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- Is There Any Hard Evidence That Jesus Actually Existed?
In this episode, Simon delves into the historical and archaeological records, exploring theories and debates surrounding one of history's most significant religious figures.
Author: Daven Hiskey
Host: Simon Whistler
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32 min - That Time the U.S. Tried to Build a Massive Military Base on the Moon
During the Cold War, the U.S. government was hell-bent on one upping the commies in any way possible. In the process, they came up with a number of outlandish plans, such as that time they proposed literally nuking the moon, interestingly enough a project a young Carl Sagan worked on and broke some laws with. More on this later. While it’s probably for the best that that project didn’t ultimately get carried out, there is another that went into history's dustbin that would have been amazing if implemented- the U.S. Army's plan to build a massive military and research installation on the moon. This is the story of Project Horizon, along with a lot of other interesting related tidbits along the way, from what a nuclear explosion would look like on the moon and whether a nuke would actually be a terribly effective weapon in space, to the guns designed for astronauts, to the rather humorous first thing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did on the surface of the moon, to the dick pic that exists in the so-called first museum on the moon and the famous artist who drew it, to the fascinating story of the man who successfully sold the moon and apparently made a fortune in the process.
This is going to be a good one. And to talk about all of this today, we’re trying something different by welcoming in our resident genius, engineer, author of the scripts for over 500 videos on TodayIFoundOut, and the owner of the phenomenal channel Our Own Devices, the Professor- Gilles Messier.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 hr 3 min - Common Things Different in Europe vs. the United States
Ah America, filled with gun toting rednecks wearing their flag as a
t-shirt and pondering what Jesus would do while chowing down on Mexican food, greasy burgers, partially hydrogenated corn syrup cubes, and washing it all down with Budweiser, the king of beers… for those who’ve never tasted real beer… And Europe, full of a homogeneous group of people who spend most of their time measuring things in meters instead of Ariana Grandes as every god-fearing individual should, whilstworshiping the British monarchy, rioting about football, mockingAmericans and their inferior chocolates and cheeses, and otherwise benton making sure the entire world becomes socialist… Or, at least, so theinterwebs have taught us all. But what are the actual interestingdifferences between people and things in the surprisingly diverse UnitedStates compared with the various individuals in the vastly more diversecountries of Europe? Well, I'm glad you asked, because that's what Simon and I are going to cover today. Let’s dive into it all, shall we?Hosts: Simon Whistler and Daven Hiskey
0:00 Intro
2:06 HOMES4:26 Buying a Home13:21 Locks18:20: Kitchens and Appliances24:25: Rooms25:35: Bathrooms32:54 Garages35:00 Misc37:08 Dining46:13 Pub Culture and Drinking59:15 Mexican Food1:02:35 Meal Deal1:05:27 WORK1:21:30 Everyday Things1:41:43 Dress1:51:09 Education2:03:00 Internet2:05:30 Day Fine System2:07:32 Foot Goes In, Foot Goes Out2:08:40 Transportation2:27:35 General Culture3:12:25 Healthcare3:19:50 MiscLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 hr 49 min - The Fascinating Origins of Everyday Things (Part 4)
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out with an appetizer looking at how chopsticks came to be and why they became so popular in certain parts of the world vs things like spoons and forks.
Next up we have a brief message from our sponsor… Ourselves! Go check out our new-ish channel Highlight History, an upcoming re-launch / re-think of Fact Quickie, a new upcoming one in Ancient Marvels, and Simon’s latest attempt to host all YouTube channels- Side Projects.
Next up, in the main course, we look at who exactly invented the spoon, knife, and fork, how they became popularized and the surprising amount of time it took for two of the three to become a staple of dinner tables the world over.
As for the desert for today, we discuss who actually invented the Fortune Cookie, which pretty much everyone always gets wrong. And, spoiler: no, it wasn’t the Chinese nor Americans.
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58 min - Medieval Times [Part 5]
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out with an appetizer looking at whether chastity belts were ever actually a thing in medieval times or if it is just a Hollywood invention.
Next up we have a brief message from our sponsor… Ourselves! Go check out our new-ish channel Highlight History, an upcoming re-launch / re-think of Fact Quickie, a new upcoming one in Ancient Marvels, and Simon’s latest attempt to host all YouTube channels- Side Projects.
Next up, in the main course, we look at whether you could actually be transported back in time to Medieval Times and actually communicate to anyone in English or not as is often depicted in popular entertainment.
As for the desert for today, we discuss what you actually get for being knighted in modern times and what the process is these days for that.
And note, to see that wall of text Simon hard to read there, this is what he was looking at:
INTHEBEGINNINGTHEREWASNOPUNCTUATIONLOWERCASELETTERSOREVENSPACESBETWEENWORDSTHEREALSOWASNOGRAMMATICALWAYOFDISTINGUISHINGWHENANIDEAHADFINISHEDANDANEWONEBEGUNITDIDNTHELPTHATTHEIDEAOFSTANDARDIZEDSPELLINGWASALSONOTATHINGATLEASTNOTASWEWOULDTHINKOFITREADERSWERELEFTTOMUDDLETHEIRWAYTHROUGHANYTEXTASBESTTHEYCOULDUNSURPRISINGLYUNDERSTANDINGWHATAPARTICULARWORKWASACTUALLYSAYINGONTHEFIRSTREADTHROUGHWASPRETTYWELLUNHEARDOFATTHISTIME
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1 hr 29 min - Medieval Times [Part 4]
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out with an appetizer looking at the film The Knight’s Tale and the very real historic knight Ulrich von Liechtenstein and what the real guy actually got up to.
Next up we have a brief message from our sponsor… Ourselves! Go check out our new-ish channel Highlight History and Simon’s latest attempt to host all YouTube channels- Side Projects.
Next up, in the main course, we look at what it was actually like to be a medieval knight and how one actually became one.
As for the desert for today, we have the absolute best part of today’s episode discussing whether there was ever actually a documented case of a knight rescuing a damsel in distress.
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1 hr 12 min - Medieval Times [Part 3]
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out with an appetizer looking at how the slipping on a banana peel comedy gag got started.
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Next up, we have the main course discussing what it was actually like to be a court jester and some examples of some rather famous ones, as well as what killed the profession.
As for the desert for today, we look at what it was like to be a medieval executioner and how people got the gig.
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1 hr 2 min - Medieval Times [Part 2]
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out with an appetizer looking at how soap actually works to get rid of microbes.
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Next up, we have the main course discussing whether or not Medieval Europeans actually didn’t bathe that much or not.
As for the desert for today, we look at whether castles in Medieval times actually ever had things like crocodiles in them or not.
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55 min - Medieval Times [Part 1]
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out looking at why the toilet is called the “Crapper” and the “John”.
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Next up, we discuss all about what Medieval Europeans did with all their bodily expulsions and whether they really did just toss it out the window. This all culminates in the Great Stink of 1858 and how that was finally resolved.
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52 min - Making Diamonds
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out looking at the rather interesting way the couple hundred million dollar Hope Diamond has been transported a couple times.
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Next up, we discuss how diamonds went from a mostly worthless item throughout the majority of human history to in very recent times the extremely expensive item we have today. We then dive into the extremely fascinating story of the guy who first managed to figure out how to make diamonds, bypassing the normal couple billion year process to have them form naturally.
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About The BrainFood Show
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In this show, the team behind the wildly popular TodayIFoundOut YouTube channel do deep dives into a variety of fascinating topics to help you feed your brain with interesting knowledge.