Merlin’s Barn Podcast

Merlin begins his summer break with a trip to New England to spend time with his parents and nephews……. aaaaaand returns in time for an almost week long power outage where he goes through generator a…

Louis Scholz, an inventor, a WW2 scientist, a man who worked on the Manhattan project. This episode explores high speed photography, glowing trees, radiation and Merlin’s hatred of cars designed by c…

The prior post of the episode has a blip at the end where the exit music overruns the conversation. This version you get the WHOLE episode!!!!

Join Matt, Cody and Merlin to hear about the wonders o…

Stranger danger, a trip to Southbend, the strange constant reincarnation of the Studebaker Electric Fountain, and Moriarty the Mifflinburg Monkey.

Hear how Matt accidentally made a 'Train Garden', some history of why these are so quintessentially Baltimore and Nicole tells stories of childhood Christmas parties in South Baltimore with crab garl…

Merlin chats with Randy Gaulke of Knee Deep in History about exploring the Western Front and guiding tours of the battlefields.

To find out more about Randy and his tours visit

https://kneedeepintohis…

Hear from Merlin, Tasia and Matt about not only the Idaho Beaver drop, but learn about Geronimo the beaver veteran of many jumps and much more!

Matt tells Merlin and Tasia of his adventures in Fall of 2024 in Oxford when he want walking down a tow path and was sucked happily into the world of Canals, Canalboats, and ended up going for a rid…

Where Merlin originally read about it: https://www.americanheritage.com/red-ghost

This was a story Merlin read as a child, and it stuck with him. Now that our recording quality is great, Merlin spent…

Matt, Nicole and Merlin tell stories of the barn parties. The time everyone showed up as Merlin. The mini Jeep shows, the Christmas parties and most of all the annual Defenestration party. Put on …

Matt and Merlin discuss the time Merlin ended up on a reality show called “Family Guns.” Merlin and his shop staff restored a WW2 Jeep in 5 weeks for the show. Hear about the reality tv experience,…

Matt returns from finding one of the last Toys-R-Us stores in Manilla, along with a surprise! Discussion ensues around the time a sheet of ice and snow clove the chimney from the barn and Matt lead …

This was a fun episode. 1904 was perhaps the weirdest Olympics ever, and the marathon was insane. Hitchhikers, poison, starvation diets, runners carried over the line...... and then there is Felix C…

Join John and Merlin for this celebration of our improved sound. John, a true Wisconsinite, brings some insight to Matt’s experiences in Wisconsin. From Cheese laws to cheese smuggling and ice fishi…

This episode began with Matt taking a deep dive into Pykrete, project Habbakuk of WW2 and ice ships. Pykrete was featured on one of the Mythbusters Alaska Specials where they successfully built and …

We did find a silver lining in the Xenia trip when we traveled to Dayton and visited the Air Force Museum where we received a surprise personal tour from the director. It was Off The Moose! The jour…

Tasia and Merlin reflect on a journey to Xenia Ohio in 2021. It was Peewee Martin’s 100th birthday jumpfest. The last reunion of the 101st airborne veterans celebrated with reenactors jumping from W…

Matt and Merlin bring to you the things in house walls. A friend who found a room, then a rare pre-war German camera. A roll of film locked away, perhaps the grassy knoll? Bathrooms hidden in walls…

This week’s episode takes us to Sparta, Wisconsin where Matt discovers the somewhat horrifying birthplace of so many roadside fiberglass sculptures. Tasia & Merlin introduce us to Mr. Ed’s Elephant M…

Follow along with Merlin as he tries to keep up with Matt, his ball of red yarn and box of thumbtacks. From Russian-American linguists of WW2 to forest fire management to pre-colonial shipbuilding, a…