We discuss the most famous queen in the world, her young life as a bargaining chip between Austria and France, and how her reputation was destroyed by a dazzling diamond necklace in the hands of con artists. We also talk about the Kirsten Dunst movie!
What do World War I and Mean Girls have in common? We continue in our series about La Valse, speaking with special guest Jeremy Moore about the Austro-Hungarian Empire, its capital city of Vienna, and their involvement in World War I.
We start off our discussion of La Valse by listening to one of the most famous waltzes in concert music history. You probably already know this piece, whether you want to or not!
We introduce the next series of episodes, which will provide context to Maurice Ravel's concert masterpiece, La Valse.
We discuss Abe Fortas, the fiddle-playing, deal-making Supreme Court justice who resigned in order to avoid being impeached and removed from the Court.
What's Olympus Mons?
We discuss the beautiful, mysterious, gigantic drawings on the Peruvian desert floor.
We talk about the first humans on Earth, and the mountain that sat in their background.
We mix it up, combining seven mini topics into a gallimaufry—a salmagundi—an omnium-gatherum! This macédoine of an episode featured seven unrelated but fascinating discussions. None of these brief topics could be an episode on its own, but they deserved to be heard so we created this farrago for your enjoyment.
We talk about the tallest mountain outside of Asia, and the human sacrifices that have been found on its slopes.
We discuss a case that absolutely deserves a spot on the Mt. Rushmore of Unsolved Mysteries: the head-scratching 1972 highjacking of a Boeing 727 by a mystery man who gave the pseudonym Dan Cooper, took $200,000 and then parachuted into the night.
We talk about one of the most famous Supreme Court cases, that spawned some of the most famous words in American Culture, that all came because of one ultimately unfamous Arizona criminal.
We talk about K2, a mountain that kills 25% of its climbers, as well as the history of British India, and how Pakistan was divided out into a separate nation.
We discuss the mystery of the Somerton man, an unidentified body found on a beach in 1948. Was it suicide? Was it spycraft? And why was he carrying a scrap of paper with an ancient Persian inscription?
We talk with special guest Jeremy Moore about the beauty and danger of the tallest mountain on Earth.
We talk about the events leading up to the tragic deaths known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The inscrutable clues left behind raise as many questions as they answer in the quest to find out who or what killed these nine mountaineers
We talk about Magna Carta, the first document in England to limit the powers of the king, and whether or not its the scripture of democratic government that it's cracked up to be.
Do we remember incorrectly, or is someone messing with history? Race and Tyler talk with Matt Weiler about the Mandela Effect, and the possibility that our “false memories” are really evidence that someone is altering the past.
We talk about one of England's most famous queens, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and why she was imprisoned by her husband king for sixteen years.
We talk about the island nation of Vanuatu, and a religious cult there that revolves around an American soldier.
Does the unexplainable intrigue or infuriate you? Join us as we discuss a tiny book—written in a sophisticated, unknown language— that has kept its mystery despite 600 years of inquiry and investigation.
We talk with special guest Lindsey Toiaivao about the sinking of the White Ship, and how that single accident threw England into a period of civil war known as The Anarchy.
We talk about the deepest point that has ever been dug into the earth's surface.
Chile and Argentina have a long and interesting history. Their shared border has been a point of contention for decades, and in the 1970s, things came to a head. This episode comes complete with Antarctic capers, trade route disputes, and a surprise cameo by the Pope!
We talk with Tyler's brother and special guest Jeremy Moore about whether or not the earth is flat.
We talk with special guest Dr. Zina Petersen about how the English got permanently influenced by the French when they were conquered at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
We talk about how a flood on America's longest river left a piece of one state stranded inside another.
We talk about how England was formed, and who was its first king.
We talk about the grand jury, why the United States is unique in having one, and why its existence in the legal system is controversial.
We talk about the first country in the world which got its independence unwillingly, and why that country is unique in more ways than one.
