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.

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September 05, 2019 Some Pig (ep. 81)
From Zuckerman's Famous Pig to a sow in the British Royal Navy, from a porker winning acting awards to pigs for president!

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32min
August 27, 2019 Righteous Among The Nations (ep. 80)
As voted on by our patrons, we look at three non-Europeans who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust of WWI--a Japanese Christian, an Indian Hindu, and a Moroccan Muslim--and were honored as Righteous Among The Nations.
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29min
August 20, 2019 Greatest Hits: This Means War?
Mankind has waged war for many reasons: land, oil, a pretty face, a wooden bucket, you name it. How did a pig put the US and UK on the brink of war in Canada? Who declares hostility over watermelon? And what about the Golden Stool?
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34min
August 13, 2019 Not Going Anywhere (ep. 79)
Remember that time you were stuck in traffic for more than an hour? Imagine if that lasted a whole day. Or two. Or twelve! Today we look at a biblical traffic jam, ships stranded for years, and flight delays like you wouldn't believe.
00:56 Beijing 12-day jam
10:32 8 years in the Suez canal
17:29 Our no-fly list
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28min
August 06, 2019 Greatest Hits: Meeting New Peoples
In our instantly-connected world, there are entire groups of people you may never have heard of, whether they have never had contact with others or they live alongside the better known population. Learn about the Sami of Norway, Yali of New Guinea, Ladakhi of India, and more.
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32min
July 30, 2019 Factstravaganza (ep. 78)
From toothpaste & OJ to a cat mayor, from B batteries to solar sneezes, how many different topics can fit in one episode? Find out now!
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32min
July 25, 2019 Boldly Go (ep. 77)
Lat week, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, we celebrated how we went to space, but how do we go in space?

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26min
July 16, 2019 Never Work with Children or Animals, pt 2 (ep. 76)
The triumphs and tragedies of the tiny tots of Tinseltown.
02:55 Judy Garland
06:35 Shirley Temple
14:17 Coogan's Law
21:12 Twilight Zone
25:25 Babies
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33min
July 09, 2019 Never Work With Children Or Animals, part 1
We've been filming animals as long as we've been filming ourselves, but what goes into making an animal a star and, more importantly, keeping them safe on the job?
00:45 first animal protagonist
01:57 Rin Tin Tin
06:10 Lassie
08:53 harrowing horses and protecting animals on set
24:11 Roar
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35min
July 02, 2019 Feeling Salty (ep. 74)
You want it, you need it, but if you get too much, it could kill you. Salt is so much more than just a seasoning; it has changed the course of human history!

03:00 your body and salt
05:55 drinking saltwater
11:10 paying Roman soldiers in salt
14:50 how salt makes food taste good
17:40 salt mining and a big booboo
24:33 zany alternatives to road salt

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31min

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How many episodes does Your Brain on Facts have?

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