90s The Beanie Baby Wars: When plush toys turned America into a nation of feral raccoons Popkin

Japan When Madness starred in early 80s Japanese ads for Honda Rusty Blazenhoff

malls Watch a crowded escalator fail spectacularly Jason Weisberger

books The best "paranoid science fiction" books David Pescovitz

music Watch the music video that's making karens and qanon hysterical about Adult Swim today Rob Beschizza

ska Madness performs with a string quartet from their "London lock up" Rusty Blazenhoff

trump Why Trump's naked corruption is less interesting than conspiracy theories about Clinton Rob Beschizza

books What do you read when you're locked up in a Japanese jail for 23 days? Ellsworth Toohey

classics Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre is still alive thanks to one man's stubborn love Jason Weisberger

music Metal, Muppets, Madness Jason Weisberger

fascism Trump back to blaming the victim, business as usual for ICE Jason Weisberger

worse things happen at sea The submarine that died and came back: USS Squalus's terrifyingly true tale Jason Weisberger

News Paranoid America podcast looks into bizarre government secrets Ellsworth Toohey

waterfowl Ducks compete in the wildest pea-eating contest ever Jennifer Sandlin

Kristi Noem upset people won't let ICE agents use their toilets Rob Beschizza

vintage This toad-shaped LA restaurant was peak kitsch Americana Popkin

art Victorian London's wombat craze: When artists fell for marsupials Popkin

politics Documents reveal decades-long Trump-Epstein relationship despite denials Ellsworth Toohey

websites An idea that could make reading subscription content affordable Séamus Bellamy