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The podcast where we choose a subject, read a single Wikipedia article about it, and pretend we’re experts. Because this is the internet, and that’s how it works now.

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Titan and Titanic

Episode Date: July 19, 2023

Titan, previously called Cyclops 2, was a submersible that imploded on 18 June 2023 while transporting tourists to visit the wreckage of Titanic. The...

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Pat Robertson

Episode Date: July 12, 2023

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) was an American media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential...

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Olga of Kiev

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

Olga (Old East Slavic: Вольга, romanized: Volĭga;[a] Old Norse: Helga; Lith: Alge; Christian name: Elena; c. 890–925 – 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus...

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Elephants on Acid

Episode Date: June 28, 2023

Trigger Warning: This week's episode contains references to animal cruelty as well as a bunch of other stuff that's really gross. This week, Heath tal...

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Mars Rovers

Episode Date: June 21, 2023

A Mars rover is a motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more t...

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Stars and Exoplanets

Episode Date: June 14, 2023

A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many ot...

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Smedley Butler

Episode Date: June 7, 2023

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940), nicknamed the Maverick Marine, was a senior United States Marine Corps office...

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Unusual Deaths 3

Episode Date: May 31, 2023

This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple s...

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The Great Imposter

Episode Date: April 26, 2023

Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (1921[1] – June 7, 1982) was an American impostor. He was the subject of a movie: The Great Impostor, in which he was playe...

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ChatGPT

Episode Date: April 19, 2023

ChatGPT[a] is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022. It is built on top of OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and GP...

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Miyamoto Musashi

Episode Date: April 5, 2023

Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645),[1] also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku,[2] w...

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Ben Jonson

Episode Date: March 15, 2023

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637)[2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon Englis...

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Mass Hysteria

Episode Date: March 8, 2023

Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria, or mass hysteria, involves the spre...

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Energy Accidents

Episode Date: March 1, 2023

Energy resources bring with them great social and economic promise, providing financial growth for communities and energy services for local economies...