This week, we’re taking an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Ozu Yasujiro, one of Japan’s most famous…
Meet the woman who claimed to be a German princess, scammed a handful of husbands, palled around with pirates, and played her scandalous self on the stage. Why were so many English men so easy to dupe when a stranger showed up claiming noble heritage? How did a con artist become a celebrity? How much do we really know about Mary as a person, and how much did this self-made woman construct herself as a character?
This week, we’re talking over Japan’s response to one of the greatest public health crises of the 20th century: the…
This week, we tackle one of our more unique subjects. It’s time to talk about an institution so secretive that…
This week, we’re covering the strange, sad case of Mary Mallon, one of America’s most notorious killers—who never technically committed a crime. When is it illegal to spread a disease? Why did the Health Department have the power to detain people indefinitely? Does Mary deserve her infamy, or was she a victim of a system that was stacked against her from the start?
This week, we tackle the life of one of Japan’s most interesting women, who rose from obscure origins to become…
This week we wrap this series up with a look at the changes in the feminist movement during the US…
This week, Isaac and Demetria go back to the Wild West for our very first outlaw of the American frontier. There’s rootin’, there’s tootin’, there’s plenty of shootin’, and also a truly astonishing amount of…soap?
This week, we continue our exploration of the life of Hiratsuka Raicho, and add a new character to our cast:…
This week, we start off our first ever twinned biography with a look at the early career of one of…