How wheelchairs, a river, and a spaceship challenged the status quo

How wheelchairs, a river, and a spaceship cha...

Up next

Route 66 and the quest to connect America

Route 66 turns 100 this year. It's considered America’s most nostalgic road trip. With wide open road, sunsets that fill the whole sky, dirt-kissed Chevy trucks, and revving motorcycles. But Route 66 started out as a muddy road to nowhere. Today on the show, we’ll meet a league o ...  Show more

The ongoing battle over asylum in America

The U.S. has long professed to be a country where people can seek refuge. That's the promise etched into the base of the Statue of Liberty. But it's never been that clear-cut. And in June, the Supreme Court passed two rulings that could make seeking safe haven in the U.S. even mo ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Part 5: Memories
The Gateway: Teal Swan

A look back at a strange chapter of American history known as the Satanic Panic—and how it connects to Teal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Flying Off the Handle
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

There's a lot to get upset about in life, but these two stories are perfect proof that sometimes one era's complaint is another's curiosity.

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com< ...  Show more

#160 — The Revenge of History
Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris speaks with Michael Weiss and Yascha Mounk about the state of global politics. They discuss the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, the prospect that democracy could fail in the US, Trump's political instincts, the political liability of "wokeness," the Left's fa ...

  Show more

The Yassification Crisis
Binchtopia

The ladies break down the concept of gentrification, its historical legacy that explains the housing crisis today, and share your own stories about having lived through it. Digressions include Julia's candle obsessions, the redemption of West Elm Caleb, and whether or not horseba ...  Show more