4 episodes
Censored History Censored History
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- History
History is often about the stories that are not told, either because it is about people we don't talk about or topics we are too squeamish to consider. Here, we shall cover both. Because remember our motto: People died and History was made
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Technology that Definitely Kills You
Technology has always promised to make our lives better. But before anything gets better, it must suck too. Join us as we discuss how technology (and its mis-, dis-, and non-use) led to millions of deaths in the seminal catastrophe of the 20th Century, the First World War, and how certain countries have still not learnt their lessons after more than a hundred years (Looking at you Russia)
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Cha-ching Cha-ching Cha-ching
We are back after a long hiatus to talk about the one thing that makes the world go round. Money. What it is? Why it exists? Why Barter System was the OG system? And why both Avani and I are not fans of Bitcoins in general? So hop onto the bandwagon one more time as we discuss the history of the thing that most of don't see enough of.... Money
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Diseases. They Kill You.
COVID-19 has wrecked our world beyond recognition. And yet, it isn't the first epidemic to do this to us humans. Join us as we journey in time to witness the sheer destruction that diseases can cause and try to find if there is any silver lining to be found in all this death and destruction.
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Worst Years to be Alive
2020 has been called one of the worst years in living memory. But where does it stack in all the bad years in history? And really, what makes an year a bad year to be alive?
Listen along as Avani and Kshitij dissect what makes an year the worst to be alive and which years really attain these dubious honors…