Futility Closet :: Helga Estby’s Walk
The story of two women walking across the United States in 1896 needs to be made into a movie.
A storyteller remembers how he realized his talent in high school basketball was limited when he played against Kobe Bryant.
Hit Parade :: The White and Nerdy Edition
Chris Molanphy tracks the career of the most successful “novelty” musician, “Weird Al” Yankovic, with a considerable portion of the episode analyzing the history of novelty songs on the music charts.
What Next :: A Radical Voter Suppression Tactic
A chilling effort by GOP to limit allotment of representatives by the number of people eligible to vote rather than by the total population.
Running Tally of Podcast of the Week Appearances in 2020
- Anthropocene Reviewed – 1
- BackStory – 2
- Best of the Left – 2
- Fresh Air – 1
- Futility Closet – 1
- Have You Heard – 1
- Hidden Brain – 1
- Hit Parade – 1
- 60-Second Science – 1
- Risk! – 1
- Throughline – 1
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 1
- Wedway Radio – 1
- What Next – 2
