Encyclopedia Brunch

Encyclopedia Brunch

By Kathryn Cogert and Tim DobbsSociety & Culture
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Encyclopedia Brunch episodes

  • Amber

    This week we found a podcast preserved in fossilized tree resin, and we extract it to learn what ancient infotainment chit chat was like in ancient times! Naturally, it is about amber.

    • Check out our episode on perfume for more background there.
    • You know what’s kind of incredible? Blue amber.

    Music by: | Jahzzar | BLAMMOS |

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  • Kettles

    Hey Gang! We've got a mystery on our hands. The mystery of how kettles work. Oh wait, is it just steam making a whistle go? Oh. Ok. Mystery solved then. Sigh.

    • A comprehensive list of Scooby Doo villains you say? Yes please!
    • When Tim mentioned his childhood predilection for Arizona Ice Tea, Kathryn thought to herself "Is that still a thing?" Yea, it is.
    • Thermocouples! How do they work? It's pretty straightforward actually.

      • Music by: | Greg Gibbs | BLAMMOS |

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    • Glitter - Short

      You'll be finding snippets of this week's episode everywhere around your house for months after listening - we're talking about glitter!

      Music by: | BLAMMOS |

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    • Erasers

      Aren't a fan of this week's episode? Don't worry! It's like it never happened - thanks to a little help from our friend the eraser. In fact, that's our episode topic this very week! Wow!

      • Want to erase things from your past? So does Reginald from the excellent Nedroid Picture Diary.

        • Music by: | Vampire Lezbos | BLAMMOS |

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      • Pinball

        Bounce around a random selection of lights and sounds in a vaguely game-like fashion with us this week as we talk about pinball! Respond to us in each of our social media lanes to activate a multiball!*

        *Multiball is just where we tell you to listen to three episodes at once

        Music by: | Elvis Herod | BLAMMOS |

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      • Magic Eye

        Cross your eyes and open your ears, because this week we're talking all about Magic Eye! If you focus your ears just right, there's an image of a spaceship superimposed over this week's episode. What's it's story? We may never know...

        Music by: | Miami Slice | BLAMMOS |

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      • Polka

        Get out your accordion, dance shoes, and accordion-dance-shoes, because this week we're talking about polka!

        Music by: | Miguel Gutierrez | The Laurence Welk Show | BLAMMOS |

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      • Scarves - Short

        Winter got you all chilly? Warm up your neck with a scarf, and warm up your ears with this week's short episode on scarves!

        Music by: | BLAMMOS |

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      • Wigs

        Wigs

        Let your hair down! It’s time for Encyclopedia Brunch. Oh wait, do you not have hair? Don’t sweat it, this week we’re talking about wigs.

        • An oblique reference to Gardenstate was made, can you find it Listeners at home? … Very good! It was the screaming into the pit!
        • Beware the meet cute.
        • The best thing about Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation? That pink wig (Not, as this article suggests, SJ’s butt.)

        Music by: | Eaters | BLAMMOS |

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      • Carburetors

        Is something wrong with your car? Tempted to blame the carburetor just so you can say a car thing? Find out how, this week on Encyclopedia Brunch!

        • Need a written explanation, but sick of the oh-so-modern look of Wikipedia? Check out this extremely 50s Popular Mechanic Article!
        • Haven't been terrified by the dystopian future we're living in yet today? Check out this remote car hijacking via hacking!

          • Music by: | Houdini Roadshow | BLAMMOS |

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