Behold! The Potato (Encore)
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ What did the first Chinese Emperor Qin, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Gengis Kahn, the Queen of Sheba, and all their conte...
3 Huhti 202210min
White Elephants
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ If you’ve been around long enough, you might have heard something being described as a white elephant. A white elephant is som...
2 Huhti 20229min
The Brachistochrone Problem
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In 1696, the mathematician Johann Bernoulli posited a very simple question. Assuming no friction, what was the fastest shape for...
1 Huhti 20229min
The History of Gunpowder
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Sometime almost 2000 years ago, a Chinese alchemist experimenting with three different ingredients discovered something astonish...
31 Maalis 202212min
The Unlikely Survival of Phineas Gage (Encore)
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ On September 13, 1848, a 25-year-old man named Phineas Gage received a horrific brain injury while working on a railroad in Verm...
30 Maalis 202211min
The British Peerage and Honors System
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ As an outsider, the British peerage system is really confusing. There are princes, dukes, earls, and barons. Some of the title...
29 Maalis 202212min
The Istanbul Canal
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ For centuries, humans have built canals to facilitate the transportation of people and goods. Usually, they are built to drama...
28 Maalis 202211min
The Roman Pomerium
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Ancient Rome had an enormous number of customs and traditions. Some of them have been passed down to us in the names of our mont...
27 Maalis 202210min
