The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

By Mark Chrisler

A podcast about exactly what it says it is: examining the bad ideas, mistakes and accidents that misshaped our world.... more

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The podcast currently has 207 episodes available.

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong episodes:

February 27, 2024 Whoa Baby
Until recently, our understanding of where babies came from was hazy. Which made it easy for a certain class of hucksters to make up crazy stuff about them.
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55min
February 13, 2024 Let's Talk About Sex, Babies (Remix!)
We're remaking one of the all-time classic Constant episodes, this time with decent audio!
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57min
January 30, 2024 The Holy She, Part 2
Did a woman secretly manage to become pope, only to be revealed by a badly mistimed labor in the streets of Rome? Probably not! But it's gonna be fun figuring it out for sure!
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51min
January 16, 2024 The Holy She, Part 1
Did a cross-dressing woman manage to worm her way into the papacy, and was she discovered when she gave birth on the street? Lots of people believe and have believed in the Legend of Pope Joan. We're taking a two part dive into the history.
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43min
January 02, 2024 Presenting: Historical Blindness
Find Historical Blindness at https://www.historicalblindness.com/ or wherever you listen to this podcast. We'll be back with a new year of new episodes in two weeks.
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1h 9min
December 19, 2023 A Very BMJ Christmas
They celebrate the season a little differently down at The British Medical Journal.
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1h 5min
December 05, 2023 99% Conspicuous
The James R. Thompson Center is the most hated building in the city of Chicago. And it has to be protected.
Check out Nathan Eddy's documentaries on The Thompson Center, Helmut Jahn, and more, here: https://vimeo.com/nathaneddy
Find Stewart Hicks' youtube channel, with great architectural content (much of it about The Thompson Center) here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYAm24PkejQR2xMgJgn7xwg
Visit The Chicago Architecture Center's Thompson Center page here: https://www.architecture.org/learn/resources/buildings-of-chicago/building/thompson-center/
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1h 16min
November 21, 2023 Rock Bottomless, Part 2
We can go deeper.
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1h 1min
November 07, 2023 Rock Bottomless, Part 1
This week, we're going deep. How deep? No one knows!
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54min
October 24, 2023 The Werewolf
A beastly history of the beasts that stalked Europe for centuries.
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1h 8min

FAQs about The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong:

How many episodes does The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong have?

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