Ep. 41: The Radium Girls, Part 2

The Oregon Trail was ruthless.In Part 2, Ian and Liv get back on the Oregon Trail with the Donner Party, who has just embarked on Hastings' Cutoff. The food runs out, the desert is brutal, and the mou...

13 Mar 202555min

Avoid people with tuberculosis.In this one, Ian and Liv talk about the infamous Donner Party, a group of pioneers who became stranded on the Oregon Trail and turned to cannibalism to survive. In part ...

6 Mar 202559min

Even in the 1800s, nobody used their turn signals.In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a steamboat that sank in the River Thames after it was struck and split in half by a much larger boat. Of course, ...

13 Feb 202553min

The science is in: poison is bad. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about the Olympic marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which took place in the fine, fine city of St. Louis, Missouri. The marathon was...

6 Feb 202553min

All sports are soccer now. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a stadium that collapsed at a professional football match in Scotland in 1902. And by football, of course, we mean "soccer" as it's calle...

1 Feb 202551min

Something magical has happened again: Ian and Liv got more hate mail!Another bonus episode, full of negative comments and reviews about the podcast. As much as Liv and Ian appreciate the kind words fr...

28 Jan 202524min

How can anyone hate Mick Jagger? In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a free festival in 1969 that featured performances from The Rolling Stones, Santana, plus other famous rock bands. The festival, wh...

23 Jan 202549min

Again, magma and lava are not the same thing. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about a volcano that erupted in New Zealand in 2019, on Whakaari / White Island. A beautiful day turned tragic when the isla...

9 Jan 20251h 4min