This one is hard to explain. We start by attempting to rank all the people we covered so far. You know, who would win between John Harrington and Nelly Bly. That sort of thing. We end... somewhere else. Point is: Join the Union.

This month’s round up takes us from the Roman Republic to the invention of baseball.   Together we ask the hard hitting questions such as, “Has anyone ever had a good day at Gettysburg?”,  “How do you sneak up on a Viking?”, and “Are you suffering from religious excitement?” There is truly something for everyone this week, so hold on to your top hats.

This week, Ian tells us about astronomer and polymath, Sir John Herschel. A member of the scientific Herschel family, John carried his family's legacy to new heights. Join us as we discuss the merits of oboes on the battlefield and the discovery of men on the moon.

Today we discuss a very fancy lady who loved fashion, philosophy and peotry. She lived through the English Civil War and died a duchess. Her excentricities made her a celebrity, and her fearless self promotion makes her one of our favorite creators so far.

You simply will not believe how much we have to talk about steel barrels in this one. 

In the second, and final, part of her story, Nellie goes to war: figuratively against the banks and literally as she kind of accidentally supports the Central Powers in WW1. 

Does she engage in some (light) human trafficking and kidnapping? Yes. Does she write about it? Also yes.

Nellie Bly’s willingness to do anything to get the story was matched only by her willingness to put herself right in the center of it.

Join us as we discuss the pioneer journalist who conned her way into the madhouse, travelled around the world faster than Phileas Fogg and wrote about the time a woman tried to pass off 4 different babies as the same kid. That part’s a bummer, but Nellie does get a pet monkey at one point... so, silver linings?

Join us for Culture Critters #2! This is a crazy one!

Dave tells the story of Operation Moolah- the time the US tried to bribe the North Koreans to defect with a MIG-15 jet fighter.

Ian tells us INSANE story of "God's Rambo and the Ghost Camaro".

And Ellie takes us through a delightful roundup of legendary highwaymen throughout history!

It's a long episode, but good lord it's fun.

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Ian takes us through the work of Sir John Harington; railing against the muck and mire of court of Queen Elizabeth with the invention of the toilet.

We talk about about how gross and unwashed everyone was in the 1500s, the church's tight-gripped control of the people, that one time they banned the study of Greek to stop people reading the Bible in its original language, and how the closest someone feels to God may indeed be while they're on the toilet.

There's a lot of talk of poop. So, if you're not into that I'm sorry. If you're super into that, welcome- you little weirdo.

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Come learn about the life and times of Gerardus Mercator. The dude who gave us the first world map and also got it so wrong in so many ways that would have massive implications for the rest of time. We get a glimpse into the bungling chaos that was the Holy Roman Emperor. We talk Humanism, cartography, religion, 1500s politics, and that one time he abandoned his son in the Alps.

Elle takes us through the life of Robert Fulton in his transcontinental search for the new nautical norm.

This is a cool cat. Holding his own with engineers and designers at the age of 12, building the most insane 1-man submarine with hand-held torpedoes for Napoleon, diving into a frozen river to save his friend, Robert Fulton ruled.