American Hysteria
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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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I love folk devils!
Sept 28
Thank you for this delicious podcast! I love every episode!
I want to love it!
Nov 25
I keep downloading this podcast and listening to 10-20 minutes and have to turn it off… I’ve done it so many times now. I really want to listen and I want to love it! But. The. Disjointed way. The host. speaks. Is Too hard. To take. Plus the sound effects and background music are so distracting. The content is so great but the auditory experience is a nightmare. Sadly deleting the feed once again.
Why speak like that? :(
Oct 28
I want to love this podcast so much. I love the content and what topics are covered, but I can’t listen. The way the host speaks (I guess it’s her cadence?) is so off putting and irritating to me. It’s extra frustrating because I’ve heard her on You’re Wrong About and she was speaking totally normally, and she is super brilliant and interesting! I just can’t listen to anyone speak like that.
This show will make you feel things.
Sept 3
I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years- this show is the one I didn’t know I needed. Production value is super high. Topics are fascinating. Host has one of the best radio voices in the biz/radio. In someways a sequel to coast to coast- way less creepy and actually factual.
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- Creatorchelsey weber-smith
- Years Active2018 - 2024
- Episodes231
- RatingClean
- Copyright© 2025 chelsey weber-smith
- Show Website
- ProviderWizard Radio Limited
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