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Damn Interesting
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The audio side of DamnInteresting.com: Legitimately intriguing true stories from history, science, and psychology. Audiobook-like narration with sound effects and music.
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Nineteen Seventy Three (Redux)
2w ago00:28:06Tap to summarizeDamn Interesting Podcast: Chile's audacious 1970s-era plan to network and automate the country's entire economy, hindered by political upheaval and CIA maneuvering. Long-time listeners might recognize this story, we did a version of it years ago. The original narrator for this piece joined forces with one of our competitors, and together they have been aggressively poaching our catalog to make videos. So we've decided to start removing his name and voice from our podcast.
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There Once Was a Man Called Curley
Sep 600:41:24Tap to summarizeA would-be priest's audacious plan to win his money back from the bookmakers
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Much Ado About Adenoids
Jun 23, 202500:34:59Tap to summarizeThe largest and strangest riot in New York City’s history.
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A Trail Gone Cold
Mar 20, 202400:43:05Tap to summarizeAgainst the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.
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Journey To The Invisible Planet
Jun 13, 202300:28:18Tap to summarizeThe tangled history of humanity’s search for the solar system’s uncharted planets.
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From Where The Sun Now Stands
May 21, 202300:53:44Tap to summarizeWhen the U.S. Army came for their land in 1877, the Nez Perce tribe complied. But tensions boiled over, and Chief Joseph led as they ran for their lives.
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The Ancient Order Of Bali
Mar 28, 202301:01:39Tap to summarizeIn 1970s Bali, a sudden rice crisis prompted an unexpectedly far-reaching scientific discovery
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Lofty Ambitions
Dec 13, 202200:26:36Tap to summarizeIn 1933, British WWI vet Maurice Wilson hatched an unorthodox plan to reach the still-untouched summit of Everest.
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The Rube's Dilemma
Oct 27, 202200:46:51Tap to summarizeA great pitcher’s great temptation.
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Devouring The Heart Of Portugal
May 3, 202201:02:44Tap to summarizeIn 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world.
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