The Last Archive – Children of Zorin
A history of “fake news” through the story of a Soviet journalist who covered the United States in the 1970s with a conspiratorial bent.
Stories about breathing from the miracle of a baby’s first breath to the history of teargas to the crash of breath mints during the pandemic.
This Day in Esoteric Political History – Ollie!
Oliver North ran for Senate in 1994 and almost won, a terrifying preview of the Republican Party’s rightward lurch into neofascism. I remember this election well. I even saw John Warner and Marshall Coleman at a restaurant.
This Day in Esoteric Political History – Those Pesky Fenians
If you don’t want to read When the Irish Invaded Canada, check out this short podcast about the history of the mid-19th century efforts of Irish American Civil War veterans attempting to bring the fight for Ireland’s independence to Canada.
Running Tally of Podcast of the Week Awards for 2021
- Afropop Worldwide – 2
- AirSpace – 1
- Best of the Left – 2
- The Brattle Film Podcast – 1
- Code Switch – 2
- Consider This – 2
- Fresh Air – 2
- Futility Closet – 1
- Have You Heard? – 2
- Hit Parade – 1
- Hub History – 2
- Judas and the Black Messiah – Entire series
- The Last Archive – 3
- LeVar Burton Reads – 1
- Lost Massachusetts – 2
- The Moth – 1
- The Memory Palace – 1
- 99% Invisible – 3
- Politically Re-Active – 2
- Planet Money – 2
- Radio Boston – 4
- Radiolab – 4
- Reparations: The Big Payback – 1
- Scientific American – 1
- Seizing Freedom – 2
- Sidedoor – 1
- Slow Burn – 1
- The Story Collider – 1
- Strong Songs – 1
- This American Life – 2
- This Day in Esoteric Political History – 4
- Throughline – 6
- The Tomorrow Society – 1
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 3
- Unf*cking the Republic – 2
- Unspooled – 1
- Up First – 1
- The War on Cars – 1
- What Next – 3
Panorama of the Mountains 