Damn Interesting
If you like intriguing true stories from science, history, and psychology, this audiobook-like adaptation of DamnInteresting.com ought to tickle your fancy.
Science
Literature
Arts
Society & Culture
Education
Psychology
Fiction
History
Comedy
Science & Medicine
- Update frequency
- every 55 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Much Ado About Adenoids
The largest and strangest riot in New York City’s history.
00:34:59 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
A Trail Gone Cold
Against the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.
00:43:05 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Journey To The Invisible Planet
The tangled history of humanity’s search for the solar system’s uncharted planets.
00:28:18 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
From Where The Sun Now Stands
When 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.
00:53:44 |
Sun 21 May 2023
The Ancient Order Of Bali
In 1970s Bali, a sudden rice crisis prompted an unexpectedly far-reaching scientific discovery
01:01:39 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Lofty Ambitions
In 1933, British WWI vet Maurice Wilson hatched an unorthodox plan to reach the still-untouched summit of Everest.
00:26:36 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Devouring The Heart Of Portugal
In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world.
01:02:44 |
Tue 03 May 2022
The Mount St. Helens Trespasser
Robert Rogers, a man obsessed with trespassing, sets his sights on Mount St. Helens in the spring of 1980
00:30:53 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Hunting For Kobyla
The true story of a runaway Nazi, a determined sleuth, and a chase around the world.
00:45:57 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda
In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
00:28:21 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
The Kingpin of Shanghai
From the depths of poverty, Du Yuesheng rose through Shanghai’s underworld to become one of the most influential, and overlooked, figures in modern China.
00:44:51 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
The Traveler And His Baggage
In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.
01:16:36 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Fifteen Years Forsaken
A true story of castaways on a lost and hostile scrap of land, all thanks to some meddlesome Frenchmen and terrible luck.
01:03:03 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
A Blight On Soviet Science
Nikolai Vavilov dedicated his life to improving Soviet agriculture and eradicating famine, but his allegiance to science would ultimately lead to his downfall.
00:47:46 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
Pugilism On The Plains
How a booming oil town aimed to become a western metropolis through one of the most ill-conceived boxing matches of all time.
00:27:11 |
Mon 28 Dec 2020
How Miss Shilling's Orifice Helped Win the War
How a female engineer defied all norms to save England in the Second World War.
00:24:59 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Dupes and Duplicity
The true story of the 18th century's greatest femme fatale, and the most unfortunate of her victims.
01:06:21 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Chronicles of Charnia
When an ancient, unexpected imprint is discovered in a stone quarry, scientists endeavor to explain its mysterious origin.
00:33:37 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
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