Episodes
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Episode 542: Mad Cow Disease (Entry 746.GE4120)
April 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
In which the unsavory feeding practices of British dairy farms introduce Europe to a new degenerative brain disease, and Ken believes Prince Edward is not necessarily human. Certificate #41602.
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Episode 541: The Amazing Randi (Entry 038.EX0711)
March 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 39 mins
In which mediums and other charlatans wage a 150-year war with their sworn enemy, elite stage magicians, and John would never yell at a lake or birdbath. Certificate #44722.
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Episode 540: Kevlar (Entry 684.EX2822)
March 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 21 mins
In which a pioneering chemist never sees a cent of the billions of dollars that her tough new polymer earns for her employer, and Ken wonders how many Alaskans fake their own deaths. Certificate #34836.
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Episode 539: The Defector General (Entry 326.IS3301)
March 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 25 mins
In which the greatest turncoat in Chinese history betrays every single warlord or government he ever serves, and John had the 4chan version of the '90s. Certificate #40824.
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Episode 538: The Devils Hole Pupfish (Entry 342.PS10529)
March 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
In which a playful-looking but delicate little species is unable to thrive anywhere but its 11-foot wide home near Death Valley, and Ken witnesses a jellyfish tragedy. Certificate #41036.
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Episode 537: The Sight and Sound Poll (Entry 1158.DE0413)
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 35 mins
In which a British magazine very gradually takes over film culture with its once-every-decade top ten list, and John is careful not to endorse an invasion of the Sudetenland. Certificate #51403.
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Episode 536: The Bhopal Disaster (Entry 118.JE2106)
February 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
In which a series of lapses at a Union Carbide India chemical plant leads to the worst industrial accident in history, and Ken can't get behind a midnight tea break. Certificate #52760.
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Episode 535: The Osage Headrights (Entry 877.MT2508)
February 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 26 mins
In which an Oklahoma tribe becomes the world's richest people before the swindling and the murders start, and John enjoys a web of intrigue. Certificate #47911.
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Episode 534: The Voynich Manuscript (Entry 1403.DA0515)
February 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 22 mins
In which a bizarrely illustrated codex baffles codebreakers for almost four hundred years, and Ken should not have sent that text about the collected works of Dickens. Certificate #42634.
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Episode 533: Rhinos in Europe (Entry 1069.JB3910)
February 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
In which Europe is so besotted with exotic ungulates that Roman emperors battle them, artists engrave them badly, and salons honor them in wig form, and John asks about Ken's milk bags. Certificate #27983.
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Episode 532: Cannikin (Entry 180.IS0219)
January 26th, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
In which underground nuclear testing in Alaska leads two Jewish Quakers into a new age of direct action in environmental activism, and Ken is grateful for the air fryer. Certificate #53211.
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Episode 531: The Royal Touch (Entry 1087.MT1902)
January 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
In which the divine right of kings, along with golden amulets, is considered the only cure for a disfiguring disease, and John considers which celebrities might be carved from wood. Certificate #22347.