105: John Swartzwelder
This week we're joined by special guest Kaveh Mohebbi of the Cinema Rex podcast as he tells us about the myth surrounding John Swartzwelder, the most prolific writer in the history of The Simpsons who...
18 Feb 1h 16min
104: Batman (Disambiguation)
This week we learn about the various uses of the name Batman including a town in Iran, a personal valet to a commissioned officer in England and a unit of measurement. A listener email informs us the ...
11 Feb 54min
103: Renfrew Christie
We are back for season 3 with new tabs and a new format! This week we learn about the South African legend Renfrew Christie, who used his dissertation at Oxford as a front to spy on the Apartheid gove...
4 Feb 59min
101: The Tab Conspiracy - p1
After meeting on the 500 Open Tabs Discord, a few fans of the show got together and recorded a tribute episode "The Tab Conspiracy," so we decided to share it with our tens of listeners!! This week th...
24 Dec 20251h 10min
100: KUMIT4B!! (500 Open Stabs Round 4)
Our Season 2 finale brings back the ancient tournament of Kumitab, where we pit some of our most unhinged subjects against one another including Bat Boy, Khutulun, and the 1800s self-replicating robot...
17 Dec 20251h 22min
99: A Niewe Herball, Atomic Bomb Ring, and Reverse John Wick
This week we are joined by award winning author Amal El-Mohtar as we learn about herbiary plagiarism from the 16th century, how Kix cereal once offered toys with radioactive material, and the tale of ...
10 Dec 20251h 32min
98: Leon Theremin and Emperor Norton
This week we learn about the fascinating life of Russian inventor Leon Theremin, whose eponymous instrument led to the birth of electronic music and how San Francisco happily obliged a formerly succes...
3 Dec 20251h 31min
