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Episode #139- What Became of the Great Library of Alexandria? (Part I)
Sep 08, 2021The Egyptian city of Alexandria was once the most magnificent city on the Mediterranean. It was a city of wonders, whose culture was the envy of the Greek world. Tragically many of Alexandria's ancien...
OFH Throwback- Episode #37- Did Robert Johnson Sell His Soul to the Devil?
Sep 01, 2021In this throwback episode Sebastian takes a look back at a show that explores one of the greatest legends in 20th century popular music. Did the legendary blues musician, Robert Johnson, really trade ...
OFH Throwback- Episode #83- Who Invented Your Favourite Food?
Aug 24, 2021In this OFH Throwback episode Sebastian takes a look at one of the most fun and accessible episodes in the OFH catalog. The world of food and drink is filled with colourful mythology. How much should ...
OFH Throwback- Episode #77- Was There a Real Pied Piper?
Aug 17, 2021In this throwback episode we take a look at an episode Sebastian thinks may have been the best "one-off" show created over the podcast's six seasons. Take a listen to how the host thinks this one has ...
OFH Throwback- Episode #10- Did the Aztecs Think Cortes Was a God? (Part II)
Aug 10, 2021In this throwback episode Sebastian revisits "Part II" in the Season One series on the conquest of Mexico. In the freshly recorded introduction the host reflects on criticisms that this episode first ...
OFH Throwback- Episode #9- Did the Aztecs Think Cortes Was a God? (Part I)
Aug 04, 2021In this throwback episode Sebastian revisits a series from Season One of OFH. After the shows on Jared Diamond it seemed like a good time to take another look at the conquest of Mexico. This was also ...
Episode #138- Any Questions? (2021)
Jul 27, 2021Season 6 wraps up with Sebastian taking questions from the listeners! He gets into everything from the name of the podcast, to his most loved shows, to the nature of humanity itself. Tune-in and find ...
Episode #137- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part II)
Jul 14, 2021Is Jared Diamond's 1997 bestseller a work of staggering genius, or a piece of intellectual garbage? Has it moved our understanding of humanity forward, or has it set us back by decades? Are these bina...
Episode #136- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part I)
Jun 30, 2021When Sebastian first read Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel as an undergrad, he thought it was brilliant. That was until a Professor he deeply respected, dismissed it ...
Episode #135- Who Won the War of 1812? (Part III)
Jun 16, 2021Every spring thaw between 1812 and 1814 seemed to inaugurate a completely new war in North America. The momentum in the War of 1812 would swing wildly between the Americans and British until the two s...