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We talk about Darwin’s theory of natural selection, and the challenge he was faced with in confronting the evolution of eyes.
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The ERA was drafted in the 1920s, repeatedly tabled until the 70s, then, finally came tantalizingly close to passing before ultimately failing. Now it’s dead—right?
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We talk about the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the creation of the Soviet Union, the Russian Famine of 1921-1922, and the ascendancy of Joseph Stalin.
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We talk about Russia's involvement in World War I, how it led to the execution of the Tsar Nicholas II and his family, and the miraculous reappearance of the Princess Anastasia years later.
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We talk about three titanic personalities involved in the Russian Revolution, and the bizarre holy man and mystic, Rasputin, who lurked behind them all.
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We continue our series about Russia and discuss the mini Russian Revolution that led up to the big one, and the four very different and very big reasons that the people had to revolt.
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We begin a series on the Russian Revolution with a crucial event that happened 36 years prior to it, when a group of Russian nihilists assassinated the emperor Alexander II.
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We discuss the historical St. Nicholas, and his journey from a Greek bishopric in Turkey to the Coca Cola cans of modern America.
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It’s not the oldest surviving legal texts in the world, but the Code of Hammurabi has had a larger influence on the worlds of politics, law, and international relations than almost any other legal document.
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We talk with special guest Jeremy Moore about an ill-fated couple that went river rafting a hundred years ago, and the ghosts that have haunted their stories ever since.
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Our seventh salmagundi! This macédoine of an episode features eight unrelated but fascinating discussions. None of these brief topics could be an episode on their own, but they deserved to be heard so we created this omnium gatherum for your enjoyment.
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We celebrate our third year of the podcast by each discussing a different year from the annals of history.
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We close out our series on literary theory by looking at the movie No Country Old Men through all of the lenses we have discussed.
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We discuss a series of articles published by the Sun in New York in 1835, in which the truth about the moon was revealed: it is populated by a beautiful and baroque society of unicorns, humanoid bats, and hyper-intelligent beavers.
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We continue our series on literary theory by examining the 1988 film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown through the lens of aesthetic criticism.
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We continue our series on literary theory by discussing the 2001 film Donnie Darko through the lens of deconstructionist criticism.
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We discuss the 2022 Oscar-nominated film, The Banshees of Inisherin, through the literary theory known as New Historicism.
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We discuss the Good Friday agreement, the treaty that brought peace to Ireland and yet in some ways changed very little about the divided island.
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We discuss Operation Banner, where the British military deployed to Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, supposedly as a peace-keeping force. But as Dolores O’Riordan put it, “It’s the same old thing since 1916.”
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