85: History of Lawns and The 1903 Oregon Train Robbery

This week we deep dive into how turn of the century celebrity conman Death Valley Scotty came to get a castle built in the desert and how Dutch artist Willem Arondeus helped destroy the Amsterdam publ...

11 Jun 20251h 42min

This week we deep dive into how the Woman's Army Corps proved to be a safe space for closeted lesbians during WW2 and how after a trade deal with the Soviet Union in 1989, Pepsi briefly possessed the ...

4 Jun 20251h 34min

This week we deep dive into how at the height the Cold War the United States and USSR put on cultural exchange fairs for each other and Michel and Nadine Vaujour pulled off one of the most dramatic he...

28 Mai 20251h 31min

This week we deep dive into how ravens and wolves work in tandem to survive and how Tipu Sultan's beef with the English led to the greatest piece of hater art ever commissioned. A listener email expla...

21 Mai 20251h 9min

This week we're joined by special guest Patrick Ballesteros as we deep dive into how gatekeeping can be an effective tool against instant gratification, how John Calhoun's landmark rodent utopia over-...

14 Mai 20251h 41min

Guest host Josie Azzam dives into the fascinating (and occasionally outrageous) lives of Napoleon Bonaparte’s many siblings while Hannah goes on an existential journey to learn more about the mysterio...

7 Mai 20251h 28min

This week we learn about all the many, many Popes who have been murdered, and guest host Alyssa Cooper shines a light on the unexpectedly progressive world of 19th century New England whaling wives. A...

30 Apr 20251h 13min

This week we learn about how the introduction of the corrugated box changed the entire pizza delivery industry and how Pythagoras' belief that fava beans contained the souls of the dead may have lead ...

23 Apr 20251h 19min