American Hysteria
American Hysteria explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture – moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, and national misunderstandings. Poet-turned-podcaster Chelsey Weber-Smith tells the strangest stories from American history and examines the forces that create the reality we share, and sometimes, the reality we don't.
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Listen Now: American Scandal
6 min
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Staring at the Sun on LSD with Sarah Marshall o...
80 min
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The Call is Coming From Inside the House with S...
88 min
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THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST
55 min
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Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's ...
48 min
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GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind
40 min
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The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney
55 min
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Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo
71 min
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Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler
67 min
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BALLOON BOY
52 min
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New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations
109 min
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Hoax Diary Spectacular with Sarah Marshall of '...
93 min
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The Runaway Nun Hoax pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall ...
85 min
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The Runaway Nun Hoax pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall ...
80 min
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Luxury Doomsday with 'This is Propaganda'
59 min
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Hoax Spectacular! with You're Wrong About
64 min
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Burlesque This Mess with Comic Stripper Woody S...
74 min
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THONGS
68 min
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Context Clues: Let Me See That Thong
49 min
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Erasing History with Philosopher Jason Stanley
54 min
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David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with 'You Are Go...
85 min
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Invasion of the Drones with Podcaster Gabe Lenners
53 min
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THE JERSEY DEVIL
49 min
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Context Clues: The Devil Went Down to Jersey
47 min
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You Just Lost The Game with 'Spirits' Podcast
70 min