230 episodes

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 Balinese funeral rite David Bowie requested, from the origin of the Vulcan salute to the theft of Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve. This is your brain on facts. yourbrainonfacts.com

Your Brain on Facts Moxie LaBouche

    • History
    • 4.8 • 156 Ratings

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 Balinese funeral rite David Bowie requested, from the origin of the Vulcan salute to the theft of Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve. This is your brain on facts. yourbrainonfacts.com

    Dumping out my purse (update on the podcast)

    Dumping out my purse (update on the podcast)

    YBOF's gonna take a break for a month or two.
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    • 5 min
    Episode 200, part 2!

    Episode 200, part 2!

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    • 54 min
    Episode 200!!!!

    Episode 200!!!!

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    • 50 min
    Big, Bold Burglaries

    Big, Bold Burglaries

    How hard was it to steal the Mona Lisa? What does the word "ponzi" actually mean?

    Links to all the research resources are on the website.
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    Music: Kevin MacLeod, 
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    • 32 min
    Hidden Histories - Rosewood, Tulsa, Chicago (encore)

    Hidden Histories - Rosewood, Tulsa, Chicago (encore)

    (Chronic health problems sometime require an encore performance of a past episode.)
    Hundreds dead, thousands homeless, entire communities wiped out, yet most of us have never heard of what happened in Rosewood 1923, Tulsa 1921, or Chicago 1919.
    Music by Kevin MacLeod  
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    • 29 min
    Strange Currency

    Strange Currency

    What do limestone, leather, plastic and mulberry tree bark have in common? They've all been used to make money, plus lots of other materials besides! Join me for a quick jaunt around the world and through history and we look at a fraction of the history of currency.
    Shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross
    Links to all the research resources are on the website.
    Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. 
    Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.
    Music: Kevin MacLeod, Steve Oxen
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    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
156 Ratings

156 Ratings

ODM3 ,

A top shelf program

delivered by a billion dollar voice. where is Moxie? please come back.

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Gimme some more

Moxie….vacation is over. Let’s get this rolling again. Please!

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Podcast

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