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Eclipsed

49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 151 ratings

Lakes disappear, sailors cry, and pop stars go into battle on this season of ECLIPSED. Hosted by writer Bijan Stephen (The Verge, The Believer), each episode features a story hidden in the shadow of another historical event.

ECLIPSED: a Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts

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Unshackling Hidden Shadows: Draptomaniax Resurrects History's Untold Tales

July 11, 2023 19:30 - 2 minutes

From Dean of Black Twitter, Michael Harriot comes a Black history podcast like you've never heard before. Using a recipe that includes detailed research, barbershop humor and a little seasoned salt, a parade of cookout-certified celebrity guests helps Michael Harriot serve up a compelling, hilarious, and more accurate version of Black history that was conveniently whitewashed from your social studies book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mississippi Delta: A Southern Gothic family mystery

April 03, 2023 05:00 - 7 minutes

Just because the  police can’t solve a murder doesn’t mean other people won’t find someone  to blame. In season 4 of Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch, journalist  Larrison Campbell returns to her Mississippi hometown  to reexamine one of its most notorious unsolved cold cases – the murder  of her grandmother, Presh. What happens when a family and a community  suspect one of their own? Subscribe to The Binge  to get all episodes of Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch ad-free right now.  Click ‘try fre...

The Bizarre World of Japan’s johatsu, “evaporated” people

December 12, 2022 06:00 - 7 minutes

What if someone close to you just … vanished one day? That happens to tens of thousands of families a year in Japan, and it happened to Jake Adelstein, too, back in 2018 — when his accountant disappeared, just before tax day. Adelstein, the author of Tokyo Vice, and co-host Shoko Plambeck go in search of that missing accountant and take us on a journey into the fascinating and bizarre world of Japan’s johatsu, or “evaporated” people. The Evaporated: Gone With The Gods is a Campside Media & S...

Introducing: Infamous

November 10, 2022 06:00 - 4 minutes

Behind every infamous news story is a journalist trying to hold power to  account. Join reporters Vanessa Grigoriadis and Gabriel Sherman as they  take an in-depth look at the most explosive scandals of this century.  From high-profile divorces to sex cults to the lies that started a war,  they’ll guide you through the juiciest, most outrageous, celeb-filled  stories of the last two decades, and give you a behind-the-scenes look  at what it takes to shine an unflattering light on the world’s ...

Disaster at Deer Island | Epilogue: Our Day with DJ

September 27, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutes

A hometown tour featuring stories of debauchery, diving and healing. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disaster at Deer Island | 3. The Escape

September 20, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes

Tragedy strikes, and the crew races through 9 miles of darkness. Officials confront the prospect of a multi-billion dollar failure. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disaster at Deer Island | 2. Mission Critical

September 13, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes

As the elite diving team encounters set-back after set-back, they must learn to work together. Their lives depend on it. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disaster at Deer Island | 1. The Tunnel To Nowhere

September 06, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes

To fix an environmental catastrophe, Boston builds an other-worldly facility deep under the ocean floor. And to finish the job, the government calls in a crew with astronaut-like skills. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Elizabeth Jones: Ancient DNA

August 30, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes

Before Jurassic Park and Chris Pratt, there was science. On today’s wormhole, historian of science Elizabeth Jones explains how a niche area of genetics became fuel for Hollywood blockbuster.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Marlen Komar: The Cultural History of Denim

August 23, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes

Writer Marlen Komar joins us to explain how denim relates to the civil rights movement.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Hrishikesh Hirway: How a Song Explodes

August 16, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes

Producer and musician Hrishikesh Hirway shares his personal history and the origin story of his show, Song Exploder. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dog Days of Bummer and Laz

August 09, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

The story of two dogs, one city, and no rules. Plus, Snacks! A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Kate Willaert: The King’s Missing Code 

August 02, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

On today’s episode, we’re joined by writer Kate Willaert to discuss a mysterious computer game and its lost history. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Walk ‘til You Drop: The Rise and Fall of Pedestrianism

July 26, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

A sucker is born every minute. Today we explore how competitive walking became a sensation, then disappeared from popular culture. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Helen Zaltzman: Words, Words, Words

July 19, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes

Podcaster and word wiz Helen Zaltzman joins us to talk about language. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Audrey Watters: Machines in the Classroom

July 12, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes

Writer Audrey Watters talks about the history’s attempts to automate the classroom and the psychologists that tried to remove emotions from education.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boycott Knockout | 4. Closing Ceremonies

June 28, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes

Puerto Rico’s Olympic hopes rest on a teenager, and the rest of the team returns home to deal with the political fallout.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boycott Knockout | 3. Ringside in Russia

June 21, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes

The boxers land in Moscow. Now it's time to fight.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boycott Knockout | 2. Soy Olimpico, No Politico

June 14, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutes

Puerto Rico's star boxers are now enemies of the state. So they hatch a plan to escape.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boycott Knockout | 1. Defending the Flag

June 07, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

In 1979, Puerto Rico hosts the Pan-American Games. For three boxers, it’s the first step toward Olympic glory, but the games turn controversial.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing: Witnessed: Friendly Fire

June 06, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes

When a K-9 officer in the Scott County,  Tennessee Sheriff's Department winds up dead at the hands of his  partner, a grieving widow takes it upon herself to untangle the truth  from the lies. Was it just a catastrophic  accident? Or premeditated murder? National Magazine Award-winning  reporter Sean Flynn returns to Scott County two decades after the  killing to tell the story of one woman’s pursuit of justice—and one  community’s enduring reckoning with the fallout. Learn more about your ad...

Wormhole w/ Gustavo Arellano: The Legend of the Burrito

May 24, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes

Some urban legends taste better than others. In this wormhole, author and reporter Gustavo Arellano joins us to talk about the origins and evolution of Mexican food in America.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Hugh Ryan: The Women’s House of Detention

May 17, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes

On today’s episode, the queer history of a forgotten prison. Hugh Ryan talks about his new book “The Women’s House of Detention” and shares stories of prisoners who fought back, even from behind bars. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Kim Kelly: The Graveyard Shift

May 10, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes

When gravediggers go on strike, there are grim consequences. Today, author Kim Kelly joins us to discuss the overlooked history of the labor movement and the workers leading the charge. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Sarah Weinman: This Charming Killer 

May 03, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes

Death row is no match for a scoundrel. True crime author Sarah Weinman shares how one serial killer charmed his way to freedom on this episode.  A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hidden History of Hot Bevs | Episode 3: Hot Chocolate

April 26, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes

Two arctic explorers race to the South Pole to make history, fueled by ego and hot cocoa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hidden History of Hot Bevs | Episode 2: Tea

April 19, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes

This episode has it all: Monkeys! Affairs! The Kool-Aid Man! Join us as we explore the weird world of tea marketing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hidden History of Hot Bevs | Episode 1: Coffee

April 12, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

In this episode, two stories about scientists and their quest to conquer caffeination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Kristen Meinzer: The Mall(ing) of America

April 05, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

Did the mall ruin America?  In this wormhole episode, author and podcaster Kristen Meinzer discusses the US’s mallification and shares her complicated history with the biggest mall of all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Man Who Played His Hands

March 29, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes

This week, producer Layne Gerbig brings us a story about an old newsreel and the niche musical history we all forgot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Taylor Lorenz: A Special Eggisode

March 22, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes

Journalist Taylor Lorenz joins us to discuss a famous (and forgotten) egg.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attack of the Flies | Episode 3: The Reemergence

March 15, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes

The monster is back…with a vengeance. A new governor tries to use the old medfly playbook, but it may be too late to stop the Medfly invasion… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attack of the Flies | Episode 2: The Ultimatum

March 08, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes

California Governor Jerry Brown fights for his political life as the medfly conflict turns to urban warfare. Helicopters deploy pesticides and irradiated flies across the state, but will it be enough?  Politician vs. Pest: only one relentless creature can win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attack of the Flies | Episode 1: Lord of the Medflies

March 01, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes

A monster invades California in the early 80s, and the government initiates chemical warfare as citizens flee their cities. The beast is a swarm of fruit flies…and they’re hungry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Daniel Immerwahr: The Other Pearl Harbor

February 15, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes

Rhetoric is powerful, especially during wartime. In this Wormhole episode, we’re talking with author and historian Daniel Immerwahr about the omitted history of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Special thanks to Immerwahr for joining us on this episode. You can check out his book “How to Hide an Empire” to learn more about America’s reinvention of colonialism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Divorce Day | A Valentine’s Day Special

February 08, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes

This week, we celebrate love with an episode about divorce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wormhole w/ Brandy Schillace: Head transplants

February 01, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes

Did someone say head transplants? In a special episode, we’re joined by author Brandy Schillace, PhD, to talk about the career of Dr. Robert J. White, a neuroscientist who brought Cold War brinksmanship into the realm of medical experimentation. You can read more about Dr. White in Schillace’s book, Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silver Thursday | Episode 4: The Margin Call

January 25, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes

The markets change the rules, and the Hunts’ silver empire begins to topple. With the looming fear of financial meltdown, regulators enter the war room and the Hunts...try to invent their own currency? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing Chameleon Season Three: Wild Boys

January 25, 2022 06:00 - 7 minutes

In 2003, two half-starved brothers emerged from the wilderness, telling   an incredible story of survival. A small Canadian community took them   in. The only problem? The boys weren't who they said they were. Hosted   by Sam Mullins. Get episodes early plus our new talk-show, "The Art of the Con", with a paid Apple subscription to our Chameleon channel. Otherwise, enjoy the episodes for free as they are released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silver Thursday | Episode 3: Working the Refs

January 18, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes

The Hunts defeat a formidable rival and become the ultimate Silver Bulls. But now the Hunts must face their true bogeyman: big government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silver Thursday | Episode 2: All in the Families

January 11, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes

When a certain North African dictator gives Bunker a “strong slap on the face,” the Hunt brothers double down on their silver scheme. They join forces with another oil-rich dynasty, and try to impress their father before it’s too late... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silver Thursday | Episode 1: The Brothers’ Hunt

January 04, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes

In the midst of Watergate, the Iranian Revolution and an Inflation crisis, why would a pair of billionaire brothers risk their fortune to send their cowboy henchmen on a quest to buy all the silver in the world? Two words: daddy issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Royal Navy Dries Out | A Holiday Special

December 21, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes

This week, a boozy episode of Eclipsed just in time for your holiday festivities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur | Episode 2: The Lake that Ate the Garden

December 14, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes

Lake Peigneur’s zone of destruction spreads to the Rip Van Winkle Gardens. And in the aftermath of the disaster, lawyers, miners, drillers, and fishermen try to make sense of the wreckage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur | Episode 1: The Edge of the Waterfall

December 07, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes

On November 21, 1980, the iconic MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas catches fire. Coverage of the accident dominates the nightly news. But hundreds of miles away, a small town in Louisiana deals with their own disaster, one of biblical proportions. Their entire lake disappeared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop Stars Go to War | Episode 3: The Final Performance

November 30, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes

Within hours of mankind setting foot on the moon, Cathy Wayne gives her final performance. In the wake of her death, Cathy’s family and friends search for answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop Stars Go to War | Episode 2: The Longest Night

November 23, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes

Little Pattie’s performance gets cut short by the outbreak of a battle. And Cathy Wayne follows Pattie to Vietnam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop Stars Go to War | Episode 1: The Moon and the Pop Stars

November 16, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes

How do the highs of teen pop stardom become the horrors of war? July 20, 1969 is best remembered as the day of the moon landing. But it’s also the day a young Australian pop singer named Cathy Wayne was killed on stage while performing for troops in Vietnam. In this episode, we meet Cathy, and dive into the story of her friend and fellow Vietnam performer, Australian pop icon Little Pattie. Special thanks to avgeeks.com for archival tape used in our trailer. Learn more about your ad choice...

Trailer

September 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 minute

Stories you never knew you never knew. From Campside Media, ECLIPSED is a new weekly narrative history podcast. Hosted by writer Bijan Stephen (The Verge, The Believer), each episode features a story hidden in the shadow of another event. Lakes disappear, sailors cry, and pop stars go into battle on this season of ECLIPSED. Special thanks to avgeeks.com for the archival tape used in this trailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices