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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.

Recent Episodes

Oct. 9, 2024

Pied Piper and the Children's Crusade

The legend dates back to the . The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicoloured ("") clothing, who was a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic . When the citizens refused to pay for…
Oct. 2, 2024

Project 57

Project 57 was an open-air nuclear test conducted by the United States at the  in 1957, following , and preceding . The test area, also known as Area 13, was a 10 miles (16 km) by 16 miles (26 km)...
Sept. 25, 2024

Sun Wukong the Monkey King

Sun Wukong (: 孫悟空, Mandarin pronunciation: ), also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel . In the novel, Sun Wukong is a monke…
Sept. 18, 2024

Hulk Hogan, the Love Sponge, and Peter Thiel

Bollea v. Gawker was a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the  in , , delivering a verdict on March 18, 2016. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as , sued , publisher of the  website, and several Gawker employees and…
Sept. 11, 2024

Human Greetings and Congratulation Rituals

A handshake is a globally widespread, brief  or  in which two people grasp one of each other's hands, and in most cases, it is accompanied by a brief up-and-down movement of the grasped hands. Customs surrounding handshakes …
Sept. 4, 2024

The Ice Bowl

The 1967 NFL Championship Game was the 35th , played on December 31 at  in . Because of the adverse conditions in which the game was played, the rivalry between the two teams, and the game's dramatic climax, it has been...

About the Hosts

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Cecil

With degrees in Philosophy, Culinary Arts, Patisserie Arts, and New Media from Chicago institutions, Cecil knows how to Tweet about the Existentialism of donuts. Which he feels is vastly superior to the Danish.

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Heath Enwright

Heath enjoys hockey, short walks on the beach, and has considered doing his own show: “Cooking Ramen with Heath”. When he laughs hard, which could be at any moment on the show, he’s noted for his very impressively high-pitched squeaks.

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Eli Bosnick

Eli Bosnick is a comedian and podcaster living in New Jersey. You can read his blog and check out his other work at elibosnick.com

Cecil is his best friend.*
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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.

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Noah Lugeons

Noah Lugeons yells at a microphone for a living. He is also the author of Diatribes Volume One: 50 Essays from a Godless Misanthrope, and Diatribe Volume Two: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist.