Ever put your foot in your mouth at work? Imagine being a worldwide, multimillion dollar organization and doing that publicly. While they say there’s no such thing as bad PR, we think Pepsi, Coke, Dolce & Gabbana and few more brands might beg to differ. Listen to this week’s episode and find satisfaction in the failures of some of the world’s biggest brands.

Grab your textbooks and hide under your desks, it’s time to talk Nuclear Bombs...ish... Only two nuclear disasters have ever been given the highest rating on the International Nuclear Event Scale - Chernobyl and Fukushima. Between natural disasters and downright negligence, these two catastrophic events have changed the landscape of our world. In this episode, we dive into the terror of these events, their horrific outcomes, and the heroes who sacrificed everything they had in an attempt to keep their communities - and the world - safe.

Moral panics have gripped the world, whether it’s the Y2K meltdown or the looming threat of Ebola, no one is safe.Have you always wondered why that one friend growing up wasn’t allowed to watch Harry Potter? Or how the already horrifying numbers behind the teenage suicide epidemic could possibly be worse? Well welcome to our Black Mirror - I mean Moral Panic - episode! This week, we examine the Satanic Panic’s grip on the US over the 70s, 80s and 90s, and the Blue Whale suicide challenge that caused the death of an undetermined number of teenagers world wide.

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Now that we know what MKUltra was, it’s time to dive into the mind blowing experiments that took place under its umbrella... well, the ones we know about at least. Listen and learn more about the CIA teaming up with sex workers, electroshocking non-volunteers into oblivion, and just how far they would go to silence those who were part of their program. Also, hear listeners’ first time drug use stories and the terrors that were illuminated in the corners of their minds.

For 20 years the United States government sanctioned involuntary and voluntary testing of the effects that LSD, physical and sexual abuse, marijuana and more had on mind control. Think this sounds like a conspiracy theory? Wrong. The inspiration behind Zoolander? Maybe... Listen to part one of our two part MKUltra series and don’t forget to send us your “The first time I took drugs I...” stories!

Our favorite superhero franchise comes to an end this week, so we decided to explore some of the real life vigilantes society has come across. From a curvy, tight-wearing neighborhood watchdog to a borderline kill squad operating outside of the law, Tony Stark has nothing on these heroes.

The royal baby 2.0 will arrive any day now! And as enthralled as we are with the royals (not really), we find ourselves more interested in the bizarre rules and traditions the new addition will grow up living by. Listen and find out why members of the royal staff hate the Queen's corgis and why The Palace of Versailles smelled particularly pungent back in the day.

This week on interesThing, we dive into the one thing on everyone's mind, Game of Thrones! While the fantastical Lions vs. Dragons vs. Wolves (oh my!) may not be entirely based on human history, so many of the earth shattering moments, characters and themes are! Check out this week's episode to meet a real life Cersei, an in-the-flesh Ned Stark and much more!

If you want to learn about a game that ended in human sacrifice, the richest athlete who ever lived, or a sport so brutal, even the Taliban banned it, tune in to this episode! This week, we dive into some of the most brutal sports throughout history.

Welcome to the interesThing Podcast, where we aim to know a little about a lot. There are countless times we hear about a topic and find ourselves intrigued, but because of the overly stimulated lives we now lead, we never actually look more into - enter interesThing. This week, we dive into the darker stories that have inspired the Disney princesses we have all come to know over the past decades. From an 11 year old Native American to an imprisoned hairy man, this is sure to be interesThing.