The Born Yesterday Podcast

The Born Yesterday Podcast episodes:

• 12.17.2014

  018 - Sea Shanties

  Sing the songs of 19th century sailors at your local shantysing.

  
• 08.20.2014

  017 - The Secret History of Monopoly

  The crazy story of how it happened, how we forgot, and how we remembered.

  
• 06.25.2014

  016 - The Words of Chief Seattle

  What he did - and did not - say.

  
• 05.07.2014

  015 - The Aroostook War

  When little Maine almost started a big war.

  
• 04.16.2014

  014 - The Great Emu War

  It's hard to fight an enemy that can sprint at 35mph.

  
• 04.09.2014

  013 - The Egg War of 1863

  Like they say, you can't make an omelette without shots being fired.

  
• 04.02.2014

  012 - The End of Carthage

  No earth was salted in the making of this episode.

  
• 03.19.2014

  011 - Hannibal and the Second Punic War

  Hannibal wasn't an ordinary opponent. Then again, neither were the Romans.

  
• 11.20.2013

  010 - The First Punic War

  Or, how to lose a war with the Roman Republic.

  
• 11.06.2013

  009 - The Rise of Carthage

  Finally, the Carthaginians get their fifteen minutes of fame.

  
• 10.23.2013

  008 - The Emperor and Empress of the United States

  The extraordinary lives of Joshua Norton and Jose Sarria of San Francisco.

  
• 10.09.2013

  007 - The Legend of Woody Guthrie

  How Woody Guthrie became a household name. It's all about who you know.

  
• 09.11.2013

  005 - The Norse Settlement on Newfoundland

  How some vikings beat Columbus to the New World by five centuries.

  
• 08.28.2013

  004 - Cortes and the Fall of the Aztecs

  The story of how Cortes did - and didn't - conquer Mexico.

  
• 08.14.2013

  003 - The Rise of the Aztecs

  What things were like in Mexico before the Spanish blew it all up.

  
• 07.31.2013

  002 - The Underground History of the Gay Bar

  Three hundred years of drinking, dancing, and police raids.