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In the post-9/11 era, American Muslims became the target of government suspicion and surveillance. But while reporting her new book, New York Times Magazine journalist Rozina Ali found that Islamophobia has been present in the United States since at least the 1960s. In today’s ep ...  Show more

Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures series follows two kid heroes on their journey to save a group of islands filled with magical beasts. She’s the first children's author since J.K. Rowling to simultaneously top the U.K. and U.S. sales charts. Now, Rundell is out with The N ...  Show more

Sometimes the past doesn’t want to stay buried. and the echoes of war can reach across time to claim the living. These are stories of restless soldiers, haunted houses, and the people who unknowingly step into their shadows. On this Veterans Day, we remember the fallen who gave u ...  Show more

In this episode, Sapphire takes you to haunted battlefields all over the world. First in Bulgaria, where Vasil has a close encounter with the legendary Samodiva. Then, to an abandoned civil war railway in Louisiana, an unsettling military base in Singapore, the uninhabited home o ...  Show more

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Los Angeles Comic Con. We return with one of our first ever themes, the Ghosts of War. These stories follow those who’ve encountered horrifying apparitions or paranormal experiences on the battlefield. Some while on duty, a ...  Show more

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