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Teach Me Something — 134 episodes
The Matilda Effect Pt II: Girl Talk
The Matilda Effect Pt I: Giving Credit Where Nobel Didn't
Any Sufficiently Advanced Ancient Technology is Indistinguishable from Aliens
Smell is a Noun AND a Verb: Smell and Animals
The Science of Hair: The Lowdown on Long Luxurious Locks
Reputation Ruiners or Fame Makers? Intriguing Eponyms from History
Viruses Part II: The Deadliest Catch
Viruses Part I: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend
Was Lamarck Right After All? Epigenetics: A Very Brief Overview
No Dying for You! A Brief History of Banned Things
Animals & Alcohol: Never Challenge a Hamster to a Drinking Contest
What's in a Name?: An Ivan We Call by Any Other Name Would Still Be as Terrible
Animal Domestication: Is Love an Extractable Resource?
Transmissible Tumours: Beelzebub Has a Devil for a Pup That Screams
History of Hygiene Pt III: Are Land Crocodiles the Secret to Better Skin?
Why You Can't Snack on Vegetables: Fun Fruit and Vegetable Facts
Birds, Booze, & Boars: Silly Wars that Shaped Canadian Borders
MSG Makes Stuff Good (And Is Perfectly Safe): A Scientific Review
Comparative Mythology Pt VI: In the Beginning...
At Least These Eels Don't Shriek: Electricity and Animals
Teach Me Something Presents: (Even More) Fun with Flags!
Newts Should Not Be on the Menu: Poison & Animals
The Botany of Booze Pt II: The Distinctive Flavour of Worm
The Botany of Booze Pt I: Libation-Inspiring Plants of the New World
Flesh-Feasting Flora: An Overview of Carnivorous Plants
The Case of the Wandering Uterus: The Hysterical History of Psychoanalysis
Japanese Yokai: Sand Throwers, Shape Shifters, and Scum Lickers
Lepidoptera: Float Like a Butterfly, Steal From a Bee
The 100 Years' War: Battlefield Buffoonery and Perfidious Burgundians
Canids: When is a Fox Not a Fox?
Sleeping With One Eye Open: A Survey of Sleep in the Animal Kingdom
The Measles Menace: The Depths of the Deception of (ex) Doctor Andrew Wakefield
The Evolution of the Theory of Evolution: Going Deeper than Darwin
The Monkey Trial of the Infidel Scopes: Fundamentalists vs. the ACLU
Crocodilians: Expert Extinction Evaders
The Bhopal Chemical Plant Disaster: An Ongoing Tragedy
Heavy Metals and Halogens: Industrial Environmental Disasters
Ancient Greek Constellations: A Match Made in Heaven
Grosse Île and the 1847 Typhus Epidemic: Don't Trust the Devil's Apples
Human Adaptation: To Boldly Go Where No Hominin Had Gone Before
The Wonders of The World: Seven is the Perfect Number of Wonders, Eight is Right Out
Fungi Pt II: Zeus, the Best Mushroom Gardener
Fungi Pt I: The Morel You Know About Mushrooms the Better
Syd Barrett Must Die: Why The Most Iconic Album Of All Time Almost Didn't Happen
Animals That Do Drugs! (Just the Medicinal Kind)
Comparative Mythology Pt V: Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble
The Minoan Civilization: Matriarchy, Minotaurs, and Messed-Up Marriages
Ticks & Ticks Diseases: Plenty of Pain Packed in a Poppy-Seed-Sized Package
Thomas Midgley Jr: A One-Man Environmental Disaster
Dolphin Top Hats & Monocles: Culture in Orcas and Bottlenose Dolphins
Summer Update: We'll Be Back June 25th
What Time Is It?: Duodecimal and Sexagesimal Shenanigans
History of Calendars: 19 is the Magic Number
Blood Groups & Blood Transfusions: Just Add A Dash of Blood Letting
Retroviruses: Don't Call My Genome Junk!
Roman Amphitheatres: The Original Hunger Games?
The (Fictional) Founding of Rome: Take a Proper Gander at All This Propaganda
The (Non-Fictional) Founding of the Roman Empire: So Many Julias
Porphyria, Vampires, and the Catholic Church: King George Was...Likely Not a Werewolf
Prehistoric Homo Sapiens: I'm Certain They... Did Things?
Hobbits, Hoaxes, and Handymen: A History of Early Hominins
Toads, Rabbits, Ants... and More Ants: Invasive Species of Australia and New Zealand
Colleges Are Filled with Donkeys and My Neck Hairs Know More Than You: Theories by the Great Paracelsus
One Crusade, Two Crusade, Three Crusade, Four. Five Crusade, Six Crusade, More!
Insane in the Brain: Decoding the Secrets of the Octopus
Tea, Trade, and Tyranny: The Dark Side of the East India Company
Arson, Spankings, and Jump Scares: How Not to Cure the Glass Delusion
Vampire Bats and Zombie Ants: A Summary of Behaviour-Altering Parasites
Monotremes: It's a Bird! It's a Reptile!... No it's a Mammal
Vlad the Impaler: You Wouldn't Like Him When He's Angry
Keep Genes & Maths Out of My Biology: The Trofim Lysenko Story
Canadian Ship Disasters: With Great Coastline Comes Great Sinkability
Mosquitoes Pt III: Abracadabra! (And Other Malaria Cures)
Mosquitoes Pt II: Explosions Don't Cure Yellow Fever
Mosquitoes Pt I: Marlon Brando's Island to the Rescue
Comparative Mythology Pt IV: Women Should Be Wary of Bodies of Water
Totem Poles: An Impressive Icon of the Pacific North West
King Henry VIII Pt III: Fat, Furious, and Fertility-Challenged (But Was it His Fault?)
King Henry VIII Pt II: When All Else Fails, Bribe the Pope
King Henry VIII Pt I: The Quest for a Male Heir (But Not Too Many Male Heirs)
Medical Astrology: It's Just Complicated, OK?
Eusocial Animals: The Thorn in Darwin's Side
History of Hygiene Pt II: It Smells Bad Here, Let's Just Move (aka The Royal Strategy)
Paint with All the Colours of the Sky: Debating the Validity of Indigo
A History of Salt: Dragon's Breath, Sauces, and Sea Dragons
Glowing Life: The Romans Loved Their "Light" Snacks
History of Hygiene Pt I: King's Evil Is Not Cured by Soap
Pooping Facing South: Earth's Magnetic Field and its Effect on Animals
Toxoplasmosis: What's So Special About Cat Intestines?
Comparative Mythology Pt III: Mountains, Rainbows, and Incest
William the Conqueror: England's Last Invader?
Lobsters: Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet
The Chernobyl Disaster: Why You Shouldn't Run Nuclear Experiments You Don't Fully Understand
Animal Myths: Don't Tip Over Cows (Or Julius Caesar)
Comparative Mythology Pt II: It Simply Isn't an Adventure Worth Telling if There Aren't Any Dragons
How do you spell 4 on a sundial? (mini-sode)
Mummies Part II: M'm! M'm! Good!
Mummies Part I: Other Places Have Mummies Too
Pliny the Elder: The Quiz Show
Stereotypical Sayings: The Creation of Common Clichés
Comparative Mythology Pt I: Grand Theft Fire
Archimedes: The Man, The Math, The Legend
Acromyrmex Had a Farm: With a Fungus Here and an Aphid There
Wrecks of Ancient Life: Baby Dragons, Bat Guano, and Blind Cavefish
The Spanish Inquisition: Their Chief Weapon Was NOT Surprise
Sugary Shenanigans: A History of Delicious Disasters
Horseshoe Crabs and Camelids: How We Use Animals in Medical Science
The History of Maths Part II: All Great Math Starts with Sex Riddles
The History of Maths Part I: A West Side Story
The Human Body Rainbow: There Are A LOT of Reasons to Turn Red
The 1925 Serum Run to Nome: Not the Story of Balto
The Chicago River: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Garden Mythology Part II: Tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Garden Mythology Part I: When in Rome, Garden as the Romans do
Corrupted Blood: Lessons from World of Warcraft
Birds Part II: All About Bird Song
Birds Part I: Behaviours, Adaptations, and Fun Fowl Facts
A Brief Overview of Weather: Storm Gods, Hurricanes, and Paleotempestology
The Periodic Table Part II: Bananas, Explosions, and Hyperdiamonds
The Periodic Table Part I: How Do Elements Get Their Names?
Callitrichidae: Marmosets, Tamarins, and Greek Monsters (Oh My!)
The Poison Squad Part IV: Wiley's Law
The Poison Squad Part III: Welcome to the Jungle, It Gets Grosser Every Day
The Poison Squad Part II: If All Else Fails, Blame the Cook
The Poison Squad Part I: The Many Ways We Made Our Food Entirely Unfit for Human Consumption
All About Venom: Venomous Animals, Anti-Venoms, and the Importance of Venom in Medical Research
Mythology of the British Isles Part III: The Mester Stoor Worm Has A Delicate Taste
Mythology of the British Isles Part II: The Irish Were Serious About Their Bovines
Mythology of the British Isles Part I: Everyone Loves a Good Origin Story
The Evolution of Sex Part III: The Mating Game
The Evolution of Sex Part II: How Sex Helps You Win the Lottery
The Evolution of Sex Part I: Why Males?
The Four Humours, the Four Temperaments, and Four of Everything Else
Phoenicia, Carthage, and Predatory Sea Snails