Episodes
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Episode 398: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Entry 182.PS4303)
September 30th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
In which erosion on North Carolina's Outer Banks prompts the government to move a twelve-story lighthouse half a mile inland, and Ken is in favor of shipwrecks when the ships are bad. Certificate #6374.
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Episode 397: The Cotsworth Calendar (Entry 283.JB0306)
September 28th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
In which a gifted Yorkshire boy fails to talk the League of Nations into a thirteen-month year, and John thinks autumn gets short shrift. Certificate #25901.
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Episode 396: The Erie War (Entry 424.PR2822)
September 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
In which America's richest men invent many, many types of securities fraud while tussling over a New York State railroad, and Ken imagines a zoo full of cows. Certificate #32641.
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Episode 395: Kennewick Man (Entry 683.GN2304)
September 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
In which a prehistoric nomad becomes the center of a heated legal battle nine thousand years after his death, and John announces a hydroplane race. Certificate #17567.
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Episode 394: The Town of Bent Necks (Entry 1323.SS0701)
September 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
In which two Nazi brothers divide a German town into rival athletic shoe factions, and Ken plans a hotel heist. Certificate #31961.
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Episode 393: The Prince Philip Movement (Entry 987.PS8207)
September 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 37 secs
In which one Melanesian village decides, sight unseen, to worship the Duke of Edinburgh, and the gods imprison John in a small ravine. Certificate #50227.
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Episode 392: The Wave (Entry 1415.1K0814)
September 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
In which the invention of a Bay Area cheerleader becomes science's most exhaustively studied stadium ritual, and Ken doesn't think harbor seals come in different colors. Certificate #4418.
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Episode 391: Middle Initials (Entry 786.LK0161)
September 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
In which twentieth-century America becomes the only time and place in history when people drop letters into their names, and John renames himself in the phone book. Certificate #21831.
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Episode 390: The Great Diamond Hoax (Entry 548.MT1344)
September 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 18 mins
In which a clever drillbit company accountant cons banking bigwigs into believing an acre of Wyoming is covered in precious gems, and Ken suggests a touching tribute to Paul Anka. Certificate #52348.
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Episode 389: The Chicago Seekers (Entry 213.RV0103)
August 31st, 2021 | 1 hr 27 mins
In which a failed Chicago flying saucer cult leads to a landmark study in social psychology, and John blames religious fervor on diet pills. Certificate #17854.
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Episode 388: The Fresnel Lens (Entry 501.1C1312)
August 26th, 2021 | 55 mins 37 secs
In which an efficient new piece of French glassware changes the history of lighthouses, and Ken learns the exact age of Discovery. Certificate #52246.
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Episode 387: Goodnight Moon (Entry 539.PR0324)
August 24th, 2021 | 59 mins 17 secs
In which a modernist Manhattan bohemian accidentally writes the great American bedtime story, and John regrets making his professor voice Austrian. Certificate #44141.