#154 - Mini-Myth: Washington’s Vision at Valley Forge
Did George Washington have a vision one evening at Valley Forge? Did an angel descend and tell General George about the future of the country, and give him the emotional stamina to carry on and win th...
17 Nov 201614min
#153 - The Black Death
Was the Black Death really the most deadly disease in human history? And did it really come from outer space? From the time of the first plague outbreak all the way until now, the Black Death has igni...
15 Nov 201636min
#152 - Mini-Myth: 1965 Blackout Increased Births
The blackout of November 1965 was a big event in the north-east of the United States and in Ontario. But did it result in an increase in babies born nine months later? When deprived of other “entertai...
10 Nov 20164min
#151 - Nixon’s 1960 Presidential Election “Concession”
Did Richard Nixon genuinely “concede” the 1960 Presidential Election to John Kennedy the day after the election, as so many commentators now tell us? Or did he qualify his remarks so much, and work so...
8 Nov 201620min
#150 - Sore Losers in the 1860 Election
Professor Perry Blatz joins us to explain why democracy didn’t work well enough in the US election of 1860, and why it led to the Civil War. The Democratic party split over the issue of slavery, the R...
1 Nov 20161h 15min
#149 - Mini-Myth: Men Dressed as Women to Get into Titanic Lifeboats
We look at the story that men dressed as women to get into lifeboats escaping the sinking Titanic, which struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage to New York close to midnight on 14 April 1912. Didn’t t...
27 Okt 20164min
#148 - Hitler in World War II
Super Buzzkiller Professor Philip Nash joins us to dispel myths about Hitler during World War II. We talk about strategic and operational blunders (especially Operation Barbarossa), harsh occupation p...
25 Okt 20161h 3min
#147 - Mini-Myth: Churchill Born in a Closet
Churchill wouldn’t be Churchill if there weren’t myths about him from the very beginning. Stories about his birth in 1874 usually include the “facts” that he was born in a closet or ladies’ room at Bl...
21 Okt 20163min
