Episode 16 - Cheese Wars and Taste Tests
In 1935, a war was started. But instead of with weapons, this war was fought with the stinky-est cheese people could find: Limburger. Hailey takes Alexis through the science of the cheese making proce...
26 Kesä 201754min
Episode 15 - Boston Molasses Massacre
In this episode, Alexis teaches Hailey about multiple food crises, including three molasses spills/floods and the Norwegian Butter Crisis. Special thanks to Swing Whale for our music! Hosted on Acast....
21 Kesä 20171h 15min
Episode 14 - Muscle Pile
In this episode, Hailey thoroughly grosses out Alexis with facts about animals and their parts being used in electrical science in the 18th and 19th centuries. Special thanks to Swing Whale for our mu...
12 Kesä 201751min
Episode 13 - Burning Oil, Eleven Babies And Golden Balls, Oh My!
Do you know the French surgeon, Ambroise Pare? Join Hailey in learning from Alexis about the man who pioneered the scientific method in a time when doctors were more interested in ancient medicine, an...
5 Kesä 20171h 3min
Episode 12 - More Bear, More Fair
Is Europe inherently better than America? That's what scientists argued in the 18th and 19th centuries. Hailey teaches Alexis about their arrogance, as well as the great lengths Thomas Jefferson went ...
29 Touko 201750min
Episode 11 - Tales of Laughter: The Russo-Japanese War
Are wars funny? Not usually, but Alexis and Hailey find the humor in the Russo-Japanese war. Join us as we follow all the antics of a Russian Baltic fleet as it spends half the war sailing around the ...
23 Touko 20171h 6min
Episode 10 - Great Pigs Of Fire
Hailey (who is still a little sick) teaches Alexis about Hannibal ...Barca, not Lecter. He famously road elephants over the alps all the way to Rome to fight and lose the Second Punic War. Join us to ...
16 Touko 201758min
Episode 9 - Senator Governeur Morris
Governeur Morris is the coolest Founding Frat Boy you've never heard of! Join Hailey in learning about this smart, sassy and sexy author of the Constitution as Alexis recounts the ins and outs of his ...
2 Touko 20171h 14min
