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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 202210min
