Maia leads Grant through a series of surprising, undercover police missions and legal challenges all to answer the question... how legal is gossip in the courtroom? Along the way we uncover the context around Miranda rights and what a Perkins Operation is.

Miranda v Arizona, Illinois v Perkins

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:15:54 Gossip Gossip Gossip

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Grant takes Maia on a trip down memory lane… to 2007! Together we revel in our love of Britney Spears and our shock at the way her conservatorship abused her. Along the way we reflect on how Britney was treated during a difficult period in her life, and the ways we hope that would be different today.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:13:32 Free Britney

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Grant and Maia share Reddit AITA posts relating to the theme of The Industrial Revolution and its Consequences. Parents spying on children and a civics lesson that becomes all too real.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:31:28 Stories start

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Grant tells Maia the strange and surprising history behind one of the most common forms of birth control today, “The Pill.” Join us as we explore why a pill for women specifically was advocated for when it was first developed and uncover the dangerous and traumatic actions of Margaret Sanger, one of the loudest advocates for the development of the pill.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:04:22 The Invention of the Pill

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Maia tells Grant the story of the Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski) through the lens of the authorities trying to solve the case. We're not condoning the Unabomber ... but ... he maybe had some okay ideas in his manifesto (which by the way starts with "The Industrial Revolution and its Consequences").

Since we recorded this episode, the Unabomber died in a federal prison medical center in Butner, N.C. at the age of 81.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:02:58 Political Violence

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Grant and Maia tell read each other Reddit AITA posts relating to the theme of Surviving the Wilderness. Training neighbor's dogs without their knowledge, wimpy hikers asking to be carried, and unexperienced backpackers with a false sense of confidence.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:04:02 Stories start

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Maia tells Grant the rumors of feral people living in America's National Parks. We deep dive into the truth/lies of this rumor and other people who have and do survive in the wild such as the hermits, and un-contacted indigenous peoples in the Americas. Specifically, the North Pond Hermit of Maine, the un-contacted Ayoreo groups in South America, and Ishi, the last known un-contacted indigenous person in the US.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:03:42 Story starts

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Grant tells Maia the long awaited truth of Cocaine Bear - before Elizabeth Banks decided to tell the world her twist on it.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:04:25 Cocaine Bear

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Maia and Grant read reddit AITA stories related to the theme of Illegal drinking (well, Maia tells some, Grant seeks validation on his own AITA story from the day)

This episodes makes some references to episode 4 which was recorded prior to this but will be released next week

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Grant tells Maia the history of the Stonewall Inn and how it transformed and kickstarted the gay rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:02:23 Stonewall Inn

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