Storytellers and best friends Josie Mitchell and Taylor Basso share the stories that live on in infamy: the strange and the familiar, the tragic and the comic—the bitter and the sweet. New episodes every other Sunday. Support the show: ko-fi.com/bittersweetinfamy
110 episodes transcribedJosie tells Taylor about the embattled production of a Disney cult classic: The Emperor's New Groove. Plus: one mother's quest to secure Hannah Montan...
Taylor tells Josie about the rise and fall of the hippest brand of the '00s: American Apparel. Plus: a menagerie of dolphin midwives and feral zombie...
Guest host Lucia Misch tells Josie and Taylor about dancer Maud Allan, the fantastical allegations against her, and the spectacular trial that ensued....
Josie tells Taylor about the mysterious illness infamously known as Havana syndrome. Plus: a household tips column gives some messy advice, and video...
Taylor tells Josie about the extraordinary life of Indian mathematical prodigy Shakuntala Devi. Plus: SeaPods, the aquatic homes of the future, and th...
Josie tells Taylor about the many fabricated histories of Chinese Wikipedia editor Zhemao (折毛). Plus: the extravagantly wealthy ruler of Mali, Musa...
Taylor tells Josie about the world's best-known constructed language, Esperanto. Plus: Tijuana's "La Mona", the gigantic naked woman you can live insi...
Josie tells Taylor about the juicy history of the California raisin industry. Plus: the origins of a deadly game—Russian roulette.
604 Podcast Network premiere! Taylor tells Josie about Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor and her infamous Pope-ripping Saturday Night Live perfo...
Josie tells Taylor about the legendary 1954 Japanese film Gojira, and its infamous American adaptation: Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Plus: more tra...
Holiday special! Taylor tells Josie and guest host Mitchell Collins about Angelique and Charlie Mott's Lake Superior struggle for survival through the...
Holiday special! Josie tells Taylor about el Caganer (the crapping man) and the other scatological fixtures of a traditional Catalonian Christmas. Plu...
Taylor tells Josie about uninvited guests Tareq and Michaele Salahi, and the Real Housewives storyline that ended in a congressional hearing. Plus: al...
Season premiere! Josie tells Taylor about plane crash survivor Juliane Koepcke and her incredible rainforest odyssey. Plus: the unlikely rise of Wing,...
Halloween special + season finale! Guest host Gerard Coletta tells Josie and Taylor about one of Australia's most infamous and enduring mysteries: the...
Halloween special! Josie tells Taylor about the evangelical Christian haunted houses that try to scare the devil out of you. Plus: beware the winged T...
Halloween special! Taylor tells Josie about Canada’s infamous lost-and-found ‘70s vampire porno. Plus: the ballad of Art Nouveau, Joni Mitchell's cont...
Josie tells Taylor about American "rainmaker" Charles Hatfield and the San Diego flood of 1916. Plus: vuvuzelas, SunChips bags, and other things that...
Taylor tells Josie about the deadly fire at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Divine in Valparaíso, Chile, and a community’s tireless hunt for truth and justice am...
Josie tells Taylor about the underground abortion organization that served Chicago during America's sexual revolution. Plus: the legacy of Star Trek's...
