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
Typo Negative (ep. 167)
The devil is in the details. This week, we look at how missing or inserted commas, forsaken hyphens, and flat-out typos have led to expensive chaos.
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00:30:07 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Be a Sport (ep. 166)
Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.
The Olympic games have come and gone, but what kind of games have gone before? Today we look at events removed from the Olympics, like pistol dueling and poodle…
00:31:00 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Pow Wow and Chow Chow (ep 165)
It's been quite a while since we got a review for the YBOF book. Can you take a sec and let us know what you thought?
Voted on by our Patreon supporters, today we're looking at people you've probably…
00:31:36 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Everybody Complains about the Weather (ep. 164)
It's been quite a while since we got a review for the YBOF book. Can you take a sec and let us know what you thought?
"Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it." - Cha…
00:41:17 |
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Project Pigeon and Acoustic Kitty (ep. 163)
It's been quite a while since we got a review for the YBOF book. Can you take a sec and let us know what you thought?
People have been using animals, making war, and using animals to make war for a l…
00:33:00 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
I Think That I Shall Never See (ep 162)
It's another one of those episodes where I take a seemingly mundane topic and splash around in its unappreciated awesomeness. This time -- trees!
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00:28:48 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Unsolved Poisonings (ep. 161)
This week, YBOF is going true crime as we look at a pitiless poisoning, a terroristic tampering, and some killer coffee.
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00:32:45 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
Name, Rank, & VIN Number (ep. 160)
Smoke the tires with me today as we take on a trio of patronymic car creators and their pride & joy projects that failed spectacularly.
*Yes, I know "VIN number" is redundant. Naming episodes can be …
00:33:20 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
The Game of Life (and Death) (ep. 159)
Voted on by our Patreon supporters, we look at a game where losers would be put to death (or was it the winners?) and some baseball players playing for their lives.
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Today's spon…
00:34:56 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Endlings, pt 2 - Animals (ep. 158)
Another topic voted on by our Patreon supporters, and added to by our listener FB group, this one turned into a two-parter on 'the last of their kind.' If you haven't check out the People episode, pl…
00:38:20 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Throw the first Stone(wall) Revisited (ep 157)
Why is Pride Month in June? Did the Stonewall Riots start the gay rights movement? Did Marsha P Johnson really throw the first brick at Stonewall Inn? We answer all those questions and more as we re…
00:36:59 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
Endlings, part 1 - People (ep 156)
Another topic voted on by our Patreon supporters, and added to by our listener FB group, this one turned into a two-parter on 'the last of their kind' -- people first, animals next week.
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00:31:38 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Hate to Burst Your Bubble (ep. 155)
While the world goes mad for dogecoin and NFTs, we look at four times when a suddenly popular commodity drove an economic boom and bust, from tulips to trains, in the XL episode.
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00:43:45 |
Tue 25 May 2021
A Farewell to Armrests (ep. 154)
As voted on by our Patreon, today we look at hostile architecture and guerilla gardening.
Guest quote readers: Jason from Memester of the Week, Dustin from Sandman Stories Presents, Najee from Weekly…
00:30:35 |
Tue 18 May 2021
My Name is Mud (encore), plus updates
Updates on the Guinness world record and current troubles for some podcast listeners.
As voted on by our Patreon patrons, today we're talking about mud. This ubiquitous combination of water and dirt…
00:33:41 |
Tue 11 May 2021
Not a Colonel of Truth (ep. 153)
What do PT Barnum's performer General Tom Thumb, Elvis's manager Colonel Tom Park, and wrestler turned cartoon character Sargent Slaughter have in common?
00:53 General Tom Thumb
08:58 Colonel Tom Pa…
00:39:33 |
Tue 04 May 2021
The Dose Makes The Poison (ep. 152)
If a little is good, a lot must be better, right? You'd be surprised how many common, innocuous things in our world can actually kill you. Just when you thought it was safe to drink water.
Need some…
00:34:29 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
I Fought the Law... (ep 151)
True stories of people who educated themselves, to turn the law from a sword into a shield.
Guest quote readers: CJ from Been Through Some S***, Chris from This Week Today.
Need some light reading in…
00:30:45 |
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Episode 150!
With guest presenters, in approximate order of appearance:
Bunny Trails
A Star Wars podcast
Footnoting History
Grammar Girl
Reel Feels
Die-alougue
Gurus of Comed…
01:05:48 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Founding Mothers of Sci-Fi (ep. 149)
The meme that inspired the episode.
Need some light reading in a heavy world? Good thing there's the YBOF book!
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Lear…
00:32:15 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
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