Normalating

let me tell you about the healing power of color

The idea that color has healing power is a relatively modern (and utterly fallacious) one. We discuss its development through the 19th and 20th centuries. Read More...

Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 5, Wild Card

Tags: civil law crime eclectic medicine Presented by #13 quackery Theosophical Society Theosophy

Published: October 12, 2020
Edited: February 8, 2021

The Icelander

a tale of public art, politics, and racism

Why, exactly, was there a statue of a Viking explorer in Philadelphia? And why isn't it there now? Read More...

Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 5

Tags: art art history Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: September 28, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

“I’m the Naughty Boy.”

you love science — but probably not nearly as much as Bayard Peakes did

On July 14th, 1952 a mysterious man walked into the office of the American Physical Society and murdered secretary Eileen Fahey for no apparent reason. Read More...

Categories: Science & Nature, Series 5

Tags: crime New York, NY Presented by #13 pseudo-science The Constant World War II

Published: September 14, 2020
Edited: March 16, 2021

Errata #1

in which we own up to some mistakes

Errata for Cold Hard Cash; Hold Fast What Thou Hast; Spirit Princess; Milking It for All It's Worth; Pleadings from Asbury Park and The Centers of All Things. Read More...

Categories: Bonus Episodes, Errata, Meta

Tags: "General" Joseph Hubert Diss Debar "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar béchamel Center, ND David Livingston Mackay Federated States of Micronesia Henry M. Bennett Junction City, KS Laura Biggar New Harmony, IN Robert Owen Rugby, ND

Published: August 31, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

Ghost of Eight Things We Like

There's no podcast this week, so if you need your fix of miscellaneous esoterica why not try one of these eight other things? Read More...

Categories: Entertainment & Media, Meta

Tags: Cautionary Tales Overheard podcasts Spectacular Failures stuff we like The Constant The Dollop The Last Archive The Omnibus Project The Pessimist's Archive websites

Published: August 24, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

We Live Inside

greetings from the inside of the Hollow Earth

Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed may have been a madman, or the Messiah, but only he was bold enough to tell the truth: that we live on the inside of a hollow Earth. Read More...

Categories: Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 4

Tags: American Civil War Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Chicago, IL communism cult Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" eclectic medicine faith healing Florida Fort Myers, FL geodetics Harmony Society Koreshan Unity Messiah New York, NY Presented by #13 religion San Francisco, CA The Constant

Published: August 10, 2020
Edited: February 8, 2021

The Centers of All Things

looking for a stop on your next road trip? we've got you covered

We take an irreverent look at the geographic centers of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and North America! Read More...

Categories: Daring & Epic Journeys, People & Places, Series 4

Tags: Center, ND geodetics Junction City, KS Presented by #13 Presented by #7 Rugby, ND Washington, DC

Published: July 27, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

He Whooped to See Them Burn

Simon Girty (1741-1818) -- renegade and traitor, or man of principle?

Was "white savage" Simon Girty (1741-1818) a renegade and traitor, or a man of principle? We reexamine his history and try to figure out what made him tick. Read More...

Categories: Biography, History, Series 4

Tags: British Empire Canada Detroit, MI Michigan Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA Presented by #13 United Kingdom United States of America War of 1812

Published: July 13, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

The Die of Tomorrow, Today

a love poem to the greatest die you'll ever own (and never use)

In 1982 a Baltimore hobby store gave the world a bold new innovation in dice... One that hardly anyone would use. Let's sing the praises of the mighty d30! Read More...

Categories: Man's Amazing Inventions, Series 4, Sports & Leisure

Tags: Baltimore, MD D&D Dungeons & Dragons Presented by #13

Published: June 29, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021