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The Terrifying Science of Tiny Subs and D-Day, Part One: The Return of Dr. Rachel "Big Spinach" Lance
Sep 09, 2025Years after their initial conversation with the world's foremost expert on underwater explosions, Ben still sings the praises of Dr. Rachel "Big Spinach" Lance. In the first part of this special two-p...
CLASSIC: Feral Children and the True Story Behind The Jungle Book
Sep 06, 2025Now, let's be honest. Rudyard Kipling was a cartoonishly problematic guy. Yet his work made a permanent impression on global literature -- and, to a surprising degree, he based a lot of his writing on...
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Colossus of Rhodes
Sep 04, 2025Imagine you're an ancient traveler, visiting Rhodes for the first time in 280 BCE. As you approach the famed city, a singular object dominates the horizon: a huge statue of the Greek sun god Helios, p...
Unlucky Numbers Across The Globe -- And Why They Are Ridiculous
Sep 02, 2025Do you have a number you love, or a number you hate? As Ben, Noel and Max discover in today's episode, people have always assigned symbolic meaning to the everpresent existence of math -- and created ...
CLASSIC: The Ridiculously Laxative-laden Journey of Lewis and Clark
Aug 30, 2025In today's Classic episode, Ben and Noel reluctantly sing the praises of poop research. You see, folks, before Lewis and Clark set out to explore the western side of the continent, they tried to prepa...
Moon Rock Heists, Part Two: The Romantic Misadventures of Thad Roberts
Aug 28, 2025Let's say you're a love-struck NASA intern -- your professional career holds a lot of promise, but your family life back home is in shambles... and you fall in love with a fellow intern. How can you i...
Moon Rock Heists, Part One: Lunatic Heists and Space Law
Aug 27, 2025Is it legal to own a moon rock? Well... that depends. If it's a piece of the moon that made it to Earth naturally, then all good. If, however, it's a sample retrieved on purpose by NASA's Apollo progr...
CLASSIC: The Strange and Spectacularly Disgusting Story of the Great Kentucky Meat Shower
Aug 23, 2025On March 3rd, 1876, residents of Bath County, Kentucky were startled to see what appeared to be chunks and flakes of meat falling from the clear, cloudless sky. The rain, which only lasted a few minut...
The Ridiculously Energetic History of Energy Drinks!
Aug 22, 2025This episode is brought to you by our favorite cohost: coffee. These days, if you stroll into any convenience store across the planet, you're going to run into a selection of energy drinks -- whether ...
Japan is Overrun By Raccoons Entirely Due to a Single Cartoon
Aug 19, 2025While the legendary Japanese raccoon dog -- or tanuki -- may look like a raccoon, it's a very different beast. However, these days Japan is home to actual raccoons: they're considered an invasive spec...