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186 Crystal King on The Chef’s Secret

Crystal King is the author of two novels about Italian food history. Her first book Feast of...

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185 The Georgia Guidestones

In 1980 a mysterious benefactor who only identified himself as “R.C. Christian” commissioned a...

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184 Is Taiwan a Country?

Taiwan’s status is a matter of debate. In this episode we get into its history and try to suss...

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184 Is Taiwan a Country?

Taiwan’s status is a matter of debate. In this episode we get into its history and try to suss...

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Big News for 2019

I’m doing a big thing in 2019, and I need to tell you about it.

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183 Krampus and Friends

Over the past decade or so the Krampus, a demonic figure from German folklore, has become...

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183 Krampus and Friends

Over the past decade or so the Krampus, a demonic figure from German folklore, has become...

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182 Atlantropa, the Plan to Drain the Mediterranean

In the 1920s German architect Herman Sorgel had a plan: Solve nearly all of Europe’s social,...

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181 Thanksgiving Mummery

Thanksgiving, at least in New York City at the end of the 1800s and early 1900s, used to look a...

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180 Lucy Bellwood on Sailor Tattoos

Lucy Bellwood is a cartoonist and author in Portland, Oregon. Last year her illustration of...

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179 Buried Alive!

Being buried alive was one of the most common phobias of the Victorian era. Fear of premature...

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178 Wendigo

Cannibalism is one of the the most prevalent taboos across human societies, and people who...

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177 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Learned to Be Okay With Ghost Tours

Some reflections on giving tours, ghost tours, and how the Philip experiment is kind of like...

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176 The Cadaver Synod

In 897 Pope Stephen VI put the corpse of one of his predecessors, Formosus, on trial. The current...

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176 Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Part Two

From 1954 until 2011 the Comics Code Authority exercised control over what could and couldn’t be...

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176 Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Part Two

From 1954 until 2011 the Comics Code Authority exercised control over what could and couldn’t be...

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175 Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Part One

From 1964 until 2011 comic books were nominally approved by a content regime called the Comics...

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175 Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Part One

From 1964 until 2011 comic books were nominally approved by a content regime called the Comics...

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173 Roanoke

The disappearance of the Roanoke colony is one of America’s oldest mysteries. However, the story...

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172 Live at the Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven, The Tempest and the New World

Shakespeare’s Tempest is a fantasy, but it’s backgrounded by European encounters with the New...

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