Which Came First: Beer or Bread? (Encore)
The rise of agriculture has been pointed to as being responsible for the rise of civilization as we know it. However, that raises the question, what was responsible for the rise of agriculture? In pa...
6 Apr 20239min
The Great Lakes
Located in the middle of North America lies one of the largest collections of freshwater lakes in the world. These lakes have a unique geological origin and function, like few lakes in the world. Al...
5 Apr 202314min
Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition
In 1947, a Norwegian adventurer named Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove a theory of his that the people of Polynesia came there from South America. To prove his theory, he built a raft out of local mate...
4 Apr 202312min
The Five Good Emperors
Depending on how you define it, there were approximately 70 Roman Emperors. They were a mixed bag ranging from philosophers to the insane, from generals to children. Some were truly horrible, but so...
3 Apr 202315min
Episode 1000!
Two years, nine months, and 1 day ago, I sat down and recorded the first episode of a daily podcast. Today, I’m recording the 1000th episode of that show. It has been a lot of work, but it has been ...
2 Apr 202313min
April Fool’s Day (Encore)
Every day on April 1st, you have to be careful what you read and hear. This day, known to accounts as the beginning of the second quarter, is known to most people as April Fool’s Day. Why do we have ...
1 Apr 20239min
The World's Greatest Wagers
Throughout history, people have bet on everything and anything. From the mundane to the extremely important. From casino bets to bets on science, and even the future of humanity. These bets can serve...
31 Mars 202315min
Fallacious Reasoning (Encore)
We are often told that schools are where you learn how to think, not what to think. Sadly, almost no school curriculum deals directly with logic and the closely related subject of logical fallacies. ...
30 Mars 202310min
