Your Weird Summer Travel Guide!
Guess what happens when we try to pick the top 8 U.S. museums to visit? (Spoiler: we accidentally end up with 11 on the list.) From a mecca of Kazoos to a dinner theater in a mine, here are the places you shouldn't miss. Plus, facts about SPAM! Featuring Dylan Thuras.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | William Hogarth
In the early 18th century, an engraver-turned-artist made his mark on the art world by producing satirical prints in series that commented on morality and society. And some of his work is used today as a teaching tool.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | What exactly is stoicism?
The word stoic has taken on its own meaning apart from the philosophical movement which gave it life. Learn all about the early stoics, what the philosophy is all about and where the movement stands today.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | The Magnificent History of Women and Whiskey
Despite its uber-masculine connotation, it's women who are behind the renaissance of this delightful drink, and women who were instrumental to its American origin story.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Sword of the Samurai
Appreciation for the katana cuts across cultures and genres, slicing into the hearts of history buffs, japanophiles, comic book fans and more. But what's so special about the sword of the Samurai? In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Christian discuss the science of this most skillful blade, the grisly test for its sharpness and its importance in Japanese culture
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Life of (Apple) Pie
The saying goes, "as American as apple pie," but why? Anney and Lauren dig into the historical events that made apple pie a cultural icon. And talk pie science. Yes.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | The Intel Story Part One
How did the co-founders of Intel go from being "traitors" to two of the early pioneers of silicon valley? We learn about Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Is Money a Religion?
What if, instead of becoming less religious, the world has simply switched to another religion… the church of money?
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | How Maglev Trains Works It sounds like something straight out of science fiction -- gigantic train cars suspended inches above the ground by electromagnets, propelled hundreds of miles an hour down tracks that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. But what are maglev trains, and how does this magnetic levitation work?
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