Elephants in Rooms

Elephants in Rooms

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Elephants in Rooms episodes

  • The real Rosa Parks: What they didn't teach us in school

    "Her refusal to give up a bus seat for a white man lit the fire of the American Civil Rights movement. But today, a good number of people say Rosa Parks was recruited for a publicity stunt. So what actually happened?" -- Ken

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    23 min
  • This professor invented a genocide. Here's how.

    "Did America’s founders commit biological warfare against the Native Americans? I went looking for the truth behind the famous story and found something stranger." -- Ken

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    19 min
  • They called McCarthy crazy. Then the KGB files opened.

    "Growing up, we were taught that he was a villain of U.S. history, and today, McCarthy's name is an American swear word. But in recent years, some have argued he was more right than anyone gave him credit for. So, was he?"  -- Ken

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    19 min
  • Housing isn't broken. It's working as designed.

    "In 1980, the median American home sold for $64,600. Today, that number's about $440,000. Why are homes so expensive? And is the system rigged against young people trying to buy their first one?" -- Ken

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    20 min
  • Was the story of "Koko the talking gorilla" a lie?

    "Koko was the most famous gorilla in the world because she talked. She also mourned her kitten and cried when her friend Robin Williams died. But was it real?"-- Ken

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    20 min
  • Why 80% of doctors got this wrong

    "Ask most people and they'll tell you it's the thing that gives smokers cancer. Ask some others and they’ll tell you they use it on purpose. So is nicotine good for you or not?" -- Ken

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    18 min
  • How do politicians get so rich?

    "They're not getting Hollywood-style briefcases full of cash. That's actually pretty darn rare. The real story isn’t quite as exciting … and YOU can decide about the ethics of it." – Ken

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    19 min

About Elephants in Rooms

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Hi, I’m Ken LaCorte. I spent 20 years behind-the-scenes at Fox News and now host “Elephants in Rooms”.

Here, we jump into topics that many people avoid and that the mainstream narrative…

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