28 Episodes

  1. FB 106: An ‘Uncommonly Silly’ Law: How One Man’s Crusade Against Obscenity Resulted in Abortion Rights

    Published: 6/3/2020

  2. FB 105: High Hitler: How a Meth-Peddling Doctor Changed the Course of World War II

    Published: 5/27/2020

  3. FB 104: The Jordan Effect: How a Baseball Strike Saved Basketball

    Published: 5/20/2020

  4. FB 103: AC/DC: How Air Conditioning Changed the Landscape of American Politics

    Published: 5/13/2020

  5. FB 102: Holy Smokes: How the YMCA Helped Launch the Tobacco Black Market

    Published: 5/6/2020

  6. FB 101: McVeigh’s Mentor: How Henry Ford Inspired the Oklahoma City Bombing

    Published: 5/6/2020

  7. (Extended Trailer) Flashback: Isaac Newton’s ‘Year of Wonders’

    Published: 4/22/2020

  8. Introducing: Flashback

    Published: 4/6/2020

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A series of stories of disastrous turning points, dangerous ideas, crazy coincidences, unsung heroes and forgotten villains. From OZY’s Sean Braswell, host and creator of the chart-topping, Webby-nominated The Thread, comes a new show about how some of the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong, or prove unexpectedly magnificent.