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Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right!

5 Sept 2026 · 50 min

Blacksmiths? You got that right. Learn all about this age old occupation in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Selects: How Bras Work 3 Oct 2026 · 53 min Bras are loved and hated, sometimes at the same time. But as difficult and restrictive as they can be, they rescued women from a much cruel contraption: corsets. The question rema…

Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies! 1 Oct 2026 · 44 min Basically everything you think of when you think of vampires, mummies, werewolves, and Frankenstein all come from a spate of films made in the 1930s, and every one of them by Univ…

Short Stuff: The Retirement Curse 30 Sept 2026 · 12 min Is retirement bad for your health? Well it certainly can be if you don't take steps to prevent it. Listen in to learn more about the "retirement curse." See omnystudio.com/listene…

A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf 29 Sept 2026 · 50 min The history of golf is a bit muddled, but once it was truly born in Scotland, it started the beginning of lifelong obsessions for people dumb enough to pick up a club and give it…

Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands! 26 Sept 2026 · 46 min It’s time to get jazzed up for some Earth science of the waterlogged variety. Join Chuck and Josh in this classic episode as they tour some of the most interesting ecosystems on t…

Introducing 3 Putt Bogey 26 Sept 2026 · 2 min 3 Putt Bogey is a golf podcast hosted by Chuck Bryant and Adam Pranica, two mid handicappers who are just good enough to know exactly how bad they still are. The name says it all:…

Emily Post: Ettiquette Queen 24 Sept 2026 · 42 min In today's episode, we detail the life and times of ettiquette queen Emily Post. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Short Stuff: Mabon 23 Sept 2026 · 12 min Mabon is often called the Pagan Thanksgiving but though it seems like it’s as ancient as Halloween, it’s actually only around 50 years old. But, pagan or not, it’s a great chance…

Our Big Fat Dream Episode 22 Sept 2026 · 49 min No you’re no dreaming – go ahead, pinch yourself – we’ve finally made an episode on dreams! We’ve done episodes on lucid dreaming, night terrors, sleepwalking, sleep paralysis – b…

Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out) 19 Sept 2026 · 48 min The advent of nuclear weapons and the Cold War kicked off a craze in the US for building rec rooms with foot-thick reinforced walls and outfitted with survival rations and board g…