The Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by announcing our current contest winners as well as launch a new contest. Next up we get into the meat of the episode discussing the remarkable indiv...
8 Feb 1h 6min
The Incredible Biology of Sickle Cell
Chronic fatigue and weakness. Dizziness. Swollen limbs. Sudden, excruciating pain in the chest, back, legs, and arms. Uncontrollable, painful erections or priapism. Tissue necrosis. Organ damage. Incr...
3 Feb 31min
The First Road Trip Part 2: In Which We Discuss All Things Tangentially Related
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we discuss the interesting story of who came up with the unit of measurement called horsepower and why it got applied to engines. We also discuss the late 19th...
2 Feb 53min
The First Road Trip Part 1: The Gumption of Bertha Benz
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we discuss the surprisingly long history of the automobile, then move on to discussing what is generally considered the first “modern” car, the Model 3, made by...
30 Jan 50min
The Greatest Feat of Piloting in Space
On April 9, 1959, the newly-formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, introduced the world to a new breed of heroes: the Mercury Seven, America’s first astronauts. Selected from a...
29 Jan 17min
Swept Under the Rug: The Truth About the Japanese Holocaust
Humans being horrible to other humans is nothing new. Think of the most brutal thing you can possibly imagine, and it’s almost certain not only has some human done that to another human, but probably...
28 Jan 2h 11min
That Time Ben Franklin and John Adams Slept Together and the Hilarity That Ensued
While Ben Franklin was remarkably successful in keeping elements of his private life very private to the point that historians can only speculate about much of it, despite having a common law marriage...
27 Jan 43min
Could the Tyrannosaurus Rex Really Not See You If You Didn’t Move?
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start out with a follow up to a previous episode in which we mentioned Teddy Roosevelt likely helped delay the start of WWI, but then never actually said in ...
26 Jan 1h 6min
