The Mysterious Case of Convulsing Cheerleaders

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2014

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Nuns meowing like cats. School girls laughing uncontrollably. People dancing in the streets until they die from exhaustion. Cristen and Caroline dig into the fascinating history of mass hysterias, why some think it's on the rise today and how it seems to

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0:00.0	I'm Dylan Marin, and I have 30 seconds to convince you to listen to my new podcast about
0:04.8	Jar Jar Binks.
0:05.8	Yep, Jar Jar Binks.
0:07.5	So Jar Jar was actually played by an actor named Ahmed Best, and he became the subject of
0:12.2	one of the internet's very first hate campaigns.
0:14.9	We made a podcast all about the early internet Star Wars cultural backlash Jar Jar and what
0:19.3	happens when internet hate gets too real.
0:21.9	Whew, okay.
0:23.6	Listen to the redemption of Jar Jar Binks on the iHeart radio app on Apple Podcasts or
0:27.8	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.2	Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception.
0:35.4	I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal.
0:40.6	Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fanmail account when she discovered
0:44.5	a terrible secret.
0:45.5	I saw a hidden folder, and I opened it.
0:49.6	What the hell did I just see?
0:53.9	In a season two of betrayal on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get
0:58.3	your podcasts.
0:59.3	Hello, hello, Mountain Glauble here.
1:02.5	This year on Revisionist History, we're tackling more ambitious stories than ever.
1:07.9	From how to fix education to what Americans get completely wrong about guns, we're debating
1:13.0	with teenagers handing out awards and hunting for the perfect medical.
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