Fast Past

Megan Tobias, Trevor Tobias, and Jason
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Join Honors History graduate Megan Tobias, history teacher Trevor Tobias, and history enthusiast Jason as they delve into moments of art, love, war, genocide, and much more in about 30 minutes! (or less)

  1. 6d ago

    After the Pod: The Black Death

    Today we talk about our thoughts and opinion on all of the wild things that happened in the multiple waves of the Black Death

    15 min

  2. Jun 24

    The Black Death

    Today we talk about the many waves of the Black Death and all of the crazy ideas about it that came from these medieval people.Sources“Bubonic Plague: The First Pandemic | Science Museum.” The Science Museum. Accessed 2026. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/bubonic-plague-first-pandemic.“The Great Plague 1665 - The Black Death.” Historic UK. Accessed 2026. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Plague/.“Historical Plague Doctors — Newcastle Castle.” Newcastle Castle. Accessed 2026. https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk/castle-blog/historical-plague-doctors.“Introduction - San Francisco Plague (1900-1904): Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress.” Library of Congress. Accessed 2026. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-san-francisco-plague.“When Pope Gregory IX Declared a War on Cats - Historycolored.” History Colored. Accessed 2026. https://historycolored.com/articles/7385/when-pope-gregory-ix-declared-a-war-on-cats/.Ziegler, Philip. The Black Death. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009.

    10 min

  3. Jun 10

    The Aaron Burr Conspiracy

    Ever wonder what happens after the musical Hamilton? What about our favorite character Aaron Burr? What happens to him! Well, today we talk about that. Aaron Burr conspired to overthrow the western part of the United States and become king. His legacy is being the center of the first trial for treason in the new country. Someone threw away his shot. Sources: “The Burr Conspiracy.” PBS. Accessed March 26, 2026. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/duel-burr-conspiracy/.  “Aaron Burr.” Historical Society of the New York Courts, January 25, 2019. https://history.nycourts.gov/figure/aaron-burr/.  “The Burr Conspiracy.” National Counterintelligence Center . Accessed March 26, 2026. https://irp.fas.org/ops/ci/docs/ci1/ch1d.htm.  Shafroth, Morrison. “THE AARON BURR CONSPIRACY.” American Bar Association Journal 18, no. 10 (1932): 669–73. http://www.jstor.org.turing.library.northwestern.edu/stable/25709909. Hobson, Charles  F. “The Aaron Burr Treason Trial .” Federal Judicial Center. Accessed April 12, 2026. https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/trials/burrtrial.pdf.  “Chapter XI: Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason (1806-1807) | Virginia Museum of History & Culture.” Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Accessed April 12, 2026. https://virginiahistory.org/learn/american-statesman-john-marshall/chapter-xi-trial-aaron-burr-high-treason-1806-1807.

    15 min

  4. Jun 3

    After the Pod: Weird and Wild World War 2 and Cold War Ideas

    Today we talk more about how crazy ideas the US and UK had during the World War 2 and the Cold War as well as our favorite of the dumb ideas

    15 min

  5. May 27

    Weird and Wild World War 2 and Cold War Ideas

    Today we dive into some of the many crazy ideas that the US and UK had for helping the fight in WW2 and the Cold WarSources: Bender, Jeremy. “During the Cold War, the UK Designed Nuclear Land Mines That Were Reliant on Chickens.” Business Insider, November 13, 2016. https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-developed-chicken-warmed-nuclear-landmines-2016-11.  Eschner, Kat. “The CIA Experimented on Animals in the 1960s Too. Just Ask ‘Acoustic Kitty.’” Smithsonian.com, August 8, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia-experimented-animals-1960s-too-just-ask-acoustic-kitty-180964313/.  Hawking, Tom. The CIA once trained cats to be Cold War Spies, March 13, 2026. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/2026-03-13_popsci.com-the_cia_once_trained_cats_to_be_cold_war_spies.pdf. Kalb, Marvin. “Dateline Moscow: The Cuban Missile Crisis Reporting from the Soviet Capital about Seven Days That Changed the World.” ReVista, February 27, 2026. https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/dateline-moscow-the-cuban-missile-crisis-reporting-from-the-soviet-capital-about-seven-days-that-changed-the-world/.  Martin, Keith. “The Saga of the Bird-Brained Bombers.” NIST, March 4, 2025. https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/saga-bird-brained-bombers.  Nakamura, Pedro. “Project Iceworm: A Cold War Plan to Hide Nukes under Ice Explains Greenland’s Distrust of Trump.” Los Angeles Times, February 6, 2026. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-02-06/project-iceworm-u-s-cold-war-plan-to-hide-nukes-in-greenland.  “New View of the ‘City under the Ice’ - NASA Science.” NASA, February 10, 2026. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/new-view-of-the-city-under-the-ice-153616/.  “Office of the Historian, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, History of Strategic Air Command 1 July 1975-31 December 1976, Historical Study No. 161, Volume I, 15 July 1976, Top Secret, Excised Copy, Excerpt.” National Security Archive. Accessed 2026. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/20805-27.  Stromberg, Joseph. “B.F. Skinner’s Pigeon-Guided Rocket.” Smithsonian.com, August 18, 2011. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bf-skinners-pigeon-guided-rocket-53443995/.

    9 min

  6. May 20 ·  Bonus

    After the Pod: MK Ultra

    We all unpack what we just learned last week because....it's a lot. Sources for this episode are the same as the previous week.

    21 min

  7. May 13

    MK Ultra

    Today we dive into one of the CIA's most notorious mild control operations: MK Ultra. Why did it start? Why did it end? How did it inspire Greatful Dead lyrics? Listen in to find out! Sources: “The CIA’s Appalling Human Experiments with Mind Control Channel.” History.com. Accessed March 23, 2026. https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments.  Gross, Terry. “The CIA’s Secret Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a ‘Poisoner in Chief.’” NPR, September 9, 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief.  “Sidney Gottlieb: The Infamous Gentle-Hearted Torturer.” Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter, October 27, 2023. https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/sidney-gottlieb-infamous-gentle-hearted-torturer.  National Security Archive. CIA and the Behavioral Sciences : Mind Control, Drug Experiments and MKULTRA. Ann Arbor: Proquest Information and Learning Co., 2025.Fisher, Brad L. “Secret Programs under the CIA Act of 1949.” In Hidden Cost of Freedom: The Untold Story of the CIA’s Secret Funding System, 1941-1962. University Press of Kansas, 2024. https://doi-org.turing.library.northwestern.edu/10.2307/jj.13840493.22.

    18 min

  8. May 6

    After the Pod: Mother Teresa

    Should Mother Teresa have been canonized? Will Jason learn how to edit these episodes? How bad was Mother Teresa really? All that and more in this spectacular After the Pod!

    26 min
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Join Honors History graduate Megan Tobias, history teacher Trevor Tobias, and history enthusiast Jason as they delve into moments of art, love, war, genocide, and much more in about 30 minutes! (or less)

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  • Creator
    Megan Tobias, Trevor Tobias, and Jason
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Megan Tobias, Trevor Tobias, and Jason
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