Charles Ponzi

Michael tries to get us in on the ground floor for a very exciting investment opportunity. Charles Ponzi

Michael tries to get us in on the ground floor for a very exciting investment opportunity. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ponzi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Ponzi</a>

Tornadoes

Blake discovers a firkin’s worth of strange and obscure measurements which will fascinate you for fortnights while increasing your microlife. List of Unusual Units of Measurement

Blake discovers a firkin’s worth of strange and obscure measurements which will fascinate you for fortnights while increasing your microlife. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">List of Unusual Units of Measurement</a>

Unusual Units of Measurement

Michael tries to sell us the Eiffel Tower, which was gifted to him by the Prince of Sudan. Confidence Trick

Michael tries to sell us the Eiffel Tower, which was gifted to him by the Prince of Sudan. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Confidence Trick</a>

Confidence Tricksters

Kevin takes us down the coolest memory lane. Route 66

Kevin takes us down the coolest memory lane. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Route 66</a>

Route 66

Blake tells story. He finds a king lost in the forest. The king throws a fish to the clever fox. The fox eats the king and laughs. Blake fails to learn moral. Arne Thompson Classification Systems Multilingual Folk Tale Database

Blake tells story. He finds a king lost in the forest. The king throws a fish to the clever fox. The fox eats the king and laughs. Blake fails to learn moral. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson_classification_systems" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arne Thompson Classification Systems</a> <a href="http://www.mftd.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Multilingual Folk Tale Database</a>

Fairy Tale Classification

Michael reports on the slo-mo, low octane, champagne fueled, contest of endurance that captured our  imaginations before excitement was invented.

Michael reports on the slo-mo, low octane, champagne fueled, contest of endurance that captured our imaginations before excitement was invented.

Pedestrianism

Michael discovers a storied past of the most famous Duck on the planet.

Michael discovers a storied past of the most famous Duck on the planet.

Donald Duck

Blake tries to uncover the origin of Ok. Ok? Ok.

Blake tries to uncover the origin of Ok. Ok? Ok.

Okay

Michael tells the story of Joseph Palmer, the patron saint of hipsters. Joseph Palmer

Michael tells the story of Joseph Palmer, the patron saint of hipsters. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Palmer_(communard)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph Palmer</a>

The Beard

Kevin suggests that Yoko Ono wasn’t the only parasite draining blood out of the Beatles.

Kevin suggests that Yoko Ono wasn’t the only parasite draining blood out of the Beatles.

Magic Alex

Blake stumbles upon the phenomenon of shadow people: nasty gremlins that sit on your chest and strangle you in your sleep if you accuse them of being hallucinations. Shadow person

Blake stumbles upon the phenomenon of shadow people: nasty gremlins that sit on your chest and strangle you in your sleep if you accuse them of being hallucinations. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shadow person</a>

Shadow People

Blake finds some intriguing methods to intentionally obfuscate semantic content of information whose importance, relative to that necessary for general discourse, may or may not have significant impact on the full comprehension of the intended audience. Technobabble Fedspeak

Blake finds some intriguing methods to intentionally obfuscate semantic content of information whose importance, relative to that necessary for general discourse, may or may not have significant impact on the full comprehension of the intended audience. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technobabble" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technobabble</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedspeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fedspeak</a>

Babble

Michael gets into the business that isn’t a business anymore. Wife Selling

Michael gets into the business that isn’t a business anymore. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_selling_(English_custom)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wife Selling</a>

Wife Selling

Kevin explains that Santa Barbara is famous for more than just wealth and Oprah Winfrey. Bombardment of Ellwood

Kevin explains that Santa Barbara is famous for more than just wealth and Oprah Winfrey. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bombardment of Ellwood</a>

Bombardment of Ellwood

Michael tells the story of Leopold and Loeb: two college students that make those frat boys down the street look like kittens. Leopold and Loeb

Michael tells the story of Leopold and Loeb: two college students that make those frat boys down the street look like kittens. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leopold and Loeb</a>

Leopold and Loeb

Kevin reminds us once again why being born before WWII is less than desirable. Orphan Train

Kevin reminds us once again why being born before WWII is less than desirable. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orphan Train</a>

Orphan Trains

Blake decides it’s time science gets put in its place, which depends on where and when you are observing it. Check out a few ideas that seemed good at the time. Plague Doctor Miasma Theory Luminiferous Aether

Blake decides it’s time science gets put in its place, which depends on where and when you are observing it. Check out a few ideas that seemed good at the time. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plague Doctor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miasma Theory</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luminiferous Aether</a>

Bad Science

Blake discovers that you should always check on your grandma if she stops sending you birthday cards.

Blake discovers that you should always check on your grandma if she stops sending you birthday cards.

Abandoned

Kevin uses a single Wikipedia article to dispel Miami’s 2012 zombie rumors.

Kevin uses a single Wikipedia article to dispel Miami’s 2012 zombie rumors.

Miami Cannibal Attack

Super funny and informative! Love that it’s a short listen :)

Yaaas

10/10! I always look forward to new episodes

So good

Wikiphilia

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