While the world goes mad for dogecoin and NFTs, we look at four times when a suddenly popular commodity drove an economic boom and bust, from tulips to trains, in the XL episode.Read the full <a href="http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/bubble">script</a>.Music by <a href="http://www.incompetech.com/">Kevin MacLeod</a>.Reach out and touch Moxie on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/yourbrainonfacts">FB</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/brainonfactspod">Twit</a>, the '<a href="http://www.instagram.com/yourbrainonfacts">Gram</a> or <a href="http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/contact">email.</a> Today's sponsors: <a href="https://www.highbrowdrivel.com/">Highbrow Drivel</a>; Podcorn; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-do-we-say-that/id1555858744">Why Do We Say That?</a>; <a href="http://www.workpatters.com">WorkPatterns</a>.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

While the world goes mad for dogecoin and NFTs, we look at four times when a suddenly popular commodity drove an economic boom and bust, from tulips to trains, in the XL episode. Read the full script. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Today's sponsors: Highbrow Drivel; Podcorn; Why Do We Say That?; WorkPatterns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the world goes mad for dogecoin and NFTs, we look at four times when a suddenly popular commodity drove an economic boom and bust, from tulips to trains, in the XL episode.Read the full&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/bubble" rel="noopener noreferrer">script</a>.Music by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.incompetech.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin MacLeod</a>.Reach out and touch Moxie on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/yourbrainonfacts" rel="noopener noreferrer">FB</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.twitter.com/brainonfactspod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twit</a>, the '<a href="http://www.instagram.com/yourbrainonfacts" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gram</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yourbrainonfacts.com/contact" rel="noopener noreferrer">email.</a>&nbsp;Today's sponsors:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.highbrowdrivel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Highbrow Drivel</a>; Podcorn; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-do-we-say-that/id1555858744" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Do We Say That?</a>; <a href="http://www.workpatters.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">WorkPatterns</a>.&nbsp; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Hate to Burst Your Bubble (ep. 155)

Host Moxie LaBouche brings you a weekly half-hour of things you didn't know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you never knew. Topics range from the history of nursing to the Balinese funeral rite David Bowie requested, from the origin of the Vulcan salute to the theft of Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve. This is your brain on facts. yourbrainonfacts.com

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