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Ep 129 - Mother of Sparrows: The Vengeance of Saint Olga of Kiev
Episode 129
In this real-life Game of Thrones episode, Taylor talks about Princess Olga of Kiev. A widow, a mother, ruler of the Kievan Rus, and eventually a Sai…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep 128 - Cash, Check, or COD?: The PayPal Mafia - Part 1
Episode 128
We are technically old enough to remember when you couldn't send money or pay for things online, but it feels like it was centuries ago! This week, F…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep 127 - Suffering for Salvation: The Complicated Legacy of Mother Teresa
Episode 127
Listen, Farz knew that Taylor was going to yell about this, and she did. Life is hard and if you have the means and opportunity to help people you to…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep 126 - A Sticky Situation: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Episode 126
Let's talk about the infamous molasses flood in Boston - it sounds almost delightful, a stick mass of molasses, what was it even doing there?? But, s…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep 125 - Book Hunting in The Renaissance: Poggio Bracciolini
Episode 125
Ciao ragazzi! Did you ever wonder HOW we got all the ancient texts after all these years? We didn't think too hard about it until this week when Tayl…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep 124 - Dashed Dreams & Dictators - What's happening in Venezuela?
Episode 124
What happened this past weekend in Venezuela? Farz walks us through the history of abundance when they found oil, to the Oil Embargo of the 1970s tha…
1 year, 8 months ago
BONUS: The Olympics Parts 1-4 - Ancient Olympics to Paris 2024
Happy Olympic Opening Ceremony Day!! How did we get here? Join us as we present all four of our Olympics episodes!
Ep 1 - Ancient Olympics & Pierre de…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep 123 - Trip down memory lane: What happened to the Cecil Hotel?
Episode 123
Have you ever wondered what trauma brought us together as friends? It was working in Downtown Los Angeles in 2013!! Farz walks through the spooky, cr…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep 122 - Fire & Brimstone: Nostradamus
Episode 122
Let's talk about 16th-century 'prophet' Nostradamus! There's nothing spooky here unless you want there to be! If you DO, then heck, there's a lot to …
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep 121 - The Olympics Part 4: Richard Jewell & the Atlanta 1996 Bombing
Episode 121
In our final episode on The Olympics, Taylor tells the story of Olympic Hero Richard Jewell. Jewell was a "law-enforcement" type of guy who, despite …
1 year, 8 months ago