This Strange World

Everyone has had the child-like wonder to look for buried treasure in their backyard and at the beach, but you never really find much. Some people take it to the next level, cracking hundred year old cyphers and looking for hidden artwork in the mountains and gold buried in forests. This week, Chris brings in some true stories of real buried and hidden treasures throughout time while Gavin and Leah start to plan trips to find them. (Hint: X marks the spot!)

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https://www.rd.com/list/hidden-treasures-in-usa/

For many years the history of the Mongols has been cloudy, with translations of translations setting them up to be a brute society of savages, hellbent on conquering, but that is just not true. This week Leah brings in some of the biggest misconceptions about the Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan. She also brings her friend Sam Bass, a professor of Mongol and East Asian History at Simon Fraser University in Canada. (Hint: Strap in, because things are gonna get technical.)

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https://www.ancient.eu/Mongol_Warfare/

In this very special bonus episode, Gavin, Leah, and Chris bring in some of their favorite phases to determine which one has the best origin.

This episode was submitted to NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge College Edition, and received an honorable mention! We are thrilled to share this news and finally share this bonus episode! Be on the lookout for a full length episode on famous phrases coming soon, and check out more TSW at the links below!

Check out the original submission on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/thisstrangeworldpodcast/history-of-famous-phrases

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The world is probably going to end at some point, right? Whether it’s a billion years from now or next week, that hasn’t stopped people from trying to predict a potential impending doomsday. This week Gavin brings in some of his favorite armageddon predictions while Chris and Leah make their own predictions about the end of the world. (Hint: If you get it wrong the first time, maybe you can’t predict the end of the world, so stop trying.)

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https://www.britannica.com/list/10-failed-doomsday-predictions

Between February 1st and 2nd of 1959, nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains. The circumstances were unknown, but many theories have circulated for decades. The event became known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. This week, Chris explains what allegedly happened on that mountain, while Gavin and Leah come up with their own conspiracies about the ultimate demise of the expedition. (Hint: Be careful scaling tall mountains in Russia with no cell phone, because ya know, it’s the 50s.)

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https://youtu.be/bQpNdevrtiM

In the highly anticipated third part to our SCP Foundation series, Leah brings in some brand new SCPs to talk about with Gavin and Chris, along with bringing in our friend (and professor), Pete Johanns, to give his take on these spooky anomalies. (Hint: Check out SCP Foundation Part 1 and Part 2, available wherever you get your podcasts!)

Disclaimer: There were technical difficulties with the recording, so the voices will occasionally distort to sound lower than they really are.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQRcgA-R-0

While most people are familiar with Football, Basketball, and Baseball, not as many people are as familiar with Kabaddi, Cycleball, and Chess Boxing. This week, Gavin brings in some of the most bizarre sports you’ve probably never heard of, and challenges Leah and Chris to guess what they are based on their name. (Hint: Zorbing might surprise you.)

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https://www.businessinsider.com/obscure-weird-sports-2010-11

North Sentinel Island is a remote island near the coast of India. It is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation who have defended, often by force, their protected isolation from the outside world. In 1956 it was made illegal to be within five nautical miles of this island in order to prevent the resident tribespeople from contracting diseases to which they have no immunity. This week, Chris brings Leah and Gavin some stories about this tribe that is still living in the stone age, and the people who have attempted to visit North Sentinel Island. (Hint: You definitely don’t want to visit this island.)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXY1Dp-eWzA

Archaeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. But what about “archeology” that isn’t accepted by modern standards? Well that might fall under the definition of pseudoarchaeology, which refers to interpretations of the past from outside the archaeological science community, which reject the accepted data gathering and analytical methods of the discipline. This week, Leah brings some examples ranging from aliens building the egyptian pyramids to the lost city of Atlantis. Plus, she brings her friend Nathan, an archeology grad student and professor to give his profession insight on this “alternative archaeology”. (Hint: Listen to find out how weird it gets!)

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https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2018/08/what-is-pseudoarchaeology/

The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where multiple ships and aircrafts are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. In recent years, many of these disappearances have been attributed to paranormal activity or extraterrestrial beings. Most reputable sources dismiss the idea that there is any mystery, but Gavin, Leah, and Chris have decided to take it upon themselves to decide if there is any legitimacy to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. (Hint: Listen to decide for yourself!)

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https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/bermuda-triangle