Episode: 2231 Of cuckoos, cuckoldry and brood parasitic cupidity.  Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong goes cuckoo over brood parasites.

Episode: 1268 Finding your limelight.  Today, let us find our light.

Episode: 1267 The secret American Navy of the War of 1812.  Today, a secret American navy for the War of 1812.

Episode: 1266 In which Mrs. O'Leary is absolved of the Great Chicago Fire.  Today, a new look at an old fire.

Episode: 1265 Science and the myth of the self-evident truth.  Today, a closer look at scientific knowledge.

Episode: 2350 Dystopia: Getting to know utopias evil twin.  Today, the evils of technology.

Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it.  Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.

Episode: 1940 In which Harriet Beecher Stowe and her sister build a model house to pay for a mansion.  Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a cabin, a mansion, and a model home.

Episode: 1262 An 18-century environmental disaster in Brittany, France.  Today, an 18th-century environmental disaster.

Episode: 1261 Healthy equilibrium: only a platform for instability.  Today, we try to keep our equilibrium.