American Historia is a brand new podcast from Skylark and me, Chelsea Weber Smith.

It explores our moral panics, urban legends, and conspiracy theories, how they shape our

psychology and culture, and why we end up believing them.

I'll cover moral panics like stranger danger, satanic panic, and tinky winkies, homosexuality,

urban legends like Poison Halloween Candy, and conspiracy theories like the Illuminati's

secret plan for world domination.

I was raised around a ton of wild conspiracy theories, and I know how easy it can be to

freak out over the sensational, the rare, and the untrue.

I want to understand why we fear the wrong things, and how these fears shape our past, present,

and future in sometimes devastating ways, and also what these bizarre panics might be covering

up.

I promise to show you a good old time while I try to figure it all out.

The first two episodes of American Historia drop November 12th.

Put it over and subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.