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Damn Interesting

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The audio side of DamnInteresting.com: Legitimately intriguing true stories from history, science, and psychology. Audiobook-like narration with sound effects and music.
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Episodes

A Trail Gone Cold

Against the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.

Mar 20, 2024•43 min

From Where The Sun Now Stands

When the U.S. Army came for their land in 1877, the Nez Perce tribe complied. But tensions boiled over, and Chief Joseph led as they ran for their lives.

May 21, 2023•54 min

The Ancient Order Of Bali

In 1970s Bali, a sudden rice crisis prompted an unexpectedly far-reaching scientific discovery

Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Lofty Ambitions

In 1933, British WWI vet Maurice Wilson hatched an unorthodox plan to reach the still-untouched summit of Everest.

Dec 13, 2022•27 min

Devouring The Heart Of Portugal

In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world.

May 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min

The Mount St. Helens Trespasser

Robert Rogers, a man obsessed with trespassing, sets his sights on Mount St. Helens in the spring of 1980

Feb 28, 2022•31 min

Hunting For Kobyla

The true story of a runaway Nazi, a determined sleuth, and a chase around the world.

Feb 07, 2022•46 min

The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda

In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.

Oct 25, 2021•28 min

The Kingpin of Shanghai

From the depths of poverty, Du Yuesheng rose through Shanghai’s underworld to become one of the most influential, and overlooked, figures in modern China.

Aug 25, 2021•45 min

The Traveler And His Baggage

In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.

Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 17 min

Fifteen Years Forsaken

A true story of castaways on a lost and hostile scrap of land, all thanks to some meddlesome Frenchmen and terrible luck.

Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 3 min

A Blight On Soviet Science

Nikolai Vavilov dedicated his life to improving Soviet agriculture and eradicating famine, but his allegiance to science would ultimately lead to his downfall.

Mar 02, 2021•48 min

Pugilism On The Plains

How a booming oil town aimed to become a western metropolis through one of the most ill-conceived boxing matches of all time.

Dec 28, 2020•27 min

Dupes and Duplicity

The true story of the 18th century's greatest femme fatale, and the most unfortunate of her victims.

Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 6 min

Chronicles of Charnia

When an ancient, unexpected imprint is discovered in a stone quarry, scientists endeavor to explain its mysterious origin.

Jun 29, 2020•34 min

Radical Solutions

French mathematician Évariste Galois lived a full life. When he wasn't trying to overthrow the government, he was reinventing algebra.

Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min

Private Wojteks Right To Bear Arms

One of Poland’s most beloved and honored World War II veterans was not Polish at all: he was a 500-pound brown bear named Wojtek.

Dec 11, 2019•16 min

Dead Reckoning

The 18th century misadventures of HMS Wager and her reluctant crew

Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 13 min

A Debaculous Fiasco

The most expensive, bizarre, and obscure work ever created by Dr. Seuss.

Nov 04, 2018•30 min

Drawing The Shorter Straw

Working almost single-handedly, visionary Argentine filmmaker Quirino Cristiani created full-length animated films between 1917 and 1931. He has since been all but forgotten.

Jul 29, 2018•40 min

The Curse Of Konzo

In 1981, an international group of doctors identified the devastating disease behind a perplexing outbreak of paralysis in northern Mozambique.

May 01, 2018•25 min

A Jarring Revelation

Amanda Theodosia Jones was a 19th-century poet, entrepreneur, and inventor who found inspiration in some unlikely places.

Mar 29, 2018•14 min

Death By Derivatives

The opening of a canal in 1848 led to the birth of modern financial derivatives, and the early demise of some of the men who traded them

Nov 20, 2017•15 min
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