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Mall Santas pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

12/15/2025 • 85 min

For this two-part holiday special, I tell Sarah Marshall all about the history of the American mall Santa Claus from the 1800s into the present day. For part one, we will learn about the eccentric men who created the look and vibe of the department store Kris Kringle, mass producing a jolly army of Santa proxies to whom kids could disclose their heart’s holiday … Play episode

Three or More Is a Riot with Jelani Cobb
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with 'This Ends At Prom'
Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three
THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (rewind)
The Devil We Know with Sarah Marshall
Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day with Riley Swedelius-Smith and Miranda…
Bot Farms and the Troll Toll with Perry Carpenter
BLOODY MARY
Spontaneous Human Combustion with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
12 Ft Skeleton (rewind)
Horror Movie Curses with 'What Went Wrong' Podcast
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with Liz "Cosbrarian" Gotauco
The Kennedy Curse with George Civeris
Houdini's Afterlife with Sarah Marshall and Tim Harford
#Elsagate (rewind)
Introducing: Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes
The Disturbing World of Mobile Game Ads with 'Panic World' Podcast
Dear Chelsey and Ask Sarah Marshall
DEAR ABBY AND ANN LANDERS
Titanic in Real Time
Polybius: The Arcade Conspiracy
Not Just a Phase: Goths Through History with Christine Laskowski
The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journalist Miles Klee
The FBI's White Christian Nation with Lerone A. Martin
Listen Now: American Scandal
Staring at the Sun on LSD with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
The Call is Coming From Inside the House with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wr…
THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST
Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's High
GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind
The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney
Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo
Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler
BALLOON BOY
New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations
Hoax Diary Spectacular with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
The Runaway Nun Hoax pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
The Runaway Nun Hoax pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
Luxury Doomsday with 'This is Propaganda'
Hoax Spectacular! with You're Wrong About
Burlesque This Mess with Comic Stripper Woody Shticks
THONGS
Context Clues: Let Me See That Thong
Erasing History with Philosopher Jason Stanley
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with 'You Are Good' Podcast
Invasion of the Drones with Podcaster Gabe Lenners
THE JERSEY DEVIL
Context Clues: The Devil Went Down to Jersey
You Just Lost The Game with 'Spirits' Podcast

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