Bittersweet Infamy
Josie Mitchell + Taylor Basso
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 sw...
Episode list
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June 15, 2025
1 hr 51 min
#126 - Spin-Out in the Fast Lane
Taylor tells Josie about the cheating conspiracy behind Brazilian auto racer Nelson Piquet Jr.’s deliberate crash at the 2008 Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. Plus: a few notes on...
moreJune 1, 2025
1 hr 38 min
#125 - The White Witch of Rose Hall
Josie tells Taylor about Annie Palmer, the legendary murderous vodou matron whose ghost is said to haunt her Montego Bay plantation—and how her story wrestles with the true spectre...
moreMay 18, 2025
1 hr 15 min
#124 - My X Father
Guest host Kai Cheng Thom tells Josie and Taylor about the turbulent relationship between terminally online rich guy Elon Musk and his transgender daughter Vivian Wilson. Plus: loo...
moreApril 27, 2025
1 hr 38 min
#123 - The Wreck of the Titan
In the finale of our Titanic April series, Taylor tells Josie about the discovery and exploration of the Titanic's wreck, and the deadly 2023 implosion of the OceanGate Titan subme...
moreApril 20, 2025
1 hr 38 min
#122 - Women and Children First
As part of our Titanic April series, Josie tells Taylor about the history of the disaster evacuation rule "women and children first," and how the gender roles of 1912 impacted the ...
moreApril 13, 2025
1 hr 16 min
#121 - Nazi Titanic (and Other Films in Which Ships Sink)
As part of our Titanic April series, Taylor tells Josie and guest host Mitchell Collins about the film adaptations of the Titanic story, including Saved from the Titanic, the lost ...
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