Things I've Learned While Learning Other Things

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An idiosyncratic, eclectic look at all things Human. History, War, Sociology, Music, Sports, Politics (little I hope), Philosophy, Artists, Genius, Literature & More because I can't help myself...The interconnectedness of everything in life is astounding.

Joe Morahan/JS Morahan


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    The Wild Ride of Arthur Koestler 1/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 18:18


    Arthur KoestlerDevoted CommunistStalin Hater3 Prison Camps in 3 years in 3 different nationsStephan ZweigSuicide PactsBest Selling Author

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    What Makes a Man Tick? 9/9

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2025 17:11


    Richard MontagueRough TradeCold CaseLiving on the Razor's EdgeDying on the Razor's Edge

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    What Makes a Man Tick? 8/9

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 15:54


    Richard MontagueRough Trade Gay Sex gone badLAPD as NeantherthalsPaki BashingPerverts Got what they deserved

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    What Makes a Man Tick? 7/9

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 15:21


    Richard MontagueRoth Trade Gay SexConsensual Sex Turned AssaultThe Thin line: Pleasure vs Terror

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    What Makes a Man Tick? 6/9 Rough Trade Brilliant Mind Murder!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 17:51


    Richard MontagueDark SideRough Trade Gay SexUnpredictability & DangerViolence & Sexual Stimulation

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    What Makes a Man Tick? 5/9 Double Life of Hogan's Heroes' Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 20:26


    Richard MontagueBob CraneVideo CameraEquipment StandDual LifeSex ScandalFiling escapades without prior consentBeaten to deathJohn Henry CarpenterCold Case

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    What Makes a Man Tick 4/9 FUGU!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 16:32


    FUGUJapanese Samarai & Shogun EraDelicacy that will kill you1 Delicacy meal at risk of DeathEmperor HirohitoBlack Market Trade Offs1200x more poisonous than cyanide

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    What Makes a Man Tick? 3/9 Rough Trade uh oh!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 12:53


    Richard MontagueS&M WorldSex with StrangersViolenceUnpredictablility of what happens nextFUGU

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    What Makes a Mann Tick? 2/9 Rough Trade uh oh!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 18:53


    Richard MontagueU Cal Berkeley UCLAPain & PleasureMixed SignalsFreudMadame CurieDante

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    What Makes A Man Tick? 1/9 Rough Trade uh oh!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 17:06


    Richard MontagueCalifornia CultureCharlie Manson EraSex with StrangersSado-MasochismLogic & illogical & irrationalViolence'Contracts' implicit / explicit violated

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    The Punishment of the Boats 2/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 26:49


    Punishment of the BoatsScaphismMitridates17 Days of tortureKing ArtaxerxesAbsolute powerMilk & HoneyCrucifixion would be more humane

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    The Punishment of the Boats 1/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 23:17


    Punishment of the BoatsScaphismAncient Greek MercenariesCyrus the YoungerKing Artaxerxes IILost HonorXenophon

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    Sigmund Freud: One of the Greatest Thinkers Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 26:57


    FreudpsychoanalysisThe UnconsciousDream TherapyCocaine useNazi Book BurningOedipus ComplexTalk TherapyThe Case of Emma Eckstein

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    Fritz Haber Savior or Demon? 6/6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 20:22


    Fritz HaberOppenheimerCry Baby ScientistTrumanChurchillOperation Sea LionMussoliniAssadPutinSaddam HusseinH BombsEdmund TellerDr Strangelove

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    Fritz Haber Savior or Demon? 5/6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 17:03


    Fritz HaberKing PhalarisPerillosThe Brazen BullPayback is a bitchRobespierreRevolutionThe Boss & Born to Run

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    Fritz Haber Savior or Demon? 4/6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 14:45


    Fritz HaberKing PhalarisAncient SicilyPerillosThe Brazen BullTorture Chamber

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    Fritz Haber Savior or Demon? 3/6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 37:40


    Fritz HaberA Jew is a JewNazi Death Camps in PolandThe Manhattan Project"Jew Physics"HitlerOppenheimer

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    Fritz Haber Savior or Demon? 2/6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 16:30


    Fritz HaberClara Haber SuicideYpres German Gas AttackGeli Raubel suicideAdolph Hitler

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    Fritz Haber Savior or Demon? 1/6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 16:26


    Fritz HaberThomas MalthusCarl BoschBird shitGuanoNitrate & FertilizerWorld HungerUS Islands Guano Act of 1856The Haber - Bosch Process

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    Socialism Never Worked But Neither Did Karl Marx 4/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2025 19:12


    Karl MarxEngelsFair ShareMargaret ThatcherWinston Churchilland More...

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    Socialism Never worked but Neither Did Karl Marx 3/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 17:37


    MarxEngelsFair share SocialismBeggingPoorhouseCool Hand Luke & Laborand more...

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    Socialism Didn't Work But Then Neither Did Karl Marx 2/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2025 15:00


    Karl MarxBernie SandersAOCMolotov cocktails Thrown at Electric Vehicles and more

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    Socialism Didn't Work But Then Neither Did Karl Marx 1/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 20:36


    Karl MarxBernie SandersAOCIncome Inequalityok to shoot strangers...Worker ExploitationLebron JamesAnd More..

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    Have You Never Been Haunted By Lobsters 2/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 25:24


    SartreCrabs & LobstersNobel Prize WinnerMescalineBodily FluidsHallucinogenic psychosisNazis & Geman POW CampsAnd more

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    Have You Never Been Haunted by Lobsters? 1/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 19:53


    Jean Paul SartreLobsters & Crabs & CrustaceansAldous HuxleyDoors of PerceptionThe DoorsJim MorrisonMescaline &  LSDAnd More... 

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    Ahhh... Nothing As Hot as a Smoking Woman!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 33:55


    Cigarette SmokingEdward BernaysFreudFeminismDon DraperMarket Share"Torches of Freedom"

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    Unhinged Rulers: Worst of the Worst 3/3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 33:09


    Elagabalus NeroCaligulaSex Change OperationsHarvey WeinsteinDonald TrumpKamala HarrisAncient Rome

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    Unhinged Rulers: The Worst of the Worst 2/3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 24:17


    NeroAgrippina The YoungerSportsEunuchsPoison QueenPoppaea SabinaJessie JacksonMayor Ray NaginThe Big Guy

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    Unhinged Rulers: The Worst of the Worst 1/3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 29:28


    CaligulaTrumpBiden

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    1931 Car Accidents Hitler & Churchill: What If? 2/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2025 20:08


    HitlerChurchill1931 Car AccidentsJohn Gotti's SonJohn FavaraCold CaseState of the World?What If

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    1931 Car Accidents Hitler & Churchill... What if? 1/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 14:25


    ChurchillHitler hit by Jewish River1931 car accidentsFate Destiny World HistoryJohn Gotti's SonJohn FavaraUnlucky man...

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    Fordlandia 2/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 23:48


    Henry FordFordlandiaAmazonian JunglesRubber plantationsBehavioral & Moral CodeWorker RevoltsHubrisFailureRuins of Angkor Wat

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    Fordlandia 1/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 19:04


    Henry FordFordlandiaOligarchiesRubberAmazon JunglesMidwestern valuesVertical IntegrationAdolph Htler

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    OH NO ROBERTO! The Grand Finale 3/3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 22:36


    Roberto BaggioWold Cup 1994World Cup 1998The Divine Pony TailRan Ball, BaggioItalian Coaching staff4th Greatest player of 20th Century:FIFA

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    OH NO ROBERTO! The Grand Finale 2/3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 18:02


    Roberto BaggioThe Divine Pony Tail1994 World CupMost Iconic Moment in all World Cup HistoryPrice of GreatnessFailure & Brillianceand More

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    OH NO ROBERTO! The Grand finale 1/3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 20:11


    Roberto Baggio1994 World CupBrazil vs ItalyPenalty KicksShootoutsPressure!And more

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 20 The Tolstoy Tangent 7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 19:44


    Roberto BaggioTolstoyPahomHow Much Land does a man Need?

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 21 The Tolstoy Tangent 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 11:46


    Roberto BaggioTolstoyHumanitarian of the YearGraham NashThe Moment....

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    Keep Those Big Cats on Their Stools... or else!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 36:23


    Eric Jan Hanussen. Hermann SteinschreiderFortune Teller, swami, HypnotistCharles MesmerMonkeys on GibraltarKarnakUri Geller bending spoonsSiegfried & RoyThe GestapoOrgies in BerlinHitlerand more

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 19 The Tolstoy Tangent 6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 17:15


    Roberto Baggio TolstoyPahomChicago MarathonRussian TsarsPutinand more

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 18 The Tolstoy Tangent 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 13:57


    Roberto BaggioTolstoyPahomRecognition that Recognition has come too lateBig DreamsStrenuous Effort

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    Safetyism & the Wussification of America 5/5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 16:47


    WOKE NONSENSEDEIFree speechCollege campus safe spacesFree inquiryAnti intellectual movements...

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    Safetyism & the Wussification of America 4/5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 27:47


    SeftyismWOKE NonsenseGeorgetown Professor Carol Christine FairProfessor ShapiroJoe BidenMales killed, castrated & Fed to Pigs while Feminists laughand More...

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 17 The Tolstoy Tangent 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 14:21


    Roberto BaggioTolstoy's PahomThe Big DreamThe Sharpe RatioRisk & RewardDoubt...

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 16 The Tolstoy Tangent 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 8:20


    Roberto BaggioTolstoyPahom, a Russian peasant's DreamThe desire for more Real EstateThe Bashkir Peopleand more...

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 15 The Tolstoy Tangent 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 17:07


    Roberto BaggioTolstoyThe Story of PahomThe Russian VeldtLife in Russia is Hardand more

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    Safetyism & the Wussification of America 3/5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 21:13


    The Cancel CultureAstro physicistsThe Ohio State UniversityWhat have you done personally to end systemic racism in America?U of Michigan DEI out of control

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 14 Tolstoy Enters the Picture 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 18:35


    Roberto BaggioTolstoyHow Much Land Does A Man Need?BuddhismThe Bashkir Tribal PeopleThe Desire for more Real Estateand More

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    Safetyism & the Wussification of America 2/5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 20:40


    DEI nonsenseER RulesAbraham Lincoln's DogEDUCATIONAL EST 

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    OH NO ROBERTO! part 13 Tolstoy enters the picture!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 16:45


    Roberto BaggioHitlerBuddhism SatoriBull Whips50 Shades of GreyNitzscheand more!

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    Safetyism & the Wussification of America 1/5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 19:31


    SafetyismWOKE Culture & DEI nonsense Metastasizing GrowthCollege campus madness

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