I'm diving into one of the most influential and controversial ideas in modern philosophy and feminism. A single sentence that changed how millions of people think about gender, identity, and society:

“One is not born, but becomes, a woman.”

This episode is about one of the strangest success stories in British rock history.

A band that emerged during the chaos of the 1970s punk explosion, but never really fit inside the punk label.

A band loved by outsiders, feared by critics, and impossible to imitate.

This is the story of The Stranglers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Chynoweth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scared_to_Death_(2024_film)

Could legislative transparency rebuild voter trust? This is something that Sadie Holzmeyer is interested in.

National Organizing Director.

Questions surrounding wealthy elites and their long-running connections to Jeffrey Epstein continue to expose how insulated political and financial power can be from public accountability.

Also, Howard Lutnick apparently stumbled into a strange wormhole that mysteriously brought him and his family to Epstein's island once, and potentially some other wormholes that magically gave him business ties to the criminal. Will this mysterious wormhole mystery every be solved?

Before grunge took over MTV… before alternative rock became the mainstream… there was Jane’s Addiction.

If you grew up listening to alternative rock in the 90s, you’ve possibly heard The Vaselines.

Even if you don’t realize it.

There are albums that become popular.

And then there are albums that seem to escape popularity entirely and move into mythology.

In 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd did exactly that.

Today I'm talking about one of the weirdest, smartest, and most unforgettable shows Nickelodeon ever aired:

KaBlam! (1996) and the episode "All Purpose Kablam!"

Today, I'm talking about Throbbing Gristle. A group so confrontational, strange, and influential that they effectively created an entirely new genre: industrial music.