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The Vasa
Season 1 Episode 438
Vasa (previously Wasa) (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ⓘ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,3…
9 months, 1 week ago
Exxon Valdez
Season 1 Episode 437
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred wh…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How I Survived a Wedding in a Jungle That Tried to Eat Me Alive
Season 1 Episode 436
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/jungle-wedding/
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Olestra / Olean
Episode 435
Olestra (also known by its brand name Olean) is a fat substitute food additive that adds no metabolizable calories to products. It has been used in t…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Pluto
Episode 434
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-la…
10 months ago
Patreon Bonus Episode Teaser - July Bonus - My Immortal Fan Fiction
This is a teaser episode of our Patreon Bonus Episode. This is the first few minutes of that particular episode to let non-patrons sample that conten…
10 months, 1 week ago
Defenestration
Season 1 Episode 433
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā[1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.[2] The term was coined around the time of…
10 months, 1 week ago
Moving Day
Episode 432
Moving Day was a tradition in New York City dating back to colonial times and lasting until after World War II. On February 1, sometimes known as "Re…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark Twain
Episode 431
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He w…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Juniper Tree
Episode 430
"The Juniper Tree" (also "The Almond Tree"; Low German: Von dem Machandelboom) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm i…
11 months ago