177 episodes
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong Airwave Media
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4.8 • 767 Ratings
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Did you know that Europeans used to believe that sheep grew from Mongolian trees? Have you heard about the misbegotten discovery of a new form of water in the 1960s that set off a cold war arms race? Ever seen the gleaming Las Vegas hotel that accidentally shoots heat rays at poolside guests? The Constant is an audio history of getting things wrong. From ancient science to contemporary blunders, we take you on journeys of misadventure and misapprehension, filling your brain with juicy nuggets of the sometimes comical, sometimes tragical and always fascinating ways people mess things up.
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Comfortably Numb, Part 2
What does every wild west shootout in every movie you've ever seen have to do with the history of anesthesia? You'll find out in the cold open! Then, stick around for the rest.
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Comfortably Numb, Part 1
The war between humanity and its oldest, archest of enemies: pain.
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Like a Son
He was the most beautiful man in the history of Athens. And he nearly destroyed it.
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Whoa Baby
Until recently, our understanding of where babies came from was hazy. Which made it easy for a certain class of hucksters to make up crazy stuff about them.
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Let's Talk About Sex, Babies (Remix!)
We're remaking one of the all-time classic Constant episodes, this time with decent audio!
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The Holy She, Part 2
Did a woman secretly manage to become pope, only to be revealed by a badly mistimed labor in the streets of Rome? Probably not! But it's gonna be fun figuring it out for sure!
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Customer Reviews
Good one
It’s a good show I like it
Dragging Things Out
Making 2 Episodes out of content that used to be one episode. Substance great as ever.
Funny and informative podcast that puts a spotlight on epistemological failures
The presenter is very erudite, a great writer, and has a good sense of humor and comedic timing.
I would invite the listener to listen to any of the episodes before “The Foolkiller”. Everything before that was pretty top notch. Everything was tight.”
Episodes since then suffer from - higher production values? Lots of audio effects and musical interludes that don’t justify the time spent.