American Hysteria

chelsey weber-smith

American Hysteria explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture – moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, and national misunderstandings. Poet-turned-podcaster Chelsey Weber-Smith tells the strangest stories from American history and examines the forces that create the reality we share, and sometimes, the reality we don't.

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American Hysteria

Episodes (289)

Yesterday JINGLES pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
Thursday Introducing Mind Games
Mon Feb 9th JINGLES pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

American Hysteria

Feb 16, 2026
2 hours
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If you thought the first part of our series was catchy, wait til we enter the modern era where all the jingles that played throughout our lifetimes will be activated like sleeper cells inside us. For part two of our series, we are starting our history in the middle of the century when television commercials began to rely heavily on jingles, leading to a decades-long reign of musical advertising that lasted well into the 1990s. In addition, I’ll tell Sarah the stories behind some of the most beloved jingles of all time for a trip down a hyper-consumerist me...

American Hysteria

JINGLES pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

chelsey weber-smith

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