41: Jack O'Lantern and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
On this very spooky Halloween themed episode, we learn about the Irish origins of the Jack-o-Lantern and how Charles Schulz created another classic Peanuts holiday special. A listener email clues us i...
30 Okt 20241h 27min
40: Talking Heads, Robert Liston, and Battle of Santa Monica Bay
This week we are joined by special guests Kaveh Rastegar and Kaveh Hoda as we learn about the contributions of Chris Frantz to the Talking Heads, an infamous surgery that killed 3 people, and how Sant...
23 Okt 20241h 48min
39: NYC Cow Tunnels and Staten Island Ferry Disaster
This week we are in NYC for Comic Con and learn about the cow tunnels that once lied beneath the Javits Center and how Joseph Reginella was inspired to create a series of fake monuments throughout the...
16 Okt 20241h 37min
38: Magic Decks, Garden Hermits, and Skeleton Police Interrogator
This week we are joined by special guest Kurosh Jozavi (@kujoprime) as we learn about Magic the Gathering Commander Decks, how wealthy British land owners used to populate their gardens with hermits, ...
9 Okt 20241h 41min
37: Penny Arcade Sisters and Maple Syrup Heist
This week we're joined by special guest host Alyssa Cooper as we learn how the Dennison sisters revolutionized England’s penny arcades and how barrel rollers in Québec pulled off the maple syrup heist...
2 Okt 20241h 40min
36: Cordwainer Smith pt2 and The Lost Stuart Little Masterpiece
This week we explore the short stories of Sci-Fi writer Cordwainer Smith and how a prop in the Stuart Little movie led to the rediscovery of a lost Hungarian masterpiece. A listener email explains how...
25 Sep 20241h 31min
35: God's Rambo and Cordwainer Smith pt1
This week we learn about the insane lengths Helge Meyer went to help starving kids in the Yugoslav Wars and the CIA/ Chinese Nationalist Party ties of acclaimed SciFi writer Cordwainer Smith. A listen...
18 Sep 20241h 23min
34: Icelandic Dracula and The Guano Islands Act
This week we learn how Iceland got the wrong translation of Dracula and how America's thirst for guano led the government to enact an insane law in 1856. A listener email gives us the sweats.Episode T...
11 Sep 20241h 25min
