500 Open Tabs

Kaveh Taherian & Hannah Hillam

Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.

  1. 2d ago

    History of Universal Monsters

    On this very special Halloween episode, we learn how nepo baby Carl Laemmle Jr. gave birth to the Universal Monster Universe and how themes of sexuality and political persecution have kept these characters beloved for more than a century. A listener email describes a horrific phenomenon in Brazil involving cockroaches. Episode Tabs: How the Classic Monsters Saved Universal Studios https://www.antoniacarlotta.com/home/how-the-monsters-saved-universal Listener Tabs: Cockroach clouds scare residents in Viamão https://www.instagram.com/p/DTIQV62Df07/ Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    History of Universal Monsters

  2. Oct 21

    Black Angels of Staten Island

    This week we are joined by no guest at all, just the normal, regular co-host named Kaveh who adds his medical expertise to Hannah’s tab about the Black Angels, the 300 black nurses who made history by helping administer the cure to Tuberculosis at Staten Island’s Sea View Hospital. Episode Tabs: Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/exhibitions/takingcare/ Listener Tabs: Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories: "Jesus Understood" http://www.smothergoose.com/2011/01/uncle-arthurs-bedtime-stories-jesus.html?m=1 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Black Angels of Staten Island

  3. Oct 14

    Oops! All Listener Emails

    This week we learn dedicate the entire episode to all the emails that listeners have sent in including a live reading of a pig butchering text exchange, bile cow liver antibiotics, and an extended discussion about which animals have actual bones in their boners. Listener Tabs: Stellar’s Sea Cow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_cow Hatchet Granny https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/carry-nation-biography-reasons-for-activism.html The Miyawaki Method for Creating Forests https://www.creatingtomorrowsforests.co.uk/blog/the-miyawaki-method-for-creating-forests Searching for Hobey Baker https://30for30podcasts.com/episodes/the-natural/  Sun Sets on the British Empire https://oikofuge.com/sun-sets-on-british-empire/ Billikens in Alaska https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/06/15/billikens-the-grinning-pot-bellied-good-luck-charm-that-dominated-midcentury-alaska/ A 1,000-Year-Old Antimicrobial Remedy with Antistaphylococcal Activity - PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26265721/ Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Oops! All Listener Emails

  4. Oct 7

    Green-Wood Cemetery

    This week we learn how a corpse fluids seeping into NYC drinking water led to the creation of one of America’s first rural cemeteries. A listener email explains how the euthanizing of a squirrel became a MAGA wedge issue against the Democrats. Episode Tabs: Green-Wood Cemetery: A Victorian-Era Icon https://www.history.com/articles/green-wood-cemetery-a-victorian-era-icon-turns-175 Listener Tabs: Peanut the Squirrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_(squirrel) Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Green-Wood Cemetery

  5. Sep 30

    The Toronto Circus Riot

    This week we learn how a brawl between a Canadian firefighting fraternal organization connected to the Orange Order and visiting American circus clowns led to the complete restructuring of the entire Toronto police force. A listener email explains how a gothic fortress was constructed in the Czech Republic to protect locals from a bottomless pit. Episode Tabs: How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Toronto https://torontoist.com/2013/09/how-a-fight-with-clowns-led-to-the-birth-of-modern-policing-in-toronto/ Listener Tabs: Houska Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houska_Castle Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    The Toronto Circus Riot

  6. Sep 23

    China's Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao

    This week we learn how Shi Yang formed the Red Flag Fleet by uniting thousands of pirates and wreaked havoc over the South China Sea. A listener voice memo describes the most insane KFC comic of all time.  Episode Tabs: How Chinese pirate queen Ching Shih ruled the South China Sea, then sailed into the sunset https://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3360971/how-chinese-pirate-queen-ching-shih-ruled-south-china-sea-then-sailed-sunset Listener Tabs: How DC’s Wild KFC Crossover Changed Promotional Comics Forever https://screenrant.com/dc-comics-kfc-colonel-sanders/ Promo Palace:  https://promopalace.org/ Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    China's Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao

  7. Sep 16

    Underwater Lakes

    This week we learn about ancient salt deposits at the bottom of the ocean lead to the insane phenomenon of what scientists refer to as "Hot Tubs of Despair." A listener email explains how the Church used to try their best to prove the existence of dragons.  Episode Tabs: Explore the ‘Hot Tub of Despair,’ an underwater lake that kills almost everything inside https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-jacuzzi-death-brine-20161102-story.html Listener Tabs: Crocodile at the Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime Immacolate https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/crocodile-at-the-santuario-madonna-delle-lacrime-immacolate Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Underwater Lakes

  8. Sep 9

    Rat Kings

    This week we learn about the horrific once mythical cryptid of dozens of rats with their tales tied together that turned out to actually be real. A listener email explains how Soviet era bootleggers called the Roentgenizdat used discarded x-rays to share music.  Episode Tabs: What Are Rat Kings, The ‘Super-Rodents’ Made Of Tangled Tails? https://allthatsinteresting.com/rat-king Listener Tabs: Roentgenizdat (USSR) https://www.in-formality.com/wiki/index.php?title=Roentgenizdat_%28USSR%29 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.

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  • Creator
    Kaveh Taherian & Hannah Hillam
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    142
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 500 Open Tabs
  • Show Website
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