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Each show focuses on one Wikipedia article, and one contributor (Kevin Teague, Michael Tappan, Blake Davis, or Steve) leads the show. We try to bring you subject matter that you've never heard before, and won't be featured on shows like the History Channel, Discover Channel, or even other Podcasts (…

Kevin, Blake, Steve, and Mike


    • Apr 30, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 80 EPISODES


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    Charles Ponzi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 36:45


    Michael tries to get us in on the ground floor for a very exciting investment opportunity. Charles Ponzi

    Tornadoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 21:48


    Kevin blows us away.

    Unusual Units of Measurement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 34:44


    Blake discovers a firkin’s worth of strange and obscure measurements which will fascinate you for fortnights while increasing your microlife. List of Unusual Units of Measurement

    Confidence Tricksters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 19:51


    Michael tries to sell us the Eiffel Tower, which was gifted to him by the Prince of Sudan. Confidence Trick

    Route 66

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 22:43


    Kevin takes us down the coolest memory lane. Route 66

    Fairy Tale Classification

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 28:55


    Blake tells story. He finds a king lost in the forest. The king throws a fish to the clever fox. The fox eats the king and laughs. Blake fails to learn moral. Arne Thompson Classification Systems Multilingual Folk Tale Database

    Pedestrianism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 21:42


    Michael reports on the slo-mo, low octane, champagne fueled, contest of endurance that captured our imaginations before excitement was invented.

    Donald Duck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2017 25:40


    Michael discovers a storied past of the most famous Duck on the planet.

    Okay

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 17:17


    Blake tries to uncover the origin of Ok. Ok? Ok.

    The Beard

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 21:01


    Michael tells the story of Joseph Palmer, the patron saint of hipsters. Joseph Palmer

    Magic Alex

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2016 23:09


    Kevin suggests that Yoko Ono wasn’t the only parasite draining blood out of the Beatles.

    Shadow People

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2016 37:34


    Blake stumbles upon the phenomenon of shadow people: nasty gremlins that sit on your chest and strangle you in your sleep if you accuse them of being hallucinations. Shadow person

    Babble

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2016 22:17


    Blake finds some intriguing methods to intentionally obfuscate semantic content of information whose importance, relative to that necessary for general discourse, may or may not have significant impact on the full comprehension of the intended audience. Technobabble Fedspeak

    Wife Selling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2016 25:46


    Michael gets into the business that isn’t a business anymore. Wife Selling

    Bombardment of Ellwood

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2016 13:58


    Kevin explains that Santa Barbara is famous for more than just wealth and Oprah Winfrey. Bombardment of Ellwood

    Leopold and Loeb

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2016 21:31


    Michael tells the story of Leopold and Loeb: two college students that make those frat boys down the street look like kittens. Leopold and Loeb

    Orphan Trains

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2016 12:02


    Kevin reminds us once again why being born before WWII is less than desirable. Orphan Train

    Bad Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2016 28:01


    Blake decides it’s time science gets put in its place, which depends on where and when you are observing it. Check out a few ideas that seemed good at the time. Plague Doctor Miasma Theory Luminiferous Aether

    Abandoned

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2016 24:14


    Blake discovers that you should always check on your grandma if she stops sending you birthday cards.    

    Miami Cannibal Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2015 13:04


    Kevin uses a single Wikipedia article to dispel Miami’s 2012 zombie rumors.

    Amusement Park Accidents

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2015 21:45


    Kevin finds a few slivers of darkness in the Happiest Place on Earth.

    Terrance Watanabe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 12:02


    Kevin tells the story of Terrance Watanabe: a man with a little bit of a gambling problem.

    Sound and smell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2015 32:50


    Blake talks about a mysterious, unexplained sound called ‘The Hum’ and a smell so bad it almost shut down government.

    Montezuma

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2014 21:25


    Kevin tells us about the Michael Jordan of human sacrifice.

    Are you gonna eat that?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2014 40:02


    Blake discovers two severe cases of polyphagia (aka over eating). Yes. They are gonna eat that. All of it. And then some. Then maybe some candles. And grass. Ooh a kitty.

    First Hollywood Scandal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2014 28:00


    Michael shares the do’s and don’ts when recovering from burns on your buttocks.

    Fatal Familial Insomnia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2014 22:53


    Sarah gives sleepy Italians more to worry about than just a leaning tower and Mount Vesuvius.

    Big Nose George

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2014 18:23


    Michael tells the tale of Big Nose George. And his big nose. And some special shoes. And his skull.

    Valentich Disappearance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2014 20:40


    Michael investigates the disappearance of an Australian aircraft, begging the question: do UFOs spin the opposite direction south of the equator?

    Soyez 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2014 26:03


    Kevin makes strong case for wearing more than just your overalls in outer space.  

    Thomas Midgley Junior

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2014 11:51


    Kevin explains why your bodily organs won’t be too happy about this guy’s life work.

    Mayhem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2014 13:57


    Kevin brightens the day of everyone not in a black metal band.

    Carnegie Library

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2013 12:57


    Kevin proves that one can be rich without being a monster douche.

    Machine Elves

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2013 17:38


    Blake finds out that there are magic elves at the end of the rainbow, once you taste it, with your eyes.

    Japanese Invasion Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2013 18:51


    Kevin advises on how to destroy a country’s economy with a couple of cargo planes and lots of paper.

    Interstates and Highways

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2013 31:24


    Kevin takes us down memory lane, memory highways, and memory interstates.

    Collyer Mansion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2013 31:00


    Michael warns parents about what happens when kids don’t clean their rooms.

    Unusual Artifacts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 34:09


    Blake is curious what sort of artifacts Dr. Jones would save from Nazis in real life. He found the most mysterious book ever written, and a clock that was built 1400 years before clocks were invented.

    Body Modification

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2013 31:19


    Kevin explains some fun things you can do with your tongue, face, head, and yoohoo.

    Magellan Mutiny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2013 31:17


    Kevin warns about losing your head while sailing with Ferdinand Magellan around the world for the first time.

    Chico Xavier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2013 32:56


    Michael discovers Chico Xavier, a man who published 458 books, but claims to have written none of them. How is this possible? I’ll give you a hint: ghosts.

    Exploding Animals Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2013 25:58


    Blake discovers that humankind had a weird obsession with combining animals and explosives during World War II. Surprisingly, it didn’t work out so well.

    Exploding Animals Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2013 21:38


    Blake finds an array of animals that explode naturally, from decomposing in the hot sun, flexing the wrong muscles too hard, or just wanting to spread out a little bit on the weekend.

    Smallpox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2013 28:44


    Kevin explains how zits and cold sores were nothing compared to what 15-yr-olds had to deal with 100 years ago.

    Dionne Quintuplets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2013 37:26


    Michael tells the story of the Dionne quintuplets, a major Canadian financial resource: part tourist trap, part hospital, part zoo, part national pastime.

    Cereal Sanitarium

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 35:44


    Blake explores the dark origins of corn flakes cereal, and discovers that a truly balanced breakfast consists of solar baths, enemas, and a few strategically placed sutures.

    Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2013 28:50


    Kevin discovers that our 16th president won the Civil War, ended slavery, reunited the nation, and had to spoon with many men during the “great bed shortage” of the 1800s.

    Curse of the Colonel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2013 21:20


    Michael discovers that a dead american restaurateur can still hold a grudge.

    Lesser Known Superheroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2013 41:08


    Blake shines a light on some superheroes that won’t be having movies made any time soon.

    Medieval Trials

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2013 36:41


    Kevin finds out that ‘going medieval’ on someone is not an entirely amiable experience.

    Whaleship Essex

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2012 35:29


    Kevin explains one boat’s problem with a very large whale.

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