Operation Flagship

On Christmas Eve in 1926, a man came running into Bellevue Hospital in New York screaming that Santa Claus had been chasing him for blocks with a baseball bat. Not long after that, he died. And then another person arrived in the emergency room. And then another. This started happ ...  Show more

When Elzire Dionne gave birth to five identical babies, she caught the attention of reporters and doctors hundreds of miles away, the Chicago World’s Fair – and the Ontario government. Before the quintuplets were ten months old, they passed a new law: the Dionne Quintuplet Guardi ...  Show more

The image of the National Football League is one of integrity. It’s a squeaky clean brand that NFL commissioners have gone to great lengths to protect. This episode tells the story of a different NFL; the mystery of a dead team owner, gambling, mob-adjacent hall of fame league fo ...  Show more

The NFL just lost an antitrust lawsuit over how you watch the NFL… so fans are getting paid.Every dating app stock is down except for Grindr… because Grindr’s got an AI wingman.And Billboards are back, baby… we’ll tell you how in an age of digital ads, Billboards are big.Plus, if ...  Show more

When you register for the 2Bears 5K at www.2bears5k.com, you can also get tickets to the bears’ comedy shows at the Forum on May 9th and May 11th for $25 each. Tickets are available at bertbertbert.com and tomsegura.com. If you bought tickets to either Forum show BEFORE 3/25, get ...  Show more

When Jefferey Lendrum was a boy, he loved birds. What began as a childhood passion volunteering for an ornithology program transformed into a life of wildlife crime - scaling cliffs to steal and then smuggle falcon eggs around the world. Despite multiple arrests, steep fines and ...  Show more