Flashback
A series of stories of disastrous turning points, dangerous ideas, crazy coincidences, unsung heroes and forgotten villains From OZY’s Sean Braswell, host and creator behind chart-topping, Webby-honored The Thread comes a new show about how some of the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong, or prove unexpectedly magnificent.
Host: Sean Braswell
Full Episodes
Special Series: The Election Day Massacre, Part 3
Special Series: The Election Day Massacre, Part 2
Special Series: The Election Day Massacre, Part 1
Bonus Episode 9: The Surgery That Sparked the Iran-Contra Scandal
Bonus Episode 8: How a Haircut Changed Music History
Bonus Episode 7: Grace Kelly’s Fateful Trip to Cannes
Bonus Episode 6: The Fatal Pitch That Changed Baseball History
Bonus Episode 5: The Freak Bicycle Accident Behind a Children’s Classic
Bonus Episode 4: The Drunk Cop Who Brought Down a President
Bonus Episode 3: The Newspaper Error That Sparked the Nobel Prize
Bonus Episode 2: Your Unintended Consequences
Bonus Episode 1: The Hockey Injury That Launched Air Travel
FB 110: A Hollywood Ending: How One Inventor’s Mysterious Disappearance Changed the American Film Industry
FB 109: A Libertarian House on the Prairie: How a Children’s Classic Inspired a Modern Political Movement
FB 108: Matchmakers: How a Dangerous Discovery Ignited the Labor Movement
FB 107: A Tale of Two Pests: How Gypsy Moths and Kudzu Took Over America
FB 106: An ‘Uncommonly Silly’ Law: How One Man’s Crusade Against Obscenity Resulted in Abortion Rights
FB 105: High Hitler: How a Meth-Peddling Doctor Changed the Course of World War II
FB 104: The Jordan Effect: How a Baseball Strike Saved Basketball
FB 103: AC/DC: How Air Conditioning Changed the Landscape of American Politics
FB 102: Holy Smokes: How the YMCA Helped Launch the Tobacco Black Market
FB 101: McVeigh’s Mentor: How Henry Ford Inspired the Oklahoma City Bombing
(Extended Trailer) Flashback: Isaac Newton’s ‘Year of Wonders’
Introducing: Flashback
About This Podcast
A series of stories of disastrous turning points, dangerous ideas, crazy coincidences, unsung heroes and forgotten villains. Learn how some of the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong, or prove unexpectedly magnificent.
The latest episode of OZY's chart-topping 'Flashback' podcast reveals how the 'Little House' series of children's classics entwined itself with the growth of free-market conservatism.
Host
- Sean Braswell
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