Balto with Blair Braverman

Can you use the word in a sentence? For this episode, Spelling Correspondent Gabe Henry takes Sarah through the surprisingly rampageous (r-a-m-p-a-g-e-o-u-s) history of the Spelling Bee, a uniquely American phenomenon. From the earliest examples of late night “spelling matches,” ...  Show more

What do men really get up to at the pub? For this April Fools' Day episode, Sarah tells urban legend correspondent Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria the history and the mystery behind crop circles, those sophisticated patterns left imprinted in corn and wheat fields said t ...  Show more

We are featuring 2 stories that have been posted exclusively on our Patreon page. Thank you to everyone who voted on Instagram, the following two stories are the ones that got the most votes. Featuring in the first story is our very good friend Khaled Abuljubein who has his own a ...  Show more

Hi Friends! Hope you’re having a great week. Today’s story is very sad. It involves babies and awful awful humans who would sell them and even sometimes….do even worse. Love you so much and please be safe out there! Hope to be seeing you very soonx oBailey SarianWatch the origina ...  Show more

It's Just The Gist  - "F*cking White People" Edition; The story of the 1981 film ROAR. A tale of how a rich naive Hollywood couple spent over a decade making a movie that starred them, their kids and 150 lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, ALLL the big cats. The movie was pitched ...  Show more

The conclusion of "A Heart of Stone" by Wilhelm Hauff, where we see what happens when Peter Munk, out of options after threatening the Little Glass Man, turns to the devil to help himself through dire circumstances. The creature, the okuri-inu (送り犬) is a dog that might help you o ...  Show more