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Episode 93: American Messiahs: Brigham Young’s Collection
Because M had such a reaction to this portrait, we should start here. This is Brigham Young in his youth. He’s a very serious looking man, for sure. Now that the picture is up there, let’s dive into his biography. This link is more focused on Young’s time in Salt Lake City and the various…
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Episode 92: Sexology and the Celestial Bed
Here’s the biography of James Graham, supposed doctor, and what was going on in his life up to the point where this episode begins. The rise and fall of James Graham’s “electric sex temple” is what you’re going to find in this link. This one talks mostly about what he was doing right before he…
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Episode 91: American Messiahs: Joseph Smith’s Angels
We enter the world of religion once again by addressing one of the Big Ones… the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or… Mormonism. How did it get its start? How did the LDS church wind up in Utah when Joseph Smith started in Vermont? Where did all those unusual practices get their start?…
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Episode 88: The Dunk Tank: Elon Musk
Let’s start at the beginning, and that’s South Africa. Musk was born and raised in Apartheid Era South Africa. So let’s learn what that means. This article is good as it objectively looks at good things, bad things, and ugly things about Elon’s life and just lays it all out there. It’ll tell you about…
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Episode 87: Beyond the Fur: Deep Dives & Mammalian Marvels
This is the black jaguar, native to both north and south America. They’re regaining their territory further north. It’s estimated only 11% of jaguars have this coloration. Click the picture for more facts! Something interesting about the red panda is that they have been known as the firefox and the red cat-bear, but it would…
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Episode 86: Piss Lord Vespasian
Urine trouble if you have a problem talking about body fluids. I really hope you don’t because this whole episode was about urine and what the ancient Romans were using it for. the answer will definitely surprise you. This Nat Geo blog is fun because it has some pictures and a little info but mostly,…
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Episode 85: Save A Cow, Poke A Milkmaid
So let’s start with how far back were Africans inoculating against smallpox with this article that addresses just that. We talk about it in the episode, but only briefly. This will go more in-depth about it. And let’s learn about Onesimus, the Black man who taught the white folks of Massachusetts how to protect themselves…
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Episode 84: Heartfelt History: Symbol of Love
This link will take you all the way back to the ancient Egyptians before even heading to the Greeks where we started. It focuses mainly on the medical side of why hearts are thought of the way they are. This Time article does misstate that the heart didn’t mean love before the 13th century, which…