In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle.

Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel.

Enjoy this preview from Where's Dia? A new podcast from Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts.

In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle.
Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel.
Enjoy this preview from <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wheres-dia/id1755394837" data-stringify-link="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wheres-dia/id1755394837" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Where's Dia?</a> A new podcast from Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts.

On Story of the Week, “journalist” Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. These are stories you’ll tell your friends about. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries. 

On Story of the Week, “journalist” Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. These are stories you’ll tell your friends about. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through.
iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

Story of the Week with Joel Stein

Every week host Joel Stein picks a long magazine article that fascinates him – and then actually reads the whole thing, all by himself. Then he calls his fellow, but greatly superior journalist friend who wrote it, and gets them to tell him all about it. He does the work and you get the stories. More accurately, some great journalist does the work and Joel Stein puts his name, Joel Stein, on the podcast. 

Every week host Joel Stein picks a long magazine article that fascinates him – and then actually reads the whole thing, all by himself. Then he calls his fellow, but greatly superior journalist friend who wrote it, and gets them to tell him all about it. He does the work and you get the stories. More accurately, some great journalist does the work and Joel Stein puts his name, Joel Stein, on the podcast.

Introducing: Where’s Dia?

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Adolf Hitler swept to power in Germany in the early 1930s and soon set out to stage the most extravagant and spectacular summer Olympics yet: the 1936 Berlin Games. And countries around the world dutifully put together their teams and made the trip to Germany. Why?

In a new series from Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey explore the games behind the Games, the most consequential Olympics in history. Along the way, they meet a collection of the world’s daffiest aristocrats. A couple of American construction moguls. A legendary triple-jumper. And one discerning journalist.

Heroes and villains. The clear-eyed and the deluded. All of them going to Hitler’s Olympics.

Here's the first episode of the series. If you want to hear more, find Revisionist History wherever you're listening now.

Adolf Hitler swept to power in Germany in the early 1930s and soon set out to stage the most extravagant and spectacular summer Olympics yet: the 1936 Berlin Games. And countries around the world dutifully put together their teams and made the trip to Germany. Why? In a new series from Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey explore the games behind the Games, the most consequential Olympics in history. Along the way, they meet a collection of the world’s daffiest aristocrats. A couple of American construction moguls. A legendary triple-jumper. And one discerning journalist. Heroes and villains. The clear-eyed and the deluded. All of them going to Hitler’s Olympics. Here's the first episode of the series. If you want to hear more, find <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revisionist-history/id1119389968">Revisionist History</a> wherever you're listening now.

Hitler’s Olympics from Revisionist History

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With the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday, we wanted to revisit this episode from last year. The Oscars seems to be cursed with a series of chaotic live television gaffes. But one moment in Academy Award history takes the cake. In 1974, a scrawny white man named Robert Opel ran across the stage butt naked, right as the Best Picture category was being announced. New Yorker magazine writer and Oscars aficionado Michael Schulman recounts the queer, wonderful, and historic life of the 1974 Oscars streaker. 

You can read the full story here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/what-became-of-the-oscar-streaker

You can find Michael Schulman’s new book Oscar Wars here.

With the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday, we wanted to revisit this episode from last year. The Oscars seems to be cursed with a series of chaotic live television gaffes. But one moment in Academy Award history takes the cake. In 1974, a scrawny white man named Robert Opel ran across the stage butt naked, right as the Best Picture category was being announced. New Yorker magazine writer and Oscars aficionado Michael Schulman recounts the queer, wonderful, and historic life of the 1974 Oscars streaker. 
You can read the full story here: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/what-became-of-the-oscar-streaker">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/what-became-of-the-oscar-streaker</a> 
You can find Michael Schulman’s new book Oscar Wars <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Wars-History-Hollywood-Sweat/dp/0062859013/ref=asc_df_0062859013/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=598229505507&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=4643117176586524590&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9030967&amp;hvtargid=pla-1732288545983&amp;psc=1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Wars-History-Hollywood-Sweat/dp/0062859013/ref%3Dasc_df_0062859013/?tag%3Dhyprod-20%26linkCode%3Ddf0%26hvadid%3D598229505507%26hvpos%3D%26hvnetw%3Dg%26hvrand%3D4643117176586524590%26hvpone%3D%26hvptwo%3D%26hvqmt%3D%26hvdev%3Dc%26hvdvcmdl%3D%26hvlocint%3D%26hvlocphy%3D9030967%26hvtargid%3Dpla-1732288545983%26psc%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678503486776000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0wzJL1rjg1w4s_C0Lp9kxZ">here.</a>

Revisiting: The Surprising, Queer History of the 1974 Oscars Streaker

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After his cartooning career failed to take off, a German artist named Arno Funke started extorting department stores.  He went by “Dagobert,” the German name for the character of Scrooge McDuck in the cartoon DuckTales. His crime spree lasted for years and made him a folk hero across Germany. Recently, reporter Jeff Maysh got to meet him. 

You can read Jeff Maysh’s New Yorker article “The Strange Story of Dagobert, the ‘DuckTales’ Bandit”  here: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-strange-story-of-dagobert-the-ducktales-bandit

After his cartooning career failed to take off, a German artist named Arno Funke started extorting department stores.  He went by “Dagobert,” the German name for the character of Scrooge McDuck in the cartoon DuckTales. His crime spree lasted for years and made him a folk hero across Germany. Recently, reporter Jeff Maysh got to meet him. 
You can read Jeff Maysh’s New Yorker article “The Strange Story of Dagobert, the ‘DuckTales’ Bandit”  here: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-strange-story-of-dagobert-the-ducktales-bandit" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-strange-story-of-dagobert-the-ducktales-bandit&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695343675635000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0xqzEXfd5zk0kR0U5Tvpvx">https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-strange-story-of-dagobert-the-ducktales-bandit</a>

The Duck Tales Bandit

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