Curious Insights from History

Brief Memorial Day message

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The definitive word on Civil War monuments. Or at least one opinion on one Civil War hero,

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A Russian Spy from the 80's is discussed. How he did what he did and why.

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The fascinating story of Alfred Nobel. How he went from dynamite king to originator of the Peace Prize.

List of Nobel Prize Winners:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates

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Today we talk about a book by Upton Sinclair called The Fasting Cure. It is an old book, but is amazingly modern considering the recent understandings of what fasting can do for health.

This is a good general article about water fasting:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/water-fasting

This is the actual text of The Fasting Cure by Sinclair Lewis:
http://apache2.pum.edu.pl/~fasting/upton.pdf

This is an interesting podcast on intermittent fasting: https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-79/

STEM talk is one of my favorite podcasts.

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Sometime bad events lead to better outcomes.

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A discussion of slavery and black soldiers during the Civil War.

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A very confident young man and his exploits.

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The story of a great scientist and his humble beginnings

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Why it can be an advantage to be an underdog.

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