67 Episodes

  1. Life Without Plastic (It’s Not Fantastic)

    Published: 4/6/2023

  2. Putin’s Terrifying “Chef”

    Published: 3/30/2023

  3. How the Buy Nothing Movement Imploded

    Published: 3/23/2023

  4. A ‘90s Rapper & A Wanted Malaysian Billionaire

    Published: 3/16/2023

  5. The Surprising, Queer History of the 1974 Oscars Streaker

    Published: 3/10/2023

  6. The New Etiquette Rules

    Published: 3/2/2023

  7. The East River Mammoth Tusk Hoax

    Published: 2/23/2023

  8. From Land of the Giants: Dating Games - Tinder Changed the Game

    Published: 2/16/2023

  9. The Grey’s Anatomy Liar

    Published: 2/9/2023

  10. The Bonnie and Clyde of the Art World

    Published: 2/2/2023

  11. The Weirdest Poker Hand of All Time

    Published: 1/26/2023

  12. Carnivorous Plants Will Ruin Your Life

    Published: 1/19/2023

  13. Hawaii's Zombie Cats

    Published: 1/12/2023

  14. The Bad Boy of Chess

    Published: 1/5/2023

  15. Queen of the Phone Hackers

    Published: 12/29/2022

  16. Christmas Tree Mafia

    Published: 12/22/2022

  17. Hunting the Crypto Drug Lords

    Published: 12/15/2022

  18. How to Be a Good White Savior

    Published: 12/8/2022

  19. Park Slope Panthers

    Published: 12/1/2022

  20. Introducing Some of My Best Friends Are

    Published: 11/24/2022

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On Story of the Week, “journalist” Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. These are stories you’ll tell your friends about. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.