Your Brain on Facts

By Moxie LaBouche

Host Moxie LaBouche brings you a weekly half-hour of things you didn't know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you never knew. Topics range from the history of nursing to the Bali... more

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The podcast currently has 276 episodes available.

Your Brain on Facts episodes:

September 01, 2020 Never Be Royals (ep. 123)
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Did Mel Brooks lie to us--is it really good to be the king?

Stagnant gene pools
Ignoble Deaths
British royal family ties
The Death of the Queen

Music by Kevin MacLeod
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37min
August 25, 2020 Ladies' First (ep. 122)
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Victoria Woodhull
Margaret Ives Abbott
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
Dr. Rebecca Crumpler
Bessie Coleman
Annie Edson Taylor
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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34min
August 18, 2020 Firsties Denied (ep. 121)
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00:30 moveable-type press
05:35 circumnavigation
solo Atlantic flight
telephone
lightbulb
Enigma
out and proud

Music by Kevin MacLeod
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31min
August 11, 2020 What's In A Scientific Name (ep. 120)
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Anyone can name an animal after what it looks like, but why waste the chance to immortalize your favorite singer or make your personal vendetta part of science history?
Music by Kevin MacLeod and Table Top Audio.
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29min
August 04, 2020 Shenanigans Again (ep. 119)
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From rainbow parties to Spiritualism to two bands touring as a single band that doesn't exist, we take a look at some noteworthy hoaxes and false panics.
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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28min
July 28, 2020 Phenom-nom-nom -- Redux (ep 118)
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Why do we dye raspberry-flavored things blue? Why does mint feel cold? How are Kit Kats like Soylent Green?
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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30min
July 21, 2020 The Great Escapes, with Life Death and Taxonomy (ep. 117)
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From birds flying the coop, to snakes slipping away, to apes getting up to monkey business, hear about crafty critters making a break for it.
Special guest: Life, Death, and Taxonomy

Music by Kevin MacLeod
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35min
July 14, 2020 Fizz Fizz, with Fantastic History of Food (ep 116)
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Refreshing treat or miracle cure to ensure a long, healthy, sexy life? You decide! (Psst, it's the first one.)
00:50 Carbonated water
03:45 Patent medicines
12:30 Moxie cola from Fantastic History of Food
18:23 Pepsi
21:06 Coke
27:05 7-Up and bipolar disorder
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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38min
July 07, 2020 Sisters Doing It For Themselves, with Herstory On The Rocks (ep. 115)
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From protecting themselves to protecting endangered animals, women amassed are a formidable thing indeed.
00:44 Gulabi gang
07:10 Sun Ladies
11:20 Jergertroppen
16:00 Black Mambas by Herstory On The Rocks
20:30 Akashinga
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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31min
June 30, 2020 How Does Your Garden Grow, with Nooks and Crannies (ep. 114)
00:50 History of the world
03:20 Hanging gardens of Babylon
05:48 Chinampas, by Nooks and Crannies
1:35 Victory gardens
19:03 Gardening while black
24:00 Cool examples
27:20 In space
Music by Kevin MacLeod and Audionautix
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35min

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How many episodes does Your Brain on Facts have?

The podcast currently has 276 episodes available.

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