TLDR - History is Weird

By Naveen N. Bhat & Lauren K. Nixon

History is weird, friend. Like, really weird. Two nerds tell each other stories about history, try (and fail) to stay on topic and explore how their cultural backgrounds have shaped the way they think... more

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How many episodes does TLDR - History is Weird have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

TLDR - History is Weird episodes:

October 06, 2020 Episode 9: Education 101
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of ancient education in the classical world, the Middle East and Central and South America, and find themselves talking about orca vomit and how Nineveh means 'Fish Palace'.
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WHERE TO FIND US
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
1h 1min
September 26, 2020 Episode 8: Like Clockwork
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of clockwork, orreries and automata, and end up discussing whether Asterix or Tintin is better.

Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!
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WHERE TO FIND US
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
1h 3min
September 19, 2020 Episode 7: Into Gear
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of mechanisms, and somehow end up talking about the first bicycle, the state of modern education, and why Nostradamus had to drop out of university.
Links:
Justus Willberg playing a reconstructed Hydraulis:
https://youtu.be/zZey_H8qmQA
Townsends building a 17th century bellows:
https://youtu.be/9wVNOEU_-Es
Squeefest 2020:
http://www.FB.me/TheDoctorSqueeShow
http://www.Twitch.tv/DoctorSquee
Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!
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WHERE TO FIND US
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
1h 20min
September 13, 2020 Episode 6: Up In the Air
In which Naveen and Lauren - along with guest, Emilie Addison - fail to stick to the topic of manned flight, from its earliest origins to more complex machines, and somehow end up talking about Led Zeppelin, the Lindbergh Baby and whether the F-22 Raptor or the Sukhoi-30 is cuter.
Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!
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WHERE TO FIND US
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
1h 5min
September 05, 2020 Episode 5: Birds of a Feather
In which Naveen and Lauren - along with guest, Emilie Addison - fail to stick to the topic of birds and their place in mythology and society and find themselves discussing cockroaches, coal mines and that one raven that was really into TV aerials.
The owl related videos Naveen discusses in this episode can be found here:
https://youtu.be/bt3X8MJgJWo
https://youtu.be/d_FEaFgJyfA
Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!
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WHERE TO FIND US
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
49min
August 29, 2020 Episode 4: Lo, it is Written!
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of writing, translation, the printing press and unconventional writing systems, and find themselves discussing graffiti, telegraphy and infamous murderer Dr Crippen.
WHERE TO FIND US
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
1h 4min
August 22, 2020 Episode 3: Look Who's Talking
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of language and the development of communication, the Indo-European Language Group and the evolution of our own languages, Konkani and English.
Check out the British Library's online sound archive, as mentioned in this week's episode:
https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects
WHERE TO FIND US
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
1h 0min
August 15, 2020 Episode 2: Bring Out Your Dead - Part the Second
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of dancing plagues, mass hysteria and the 'Spanish' flu, and find themselves discussing the Pied Piper of Hamelin and a personal, ghostly connection to the plague outbreak that swept through the Indian sub-continent in the first half of the twentieth century.
WHERE TO FIND US
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
37min
August 09, 2020 Episode 1: Bring Out Your Dead - Part the First
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of plague and somehow find themselves talking about the Great Fire of London and the sinister origins of nursery rhymes.

WHERE TO FIND US
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY
Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod
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NOVI
YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat
DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat
Website: https://naveennbhat.in
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LAUREN
Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon
Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1
Instagram: @laurenknixon
Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon
Website: https://laurenknixon.com
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MUSIC
Remembering Things by PublicPool
https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY
https://soundcloud.com/public-pool
...more
52min
August 01, 2020 Whose story? History!
In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of what we mean by 'history', acknowledging agenda and bias, and the pace of technological change.
...more
16min

FAQs about TLDR - History is Weird:

How many episodes does TLDR - History is Weird have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.