Episodes
March 12, 2025
Audie Murphy - The Most Decorated Combat Soldier of WW2
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of , and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted...
March 5, 2025
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" (: Den lille havfrue), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a written by Danish author . Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story follows the...
Feb. 26, 2025
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias, 'Siege of Cartagena de Indias') took place during the 1739 to 1748 between and . The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the...
Feb. 19, 2025
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Feb. 5, 2025
Ghost Ships
A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional vessel, such as the , or a physical found adrift with its crew missing or dead, like the . The term is sometimes used for ships...
Jan. 29, 2025
Bonus Army
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 – 17,000 veterans of in , their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in , in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the...
Jan. 22, 2025
Chrome Tab Cleanout
Tom cleans out his unrelated chrome tabs on interesting wikipedia articles.
Jan. 15, 2025
Pizzagate
So we actually recorded this last week on Monday so one of the last paragraphs of the episode has outdated info in it. The Pizzagate guy was killed by police during a traffic stop after allegedly pulling out a gun and pointing it at police. This...
Jan. 8, 2025
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos (: Πυθαγόρας; 570 – c. 495 BC), often known as Pythagoras, was an ancient , , and the eponymous founder of . His political and religious teachings were well known in and...
Jan. 1, 2025
The Host's Fictional Bios
This episode was inspired by our tall tales episode. We each take a crack a writing another host's fictional bio. This was supposed to be a Christmas Episode but was delayed.
Dec. 25, 2024
The Holy Prepuce (Foreskin) and Other Relics
The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin ( præputium or prepucium), is one of several , consisting of the removed during the . At various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to...
Dec. 18, 2024
Snarky Restaurant Reviews
Two mean reviews. One from the Sydney Morning Herald on Coco Roco...and the other from the New York Times on Guy's American Kitchen & Bar.
Dec. 11, 2024
Pong
Pong is a –themed arcade , featuring simple , manufactured by and originally released on 29 November 1972. It is one of the earliest ; it was created by as a training exercise assigned to him...
Dec. 4, 2024
Competitive Eating, Takeru Kobayashi, and Joey Chestnut
Competitive eating, or speed eating, is a sport in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although some competitions can...
Nov. 27, 2024
Sleeping Beauty
The earliest known version of the tale is found in the narrative , written between 1330 and 1344. Another was the poem Frayre de Joy e Sor de Paser. wrote another, "" for his collection , published posthumously in...
Nov. 20, 2024
The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex
Essex was an American from , , which was launched in 1799. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern under the command of Captain , the ship was attacked and sunk by a . About 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) from the...
Nov. 13, 2024
Carlos Kaiser
Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian and former who played as a .[] Although his abilities were far short of professional standard, he managed to sign for numerous teams during...
Nov. 6, 2024
Crazy Patents
A patent is a type of that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an of the invention. In most countries, patent rights...
Oct. 30, 2024
Mickey Barreto - An NYC Real Estate Loophole Story
For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law.
Oct. 23, 2024
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British , , and author. He is an of , and was in the from 1995 to 2008. His 1976 book popularised the , as...
Oct. 16, 2024
Siege Weapons and Fortifications
A is a used to destroy such as , , and . A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a designed for the defense of territories in , and is used to establish rule in a...
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 this service as...