We keep score of everything these days. But what happens when the numbers start changing what we actually care about?
Jul 7
26 min
Journalist Jack Hitt returns to tell the wild, tragic story of America’s forgotten proto-founding father and his inflammatory 1764 pamphlet.
Jul 3
37 min
Before the internet went global, one undersea gamble made it possible.
Jun 30
31 min
How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed?
Jun 26
40 min
Billions of state quarters disappeared from circulation...and that was exactly the plan.
Jun 23
43 min
Why did an ordinary schoolbook become so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives to possess it?
Jun 19
45 min
Love it or hate it, one buzzing horn changed the sound of the World Cup forever.
Jun 16
33 min
In 1861, one man and a “gas bag” filled with hydrogen sparked America's obsession with going higher, farther, into the unknown.
Jun 12
38 min
Behind every cheesy karaoke track was a surprisingly ambitious filmmaking experiment.
Jun 9
35 min
Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork.
Jun 5
43 min
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