Meat packing! Hot pretzels! Stock options! As a podcast love letter to my hometown, this episode (part one of two) covers the early history of the Green Bay Packers, including the first iteration of what will eventually become known as the famous... the infamous... Lambeau Field Stadium. Come for the history, stay for the declarations of me not being a "football scientist."

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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Ghosts, glass, and guns, oh my! The Winchester Mystery House stands as one of the greatest houses in American history... and not just because it is allegedly haunted. Join me for this deep dive into the house and its history, including that of its patroness, Mrs. Sarah Winchester. Come for the spirits, stay for the stories!

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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Plague! Corpse dismemberment! Pretty costumes! Derpy greyhounds! Necrotic Herbs! This episode has a little bit of everything. It takes you on a journey through five centuries to discuss the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s obsession with Boccaccio’s story about a young woman named Lisabetta and her most beloved pot o’basil. Come for the learning, stay in spite of my telling you how to carry the body of a full-grown man up dorm stairs. NOTE: As of 2025, this track is 5+ years old (!!!). If the presentation style isn't your thing, consider listening to one of the newer episodes.

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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Mineralogists! Lapidary tools! The human crrrrrranium! This episode is an art historical deep-dive into the origins of the so-called "crystal skulls" and the people who made them famous.

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Eggs! Bricks! Spine o' the fish! This episode covers a biggie, both figuratively and literally! Brunelleschi's dome for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. With this project, Brunelleschi pulled off the impossible, utilizing 4 million bricks to build what remains the world's largest masonry dome. Come for the dome, stay for the random story about the martyred, seemingly fire-proof Saint Reparata. Happy listening!

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Heads on sticks! Heads in wax! Heads in trunks! This hour-long episode is a deep dive into the life and work of Anna Maria Grosholtz... though you may call her Madame Tussaud. This episode covers it all—from little Marie’s birth in 1761 to the present-day process of making a new celebrity waxworks! Come for the wax heads, stay in spite of the bad French accent.

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Clocks, candy, and human connection, oh my! This episode is a deep-dive into the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Cuban-born American artist active in the 1980s and 1990s. FGT was known for his use of "non-traditional" materials and his artistic engagement with the HIV/AIDs epidemic. This episode touches on a little on it all. Come for the knowledge, stay for the random digression into the dangers of beaded curtains.

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Steel, drunken brawls, creeper derricks, oh my! Episode 17 is a deep dive into the development, design, and construction of Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO. Come for the facts, stay for (or in spite of) the bad jokes! Happy listening.

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Immortality, mercury, and 7,000 warriors, oh my! Episode 16 covers the mausoleum and terracotta army of China's first emperor and a supremely odd duck, Qin Shi Huangdi. Come for the knowledge, stay despite my terrible Chinese pronunciation!

Music credits:

"Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com)

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/