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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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Oct. 14, 2026
Moe Berg
Morris Berg (May 3, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, though he was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball."[1] Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball."[2]
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Oct. 7, 2026
Alexander Von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German , , , , and proponent of philosophy and . He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative...
494
Sept. 30, 2026
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American convicted of in connection with her company . Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized by developing methods that...
493
Sept. 23, 2026
Comic Book Advertisements
Comic book advertisements are a common feature in American mainly from the 1940s onwards. As these advertisements were directed at young people, many made sensational claims, and sold the products for a few dollars or less, to be sent to a post...
492
Sept. 16, 2026
Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English businessman, and former television presenter, radio DJ, writer and producer. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK, presenting its breakfast show for almost five years. He presented various radio shows and light-entertainment television programmes, originally working for the BBC and later Sky and Channel 4. After presenting children's Saturday-morning programme Multi-Colour
491
Sept. 9, 2026
The Airport-Lounge Wars
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/01/the-airport-lounge-wars
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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.
