Podcast
Your Brain on Facts
Hosted by Moxie LaBouche · EN
Host Moxie LaBouche brings you a weekly half-hour of things you didn't know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you never knew. Topics range from the history of nursing to the Balinese funeral rite David Bowie requested, from the origin of the Vulcan salute to the theft of Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve. This is your brain on facts. yourbrainonfacts.com
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Dumping out my purse (update on the podcast)
Jul 19, 202200:05:40Tap to summarizeYBOF's gonna take a break for a month or two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode 200, part 2!
Jul 5, 202200:52:02Tap to summarizeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode 200!!!!
Jun 28, 202200:48:56Tap to summarizeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Big, Bold Burglaries (ep 199)
Jun 21, 202200:30:52Tap to summarizeHow hard was it to steal the Mona Lisa? What does the word "ponzi" actually mean?Links to all the research resources are on the website.Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.Music: Kevin MacLeod, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hidden Histories - Rosewood, Tulsa, Chicago (encore)
Jun 14, 202200:29:21Tap to summarize(Chronic health problems sometime require an encore performance of a past episode.) Hundreds dead, thousands homeless, entire communities wiped out, yet most of us have never heard of what happened in Rosewood 1923, Tulsa 1921, or Chicago 1919.Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script.Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Strange Currency (ep. 198)
Jun 7, 202200:32:35Tap to summarizeWhat do limestone, leather, plastic and mulberry tree bark have in common? They've all been used to make money, plus lots of other materials besides! Join me for a quick jaunt around the world and through history and we look at a fraction of the history of currency.Shirt raising money for Ukraine Red CrossLinks to all the research resources are on the website.Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.Music: Kevin MacLeod, Steve Oxen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Suspect Sustenance Stories (ep. 197)
May 31, 202200:33:20Tap to summarizeWho was General Tsao of chicken fame? Where do Danish pastries come from? Is pad Thai actually Thai food? All that and more in this patron-voted episode!1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red CrossLinks to all the research resources are on the website.Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.Music: Kevin MacLeod, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Awfully Fond of You (ep. 196)
May 24, 202200:31:40Tap to summarizeHow did rubber ducks go from lumps of rubber that didn't even float to a cheerful childhood staple? Let's look at where they came from, where they're going, and why they keep showing up at violent political protests.1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross00:38 Bit of backstory07:13 Bert's best buddy10:25 Review, patrons, thanks!12:00 Ducks for charity or science17:58 Giant ducks, wild and domestic20:16 Can You Hear The Duckies Sing?22:45 THE Rubber DuckLinks to all the research resources are on the website.Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.Music: Kevin MacLeod, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dread Pirate Misinformation (ep 195)
May 17, 202200:31:06Tap to summarizeFinally, I get to the subtopic that launched not one but two episodes, the Gentleman Pirate Stede Bonnet, as well as the most interesting boring thing I could find and why science didn't get a handle on scurvy until nearly WWII.(Apologies in advance because I was red-lining my mic throughout and I have no idea why -- I'd been doing VO jobs all day with no such issue.)1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross 01:03 Ye scurvy dog08:27 Gratitude et al11:30 The doldrums15:49 Livestream for the Cure17:46 The Gentleman Pirate, Stede Bonnet Links to all the research resources are on the website.Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.Music: Kevin MacLeod, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Yaarrrr Brain On Facts (ep. 194)
May 10, 202200:30:36Tap to summarizeWhat started as a need to tell the real story of "Gentleman Pirate" Stede Bonnet has turned into a myth vs history two-parter! I love when that happens. Hear about pirate pensions, the makeup of the mariners, and civil unions on the seven seas. Special thanks to Charlie and Jesse over the in Brainiac Breakroom for help with the title.1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross Links to all the research resources are on the website.Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.Music: Kevin MacLeod, and Tabletop AudioCalm History Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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