Britain's Disastrous WWII Fighter Plane
What was the worst military aircraft of the Second World War? Given the sheer number of designs fielded by all sides throughout the conflict there is no shortage of candidates - many of which we have ...
30 Dec 202531min
Accidentally Nuking a Country
At 10:30 AM on January 17, 1966, an enormous explosion shattered the silence over the small farming village Palomares in Spain. An enormous fireball erupted in the sky overhead, and pieces of flaming ...
28 Dec 202549min
Why Do You Forget Everything When You Enter a New Room?
There you are. Sitting on your couch, watching a movie, when suddenly you decide you want popcorn. So you get up and cross the room to the kitchen. But the moment you cross the threshold between the t...
26 Dec 202521min
Incredible Engineering- The Man Who Froze Time
A speeding bullet ripping through an apple, a split second before the fruit disintegrates. A drop of milk splashing off a red plate, forming a perfect miniature coronet. An atomic bomb frozen just aft...
24 Dec 202525min
The Hilarious Christmas Riot
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at a Christmas gift that resulted in one of the more celebrated books of all time. Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at a...
22 Dec 202549min
A Perilous Journey- John Adams Goes to France
In the fall of 1778, things weren’t looking good for the traitors to King and country in the British American colonies. In the early going the American Revolutionary forces under George Washington had...
20 Dec 20251h 2min
The Crapper, The Poop Log, the Parasitic Poop Twigs, and Much, Much More
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at a couple rather bizarre Spanish Christmas traditions involving holiday defecating… Moving on to the main content today we’re looking ...
18 Dec 202549min
What Really Happened After the Mutiny on the Bounty?
On November 28, 1787, His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty set sail from England with 46 men aboard, bound for the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh, her missio...
16 Dec 202530min
