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The podcast where we choose a subject, read a single Wikipedia article about it, and pretend we’re experts. Because this is the internet, and that’s how it works now.
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Dec. 17, 2025
Great Feasts
The Field of the Cloth of Gold (: Camp du Drap d'Or, pronounced ) was a between King and King from 7 to 24 June 1520. Held at , between in and in the English , it was an opulent display of wealth by both kings.
Dec. 10, 2025
Storm Chasers
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/chasing-tornadoes National Geographic article on Storm Chasing called Chasing Tornadoes.
Dec. 3, 2025
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch ; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor and politician. [1] [2] Of Jewish descent , he escaped the Nazi occupation of his nati...
Nov. 26, 2025
Collar Bomb Heist
On August 28, 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells a near his hometown of , , United States. Upon being apprehended by police, Wells died when an locked to his neck detonated. The investigation into his death uncovered a complex plot...
Nov. 19, 2025
Penis Theft
Koro is a delusional disorder in which individuals have an overpowering belief that their are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals. Koro is also known as shrinking penis, and was listed in...
Nov. 12, 2025
Balloon Fest 1986
Balloonfest '86 was a event in , , United States, held on September 27, 1986, in which the local chapter of set a by almost 1.5 million . The event was intended to be a harmless . However, the released balloons drifted back over the city and and...
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Tom
Tom’s soft side includes a literature degree, a love of poetry, and being dad to 2 sons. Tom’s hard side includes applying harsh judgments on each of the 50 states, as well as a fear of birds. Based in Chicagoland, Tom is also a pizza connoisseur.
