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January 30 – The Day the Future Suddenly Felt Too Close
On January 30, 1925, inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated one of the first successful long-distance television transmissions, allowing a moving hum…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Dot-Com Super Bowl Graveyard: Startups That Spent Millions and Vanished Overnight
At the height of the dot-com bubble, internet startups believed a Super Bowl commercial was the ultimate shortcut to legitimacy. Instead, it became a…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Super Bowl Startup Curse Part Two: Modern Tech Companies That Rose and Collapsed
The dot-com bubble wasn’t the end of Super Bowl advertising disasters—it was only the beginning.
In Part Two of The Super Bowl Startup Curse, host Amy…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
January 29 – The Poem That Wouldn’t Let Anyone Sleep
On January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was published, instantly becoming one of the most famous works in American literary history. …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
January 28 – The Day the Past Suddenly Got Much Longer
On January 28, 1929, scientists presented early findings that would lead to radiocarbon dating, allowing historians to measure the age of ancient org…
7 months ago
January 27 – The Tiny Discovery That Quietly Changed Everything
On January 27, 1880, Louis Pasteur presented evidence supporting germ theory, the idea that microscopic organisms cause disease. In this episode of T…
7 months ago
January 26 – The Night the Earth Moved and No One Knew Why
On January 26, 1700, a massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone struck the Pacific Northwest, triggering a tsunami that crossed the ocea…
7 months ago
Tripping Through Time: The Strange History of Mushrooms That Changed Civilization
Mushrooms have quietly altered the course of human history in ways most people never learn in school. In this mega-episode of The Strange History Pod…
7 months ago
January 25 – The Day the American Revolution Almost Had a Sequel
On January 25, 1787, Shays’ Rebellion came to a violent end when armed farmers clashed with militia outside the Springfield Armory. In this episode o…
7 months ago
January 24 – The Day Gold Was Found and Everything Went Wrong
On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California, triggering the events that would become the Gold Rush. In this episode of Th…
7 months ago