When It Was Cool Dark

This is a classic episode of the DragonKing Dark Podcast where host Karl Stern discusses music for the mind. Music in pop culture that expands your mind and learning. Smarter music. Rush, Pink Floyd, and other more cerebral musicians are discussed. Please support WhenItWasCool.com on Patreon to continue getting content like this. Thank you!

This week DragonKing Dark travels to one of the smaller states. A state that host Karl Stern has only been to once - Delaware! This small state is nestled with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Washington DC on the other so there must be some weird stuff there right? Well... let's visit there and see! Our Patreons get an ad free version with bonus content.

On this classic edition of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern talks about one of his favorite topics- Ancient Civilizations. From classic books by authors like Graham Hancock to recent discoveries it is become more and more apparent that the history of mankind may be missing some pieces.

This is a special collected edition of the Thrash Metal Show Podcast collecting 5 great Metallica episodes of TMS. NoFriender presents Episode 2 The Story of Metallica, Episode 9 Kill em All, Episode 10 Ride the Lightning, Special What if Dave Mustaine wasn't kicked out of Metallica, and Episode 74 Garage Days Re-Revisited. Most of these have never been released on the iTunes feed before! Spread the word!

Host Karl Stern is back with a fresh show taking a look at 10 interesting curses in both history and popular culture. Are there any that actually pass the slightest bit of inspection and make you go, "hmmm?" From obviously ones like buried pirate treasure to ones less known, people have long been fascinated by a warning attached to a curse. Will you be brave enough to break the seal on this episode? Patreons get an ad free version of the show with bonus content. Come join us!

On this retro episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern from WhenItWasCool.com takes a look at one of the most amazing facts about the Universe - information. Even it can't be destroyed by a black hole. What is it? This is a deep dive into the universe itself by asking the question - What information?

On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl digs into the DragonKing Darker archives and deconstructs two Rush songs of interest to fans. First is the atmospheric and dark Witch Hunt which may be one of the most frightening songs ever because we are pretty much living it now. The second is The Weapon which deals with society and religion, again, another timely topic. If you enjoy this free show we hope you will become a Patreon supporter at WhenItWasCool.com

In this classic episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl is joined by Tonya from WhenItWasCool.com to discuss one of the supposed most haunted places in America - Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, AL. Karl and Tonya both have toured Sloss Furnace multiple times and we talk about the incredible hardships which the workers there faced and the tunnel which is the supposed source of most of the haunting stories.

It's been a while since we talked about the wacky woo-woo world of esoteric (and fake) martial arts, known in pop culture as Bullshido. This week I give you an episode of our Patreon exclusive series DragonKing Darker where I visited more crazy bullshido stories with tales of the Din Mak death touch, pressure points, and more! Grab your Nunchucks and let's get kicking!

This is the free feed edition of the classic DragonKing Dark Podcast talking monster comics of the 1950s and 1960s. An era where legends like Jack Kirby were drawing incredible sci-fi and horror based monsters which would later influence the Marvel Universe and the wild and bizarre comic book industry at the time. Join host Karl from WhenItWasCool.com as he looks back at the amazing and imaginative monsters of 1950s comic books.