I'm ready to fight. Oh, this is fighting worse. Okay, I'll put the hammer back. Hi, I'm

George M. Johnson, a bestselling author with the second most banned book in America. Now more than ever,

we need to use our voices to fight back. Part of the power of black queer creativity is the fact

that we got us, you know? We are the greatest culture makers in world history.

Listen to Fighting Words on the IHeart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

The legendary escapologist Harry Houdini was obsessed with the afterlife.

I see a little boy. He is in a happy place.

Join me, Tim Harford, for a Cautionary Tales trilogy on the world's most famous magician

and his campaign to ban mediums, a mission that would cost him friends and leave him fearing for his life.

They're going to kill me.

Listen to cautionary tales on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Criminalia, a production of Shondaland Audio in partnership with IHeartRadio.

Thank you. Gondaland Audio in partnership with IHeartRadio. The legendary representations of highwaymen are often told through word of mouth, oral lore,

ballads, and sometimes novels and plays, and there's probably been a movie or two or three based on the more famous robbers.

Some highwaymen had originally been soldiers who had fallen on hard times.

Some were straight-up criminals, and some, like Claude Duval, were highwaymen who were polite, chivalrous,

and sometimes portrayed as a version of Robin Hood, although none of them

gave their loot to those less fortunate.

Opinions differ among biographers and historians when it comes to Claude's life.

So let's talk about how his acts of highway robbery created what became known as the

gentleman robber.

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