"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"

Thomas Midgley's inventions caused his own death, hastened the deaths of millions of people around the world, and very nearly extinguished all life on land. Midgley and his employers didn't set out to poison the air with leaded gasoline or wreck the ozone layer with CFCs - but wh ...  Show more

We usually bring you failures of the past, but today we're sharing an episode from someone who uncovers failures as they happen. Amy Westervelt is an award-winning investigative climate journalist and the host of Drilled, a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate ...  Show more

A billionaire turned recluse befriends a minor novelist. Together they seize the public’s imagination. Kind of. The true story behind the greatest autobiography you’ve never read.Get Revisionist History updates first by signing up for our newsletter at pushkin.fm.Credits:BBC Moti ...  Show more

Chief joins us to talk about the wild life of Howard Hughes. We get into how 'The Aviator' didn't even show the interesting parts of Hughes, how his Dad had an interesting way of making money, how he would bang Hollywood starlets, and more.

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It's often said that money doesn't buy happiness -- and, in the tragic case of the Getty family, it seems that saying holds true. In part one of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore Getty's origin story, his infamously... let's say... 'thrifty' nature, and how he earne ...  Show more

From 'Carol and Company' to 'Mad About You' to 'Spin City,' Richard Kind found consistent success since his days on stage. He tells us how he crafted an incredible career, the job he was fired from, the job he missed out on, the money he lent to friends, and his life-long bromanc ...  Show more