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An Ounce - For Your Consideration — 445 episodes
When Language Goes Wrong
The Sultana Disaster | When Danger Looked Like Progress
Same Words, Different WorLds
The Ship That Sank at the Dock: The Eastland Disaster
The Dangerous Side of Curiosity
The Deadliest Disaster in Aviation History | Tenerife
Dead in Records, Alive in Reality
Nothing Failed — So Why Did They Shut It Down?
The Attack That Wasn’t | When the System Was Wrong
What Happens When the System Says You Don’t Exist
He Sold the Eiffel Tower… And Got Away With It.
The Olympic Marathon That Was Official… But Wasn’t True
You Could Be Executed for a Dream — The Truth About Salem’s Spectral Evidence
They Saw Titanic’s Distress Signals… and Did Nothing
The Same Water | But Not the Same Story
Yungay Avalanche 1970 | The Mountain That Buried a City
The Most Obvious Problem Is Often the Wrong One
Your Primal Instinct Is Being Exploited
It Made Perfect Sense | Dangerously Common Things From Yesterday
Why 4 – 1 Sometimes Equals 6
Oso: The Landslide That Took a Town
The Forgotten Cat of the Space Race
Everything Is Under Control — A Special Report
It Made Sense at the Time: Why Smart Decisions Fail
Deflating a Little Monster That’s a Big Problem
The Accidentally Invented World — Why Some of the Best Ideas Were Never Planned
The Night We Counterattacked Venus — A True Story
The Warnings We Forgot — Even Though They Were Written in Stone
It Keeps Happening: Where Do People Fit When the World Moves On?
Why People Bought Pills to Survive a Comet — And Why We Still Fall for the Same Panic
The Big Burn: The Forgotten Firestorm That Changed America
Reclaiming Your Mind in the Age of Outrage: Escaping the Algorithm’s Fun House
The New Snake Oil: Outrage and Validation in the Digital World
Queen’s Hidden Genius: The Rock Star Who Helped NASA Map Pluto
Absurdity Becomes Truth: The Crazy Ideas Science Laughed At—Until Proven True
The Eloquence Illusion: Truth in a Tuxedo
Piper Alpha: The Night the North Sea Burned | How 167 Lives Were Lost in Minutes
Zombies That Walk Among Us: A Halloween Story With a Terrifying Truth
The Blessing of Hard Things: Why Struggle Beats Comfort Every Time
The Hartford Circus Fire: The Day the Clowns Cried (July 6, 1944)
What If the Elephant Man Was Beautiful? | Joseph Merrick’s Untold Story
What If Everything You Thought You Knew About History Was Wrong?
They Fell for This?! Bat-Men on the Moon and the First Fake News Frenzy
The Reinvention Game: How These Celebrities Hid Behind New Names
The Ghost Train That Destroyed a Town | Lac Mégantic Disaster Case Study
Masters of Disguise: When Changing Your Name Was the Only Way to Escape
The Day a Cargo Ship Nuked a City
From Fishnets to Fame: The Real Names Behind the Icons
They Demoted Pluto - And Exposed How Dumb We Really Are
The Real Identities of Famous Icons
The REAL Superman Who Built America
How Four Marines Created a Rock Legend—By Accident
London’s Deadly Fog of 1952: A Silent Disaster
How Much Could Your Childhood Toys Be Worth?
The Lost Time: When 11 Days Disappeared and Chaos Followed
What Made this Warrior Vulnerable?
Was She the Unknown Genius behind E=mc2?
The Real-Life Spies That Inspired James Bond
The Tree That Almost Caused a War!
Can We Fix How We Argue Today?
What Happens When 1 Teenager STANDS UP to a Gang of Armed Men?
Stop Letting Fear Control Your Life: Lessons from Sheep
Did Child Pharaoh Pepi Cause Ancient Egypt's Collapse?
The Dark Secrets Behind Van Gogh’s Missing Ear
Laugh Out Loud at the Worst Predictions Ever Made
Mandela Effect Strikes Again: What’s the Universe Changing This Time?
What Happens When The ROBOTS Take Over? Is Ai coming for You Too?
The Strangest Last Words in History
You’ve Been Lied To! The Truth Behind History’s Biggest Myths
Teddy Roosevelt Takes an Assassin’s Bullet—Then Finishes His Speech!
Sisters Who Dared To Ride 5500 Miles Across America
People Actually Survived The Bermuda Triangle
10 Creepy Coincidences Unveiled
The Surprising TRUTH About Classic Art You Never Knew
The SHOCKING Truth About Conspiracies They Didn't Teach You
What if 'Catherine the Great' Built a 'Great Wall' Too?
The Time a Dead Pope Went to Trial: The Cadaver Synod
Unmanned Warfare: From Goats to Guided Missiles
London Ablaze: Tragedy, Blame, and Rebirth in 1666
Why Didn’t They Smile?
The Little Hand That Led the Way: Ruby Crane and St. Dunstan’s
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From Medication to Snackification
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Think fake news is new? Wild West journalists did it 1st—with style
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Dining with Danger: The ‘Evil’ Utensil That Shocked the World
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Bat-men on the Moon! The True Story of Unbelievable Fake News From 1835
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Canada’s Biggest Heist Wasn’t Gold… It Was Maple Syrup
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The Forgotten War That Shaped America: King Philip’s War Explained
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Martha Raye: The Hollywood Star Who Became a Soldier's Hero
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Lincoln’s Assassination: The Incompetence of One Man Cost the Life of a President
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From Heartbreak to Hope: The Inspiring Legacy of Nicholas Green
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The Truth About Paul Bunyan: More Than Just a Tall Tale?
Heroic Guide Dog Roselle: A True 9/11 Story That Will Inspire You
The Silent Maestro: Overcoming Life’s Cruelest Irony to Write Music History
Before Roswell: The Bizarre UFO Wave That Shocked 19th-Century America
The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Moby-Dick: How Mocha Dick Became a Literary Legend
The Distasteful History of Toothpaste: Ancient Remedies for Modern Smiles
Winnie the Pooh’s Secret Personalities: What Your Favorite Characters Really Represent
The Truth Behind King Tut's Curse: Myth or Reality?
From Prank to Power: How a Political Hoax Made History
Truth: E.T. Exhumed near Alamogordo, NM.
Nap Time and Catastrophes: Rousing Connections
Was Dr Jekyll Real?
When Armstrong First Set Foot On the Moon: Was it One Small Step for Man?
The Biggest Living Thing You've Probably Never Heard Of!
Biological Warfare of a Different Type.
Start a Revolution
The Curse of Ease: The Benefit of Struggle
Never Heard of It
So, What Are You Afraid Of?
Downwinders: Trust Me! I’m with the government. I'm here to help!
It Didn’t Go Quite Like They Imagined
FACT: You Are Eating Bugs!
The Test Pancake
7 Arresting Examples of Stupid Crimes
Flight Before the Wright Brothers? The Adventures of Gustave Whitehead
The Gadgets You Never Suspected: So Many Digital Snitches
Situational Awareness: Standing in a Tornado & Other Distractions
The Unlikely Lawrence of Arabia
The Curse of the Goat Head
Saturn, Jupiter and Mars; and the Black Death
Lost History: Whatever Happened?
Nellie Bly
Tank Man
The Pigeon Guided Missile
Syndrome K: The Rare Malady That Prevented Death
How Did We Ever Survive: A Tale of Surgeons, Barbers, and Gossips
Mongolian Wrestling Royalty: The Tale of an Astounding Competitor
Tradition, British Battle Tanks, and a Cup of Tea
Benjamin Franklin, the Serial Killer?
How Chaos is Balance: A Life Lesson From Cats
How to Get Ahead by Doing as Little as Possible
Disinformation and Misinformation: The Fine Art of Exaggeration
The Tiny Lady Who Beat Up a 700 Pound Polar Bear
Invisible Realities that Ruin Your Life
JAT Flight 367 and the Wrong Vesna
Interpreting Chaos: Your Mindset Revealed in Ambiguous Lyrics
The USS Utah at Pearl Harbor 54 Men and a Baby
The Undefeated Corn Stalk Army of Lewe’s Delaware: A True Story from the War of 1812
What Do You Do When Your Aircraft is Melting?: A Few Thoughts About Impossible Choices
Shocking Truth: How Heartstrings Impact Your Happiness
An Auto Accident that Almost Changed the Whole World
The Hole in the Storm: Discovering Direction Amidst Chaos
An Antique's Heroic Journey: Truck 16 at the Pentagon on September 11th
The Explosive Scam Spawned by a Lethal Lust for Money
The Accidental Voyage of the Fastest Man-Made Object: 50 Years and it is Still Missing
The True Heroics of G.I. Joe: An Astonishing Story of a Flighty Birdbrain
Forty Years of Failed Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro: 638 Scheme’s that Failed
The End of James Harrison’s 60-Year Legacy: Why He Stopped Saving Lives
Sleeping Beauty of Sweden: The Astonishing Tale of Karolina Ollsen
A Lesson in Perfection: The Perspective of a Child
Annie Oakley and Another Perfect Shot: How She Missed a Chance to Change the World
The Hidden History of Calculus: How a Monk Almost Erased its Brilliance
World War 3 and the Bear: A Cold War Tale of Mistaken Identity
The Truth Paradox: Sorting Fact from Fiction in the Age of Information
Staff Sergeant Reckless: The Unlikely Hero of the Korean War
From Taxi Driver to Visionary: A Tale of Vision, Wealth, and Making Dreams a Reality
Radioactive Toothpaste - The Deceptive World of Irium: A Tale of Toothpaste, Lies, and Radioactivity
Its Not the Thing You Think
Smashing Flowers
Ugly Laws
A Cacophony in Connecticut
Death By Kisses
The Straw Hat Riot
The Monster Who Ate Everything
Babe Magnet
The Great Kentucky Meat Shower
Tunguska and Tesla
Help Wanted
Perspectives on Mortality and War
Finished Dead First
What Can You See
The One That Got Away
The Military Might of Pepsi
The Bismarck's Unsinkable Cat
The Curious Tale of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
Cut Quick
Pirates Plunder and the Metric System
Been Jinxed
Mr. Knife Guy
Weather Station Kurt
The Amazing Jocko
200-Million-Dollar Bonfire
Insanity and Derringers
Commitment with One Brown Door
Un-hidden Surprise
Too Much
Of Gifts and Guilt
Heart Failure
Obsolete
Iceberg
Lighting Strikes
The Redwoods
Practical Bit 3, Wil Becker, Read a Book
Orphan Trains
Just a Second
Death Inside the Shell
The Rope
Making Tough Choices: Don't add to the pile
A Tale of Two
Coyote Prints
Bonus Episode 2 / Worth A second Look
Don't Touch It
Making a Difference
The Gift of No
Peril of a Perfect World
What You Don't See
Coming of Age
Intent
Committed
How To Start a Conversation
Dangerous Fun
Though She Be But Tiny
Olykoeks
Culinary Miscalculation
Paradise On Fire
Angels Glow
Splendid Mistakes
Benefactor
Armenian Swimmer and Unknown Hero
Perspectives on Breathing
Ignorance is Bliss Until it’s Not
Escaping the Inescapable
Slapping Back Mistakes
How to Hit a Baseball
Signalman Jack
Dale Schroeder
The Indecisive Lizard
Brilliant Neon Blue
Well, That’s Just Crazy
A Single Drop of Water
Truth That's Myth
William the Tough Guy
Bonus Episode / The Classic Blunder - The Love Triangle
A Failure of Perspicacity
A Mayhem of Molasses
A Calamity of Frogs
Maria and Her T-34 Tank
Platypode
Failing Into Success
S03 E53 The Three C's
S03 E52 An Edible Holiday Institution
S03 E51 That's Alright Aron
S03 E50 Never Argue With An Idiom
S03 E49 The Runaway Kite
S03 E48 The Impact of Pride
S03 E47 Big Scary
S03 E46 Power In Acknowledging What Is
S03 Bonus Episode 3 What's Bugging You?
S03 E45 That'll Fix Ya
S03 E44 The Van Buren Sisters Are Probably Tougher Than You
S03 E43 Spies You Didn't Know You Knew
S03 E42 We See Things Differently
S03 E41 More to Learn
S03 E40 Heavenly Help From Neighbors
S03 E39 Unsinkable
S03 E38 The Culture of Contempt
S03 E37 The Love Triangle
S03 E36 Mistakes Can Make You Better
S03 E35 Football: My Perfect Season
S03 E34 The Sniper
S3 E33 Don't Ever Give Up
S03 E32 Banana Brick
S03 E31 Corn on the Cob
S03 E30 Two Stones
S03 E29 A Unique Survivor
S03 E28 Got Something to Say
S03 E27 The First President?
S03 E26 Practicing Emotional Resilience
S03 E25 F-4
S03 E24 The Statistician
S03 E23 The Color of Trees
S03 E22 Mirrors
S03 E21 Who Is The Notorious OTG?
S03 Bonus 2 An Interview with the host of the Podcast Fatherhood: Perspectives on Righteous Intentional Parenting
S03 E20 The Old Violin
S03 E19 The Wedge
S03 E18 Don't Do It Like That
S03 E17 The Atypical Performer
S03 E16 The Warsaw Ghetto Angel
S03 E15 The Wisdom of a Simple Chinese Farmer
S03 E14 If It Feels Good
S03 Bonus Episode 1 An Ounce Origin Story: The Interrogation
S03 E13 Tim Who?
S03 E12 The Last House
S03 E11 Radioactive Gardens
S03 E10 Killer Curiosity
S03 E09 The Patriot Flag Maker
S03 E08 How To Venture Well
S03 E07 Tractor Ballet
S03 E06 He Got Caught
S03 E05 That Time Miss America Disappeared
S03 E04 Keep It Simple
S03 E03 How Ice Cream Ended the Cold War
S03 E02 Getting Rid of the Garbage
S03 E01 The End of the World Thwarted on the Night Shift
S02 E52 The New Years Un-Resolution
S02 Bonus Episode, the Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 12, The Radical Message of Love and Kindness
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nugget of Christmas, Nugget 11
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 10, The Hazards of Chrsitmas
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 9, Christmas Takes Over
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 8, Revealing the Reindeer and Sleigh
S02 Bonus Episode, The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 7, Wise Men Come From Afar
S02 Bonus Episode, The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 6, The Christmas Star Returns
S02 E51 From Leg Braces to Gold Medals
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 5, Tracking Santa During the Cold War - and Today
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 4, The Christmas Stocking
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 3, Origins of Santa
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 2, The Christmas Tree Tradition
S02 Bonus Episode The Twelve Nuggets of Christmas, Nugget 1, Is It Christmas?
S02 E50 Lina and Al
S02 E49 A Very Talented Dog
S02 E48 Lemmings
S02 E47 Desire
S02 E46 Cracked Stucco Statue
S02 E45 Hummingbird
S02 E44 Lynn Cooper Aurandt
S02 E43 A Brief History of a Modern Obsession
S02 E42 The Last Rivet
S02 E41 An Alarming Character
S02 Practical Bits 06 Burnin' Down The House
S02 E40 What's in a Name
S02 E39 The Brilliance of Theodor
S02 E38 That Space
S02 E37 Complicated
S02 E36 Your Choice
S02 E35 They Did What?
S02 E34 Face The Music
S02 E33 The Desert, The Pump, The Note, and The Mason Jars
S02 E32 Buddha Waits for a Drink of Water
S02 E31 The American Invasion of the UK
S02 E30 Best Invention Ever
S02 E29 Before Rosa Parks
S02 E28 The Hindenburg and the Akron
S02 E27 A Free Steak Dinner The Hard Way
S02 E26 Billy Blast-off and the Spoon
S02 E25 Filthy Mule
S02 E24 A Sportsman
S02 E23 Grateful For The Fleas
S02 E22 Sorry Hon', I've Got to Go
S02 Bonus Episode 5 Kirtley Freckleton, Power in Direction and Vision
S02 E21 The Midnight Rides
S02 E20 A Quiet WW2 Hero
S02 E19 Keeping Up With The Jones'es
S02 E18 Having Power and Using Power
S02 E17 Reason or Excuse
S02 E16 Lincoln's Bad Apple
S02 E15 Susanna M Salter
S02 E14 The Day America Burned
S02 E004 Practical Bits - Bread
S02 E13 I Don't Know
S02 E12 Lewis and His Unfair Life
S02 E11 Someone You Thought You Knew
S02 E10 Three Feet From Gold
S02 E003 Practical Bits-Corona Virus 29FEB2020
S02 E09 Wiley Post
S02 Practical Bits Episode 2, Lock and Key Emergencies, An Interview with Jeremy Black of Zippy Locks
S02 E08 Rick and His Running Buddy
S02 E07 Agnes
S02 E06 Rabbits Revenge
S02 E05 Pluto
S02 E04 Pride and Intolerance
S02, Practical Bits 1, Part 3, Personal Security, Preparedness, and Gun Ownership.
S02, Practical Bits 1, Part 2, Personal Security, Preparedness, and Gun Ownership
S02, Practical Bits 1, Part 1, Personal Security, Preparedness, and Gun Ownership
S02 E03 The Thief of Joy
S02 E02 Small and Simple - A Review of 4 Key-chain Size Multi-tools
S02 E01 Ignition - No Matches
S01 E11 It's All In Your Head
S01 E10 The Disaster Supplies You Didn't Know You Have
S01 E09 Looking Out For Number 1
S01 E08 The Great Pork Chop Fire of 1983
S01 E07 The Carpet Beetle
S01 E06 Good Shoes
S01 E101 Bonus Episode - Knives
No Worries, Won't Be Gone For Long
S01 E04 Dumb Sheep
We've Been Robbed (Re-engineered in 2023)
What Do You Do When Godzilla Steps On The Fire Truck (Re-engineered in 2023)
Dark and Stormy Night (Version Re-engineered in 2023)