Trucking is in Trouble.
The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truckers, the global economy will immediately collapse -...
17 Apr 1h 8min
Listener Mail: Raccoon Penis Toothpicks, FNU LNU, Rigid Airships
In this week's listener mail segment: Xevious Wrecks hips Ben and Noel to 'hillbilly toothpicks', a euphemism for raccoon penises, inspiring the guys to never see the internet again. Uncle Bosco explo...
17 Apr 37min
Did Lead Exposure Create Serial Killers?
Nowadays, everyone knows lead is toxic. Yet for thousands of years, it was treated as a miracle substance. Ancient Romans used it in everything from water pipes to wine sweetener -- an ubiquity that m...
15 Apr 56min
CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter One: Some Very Weird Dudes
In this week's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore some extremely weird dudes known as the Founding Fathers of the United States. They're memorialized in monuments, museums, currency, holidays...
14 Apr 57min
Strange News: Science Forgot Gloves, Easter Skull Eggs, Satoshi Nakamoto Revealed, and More
In this week's strange news segment, Ben, Dylan and Noel explore the story of the legendary Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — and how the New York Times may have finally discovered his real identity....
13 Apr 44min
Bringing Back The Dead
Humanity has been obsessed with the idea of death well before the dawn of modern Homo sapiens -- civilization knows what happens to your body when you die, but still has yet to agree on what, if anyth...
10 Apr 1h 1min
Listener Mail: AI Sports Commentary, RTX Corporation, A Latter-day Saint Perspective
In this week's listener mail segment: Neek the Greek prompts Ben, Matt and Noel to explore AI in live sports commentary. James weighs in with a Mormon perspective on Ben's earlier confirmation of inte...
9 Apr 53min
Technology is Making Legends Real
Ben, Matt, and Noel love folklore. After all, stories are one of humanity's first technologies -- and they continue to shape the world today. Most of the modern world accepts that tales of the undead,...
8 Apr 1h 17min
