah that America’s most devastating oil spill was not, in fact, a DUI. Digressions incl
Sarah tells Mike about how snuff films don't exist but lots of near-snuff films do. Digressions
Special guest Rachel Monroe tells Mike and Sarah what's really behind the phrase “drinking the
