Traveling Cuervo

Traveling Cuervo

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Traveling Cuervo episodes

  • What Economists get wrong about Adam Smith

    In this week's episode, we are traveling back in time to Europe during the Enlightenment to put ourselves in the shoes of Adam Smith. We are going to learn what economists forget about Adam Smith 
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    16 min
  • Why Men In Classical Art Have Small Junk
    We are traveling back to Ancient Greece to talk about why men in classical Art have small penises. Although in the modern day, the bigger is better, that has not always been the case. In Ancient Greece small junk was all the rage in Antiquity. We are going to cover male beauty standards in Ancient Greece. Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo
    11 min
  • Worst Year In Human History
    We are going to be covering the worst year in human history. It was horrendous! If you would like to join my patreon to get 2 extra episodes a month or episodes before they air: https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervoAlso here is a youtube vid if you would rather see thatWorst Year In Human History:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itrpQ6GItzc&t=230s
    11 min
  • Will Nefertiti's Bust Ever Return Home?
    This podcast explores the history behind Nefertiti’s bust to understand the controversies behind repatriation. Repatriation is the act of returning foreign artifacts to their country of origin. Nefertiti’s bust sits in the Noise Museum in Berlin. To examine the meaning of the bust, we must start by examining the figure the bust represents.
    15 min
  • The History of Sugar- A Tale Neither Short Nor Sweet
    It seems as though no other substance occupies so much of the world’s land, for so little benefit to humanity, as sugar. Sugarcane is the world’s third most valuable crop after cereals and rice and has created a global public health crisis, which has been centuries in the making. This sweet substance has a long and tragic history. A tale we will uncover together.
    10 min
  • The Tragic History of Coffee- From Revolution to Oppression
    It is no secret that people today love coffee. Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world a day. That's over 400 billion cups a year. So let's go over a bit of the history of coffee. It is a tale of intrigue, of mystical beans, revolution yet oppression, capitalism, and industrialization. It is a bean that has completely changed the history of humanity.
    10 min
  • Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again
    Donald Trump past the executive order to make Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again. This takes us on a story of cultural appropriation and historical re imagination. If you look at Travel posters or pamphlets for Greece, you see something like travel back in time visit Greece as if when you get on an airplane you aren't only traveling through space, but time. The modern greek state capitalizing on that the past.
    9 min

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Sup! This is a podcast about fun things I learn in school! How the past connects to the present.