Episode #169- Who Knows Houdini? (Part II)
Over the course of 1899 Harry Houdini went from being an obscure circus performer to being one of the best known entertainers in America. He became known as the "Handcuff King" and made headlines chal...
28 Des 20221h 5min
Episode #168- Who Knows Houdini? (Part I)
The word "iconic" gets thrown around pretty loosely these days, but there are some figures who truly earn the descriptor. Micheal Jordan and Mohammed Ali are icons because they truly transcended their...
14 Des 20221h 8min
Episode #167- Who Was The Fake Asian?
In 1703 a curious character arrived in London claiming to be a native of the island of Formosa. These days Formosa is better known as Taiwan, but in early 18th century it was a place barely understood...
30 Nov 20221h 14min
Episode #166- Who Was Liver Eating Johnson? (ft. Daniele Bolelli)
Some of the most legendary figures to emerge from the history of the American West were the rough-and-ready "mountain men". But, the most legendary mountain man of all had to be the cannibal, Liver Ea...
16 Nov 20221h 10min
Episode #165- What Was The Galileo Affair? (Part III)
There is a story that as Galileo stood in front of the Inquisition and listened as they declared that the Earth did not revolve around the Sun, he whispered under his breath "and yet, it moves". This ...
1 Nov 20221h 37min
Episode #164- What Was The Galileo Affair? (Part II)
Galileo is often credited with inventing the telescope, but he never made that claim. He simply whipped up his own take on the device and sold it to the Republic of Venice before his Dutch competitors...
18 Okt 202258min
Episode #163- What Was The Galileo Affair? (Part I)
The Pisan scientist Galileo Galilei has been remembered as the "father of modern science." The discoveries he made with his telescope led to a completely new understanding of Earth's place in the cosm...
4 Okt 20221h 7min
Episode #162- Real Amazons? (Part II)
Did you know that the Amazons once waged war on Atlantis? According to the ancient historian Diodorus of Sicily, the Amazons conquered Atlantis while carving out an empire in Northern Africa. This may...
21 Sep 20221h 4min
