The PodGOATs

We love to laugh. Doctors even tell us it's good for us. Like everything, comedy has a history. And that history has changed over the years. Phil and Campbell Valentine talk about the evolving history of comedy.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. How true that is. Collectively we as a society decide beauty norms and they're different from culture to culture, generation to generation. Phil and Campbell Valentine explore how the definition of beauty has changed throughout history.

Just how gullible is the public? As is turns out, pretty darn gullible. Hucksters have taken advantage of our naiveté by concocting some elaborate schemes to fool us. Phil and Campbell Valentine talk about some of the biggest hoaxes in history.

Phil and Campbell Valentine reach the milestone of 100 episodes. They look back over the past year at some of their more humorous moments.

Space has always captured our imagination. Especially Campbell's. He and Phil talk about what we know is out there and what we fear might be out there as the Valentines explore the final frontier.

People just go inexplicably missing. These cases confound authorities and capture our imagination. Some ended up being solved, others never do. Phil and Campbell Valentine take a look at more mysterious disappearances.

We're all fascinated with magic. More nefarious men and women have used the public's ignorance of magic to their own advantage. Phil and Campbell Valentine look at the history of magic and why we're still so fascinated.

What a decade. Turbulent, tragic, turning point, and a lot of other T-words. Beatles, JFK, MLK, RFK, flower power, turn on, drop out, Vietnam, Civil Rights, the Mustang. Phil and Campbell Valentine get in their hot tub time machine for the '60s.

Who doesn't love animals? Well, before you answer that, there were once animals that roamed the earth that were terrifying. Phil and Campbell Valentine talk about some of the cuddliest and some of the deadliest animals in history.

Christmas is the most magical time of the year. Do you know where some of its most cherished traditions come from? Phil and Campbell Valentine talk about Rudolph, Frosty, the Christmas tree, and many more holiday traditions, and how they came to be.