SNAFU with Ed Helms, America’s favorite podcast about history’s greatest screwups, returns for Season 4 with even more SNAFUs - one per episode, to be precise. And this time around, Ed ropes in a cavalcade of smart, hilarious guests to help unpack what these blunders, fiascos and faceplants say about who we are (spoiler: we’re basically just toddlers with nukes). Think of it as part history lesson, part hangout pod, and part group therapy for humanity.
Watch on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@SNAFUPod. And check out the SNAFU book at www.snafu-book.com.
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Favorite Story Reveals & Twists
This week on SNAFU - it's the most exciting Story Reveals and narrative twists from Season 4 - Like the story of the Azores Glider with Adam Scott where we heard the tale
Aug 19 39 min
Comedians: Ed’s Funniest Friends
Ed's funniest guests shine in this week's compilation episode - whether it was Nick Kroll waxing poetic about his family puking tuna sandwiches on a deep sea fishing trip
Aug 12 35 min
Primo Podcasters: My Favorite Murder, Bowen Yang and More
Podcast lovers, this one's for you! We've compiled the best clips from our favorite podcasting celebs on Season 4 of SNAFU - Karen Gilgariff and Georgia Hardstark from My
Aug 5 32 min
RERELEASE: S1E2: Will the Real Evil Empire Please Stand Up?
Today, we have Episode 2 of our first season of SNAFU all about Able Archer 83, the NATO military exercise that almost started a real nuclear war. Last week, you met some
Jul 29 42 min
RERELEASE: S1E1: Not All Fun and WarGames
If you’re a new fan of SNAFU and you never listened to our beloved Season 1, then now is the time to tune in for a tale of nuclear dread, traitorous spies, and a war game
Jul 27 46 min
Thought Leaders
It's another summer select episode of Ed's favorites! This week, hear from some of the podcasting industry's top minds. Folks like Scott Galloway, Kara Swisher, Jad Abumr
Jul 15 29 min
Insights From Ed's Castmates & Collaborators
This summer, to tide you over until our new season arrives, catch special montage episodes brimming with collective nuggets of Snafu-laden wisdom. First up, the most insi
Jul 8 38 min
Mars Orbiter and the Probe to Nowhere
A NASA space probe that lost roughly $25 million because of a… math era? Classic SNAFU! On this week’s special bonus, we revisit a favorite space-related chapters from my
Jun 16 20 min
William Morgan & Our Favorite Murder (with Karen and Georgia of My Favorite Murder)
Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark are True Crime Royalty. They join Ed to unravel the mystery of William Morgan - one of the earliest American missing persons cases w
Jun 10 58 min
Chappaquiddick & The Real Reason Ted Kennedy Never Became President (with Pete Holmes)
Pete Holmes is Weird. In a good way! He's also a New England native, and perfectly attuned to today's Martha's Vineyard-set SNAFU involving the youngest Kennedy brother,
Jun 3 1 h 01 min
Behind the Bastards' Robert Evans & The Iran-Contra Arms Dealing Scandal (Part II)
Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards Podcast is back for Round 2 of the Iran-Contra Scandal. Robert and Ed tee up the uncanny conclusion to this epic saga including so
May 27 36 min
Behind the Bastards' Robert Evans & The Iran-Contra Arms Dealing Scandal (Part I)
Robert Evans is a delightful human. Which makes it so funny that he hosts a hit podcast about the worst people to ever exist! Today, the mastermind of Behind The Bastards
May 20 37 min
Cambridge Analytica: Facebook's Big Data Scandal - Part II (with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton)
The unraveling web of deceipt continues in the Facebook Data Scandal. Our guests, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton unveil what Mark Zuckerberg had to say for himself in a one
May 13 33 min
Cambridge Analytica, Part I (with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton)
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are High-Tech Savants. The co-hosts of the Hard Fork Podcast were on the front lines of the Facebook Data Scandal, and today they help Ed bre
May 6 34 min
SNAFU's Hottest Takes & Biggest Laughs
It's a special "Best Of" SNAFU! From Nick Kroll's raucous family sea voyage, to Jenny Slate's casual susceptibility to cults, Ed selects his favorite, spiciest hot takes
Apr 29 30 min
Tulip Mania: The World's First Financial Bubble (with Bowen Yang)
Bowen Yang is an unwitting student of Dutch Economics. This week, Bowen joins Ed on a journey to 17th century Netherlands, where they help burst one of history's first ev
Apr 22 44 min
Revisiting the Prohibition Era (Ext. Interview with Terence Winter of Boardwalk Empire)
Welcome to another Bonus Episode of SNAFU! On Season 2, we discovered an eerie plot to poison the nation's alcohol; the government's last ditch effort to quell consumptio
Apr 15 46 min
Who Killed Charles Francis Hall? The Polaris Expedition's Arctic Whodunnit (with Jad Abumrad)
Jad Abumrad is the definition of inquisitive. As the creator of hit shows RadioLab and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, Jad has the innate ability to calculate idionsyncrasies, qu
Apr 8 58 min
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I’m taking a break to share an episode of another podcast I think you’ll enjoy, Business History. Former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the s
Apr 3 51 min
Lord Dunmore and the Proclamation That Ignited Revolution (with Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers)
Bob Crawford is a musician with a historian's heart. Bassist and founding member of The Avett Brothers, his expertise on the Founding Fathers of the United States comes i
Apr 1 46 min
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Such a massive step up in quality, consistency, and pacing in season 2! Ed and his team tell an amazing story chalk-full of primary source material and interviews with the people involved in Medburg, and they really land the plane in terms of relating to our world today. I’d recommend Season 2 to anyone and I learned a lot with a grin on my face. Superb!
Master_Marksman · Dec 2024
Absolutely love this show, always super well done. But for some reason, episode 1 of the new season is SUPER quiet. But other than that, the episode was fantastic.
Raptor052590 · Nov 2024
As someone who lives with the Vietnam war daily through my PTSD veteran spouse, it was incredibly emotional to hear this story from the courageous activists. A cautionary tale for those supporting politicians who would encourage or recreate a “Hoover” atmosphere in our country.
Mo flashback · Oct 2024
I stumbled across this podcast and binged the first season in a week. I found it entertaining, informative and shocking. I liked the mix of the host and interviews with the people involved. This is the type of information that isn’t shared in schools but is vital for people to share, and learn from. Thank you!
trulydooley · Sep 2024
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