Episode 20 - The Copiale Cipher
Arnie unveils the mystery of the Copiale cipher and the secret society rituals it hid for hundreds of years.
Dec 06, 2018•13 min•Ep. 20
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One-Time Pod explores the history of cryptography through episodes produced by students in Derek Bruff's first-year writing seminar at Vanderbilt University.
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Episodes
Episode 19 - Typex
Kyle shares the story of the UK's answer to the German Enigma machine: Typex. Spoiler: Unlike Enigma, Typex was never cracked.
Dec 05, 2018•11 min•Ep. 19
Episode 18 - The Dancing Men
Leah matches wits with Sherlock Holmes over the mysterious cipher in the "The Adventures of the Dancing Men."
Dec 04, 2018•10 min•Ep. 18
Episode 17 - The Fanqie Code
Elton Song describes the Fanquie code, a Chinese cipher that works with sounds instead of letters.
Dec 03, 2018•15 min•Ep. 15
Episode 16 - Invisible Ink
Kolapo Dairo dives into the history of invisible ink, used for centuries to hide messages.
Nov 30, 2018•10 min•Ep. 16
Episode 15 - The Somerton Man
Colin Snell tells a tale about a dead man found in 1948 on Somerton Beach in Australia whose pockets contained a mysterious encoded message.
Nov 29, 2018•10 min•Ep. 15
Episode 14 - The VIC Cipher
Xinyi Zhang tells the story of a boy who found a hollow nickel and the encrypted message, sent by Russian spies, hidden inside.
Nov 28, 2018•13 min•Ep. 14
Episode 13 - The D-Day Carrier Pigeon Cipher
Carson McRae shares the story of a World War Two carrier pigeon found 70 years later in the chimney of a home in England with an encrypted message still attached to its leg.
Nov 27, 2018•15 min•Ep. 13
Season 2 Introduction
Welcome to Season 2 of One-Time Pod, a podcast on the history of cryptography produced by students in Derek Bruff's first-year writing seminar at Vanderbilt University. Each episode considers a different code or cipher, how it works, and why it's interesting.
Nov 26, 2018•2 min
Episode 12 - The Baconian Cipher
Maria Sellers examines the claim that Francis Bacon wrote the works of William Shakespeare, signing his name to them in code.
Dec 04, 2017•14 min•Ep. 12
Episode 11 - Knitting Codes
Sandra Shaw shares the stories of female agents who knitted in code to share messages from behind enemy lines during World War Two.
Dec 01, 2017•12 min•Ep. 11
Episode 10 - The Playfair Cipher
Alex Young explains the Playfair cipher, invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone.
Nov 29, 2017•11 min•Ep. 10
Episode 9 - Finnegan's Wake
Romy Pein takes a philosophical approach to cryptography with a look at possible secret messages in James Joyce's novel Finnegan's Wake.
Nov 27, 2017•10 min•Ep. 9
Episode 8 - Purple
Rachael Osman shares the story of Purple, a Japanese cipher machine used during World War Two.
Nov 24, 2017•13 min•Ep. 8
Episode 7 - The Zodiac Ciphers
Jackson Kelley provides another take on the unsolved ciphers left by the Zodiac serial killer.
Nov 22, 2017•17 min•Ep. 7
Episode 6 - The Buzzard
Shalin Naik tells the story of Olivier Levasseur, a French pirate known as the Buzzard, whose final message hides the location of millions in treasure.
Nov 20, 2017•16 min•Ep. 6
Episode 5 - The Pigpen Cipher
Ejhazz Milford explains the pigpen cipher and its use across generations in keeping secrets.
Nov 17, 2017•9 min•Ep. 5
Episode 4 - The Copiale Cipher
Sharjeel Khan pulls back the curtain on the Copiale cipher and the secret society that created it.
Nov 15, 2017•11 min•Ep. 4
Episode 3 - Sir George Scovell
Safwaan Khan relates the story of British codebreaker George Scovell and his role in breaking the Great Paris Cipher.
Nov 13, 2017•9 min•Ep. 3
Episode 2 - The Dorabella Cipher
Junhao Cai shares the story of the Dorabella cipher, an unsolved mystery left by English compose Edward Elgar.
Nov 10, 2017•11 min•Ep. 2
Episode 1 - The Zodiac Ciphers
Kelsey Brown explores the mystery of the Zodiac ciphers, unsolved mysteries left by the infamous serial killer.
Nov 08, 2017•12 min•Ep. 1
Episode 0 - Introduction
One-Time Pod explores the history of cryptography through episodes produced by students in Derek Bruff's first-year writing seminar at Vanderbilt University. Each episode considers a different code or cipher, how it works, and why it's interesting. For more on Dr. Bruff's first-year seminar on cryptography, visit the course homepage: derekbruff.org/blogs/fywscrypto/. Intro music: "To Be Decided," Mystery Mammal, CC-BY
Nov 06, 2017•2 min0
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