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The Cracked Podcast

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Frequency: 1 episode/72d. Total Eps: 29

Facts, jokes, and more from the Internet’s leading comedy website, Cracked.com. Fill your week and your brain with hilarious, mind-blowing revelations that’ll make you the most interesting person in every room you’re in.

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🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
03/01/2026
#82
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
02/01/2026
#65
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
01/01/2026
#54
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
31/12/2025
#46
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
17/10/2025
#88
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
16/10/2025
#63
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
15/10/2025
#53
🇫🇷 France - Comedy Interviews
14/10/2025
#39
🇨🇦 Canada - Comedy Interviews
30/09/2025
#81
🇩🇪 Germany - Comedy Interviews
22/09/2025
#95

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https://www.cracked.com/podcast/bizarre-myths-amazing-facts-about-animals-coronavirus
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https://www.cracked.com/podcast/how-bizarre-or-great-will-2020-election-be
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https://www.cracked.com/podcast/9-dumb-embarrassing-american-elections-nobody-talks-about/
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Introducing: The Simpsons Taught Me Everything

Episode 1

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • Duration 01:00

Everything Michael Swaim knows about the world, he learned from The Simpsons—and now, he's passing on all that useless information to you. On Simpsons Taught Me Everything, Michael Swaim takes a single joke from The Simpsons and pulls the thread of its origins, unraveling bits of history, pop culture, and otherwise random trivia we never knew we needed. Each week, he’s joined by comedians, Simpsons writers, and pop culture obsessives to break down the gag, decode the references, and school you on all things Simpsons. Class is in session.

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How Bizarre (Or Great) Will The 2020 Election Be?

Monday, June 1, 2020 • Duration 59:30

Alex Schmidt is joined by Sarah Pappalardo (Reductress) and Dave Weigel (The Washington Post) for a look ahead at an election that’s practically happening tomorrow. Could one party take both houses of Congress? How is the Presidential race shaping up? And will American voters have to jack up their pandemic risk just to plunk down a ballot?

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/how-bizarre-or-great-will-2020-election-be

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5 Weird Ways The 1990s Never Ended

Monday, May 25, 2020 • Duration 01:05:33

Alex Schmidt is joined by Adam Tod Brown and Chet Wild, the hosts of Unpopular Opinion’s “The 90s Sucked” podcast. They’re exploring huge, meaningful, world-altering ways the 1990s never stopped happening to us. They’ll also reveal which element of the ‘90s stuffs the nation’s landfills to this day, which ‘90s band happily played a show in a living room, and which ‘90s after-effects are most worth looking out for in 2020, 2024, and beyond.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/5-weird-ways-1990s-never-ended/

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6 Little-Known Crises And Lockdowns Of U.S. History

Monday, May 18, 2020 • Duration 01:11:40

Alex Schmidt is joined by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight, 30 For 30) and Nicole Hemmer (historian, author 'Messengers Of The Right'). Jody & Nicole host a fantastic new podcast called 'This Day In Esoteric Political History'. On this show, the three of them share amazing stories from T.D.I.E.P.H., and from elsewhere, about America facing shutdown-level crises. It turns out the United States often faces pandemics, crashes, and weather cataclysms that disrupt national life for months or even years. Those events don't loom large in our collective historical memories, despite being important reminders of our country's resilience in the face of bizarre national danger...and reminders that thoughtful collective action is as American as apple pie, baseball, and revolting against the British.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/6-little-known-crises-lockdowns-u.s.-history

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7 Bizarre Moments From Bizarrely Long-Running TV Shows

Monday, May 11, 2020 • Duration 57:15

Alex Schmidt is joined by the incredible Andy Daly, star of ’Review’ and all of the rest of TV. This podcast is inspired by Dalton Wilcox’s long-simmering project ‘Bonanas For Bonanza’, a rewatch podcast (theoretically) tackling all 431 episodes of the 1959-1973 Western adventure TV show ‘Bonanza’. It turns out even the earliest 'Bonanza' episodes are quite odd -- which begs the question, how weird can a long-running show get? Alex and Andy answer that with examples (and audio!) from ‘Gunsmoke’, ‘One Tree Hill’, ‘Lassie’, and more surprising pillars of American television history.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/7-bizarre-moments-from-bizarrely-long-running-tv-shows/

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Bizarre Myths & Amazing Facts About Animals & Coronavirus

Monday, May 4, 2020 • Duration 01:05:39

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writer & “Creature Feature” podcast host Katie Goldin for a run through animal-specific myths springing up around coronavirus. They’ll break down whether nature *really* is “returning”, what the heck is going on with bats and tigers, and why your housecat is being smart about this situation. Also they’ll reveal some actually-fascinating true animal elements of the world shutting down that haven’t crossed your Twitter feed.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/bizarre-myths-amazing-facts-about-animals-coronavirus

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Common Beliefs That Make Disasters Worse (with Jason Pargin)

Monday, April 27, 2020 • Duration 01:19:03

Alex Schmidt is joined by New York Times-bestselling author Jason Pargin (pen name David Wong) for a close look at mistakes society needs to stop making now, and stop making always. Alongside that, they’ll explore ways you can help people survive this coronavirus thing, just by being thoughtful.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/common-beliefs-that-make-disasters-worse-with-jason-pargin/

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Sports In The Time Of Coronavirus (with Jason Benetti)

Monday, April 20, 2020 • Duration 43:06

Alex Schmidt calls up Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti, to explore what it’s like simulating a sports season that may never happen outside of his PlayStation 4. They’ll also examine the weird way virtual sports can turn meaningful, discover how Taiwan resumed real baseball a week ago, and dig into sports’ role as a canary in the coal mine of modern American society.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/sports-in-time-coronavirus-with-jason-benetti

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6 Things Shut Down By Coronavirus (That Shouldn’t Return)

Monday, April 13, 2020 • Duration 01:01:29

Alex Schmidt is joined by Adam Tod Brown (Unpopular Opinion, MTV, Playboy) and Dan Hopper (Ranker, The New Yorker, CollegeHumor) for a look at some things COVID-19 put on hold -- specifically the most foolish, inefficient, straight-up bad things in the entire world. So throw on some headphones and have a fun & critical think about everything from the Olympics to April Fools Day to an insanely wasteful daily practice we should’ve questioned a lot sooner.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/6-things-shut-down-by-coronavirus-that-shouldnE28099t-return/

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The Surprising Scientific Truth About Living As An Outsider

Monday, April 6, 2020 • Duration 01:02:33

Alex Schmidt is joined by journalist Olga Khazan, author of ‘Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World’. They’ll take a deep dive into personal stories and scientific studies about life as a weirdo. Discover the cultural, social, mental, and physical ramifications of living outside society’s norms. Also stick around for the surprising upsides of that kind of life. Because here’s one way being alive is more interesting than people think it is: being “weird” can be a person’s greatest strength.

Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/the-surprising-scientific-truth-about-living-as-outsider/

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