TLDR - History is Weird

TLDR - History is Weird

By Naveen N. Bhat & Lauren K. NixonHistory
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TLDR - History is Weird episodes

  • 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

    1 hr 1 min
  • 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.


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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

    1 hr 3 min
  • 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

    1 hr 20 min
  • 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

    1 hr 5 min
  • 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

    49 min
  • 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

    1 hr 4 min
  • 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

    -

    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

    1 hr
  • 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

    37 min
  • 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

    -

    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

    52 min
  • 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.

    16 min

About TLDR - History is Weird

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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…