The trolley problem is a thought experiment in ethics. The general form of the problem is this: You see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up (or […]
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Episode 118: Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (/ˈæleɪstər ˈkroʊli/; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and […]
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Episode 117: Andree’s Arctic Balloon Expedition
Andrée’s Arctic balloon expeditionof 1897 was an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée, the first […]
Read moreEpisode 116: Mary Toft
Mary Toft (née Denyer; c. 1701–1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable […]
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Episode 115: The Mountain Meadow Massacre
The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks began on September 7 and culminated […]
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Episode 114: MK Ultra
Project MKUltra, also called the CIA mind control program, is the code name given to a program of experiments on human […]
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