The Twisting, Turning Road That Gave Us the Microwave Oven
In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into the surprising origins of the microwave oven, from Maxwell's electromagnetic waves to WWII radar tech. Dive into the science and histor...
28 Jul 202552min
A Guide to Building the Pyramids- How Did They Do It?
In today's episode of The BrainFood Show, Daven Hiskey dives into how the pyramids were actually built. A quick tour on popular online video sharing platforms may convince you that ancient Egyptian...
23 Jul 202534min
How Did the Wright Brothers Win the Race Into the Air?
In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into the fascinating journey of the Wright Brothers, from failed flight attempts to their groundbreaking success in 1903, reshaping aviation...
21 Jul 20251h 6min
From 0 to 1000 to 0- What Happened to Howard Johnson's?
In today's episode of The BrainFood Show, Daven Hiskey dives into the incredible rise and fall of Howard Johnson's. This episode is brought to you by the City of Quincy. To discover more about Quin...
16 Jul 202535min
How Did Christianity Go From a Tiny Jewish Cult to Rule the Western World So Quickly?
In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into the fascinating reasons Christianity was able to so rapidly go from a tiny Jewish Cult to rule the Western World despite a whole lot of...
14 Jul 20251h 39min
The Marxist Mummies- The Weird Practice of Mummiffying Communists
In today's episode of The BrainFood Show, Daven Hiskey dives into the bizarre tradition of pickling and displaying communists. In the shadow of Moscow’s Kremlin Walls stands one of the most famous ...
11 Jul 20251h
What's the Difference Between Hardwood and Softwood? (I swear this is more interesting than it sounds :-))
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, Simon Whistler and Daven Hiskey are looking at the difference between a number of things, kicking it off with the difference between hardwood and softwood.... w...
9 Jul 20251h 8min
WTF is Vegemite?
In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into what the Aussie staple of Vegemite actually is, and how it came to be, and become a national treasure in the nation. Author: Gilles ...
7 Jul 202532min
