A couple weeks back I was trying to figure out what I wanted to cover for next recording. We have a One Note that we share which is a digital notebook where we store our episode notes and stuff like that, and it's also where we stow away our story ideas. I was looking at my list and saw a topic I had picked out, ...
Ok guys, I have a question, what do you think is the first bird humans farmed?
Cemeteries are fascinating. I think a lot of people would agree with that statement. Certainly some may get the creeps when walking the silent paths through rows of headstones and monuments, knowing there are hundreds of deceased below their feet. But cemeteries are perfect encapsulations of our history, and they're important markers that tend to...
Everyone knows that Maple Syrup is Canada's #1 food group. Without it, we wouldn't make it through a day of our harsh winters, and chilly summers. If you believed any of the sentences before, you probably don't know much about our vast, beautiful country. Weirdly enough, though, Maple Syrup is a massive contributor to our economy. The reality...
I was scrolling on Instagram one night, as you do, and I came across this weird reel. It was a dad taking a walk in Anchorage late at night with his baby, just trying to lull the little one to sleep.
My plan for this episode had been to talk about the infamous Marquis de Sade, a figure who has somewhat been lost to history and might only be known in connection to the words sadism and sadist, which are derived from his name in reference to the books he wrote. He was not a nice man. I find these...
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth... or so the story goes. Life was created in 7 days, but again, things likely get muddled in the translation between all powerful beings and tiny human meat computers that explode on the sight of said being.
What does a religion require to be a religion?
I have always been fascinated by alchemical illustrations and runes, this concept of a sort-of magic with an alleged scientific background. So when Halli said she was going to cover the Voynich Manuscript my mind immediately flashed to the illustrations reminiscent of the same era and knew it was time to finally crack that nut
After the events of 9/11 parties in the US were looking for a way to better forecast the movement and reaction of citizens faced with real world crises. Appearing from the Purdue campus in Indiana, the Sentient World Simulation was thought up. It has been active for 16 years, Nathan takes us through a high level scan of this weird...