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Kat simultaneously teaches the history of beauty pageants and makes the distinction that Greek mythology is NOT history. You don't have to be an undercover cop to participate in beauty pageants but you must use a critical lens when reviewing the misogynistic and racist past of these programs. If traditional…

Hayley schools us on sex in Ancient Egypt… Good news: if you were single, you had nothing to lose! (Not even your virginity.) We’ve concluded that God IS a woman and she IS a milky-breasted vampire. Have you used “consex” clues to decipher the topic this week? If not, Kat…

Kat teaches a lesson on last meals, or “special meals,” of death row inmates. Learn about the history and psychology behind the practice of last meals, and remember to order the “last meal special” next time you’re at Starbucks! Next, we hit the motherlode motherlode motherlode motherlode when Hayley covers…

Holly covers the case of a Florida man on a power trip. The Pasco County sheriff’s office has been surveilling and harassing its residents on the basis of arbitrary scores that “predict” how likely they are to commit a future crime. IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. Next, Claudia…

Hayley delivers a history lesson this week on 15th century mercenary, Gotz Von Berlichingen. Berlichen enjoyed fighting people, fighting cities, fighting countries, fighting Chipotle, ruling with an iron fist, and most of all, having his ass kissed. Next, Kat teaches a lesson on the catalyst of the modern day LGBTQIA+…

We did it! It’s the episode no one asked for. Kat teaches a lesson on the dogfighting ring of the video game world- Pokemon. Next, Hayley talks about One Direction, the “infamous” 2010s boyband. Now you hipsters can be experts on the two things you avoided because they were too…

Hayley teaches a lesson on hipsters and proves they all look the same.. And they’re living in SALT LAKE CITY?! It also turns out that modern hipsters were not the first to the game- they owe it all to the hepcats. Then, Kat presents the history of swear words and…

This week, we prove that #yesallmen. Hayley tells the story of American Apparel and its predator of a CEO Dov Charney. Dov really showed that all good things can and will be ruined by a creepy ass man. This is why we can’t have nice T-shirts. Then, Kat teaches a…

Dmitri Belyaev dreamed of witnessing the process of domestication within his lifetime. Kat tells the story of how he made that happen with silver foxes, in spite of Soviet-era hostility toward the study of genetics. Thanks Stalin! Then, Hayley teaches the history of coffee and we learn the devil is…

Hayley teaches a lesson on bounty hunters which of course includes the queen bee bounty hunter, Dog. We don’t want to give Dog too much attention, as bounty hunting in other countries is just called kidnapping, but we do love his hair. Next, Kat lectures on one of the 80’s…

Kat has the privilege of telling the life story of horse-papaw Samuel Garland. Samuel was a member of the US 10th Cavalry Regiment and an early settler of Nicodemus- he really was goin’ around startin’ towns. Next, Hayley teaches us about Tupperware and the woman behind its success, (and the…

Today on TLC’s A Rabbit Story Hayley teaches a lesson on Mary Toft. Mary astonished eighteenth century medical doctors by giving birth to rabbits- or at least chunks of dismembered rabbits. A woman’s body really is a mystery. Then, Kat tells the peculiar story of Dr. OC Smith. Dr. Smith,…

Drinking The Koolaid is a podcast dedicated to the mysterious and hosts Cassidy and Amanda join Night Classy this week to teach two very mysterious lessons! Cassidy covers the strange mass death of birds within a one-mile radius of a small Arkansas town... aliens? Next, Amanda presents the Kentucky meat…

Kat covers Samantha Sally, an American woman who joined ISIS. Whether she joined by her own free will or was forced to by her husband is unclear, but what’s not unclear is Kat’s affinity for horses AND ringworm. Next, there’s some Houdini in this house, there’s some Houdini in this…

Hayley covers inventions that were created fully by accident. But what won’t be an accident is our new living room decorated with bubble wrap and luminol. Next, Kat tells us about some products that people are (arguably) way too obsessed with. Why are Birkin bags so expensive? Why must people…

Hayley teaches a lesson on spontaneous human combustion, AKA what happens every time we eat Chipotle. Next, Kat takes us on a learny journey to China where we learn about the life of one of the most successful pirate lords in history: Ching Shih. Night Classy stands against Asian American…

Kat teaches a lesson on L’Inconnue de la Seine, an unidentified drowned girl who ended up setting beauty standards for centuries. Next, Hayley teaches a lesson on past lives and we examine our own past lives as a colonial woman and her horse. Finally, don’t forget: niceness protects predators, but…

Happy freaking birthday to us! Night Classy turned one year old, so we popped prosecco, drank the entire bottle before starting, and covered two incredible listener topics. Kat teaches a lesson on The Bermuda Triangle, complete with 80s song breaks, juicy coochie, and angry screaming about Chris Columbus. Next, Hayley…

Hayley tells the story of America’s most famous criminal couple: Bonnie and Clyde. Next, Kat teaches a lesson on vestigiality- the structures, behaviors, and organs that evolution has rendered useless. Meanwhile, Hayley reminisces about the tail she may have had, and exposes her own vestigial structure: her crooked buttcrack. Produced…

Kat tells the story of the hungriest man who ever lived: Tarrare. Tarrare was known to eat anything he could find including raw organs, live cats, and garbage until he literally ended up with a food baby.. Next, Hayley teaches a lesson on the disappearance of John and Linda Sohus.…

Hayley blows our minds with the fact that there are lizard people, and they live in Denver, CO. That’s right! We are talking about Denver Airport conspiracy theories. What’s scarier: the world ending or being crushed to death by a veiny blue horse? Next, Kat takes on some conspiracy theories…

Hayley goes grim this week and tells us about Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova; a pair of conjoined twins who were ruthlessly experimented on by Soviet Russia. Then, Kat lightens the mood by taking us to a 17th century French prison, where an anonymous prisoner was made to wear a mask,…

Hayley teaches us all about our first and favorite childhood video game: The Sims! Then we get in our biggest fight ever over Hayley making Kat's sim blonde and evil. Next, Kat tells us about the ancient Roman holiday (?) Lupercalia and how it ~may~ have inspired Valentine's Day. We…