Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komsomol 

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/

https://earthsky.org/human-world/dyatlov-pass-incident-mystery-solved-slab-avalanche

It’s a first for the pod this week as we have a guest! We welcome the psychology queen herself Caitlin K to the pod. Caitlin is a secondary school psychology and English teacher, who happens to be Jono’s wife and Bec's best friend. We learn about sleep facts, eyewitness testimony and other fun topics. Bout time someone on the pod knew what they were talking about! Enjoy!

This week's topic is one that's close to most womens hearts: men taking credit for your work. We look at artists, inventors and scientists who you might not have heard of because some bloke made a whole song and dance about themselves instead.

Sources:

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/03/men-taking-credit-women-history/

Twitter thread by @Lironsie on @the_female_lead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_effect https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/the-women-behind-the-creative-work-men-took-all-the-credit-for/ https://www.bustle.com/p/9-times-men-were-given-credit-for-womens-historic-accomplishments-41120  

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In another episode brought to you by “Rebecca Barely Explains Basic Concepts”, we dive into Australian history to discover our contributions to the global inventing community (we imagine that that community exists and it’s some cool secret club!).

Sources:

https://www.weekendnotes.com/60-great-australian-inventions/

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/

https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/features/features-articles/plus-one-design-ideas-the-aircraft-slide-raft#

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We're back with season 2 of the pod and of course we're still on the conspiracy train. This week we discuss some of the best Urban Legends out there. You'll learn about some of the origins of those fun stories you used to tell with your friends when you all went away for a weekend when you were 17 and thought they were SO scary. And of course we continue our trend of slowly tearing apart the Hugh Jackman classic, The Greatest Showman. Enjoy!

Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend https://people.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_alligator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

We’re back with our season finale, Ponzi Schemes! We continue the trend of talking about things well outside our scope, but Jono shares with Bec the story of the OG Ponzi, some of the biggest Ponzi fraud in history and we share our love of the Nathan’s hotdog eating contest!

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ponzi_schemes

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/ponzi-vs-pyramid.asp

https://complianceandethics.org/the-biggest-ponzi-schemes-ever/

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2104982_2104983_2105003,00.html