Your weekly guide to all the weird things that have happened in our world-both yesterday and today. Each week, we take a short tour of the strangest news from around the world, dip into wild historical events from the past, and explore one larger tale that’s sure to leave you shaking your head. Hosted by Aaron Mahnke.

A crowdsourced map of Oklahoma landmarks looking at the places we love, by the people who love them.

On November 11th 2004, 14-year-old Conrad Cliff jackhammered into the water main at The Royal Galleria near Belmont, California. Twenty-three people drowned. Three people were electrocuted in the arcade. Two people were fatally bitten by a hammerhead shark that escaped from the mall's aquarium. And the teenager responsible was never found. No body. No trace. Blair Van Auken was with Conrad at the mall that day but refused to speak about the incident for 18 years. Until now. This is a 6 part series on madness, machines, and melancholy in the MallScape of America. This is MallWalk.

Every Black family knows there is that one matriarch that holds it all down. To the government, her name is Cordelia Hill, but to our family, she is known as Queen Mother and more affectionally to her granddaughter, Mimi Jacks, as Dee Dee.  Queen Mother is 92 years old and has had eight children, lived through one of the most devastating tornadoes in history, received a college degree at 61 and is two ancestors away from relatives that were slaves.  In this podcast, we hear Queen Mother share her experiences in her own voice.  We also hear her children share what it was like to grow up with her as their mother. If you ever had a connection to that one special person in your life and wondered about their story, this podcast is for you. Get ready to adopt Mrs. Hill as YOUR Queen Mother! This is The Legend of Dee Dee.

"In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" presents a surprising and original portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, told in the former first lady's own words -- from over 123 hours of her White House audio diaries, heard here largely for the first time ever. It recasts Lady Bird's role in the Johnson White House as her husband's closest advisor and most trusted political partner and provides history-making revelations about LBJ's time in office. It's the story of how one vastly underestimated woman navigated the power, politics and polarization of her era to become one of the most influential members of the Johnson administration... even if we never knew it. An eight-part series from ABC Audio & Best Case Studios. Hosted by New York Times bestselling author Julia Sweig.

Hosts Rick Davis and Micah Mertes explore the most peculiar corners of Creighton University's history.

Human Nature Odyssey: a podcast about humanity, civilization, and the fate of the world. You are living the latest chapter in a 10,000 year story. Join storyteller Alex Leff on a search for better ways to understand and more clearly experience the incredible, terrifying, and ridiculous world we live in. The first stop on our quest through a landscape of ideas and stories is the 1992 novel Ishmael by Daniel Quinn about a telepathic gorilla with great hope for humanity.

Brookings scholar Stephen Hess didn't plan to start working in Eisenhower's White House at age 25—he began his career at the heart of American politics quite by accident. Hosted by Katie Dunn Tenpas, Hess shares some of his favorite stories from 60 years as a presidential staffer, advisor, and scholar in Washington, D.C.

The first three hundred years of colonization of Manhattan Island and its resounding impact on our culture and our world. Created and hosted by actor, writer, and New Yorker Chance Kelly, the series illustrates how this place is an island unto itself, not just geographically, but idealistically, philosophically and spiritually. Island uncovers our true lost American History. It examines the city's effect on religious and personal freedoms throughout the world. Chance's own heritage is central to much of this story directly as his great, great, great uncle Honest John Kelly, himself emerged from the slums of Five Points to become one of the first Irish-Catholic Congressmen in 1856, and would later reform the reeling Tammany Hall in the wake of the Boss Tweed era. John Kelly was a fiercely courageous advocate for oppressed immigrants from everywhere. Island is the character-driven portrait of the inimitable souls responsible for a place founded on capitalism but perpetuated on an infectious and unapologetic measure of tolerance. Our narrative begins in 1609 when Henry Hudson happens upon Manhattan and the river that would come to bear his name, and culminates in 1909 when Western interloper William Randolph Hearst has infiltrated New York publishing and the fistfight that is Manhattan politics. Climb aboard this voyage of discovery as we tell the epic story, over three centuries, of the forging of the epicenter of the universe. Researched, written and produced by Chance Kelly and Dr. Jaap Jacobs. Research Associate James Edward Malin. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History is Cool examines the incredible history of Manhattan island and TALKS to some of the people who have helped to make it incredible. We welcome guests from all walks of life including singer/songwriters, actors/actresses, professional athletes, elected officials, authors, historians and anyone who has helped to make this place what it is.Island Voices is a companion podcast to ISLAND the chronological history of Manhattan Island from 1609 to 1909, available on all major podcast directories:https://linktr.ee/ThepodcastislandClimb aboard. History is cool :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reflections of 96 is a podcast about the remarkable individuals who once roamed the hallowed halls of Ward Melville High School.

The premier podcast for all students taking (or thinking about taking) AP History classes in high school. From skills to content to tips and pointers, Wendy will not only help you get through AP US History, AP World History, and AP European History, but she'll coach you to success on the AP exam. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse this podcast.