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Ep 199: Missed the "Mark" to Market Accounting - Enron
Episode 199
Sources -
Movie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron:_The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room
Book - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Roo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 198: I'll take one of those! - Organ Transplants pt 1
Episode 198
Today, in part 1 of Organ Donations, we talk about the history and the rules behind giving someone your organs. It does get a little gross when we le…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 197: Gotta Have High Hopes - The DeFeo Family
Episode 197
Today, we talk about the incident before the horror in Amityville, Long Island. 23-year-old Ronnie DeFeo murdered his entire family, parents, and fou…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 196: Table for 87? - The Donner Party
Episode 196
Consider, of course, the definition of 'doomed.' In 1846, several families left the Midwest in pursuit of the California Dream. Eventually, George Do…
1 year, 2 months ago
BONUS: Fun in the sun - Ghost Ships
Why not do a Friday Re-release!?! Let's take a break from the horrors IRL and talk about The Mary Celeste and the MV Joyita - two ships found driftin…
1 year, 2 months ago
BONUS: Queen of Hearts - Marie Antoinette
Grab your forks, friends - we're having cake! Today, we re-release Taylor's episode on our dear Marie Antoinette. Yes, we hold her dear - she was jus…
1 year, 2 months ago
BONUS: Re-Release - The 2008 Financial Crisis
It's a re-release! Let's revisit Episode 45, where we talked about the financial crisis of 2008—what do you remember? Taylor worked at a hedge fund, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 195: The men who wrote the Dictionary - Professor James Murray & Dr. W. C. Minor
Episode 195
Today Taylor tells the story of "The Professor and the Madman" - how the Oxford English Dictionary was created in the late 1800s. Professor James Mur…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 194: The Vatican State: How did it come to be?
Episode 194
Discover the rich history of the Papal States and the evolution of the Catholic Church in our latest episode! Learn about the intriguing interplay be…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 193: How fast can this go? Più veloce!! - Enzo Ferrari
Episode 193
Let's talk fast cars and family rivalries! Today, we talk through the Ferrari and Lamborghini families, and how their patriarchs worked to have the f…
1 year, 3 months ago