Bittersweet Infamy

Bittersweet Infamy

By Josie Mitchell + Taylor BassoSociety & CultureHistory
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Bittersweet Infamy episodes

  • #102 - Waste 'n' Time
    Josie tells Taylor about humankind's attempts to communicate the dangers of nuclear waste to our descendants in the very distant future. Plus: the declassified truth about Acoustic Kitty, the CIA's ill-fated attempt to engineer a feline spy.

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    1 hr 40 min
  • #101 - Hachikō, Stay
    Taylor tells Josie about Hachikō, the Japanese dog who became a national icon by loyally waiting for his long-dead master, and other very good boys of note. Plus: the long, curly tale of the feral hogs of Ossabaw Island, and the unusual attempts to preserve and study them.

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    1 hr 28 min
  • #100 - One Hundred Gumballs
    Josie and Taylor present the Melties, celebrating your choices for the best moments of 100 episodes of Bittersweet Infamy. Josie chews so much gum that she becomes unstuck in the multiverse. Taylor's vendetta with an old foe has deadly consequences.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • #99 - Country Lessons
    Josie tells Taylor about the controversial 2016 CMA Awards performance by Beyoncé and The Chicks, and how it inspired Beyoncé's 2024 album, Cowboy Carter. Plus: it's full speed ahead on the Road to the Melties as Taylor and Josie prepare their ballots for episode 100 of Bittersweet Infamy!

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    1 hr 54 min
  • #98 - I Beg That I Have Not Intruded

    Taylor tells Josie about activist Sacheen Littlefeather, her protest on behalf of actor Marlon Brando at the 1973 Academy Awards, the disputes around her claims to Indigeneity, and the history of Indigenous identity fraud. Plus: does Denver's infamous haunted horse statue, Blucifer, have a cousin? Did the Wicked Witch of the West really ruin an episode of Sesame Street? Josie puts her undefeated streak on the line in the April Fools' Fact or Fiction Minfamous!

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    1 hr 38 min
  • #97 - URGENT! Exclusive Opportunity
    Josie tells Taylor about the history of the Nigerian prince email scam, and the rise and fall of influencer/fraudster Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a. Hushpuppi the Billionaire Gucci Master. Plus: a chess-playing robot attacks a child? A viral chess trend makes it to outer space? The truth isn't black and white in the April Fools' Fact or Fiction Minfamous!

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    1 hr 31 min
  • #96 - All 33 of Us Are Safe in the Shelter
    Taylor tells Josie about the 2010 San José mine cave-in in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile, and the 33 miners whose rescue captivated viewers around the world. Plus: the fatal 2009 accident at Utah's Nutty Putty Cave.

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    1 hr 38 min
  • #95 - Florida Man
    Josie tells Taylor about Florida Man, the memetic everyman whose chaotic antics dominate the headlines of the Sunshine State. Plus: a shambolic AI-generated Willy Wonka live experience leaves parents and kids in a world of pure infuriation.

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    1 hr 36 min
  • #94 - Dulce Amor (Sweet Love)

    Bittersweet Romance - Candy Hearts edition! Inspired by the randomly chosen candy heart "CUTIE," Taylor tells Josie about "Mi Bebito Fiu Fiu," the viral TikTok anthem based on Peruvian ex-president Martín Vizcarra's alleged salacious WhatsApp messages. Plus: Josie and Taylor indulge in a racy game of F, Marry, Kill!

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    1 hr
  • #93 - The Tree Huggers
    Bittersweet Romance - Candy Hearts edition! Inspired by the randomly chosen candy heart "HUG ME," Josie tells Taylor about the Chipko movement of 1970s Northern India, where villagers hugged trees to save the endangered Himalayan forests. Plus: learn about the infamous reality TV show, "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" Are you sure "I do" is your final answer?

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    1 hr 13 min

About Bittersweet Infamy

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Storytellers and best friends Josie Mitchell and Taylor Basso share the stories that live on in infamy: the strange and the familiar, the tragic and the comic—the bitter and the sweet. Check back on…