The History of...

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When you think about environmental waste, "Space Trash" is probably not the first phrase to come to mind. In this episode, Robert discuss why and how we got to this point in space.

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An Academic Overview

About Sputnik 1

About Big Sky Theory

Video About Recent Space Junk Accident

About The Chinese Space Cleaner

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Frank Ocean, Blue Wednesday, and Richard Strauss, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

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Link to The News Clip

Did China Invent Skiing?

Snowboarding at The Olympics

Music by Birocratic

Adam Curry is a Dutch knight. Need I say more?

Adam Curry hosts 3 podcasts:

No Agenda

Moe Factz with Adam Curry

Podcasting 2.0

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Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, and The BREED

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A Complicated Situation

The Invention of Plutonium Pacemakers

Music by Pat Coil, Danny Gottlieb, and Jacob Jezioro

I promise that was sparkling water.

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About Coffee

Two Sources / About Coca Cola

About Jolt Cola

About Red Bull

About Taurine

About 5-Hour Energy

Some Strong Opinions About 5-Hour Energy

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Floppy Circus, and 20syl

You might be amazed by some of the past ideas for time changes and the reasons behind them. A story so good, you’ll wanna take some time to enjoy it.

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An Overview

An Economical Project 

About George Vernon Hudson

Details About George Vernon Hudson’s Time Change

Thunder Bay Time Change 

 About Time Zones

About Time Changes and WWI

How Daylight Savings Time Started in the U.S.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966

Countries That Participate in Daylight Savings

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Hit Crew, and Blue Wednesday

The $2 bill is a curious one. Several people would say the concept is weird or obsolete, even though the EU has a  €2 coin. Believe it or not, $2 bills are historically polarizing, for reasons we never would have imagined.

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The $2 Bill is older than the U.S.

The $2 Bill Awareness Project

About the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

About United States Notes

 About the Red Seal

Pennies Cost 2 Cents

Official Numbers About Number of Bills Printed

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Birocratic, and GlobalDub

Oreos are not quite what you think. To be remembered, one either has to be the first or the best, and Oreo didn’t check both those boxes. The one that did is a cookie you’ve probably never even heard of.

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Good Source

Another Good Source

Wow! Another Source!

About Oreos Following the News

Buy Hydrox

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Jordyn Edmonds, and 20syl

In this episode, we look at some of the big ideas and innovations of neurosurgery, as well as physicians who were way ahead of their time, solving problems in ways never thought possible.

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From the Journal of Neurosurgery

About Franz Joseph Gall

The First American Brain Surgeon

More About the First American Brain Surgeon

About Grover Cleveland’s Surgery

About Harvey Cushing

About Joseph Lister 

About MRI

A Great Book Chapter Explaining All This

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Jordyn Edmonds,  Blue Wednesday, and Zero 7