Citation Needed

Hosts Noah, Cecil, and Eli discuss Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal, highlighting how she deceived investors and patients with a non-functional blood-testing device.

Host Heath and guests Noah, Cecil, and Tom explore the history of fraudulent and misleading advertisements found in comic books, focusing on items…

Hosts discuss the eccentric career of British TV personality Noel Edmonds, covering his innovative but dangerous game shows and the tragic death of a contestant on The Late Late Breakfast Show.

This episode features the hosts discussing Zach Helfand’s New Yorker article, “The Airport Lounge Wars,” which explores the history, economics, and social dynamics of airport lounges.

Hosts Noah, Hannibal, Eli, Tom, and Cecil discuss the bizarre life of Count Juan Rafael Dante, a Chicago karate instructor who reinvented himself as a flamboyant martial arts influencer.

Hosts Noah, Heath, Eli, and Cecil discuss Matthew Bückinger, an 18th-century German performer born without limbs.

Heath, Noah, Eli, and Cecil discuss the US military’s failed WWII effort to create shark repellent, inspired by Mary Roach’s *Grunt*.

The hosts of Citation Needed discuss the disastrous 1816 British expedition to map the Congo River, led by Captain James Hingston Tuckey.

Hosts Eli Bosnick, Cecil, and Marsh, joined by guests Noah and Tom, discuss the FIFA World Cup, focusing on its history of controversy rather than recent results.

Hosts Noah, Eli, Cecil, Heath, and Tom discuss failed utopian communities, from the Garden of Eden and Brook Farm to libertarian micronations.

Hosts Heath and Eli read a 2025 Medium essay by photographer John Lavelli arguing that NFTs are an inevitable technological wave, not a fad.