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Overlooked History EP61

Overlooked History EP61

1) The tragedy of the one guy who was right about the Trojan Horse | Noah Charney 2) Why did people wear powdered wigs? | Stephanie Honchell Smith 3) Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide | Ümit Kurt 4) The woman who broke the Great Wall of China | Juwen Zhang 5) The tragic romance of Tristan and Isolde | Iseult Gillespie 6) The dark history of arsenic | Neil Bradbury 7) The history of the world according to rats | Max G. Levy 8) A day in the life of a martial artist in medieval China | Peter Lorge 9) One of the most controversial medical procedures in history | Jenell Johnson

2025-12-19 10:03:14 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 11:08:39 +0000 UTC (1h5m)
Under the Microscope EP04

Under the Microscope EP04

1) Hacking bacteria to fight cancer | Tal Danino 2) The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity | Karen Lloyd 3) You are your microbes - Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin 4) How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials | Emily Leproust 5) What can DNA tests really tell us about our ancestry? 6) Why healthy soil matters now more than ever | Jane Zelikova

2025-12-19 05:09:20 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 06:07:14 +0000 UTC (57m)
The Future Ahead EP64

The Future Ahead EP64

1) Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free? | Michael Vazquez and Will Kanwischer 2) How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies | Elise Hu 3) AI won't plateau — if we give it time to think | Noam Brown 4) How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder 5) Lessons from history for a better future | Roman Krznaric 6) How to see the future coming — and prepare for it | Jane McGonigal

2025-12-18 07:28:50 +0000 UTC2025-12-18 08:29:07 +0000 UTC (1h)
The Curious Traveler EP04

The Curious Traveler EP04

1) My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs 2) The secret messages of Viking runestones | Jesse Byock 3) The ancient, earth-friendly wisdom of Mongolian nomads | Khulan Batkhuyag 4) My long walk across India for women's freedom | Srishti Bakshi 5) How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them | Raymond Wang 6) For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism? | Aziz Abu Sarah

2025-12-18 05:29:09 +0000 UTC2025-12-18 06:30:48 +0000 UTC (1h1m)