Your Brain on Facts
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
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 230
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
It's A Small Plate After All
7 billion people spread across 59 million square miles, but we all need to eat and we eat more things that are than same than different. Learn about pizza preference, drunk foods, and truly unique fa…
00:31:45 |
Tue 01 Jan 2019
Christmas Spirit (and Monsters and Other Fun)
You've probably heard about the Austrian Christmas demon Krampus, but what about Befana, the Italian Christmas witch? In what country do you need reservations for Xmas dinner at KFC? Where do people …
00:32:45 |
Tue 18 Dec 2018
Meeting New Peoples
In our instantly-connected world, there are entire groups of people you may never have heard of, whether they have never had contact with others or they live alongside the better known population. Le…
00:31:10 |
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Format War Veteran
As long as we have had media on which to record our art, there have been competing formats. While more modern examples like Betamax vs VHS or Blu-ray vs HD DVD may leap to mind, format wars go back a…
00:33:50 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
Baptism By...
From naming ceremonies around the world and adult circumcisions, to unexpected disasters and baptising the dead whether they want it or not, we look at different ways people are made part of their fa…
00:31:50 |
Tue 27 Nov 2018
Surprise Polyglot
Think you don't speak French because you failed it in high school? Wouldn't know Hindi from Urdu? You actually speak them every day!
Mentions: NativLang, Marge Bruchac's letter
Music by Kevin MacLeod…
00:35:59 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
Read A Rainbow
From the Yellow Pages and Golden Book, to Mao's little red book, three different green books and more!
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Audionautix, and Rooster Teeth (I love you, please don't sue).
Read the…
00:32:54 |
Tue 13 Nov 2018
Panto to Python - a history of British Comedy
From music hall to Red Dwarf, pantomime to Absolutely Fabulous, we look at the history of British comedy, the names, shows, and historical events that made it what it is today.
Like what you hear? Be…
00:37:33 |
Tue 06 Nov 2018
Cannibal! The Podcast, with Nature Vs Narcissism and Sketch Nerds
There are many reasons why an individual or group would eat other people - religious rites, shows of strength, signs of respect, and of course desperation. Cannibalism can be split into four often o…
00:32:12 |
Tue 30 Oct 2018
Words You Can't Say On TV Or Radio, with special guest JoChristie
George Carlin wasn't wrong with his list of 7 dirty words you can't say, but he missed a whole lot. Everyday parts of our media and surprisingly innocuous things were banned from movies, TV, and radi…
00:31:10 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Short-lived, Long-remembered, with Based On A True Story podcast
There are some musicians that leave an enduring legacy through long and storied careers, like the Rolling Stones, who formed in 1962 and swear 2018 for be their final year touring, for real this time…
00:28:15 |
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept 15 to Oct 15. Join us in celebrating cultural touchstones and famous people, as well as learning things like the distinction between Latino and Hispanic.
Reach …
00:36:00 |
Tue 09 Oct 2018
Banned Books - Kids, YA, LGBTQ
Will Shel Silverstein turn your kids into cannibals? Is a baby penguin spreading the "gay agenda"? We look at children, young adult, and LGBTQ books challenged or banned for silly reasons.
Reach ou…
00:27:15 |
Tue 02 Oct 2018
Banned Books - The Classics, with Oh No! Lit Class podcast
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores …
00:33:50 |
Tue 25 Sep 2018
Got Your Goat
Goats are the internet’s second favorite animal, a ruminant quadruped that gives us milk, meat, fiber, and hilarious videos. Legend has it they also discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls, cataract surgery,…
00:37:55 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
What's In A Nickname? City & State edition
What’s in a name? That which we call a city by any other name would smell as sweet. Some nicknames are obvious. Denver, CO is the Mile High City because it’s precisely one mile above sea level. Dalla…
00:34:40 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
You're How Young?!
If you want to open an actual door to the past, you’ll have to do it without a doorknob. The patent for the a knob that turns to move a latch inside the door wasn't filed until 1878. Lots of things, …
00:33:30 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
Mixed Bags of History, with Dimly Lit podcast
Genghis Kahn's empire killed 2/3 of Northern China, but people under his rule knew unrivaled gender equality and religious freedom. Mother Teresa gave aid to the poor, but also encouraged their suffe…
00:34:40 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Good Mourning To You. with Life in Stories podcast
There is a literal world of funeral practices to choose from, from an Irish wake to Tibetan sky burial, from New Orleans Jazz funerals to Balinese ngaben cremation, from being buried in a car-shaped …
00:30:55 |
Tue 21 Aug 2018
This Is Only A Test
Tests are all around us. You probably took one the minute you were born. We look at tests named for the people who created them - Bechdel, Myers-Briggs, Apgar, and more.
01:25 Bechdel-Wallace
09:…
00:27:07 |
Tue 14 Aug 2018
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