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More than 154 million treasures fill the Smithsonian’s vaults. But where the public’s view ends, Sidedoor begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeepers and astrophysicists, host Lizzie Peabody sneaks listeners through the Smithsonian’s side door, telling stories that can’t be heard anywhere else. Check out si.edu/sidedoor and follow @SidedoorPod for more info.
Weekly comics news and reviews! Hosted by Jessica and Jacob, produced in association with The Escapist Comic Bookstore 3090 Claremont Ave. Berkeley, CA.
America's number one best and favorite podcast about fatherhood hosted by Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong. Turning This Car Around is a podcast about parenthood from three dads, Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong. You can follow us collectively on Twitter as @ttcashow Follow us on Tumblr! Lex Friedman is the Chief Revenue Officer at ART19. He is a pretty important guy in the world of podcasting. He's also a writer; he authored humor books like The Snuggie Sutra and The Kid ...
As Americans approach a full year of pandemic life, there’s an overwhelming sense of anticipation: when can we get vaccinated? What will life look like in six months? When will life return to normal? Maybe because looking outward feels so daunting, a lot of people are looking inward, through mindfulness and meditation. In this episode of Sidedoor, …
This episode, we get into: Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 Future State: Legion of Super Heroes #1 Future State: Dark Detective #1 and 2 Stake #1 It Eats What Feeds It #1 WandaVision (all the way at the end, if you're avoiding spoilers) The Zach Snyder cut The Mandalorian
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Reservation Math: Navigating Love in Native America
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If you’ve heard the phrase, “full blooded,” you’re already familiar with the concept of blood quantum. But Native Americans are the only peoples in the United States whose identity is defined by it. Through the photography of Tailyr Irvine, displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian, we take a look at the colonial origin story of blood…
Jacob and Jessica invite Rich Davis on the show to talk about his upcoming comic Cult of Dracula! We also discuss the casting for the Sandman TV show and how democracy may determine a new member of the X-Men.
As an up-and-coming young blues singer in the 1950s, Barbara Dane faced a choice: fame and fortune, or her principles. She left the mainstream music industry and became a revolutionary music producer – literally. Spurred by Fidel Castro’s international gathering of protest singers, Dane created a record label that published the sounds of social cha…
And another one! In this episode: The New Batman (Future State) Superman of Metropolis (Future State) Wonder Woman (Future State) Nightwing (Future State) WandaVision episodes 1 and 2 The Wilds Your Honor The Drew Barrymore Show Superman and Lois
Wonder Woman is the best known female superhero of all time, but she’s been through a lot. The brainchild of a psychologist, Wonder Woman hit the comic pages in the 1940s as an antidote to the “bloodcurdling masculinity” of male superheroes. But by the early ‘70s, Wonder Woman was having a midlife crisis. She’d given up her bullet-blocking bracelet…
Last episode of the year! There's big Mandalorian talk (spoilers a-plenty, don't listen if you haven't finished Season 2) as well as talk about the other upcoming Disney+ shows, both Star Wars and Marvel. Also: Cross-Over #2 Dark Knight Death Metal #4 Godmothered The Wilds on Amazon (sort of) The first ever appearance of Mark Balboni on the show! F…
In 1890, Americans were delighted when they heard the news that Thomas Edison was using his phonograph technology to give voice to porcelain dolls. But their delight turned to horror when they got their hands on his dolls. In this episode of Sidedoor, we’ll hear a short story that imagines what happens when two little girls receive one of Edison’s …
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My Barber Gave Me the "Zach Snyder" Cut
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Jacob is in LA! Jessica is still in Berkeley! But that won't stop us from bringing that podcasty goodness! In this episode: Daredevil #25 Batwoman/ Catwoman #1 Fantastic Four: Road Trip The Warner Brothers/ HBO Max deal We Are The Champions Joss Whedon (just in general) The Mandalorian (of course)
This week, we have an episode from the NHPR podcast “Outside/In” about passenger pigeons. The passenger pigeon is one of the world’s most symbolic extinction stories. It’s a cautionary tale of how in just a few short generations, one of the wonders of the world could be completely eradicated. But when that narrative was questioned in a popular book…
This week, we’re sharing an episode of ‘Detours,’ a new podcast from our friends at GBH and PRX. The podcast shares surprising stories that unfold behind the scenes at the PBS classic TV show “Antiques Roadshow.” In this episode: a rare daguerreotype, Edgar Alan Poe, and…the FBI. You can find ‘Detours’ wherever you listen to podcasts.…
We're back to help you get through this week! If you want to drink along with us, Lex is drinking Tanqueray 10, Jon is drinking Weller bourbon and Moltz is drinking Tullamore Dew. Reference is made to a seminal scene from The Naked Gun.
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The Assassination of Jacob Rubin by the Coward Jacob Rubin
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Jacob is leaving! Again! Let's see how long this one lasts. In this episode: X-Ray Robot Rorschach Maids by Katie Skelly Batman: Three Jokers DC Future State Catwoman (just in general) Crash Bandicoot (for some reason) Gal Gadot
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What's the Age of Ellen Page? (ft. The Child)
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You won't believe our special guest this week! We discuss: Marvel Snapshots: Cyclops Ginseng Roots Black Widow Solo: A Star Wars Story The worst Hemsworth Umbrella Academy Jamie Foxx as Electro, of course
When a highly-contagious mystery illness spread through the world’s mountain gorilla population, biologists feared the entire species could be lost. Gorillas don’t wear masks or social distance, so there wasn’t much time for the scientists to identify the illness and find a cure for humanity’s hirsute cousins. What they found in 1988 reminds us in …
Dress codes have been around a long time—from the old days of long skirts and bloomers to today’s regulation-length shorts. But while the specifics of what girls can wear to school have changed, the purpose of the codes has not.By Smithsonian Institution
When Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei first jammed together, “it was magic.” Fei was shocked to meet an American banjo player so curious about China’s culture; and Abigail Washburn met a classically trained composer whose talents on the guzheng, a 2500 year old 21-string Chinese harp, perfectly complimented her banjo pickin’. Today, they collaborate to …
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I Am the Slayer of the Vampyrs (ft. Frank Gogol)
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In this episode, we interview Frank Gogol about his new book No Heroine, a chilling new miniseries about drugs and vampires. This episode also includes a Buffy quiz!
To look at them, you might think, “Monarch butterflies aren’t going anywhere fast.” But each year, these beauties complete one of the most remarkable migrations in the animal kingdom, soaring more than a mile high to gather on a few mountaintops in Mexico they’ve never seen before, yet somehow they all know where to find. We unlock the secret lives…
Bonus Episode | This week, we wanted to share “And Nothing Less,” the new short series from our colleagues at the National Park Service and PRX. It gives a much-needed closer look at the twisty history of the 19th Amendment - and its lesser-known heroes. It’s hosted by two fabulous women: Rosario Dawson and Retta. We’ll play the first episode right…
This episode: Thor #6 Shadow Service #1 DC firing everybody Riverdale Palm Springs (the Hulu movie) Misremembered aspects of Buffy the Vampire Slayer The highest grossing media franchises of all time
Fred Tutman is the voice of the river. Specifically, Maryland’s Patuxent River. As the Riverkeeper, his job is to protect and preserve all 110 miles of that waterway – a role that takes him both to the courtroom and to the riverbank. But Fred is also the only African American Riverkeeper in the United States, a fact he sees as an indicator of an en…
In this episode: X-Factor #1 Dark Night Death Metal: Legends of the Dark Knights #1 Alien: The Original Screenplay #1 Mulan (2020) The Terminator, somehow Teenage Jacob's fashion choices
100 years ago this month, the 19th Amendment was ratified into the American Constitution. It’s widely remembered as the moment American women gained the right to vote, but history tells a more complex story. For millions of Indigenous Americans living in far-flung territories, the 19th Amendment afforded some rights – but fell well short of what wa…
On November 14, 1969, just four months after Apollo 11’s “giant leap for mankind,” the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket took off for the moon. Seconds later, a burst of static plunged the three-man crew into complete darkness while speeding toward space in a nearly dead spacecraft. For the 50th anniversary, we tell the often-overlooked story of Apollo 12,…
Jacob and Jessica are back with more comics news and chatter! Comics discussed in this episode: Willow #1 Detective Comics #1023 Walking Dead: Negan Lives #1 Dryfoot #1 Also: vampires, the Justice Society, Tron, and Disney Parks for some reason
Baseball fan or not, you know this song…or at least, you think you do. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is one of the top three most recognizable songs in the country, next to the “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Happy Birthday.” But long-forgotten lyrics reveal a feminist message buried amid the peanuts and cracker jack.…
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We Talk About Thor In This One I Swear
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When Mimi Knoop entered her first skateboarding competition at 24 years old, she never anticipated leaving her mark on the sport forever. But in the early 2000s, she formed an alliance with pioneering skateboarder Cara-Beth Burnside to make a simple request: that the X Games – and the rest of the skateboarding industry – treat female skateboarders …
When Lena Richard cooked her first chicken on television, she beat Julia Child to the screen by over a decade. At a time when most African American women cooks worked behind swinging kitchen doors, Richard claimed her place as a culinary authority, broadcasting in the living rooms of New Orleans’s elite white families. She was an entrepreneur, educ…
In 2017, a photograph of Harriet Tubman surfaced that had been lost to history for more than a century. In a feature of the National Portrait Gallery’s Portraits podcast, we hear the story behind this picture, and how its discovery changes the way we see Tubman – not just an icon of freedom and human dignity, but a courageous young woman.…
To look at them, you might think, “Monarch butterflies aren’t going anywhere fast.” But each year, these beauties complete one of the most remarkable migrations in the animal kingdom, soaring more than a mile high to gather on a few mountaintops in Mexico they’ve never seen before, yet somehow they all know where to find. We unlock the secrets live…
America's favorite dads are back to help get you through quarantine without killing your children. Paul Kafasis shows us how busy the Boston freeway is now. Jon has been relying on Skribbl.io. Lex likes the show Upload on Amazon Prime. Moltz and Hank both loved the last season of Clone Wars, just sadly not at the same time.…
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A perplexing tattoo. Ancient erotica. Killer bees on the loose. This episode is full of short stories we’ve been eager to tell, but couldn’t… until now. It’s Sidedoor’s second-ever “Best of the Rest!” Learn more about the Freer & Sackler’s collection of shunga, the National Museum of American History’s Great Historic Clock of America on si.edu.…
Three billion birds have gone missing since 1970. And conservation biologist Pete Marra considers it his life’s work to make sure more don’t slip away without a fight. In this episode, we go bird-spotting with Pete, and learn what each of us can do to bring birds back.By Smithsonian Institution
Virginia Hall dreamed of being America’s first female ambassador. Instead, she became a spy. Joining the ranks of the U.S.’s first civilian spy network, she operated alone in occupied France, where she built French Resistance networks, delivered critical intelligence, and sold cheese to the enemy. All on one leg.…
Alexander von Humboldt might not be a name you know, but you can bet you know his ideas. Back when the United States were a wee collection of colonies huddled on the eastern seaboard, colonists found the wilderness surrounding them *scary. *It took a zealous Prussian explorer with a thing for barometers to show the colonists what they couldn’t see:…
Lots of school closures going on. Utah has also closed its schools now. The head of the NY/NJ port authority has tested positive for coronavirus. Professional baskeball player Rudy Gobert will be taking the virus a little more seriously from now on. A man who was waiting for his test results and boarded a flight anyway has been banned by Jet Blue. …
Jacob and Jessica are back with a new one, this time discussing two new comics (Strange Academy and Strange Adventures) as well as the newest in TV and film news! Featuring Jason Momoa (as a subject of conversation; he's not actually here)!
In the Venn diagram of life, it’s hard to imagine what spacecraft and women’s underwear might have in common. And that’s probably what NASA engineers thought back in 1962 when they asked a handful of companies to design a spacesuit that would keep a man alive and mobile on the moon. Nobody counted on the International Latex Corporation, whose comme…
This week Jessica & Jacob hit these hot topics: The All-New X-MEN reboot overview Jacob sees Sonic Jessica sees Birds of Prey Batman's new duds The Auteur getting a movie adaptation? Netflix's Locke & Key review and so much more! In a giving mood? Help the Escapist Comics Podcast by donating to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/escapistcomics)! …
Get ready for season five! Our new season begins on Wednesday, March 4th. Journey with Lizzie through our many side doors for a behind-the scenes view of the Smithsonian.By Smithsonian Institution
It's 2020. We're back. Did we miss anything exciting? As the new year dawns so too does the Escapist Comics Podcast emerge from its winter cocoon and dry its newly formed MP3s in the late winter sun. And with late winter comes groundhogs, the big game, and lots and lots of commercials. This week we look at Disney's prime-time pigskin kickoff of all…
