Story of the Week with Joel Stein

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  • On Story of the Week, “journalist” Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. These are stories you’ll tell your friends about. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through.

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  • Introducing: Where’s Dia?

    Introducing: Where’s Dia?
    Aug 1 2024

    In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle.

    Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel.

    Enjoy this preview from Where's Dia? A new podcast from Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts.

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    8 mins
  • Hitler’s Olympics from Revisionist History

    Hitler’s Olympics from Revisionist History
    Jul 1 2024

    Adolf Hitler swept to power in Germany in the early 1930s and soon set out to stage the most extravagant and spectacular summer Olympics yet: the 1936 Berlin Games. And countries around the world dutifully put together their teams and made the trip to Germany. Why?

    In a new series from Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey explore the games behind the Games, the most consequential Olympics in history. Along the way, they meet a collection of the world’s daffiest aristocrats. A couple of American construction moguls. A legendary triple-jumper. And one discerning journalist.

    Heroes and villains. The clear-eyed and the deluded. All of them going to Hitler’s Olympics.

    Here's the first episode of the series. If you want to hear more, find Revisionist History wherever you're listening now.

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    36 mins
  • Revisiting: The Surprising, Queer History of the 1974 Oscars Streaker

    Revisiting: The Surprising, Queer History of the 1974 Oscars Streaker
    Mar 9 2024

    With the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday, we wanted to revisit this episode from last year. The Oscars seems to be cursed with a series of chaotic live television gaffes. But one moment in Academy Award history takes the cake. In 1974, a scrawny white man named Robert Opel ran across the stage butt naked, right as the Best Picture category was being announced. New Yorker magazine writer and Oscars aficionado Michael Schulman recounts the queer, wonderful, and historic life of the 1974 Oscars streaker.

    You can read the full story here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/what-became-of-the-oscar-streaker

    You can find Michael Schulman’s new book Oscar Wars here.

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    38 mins
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Short and Sweet

And the best opening and closing songs in podcast history.
Also, "In Defense of Elitism" was good enough to finish.

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