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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Introducing: Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Cr...
8 min
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The Disturbing World of Mobile Game Ads with 'P...
75 min
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Dear Chelsey and Ask Sarah Marshall
71 min
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DEAR ABBY AND ANN LANDERS
70 min
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Titanic in Real Time with Riley Swedelius-Smith
60 min
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Polybius: The Arcade Conspiracy
38 min
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Not Just a Phase: Goths Through History with Ch...
72 min
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The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journalist M...
57 min
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The FBI's White Christian Nation with Lerone A....
81 min
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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