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This week we're talking about guns, from ancient Chinese gunpowder to modern day sniper rifles!

This week we're talking about the chemistry and culture of lysergic acid diethylamide. We'll discuss how it works, where to get it, and the moral panic that changed it from a psychiatric tool to a Schedule 1 illegal drug.

This week we're talking about The Gospel, the origin of Easter, Passover, and Jesus's campy final days with Judas and the boys.

This week we're talking about weather! Types of clouds, what causes lightning, polar vortexes, the jet stream, weather on other planets, and more!

This week we're talking about the second part of the biography of Julius Caesar, the fall of the Roman Republic, the rise of the Roman Empire, and Brutus's  betrayal for the sake of his ideals. In the second half of this two part episode we talk about the Roman Civil War, the fall of the Roman Republic and the Rise of the Roman Empire, and finally Cesar's death on the Ides of March.

This week we're talking about the biography of Julius Caesar, the fall of the Roman Republic, the rise of the Roman Empire, and Brutus's betrayal for the sake of his ideals. In the first half of this two part episode we talk about Caesar's rise to power and Brutus's coming of age, right up to the point that Caesar crosses the Rubicon with his army to march on Rome.

This week we're talking about Druids, Celts, St. Patrick and the Emerald Isle!

This week we're talking about how humans measure time, from the prehistoric lunar calendar to the atomic clock.

This week we're talking about the history of Carnival and Mardis Gras, from Ancient Egypt and Rome to the present day Greatest Free Show on Earth in the Big Easy.

This week we're talking about the greatest dynasties and empires in African history. We discuss The Kingdom of Kush, Hannibal leading Carthage to victory over the Romans, Mansa Musa the richest man who ever lived, the Zulu nation, and Haile Selassie, the god of Rastafarianism.