About this podcast
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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American Hysteria
About this podcast
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.
Recent episodes
- Ye Olde Cleanse Diet with Zoë Rom of 'Your Diet Sucks'31 Aug · 1 h 24 min
- Solar Storms and the Carrington Event with Ben Bradford of 'Are We Doomed?'24 Aug · 1 h 05 min
- KU KLUX SCAM pt. 217 Aug · 1 h 10 min
- KU KLUX SCAM pt. 110 Aug · 1 h 10 min
- Rednecks (rewind)3 Aug · 55 min
- The Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps with Harrison Hill27 Jul · 1 h 09 min
- Hobby Lobby: Crafting a Christian Nation with Michael Blanding20 Jul · 1 h 03 min
- 90s Angel Craze with Christine Laskowski13 Jul · 1 h 35 min
- FIREWORKS pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall6 Jul · 1 h 39 min
- FIREWORKS pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall29 Jun · 1 h 43 min
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