InfoCast 5000

InfoCast 5000

By Beren MallyHistory
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InfoCast 5000 episodes

  • Announcement About Future Content

    People who are fighting for their rights need to speak right now. New episodes will be delayed until we feel it is a more appropriate time to publish content again. Thank you to all the loyal listeners out there for being patient, we will be back soon! 

    1 min
  • Dirty Bits: Tattoos

    Put on them comfy sweatpants we are gonna relax and let our hair down a bit and talk about some aspects of tattoos we haven't covered yet. Personal tats, modern tattoo culture, prison tats, we got it all baby. Enjoy the extra content! 

    42 min
  • Ep. 32 Tattoos pt 4: Sex, Drugs & Sailors
    Our exploration of ink draws to a close as we discuss the life of two renegades who made modern tattooing what its s today. One is an Irish thief and the other is a merchant marine, both of whom casted a mystique across the practice of bodyart. That's right, get out your pointy sticks, grab a bottle of wine and take a trip with us across info land.
    59 min
  • Ep. 31 Tattoos pt 3: A Head of the Game
    Our journey in tattoos continues, starting this week in the tribes of the Maori and ending in the victorian era. We've got shark teeth, we've got gunpowder, we've got...giant cookies! Get yourself a cold one, sink down into your comfy chair and insert your listening probes inside your ear canals and allow us to take you on another journey!
    38 min
  • Ep. 30 Tattoos pt 2: Forbidden Ink
    We continue our globe-spanning look at tattoos this week looking at Christian, African and Japanese bodyart culture. What happens when a whole government cracks down on the freedom of expression through body art? Click the play button and find out!
    42 min
  • Ep. 29 Tattoos pt. 1: Naked Blue Warriors
    The first collaboration! From Otzi the iceman to ancient Romans, Sam and Beren are teaming up to cover tattoo culture from across the globe. In true Infocast tradition there's going to be some weirdness involving the Egyptian afterlife and a people known for kicking Roman ass. It's gonna be a wild ride ya'll!
    53 min
  • Ep. 28 Hand Sanitizer
    This week Sam is plunging his hands into the nitty gritty history of hand sanitation , He'll take us on a journey from hand washing’s extremely modest beginnings to the bastion (and completely necessary) of culture it is today! Take a swig of that Svedka and pour it on your hands because it's sanitation time!
    1 hr
  • Ep. 27 Girl Scout Cookies

    This week, listen to the soothing sounds of two drunk boys yelling about Girl Scout cookie conspiracies. There's a lot of dough at stake in that cookie business, where does it all go? When did little girls selling cookies become a thing or has it always been this way since the beginning of time? Git out yer big frosty glass of milk and trust no-one! 

    44 min
  • Ep. 26 Touchscreens

    This week, Sam will touch your heart with the story behind the screen you use everyday. That's right critters, the harbinger of the robot apocalypse, the touchscreen, has been around for longer than you think. Not only are we talking about how they got here, but also how they work. Ch-ch-ch-check it!

    44 min
  • Snow Plows: Infoshort 5000
    Sam shares a quick history of snowploughs pre snowplough inventions ! . That's right, yell and holler all you want but it won't make that snow go away. Git out yer diamond studded shovel buddy and grease up those elbows because here comes history on snow removal scooped right into your ears!
    36 min

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Why does everything exist? Interesting facts about familiar pieces of everyday life! Beren & Sam take you on a journey through the history of items you use every day, but may not know the story…