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A weekly deep dive into lesser known and lesser discussed topics. Featuring stories from history, interesting characters and bizarre circumstances. Find me on Twitter: @TCERNI_Podcast

Episodes

  1. 01/16/2023

    Episode 6: A Brief History of Chess

    This episode starts with the early origins of chess in Northern India and discusses the evolution of the game through the Persian and Arab empires into Europe, culminating in the modern game. If you want to try chess: https://www.chess.com/home

    18 min

  2. 01/09/2023

    Episode 5: Where did all the hats go?

    From copper age alpinists to the late 1950s hats were worn by almost everyone but something happened, and almost overnight they were oddities deserving of mockery. What happened?

    13 min

  3. 01/02/2023

    Episode 4: Anthrax Island

    In this podcast I go over Britains chemical weapon programmes in the 1940s, talk about the experiments carried out on Gruinard, and talk about Operation Dark Harvest, and the islands eventual cleanup.

    33 min

  4. 12/26/2022

    Episode 3: To Witness a Transit

    A look at the life of Guillaume Le Gentil, France's most determined astronomer.

    18 min

  5. 12/19/2022

    Episode 2: Screechy Tubes

    In this episode we talk about how auditory health is often overlooked by society, and examine some of the ways that everyday life could be permanently damaging your ears.

    20 min

  6. 12/12/2022

    Episode 1: An Unfortunate Tradition

    In this episode we look at the French proclivity for setting vehicles alight on national holidays. What started as a NYE tradition has now spread to other holidays, and to different regions of France from its beginnings in Strasbourg.

    10 min
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A weekly deep dive into lesser known and lesser discussed topics. Featuring stories from history, interesting characters and bizarre circumstances. Find me on Twitter: @TCERNI_Podcast

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