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It's a Cat's World, Part 1: The Sacred and the Suspicious
Whether you love them or hate them, there's no denying that cats hold a unique position in human society. They're (in)famous for making their own way…
5 years, 5 months ago
Dan Sickles, American Scoundrel, Part 2: The Civil War
After literally getting away with murder, Dan Sickles joined the military, later leveraging the dubious events of his military career to reinvent him…
5 years, 5 months ago
Dan Sickles, American Scoundrel, Part 1: How to Get Away with Murder
Daniel Sickles was a real pill. For a time, the wealthy New Yorker was famous for his philandering -- and then he became famous for not only murderin…
5 years, 5 months ago
That Time New York Banned Spitting
As tuberculosis spread throughout the US, New York City banned spitting. Learn how the Ladies’ Health Protective Association saved the Big Apple from…
5 years, 5 months ago
Admiral Byrd and the Polar Dairy
In 1933, on his second expedition to Antarctica, Richard E. Byrd took the unusual, highly-publicized step of bringing some non-human crew along: Klon…
5 years, 5 months ago
Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 2: Your Personal Plane, A World Without Disaster and Retiring on the Moon
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5 years, 5 months ago
Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 1: Tesla, Square Tomatoes and Pseudosteak
It's the first Ridiculous History episode of the New Year! Ben, Noel and Casey are ringing it in with some predictions--not their own predictions, mi…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Old Rituals of New Years, Part 2: Neuroscience, Resolutions and the Rick Steves Fan Club
What a year, right? If you're listening to today's episode, you have (almost) officially survived. I'm ringing in 2021 with Noel, Casey and the rest …
5 years, 5 months ago
Holiday Classic: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas
Nowadays Christmas is a globally-recognized holiday celebrated by millions of people, but in the past this wasn't the case. In fact, some groups of C…
5 years, 6 months ago
Holiday Classic: The Strange History of Antarctic Fruitcake
Nowadays fruitcake is considered a stereotypical, often comical holiday punchline, but even in the modern day people across the planet can agree on a…
5 years, 6 months ago