How Lousy Life-Shortening Jobs Became America's Gig Don't let the bastards use you to grind other people down. Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published April 29, 2019
What Fascist Italy Reveals About Modern America Benito Mussolini wanted to make Italy great again, and somehow that's more popular than ever. Authors By Adam Tod Brown, Alex Schmidt Published April 22, 2019
10 Great Movies & TV Shows (That Were Almost Disasters) The best entertainment depends on so many nameless note-givers. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Dan Hopper, Kandice Martellaro Published April 15, 2019
11 Bizarre Military Strategies That Somehow Won Real Battles Load the snake catapults! Arm the trash boat! Drug the honey! Authors By Alex Schmidt Published April 08, 2019
17 Surprising Tales From Inside Conan's Late Night Shows It involves a lot more sprinting and rockabilly and Schwarzenegger-tracking than you'd think. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published April 01, 2019
The Bizarre Hassles Women Face In Our World Designed For Men A little inclusion could save a lot of lives. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published March 25, 2019
12 TV Cancellations That Caused Horrifying Cliffhangers There's good closure, there's okay closure, and then there's these forced finales. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published March 18, 2019
10 Creepy Unsolved Mysteries From History Strange disappearances, stranger murders, and maaaaaybe UFOs? Authors By Alex Schmidt Published March 11, 2019
What Would Happen If The Oscars Went Away? Imagine a world where 'Green Book' is just another movie. Authors By Dan Hopper, Alex Schmidt Published March 04, 2019
5 Mainstream Health Habits That Trick You Into Feeling Lousy If we can convince the entire world to hear this show, somebody might start getting some sleep. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Jason Pargin Published February 25, 2019
7 Incredible Biopics Hollywood Should've Made By Now Free ideas here! Get your free ideas here! Authors By Alex Schmidt Published February 18, 2019
9 Movies That Improved On The Book (According To The Author) The book is only better than the movie if its filmmakers have no ideas. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published February 11, 2019
How A Loneliness Epidemic Snuck Up On Us (with Jason Pargin) Technology! Progress! And so many other things with surprising downsides! Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published February 04, 2019
How To Be Less Confused About The Economy (with Kai Ryssdal) When jobs numbers and stock markets splash across your cable TV screen, do you have any idea what they mean? Authors By Alex Schmidt Published January 28, 2019
Why A Terrible U.S. Supreme Court Is The Historical Norm ...and why your favorite Supreme Court decision happened by accident (and can maybe happen again). Authors By Alex Schmidt Published January 21, 2019
12 Sci-Fi Movie Technologies That Went Stupidly Backwards Congratulations: you have a nicer computer than Tom Cruise did in 'Minority Report'. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Dan Hopper Published January 14, 2019
Overrated Myths (And Underrated Facts) About Ancient Rome Think less savage sports-murder and more insanely modern conveniences. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published January 07, 2019
Happy New Year (And Thank You!) From The Cracked Podcast You keep our pods recording and our site running. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published December 31, 2018
12 Great Ideas America Should Steal From Other Countries Happiness is a friendlier garbage truck. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Adam Tod Brown Published December 24, 2018
How A Few Precision Engineers Invented Your Entire Life One iron-obsessed British guy and a few of his late-1700s contemporaries are why you're holding your smartphone. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published December 17, 2018
