Rhopology - Podcast Edition

Coming from Harry's new favourite wikipedia page, 'a list of non-water floods', this strange and tragic story dives into the state of industrial alcohol during the first world war, how materials are determined to be flexible, and a few neat tricks the residents of Boston in the 1900s could share on getting free candy ingredients.

Jake and Harry take a look at the events leading up to John Mulholland's hiring by the CIA, and what kind of world events had to happen to lead to such a strange set of circumstances.

Theme Music - Baby Tears Blues

In this historical dressing down of the machine that makes our lives easier and our fashion sense sharper, Harry threads the needle between patent crooks and crochet hooks to follow the thread of fates past. I'm running out of puns here, but we also talk about Luddites and Jake is there.

Our Theme music is Baby Tear Blues by Mort Garson

Harry and his plucky companion Jake travel back in time this episode to watch the gradual demise of Old Who, and to discover what exactly brought it to an end in 1989, and why that would set the stage for its eventual return in 2005.

Our theme music is Baby Tears Blues by Mort Garson

Ingredients:

- Spun Sugar

- Harry and Jake

- The World's Fair

- A dentist

Method:

Place a weird vending machine in the middle of the shopping centre. Slowly add historical facts whilst stirring. Bring to a boil before adding centripetal and centrifugal forces. Switch to medium heat. Add hosts. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve through headphones. Add salt to taste.

- Baby Tears Blues by Mort Garson

In this all over the place episode, Harry talks about everything to do with made-up languages. From phonetic roots to biomechanical robots, prepare yourself for a seriously deep dive is how to pronounce alien words. Seriously, prepare yourself. There are so many mouth sounds this week.

Following in a long line of episodes spurred on by Harry making some inane purchase, today Rhopology looks at the life and times of the (not so) humble electric guitar. From its history to its science, we find out what really makes this instrument tick. Or rather, strum.

Theme Music - Baby Tears Blues by Mort Garson

In this episode of Rhopology, we take a look into the composite parts of everyone's least favourite knife/fork/spoon combination, discussing, among other things; ancient opinions on cutlery innovations,  the metals we decide to eat with, and of course, a little bit of etymology for taste. A real smorgasbord of cutlery-inary delights.

Theme Music - Baby Tears Blues by Mort Garson

Harry has been thinking a lot about getting clean, for reasons unknown, and has taken a dive into what makes the tentpoles of modern hygiene tick. Also seafoam, because thats somehow related, right?

In our final episode on all things spooky, Harry takes a look at the origins of two famous movie monsters, and everyone does their best not to bite one another.

Theme Music - Baby Tears Blues by Mort Garson