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
The Hills are Alive (ep. 134)
...with ants! By popular demand, we scratch the very surface of the surprising and diverse world of the ant.
Talk to your fellow Brainiacs on FB or Reddit.
Read the full script.
Reach out and touch M…
00:38:14 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
High Spirits (ep. 133)
From Vietnamese snake wine to vodka made from milk, corn beer with spit in it and whisky made from pee, mankind will make liquor with or out of just about anything!
Talk to your fellow Brainiacs on F…
00:36:49 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Distraction Day Data Dump (ep. 132)
Today is the most stressful election day in the lives of many, so I declare it instead to be...Distraction Day. To that end, here's an extra-long episode of some of the best bits that were originally…
01:01:15 |
Tue 03 Nov 2020
This is Halloween listener special (ep. 131)
Have you had a chance to review the YBOF book? I'm hoping we can average one a week.
♪♫This is Halloween! This is Halloween!♫♪ Supporters on our Patreon and fans in our FB group chose the topics for …
00:37:59 |
Tue 27 Oct 2020
You Can Ring Nobel (ep. 130)
Why do we give them, who gets one, and, more importantly, who doesn't?
Sponsors: Podcorn, Libysn (code: moxie), Pigeon (code: moxie)
Have you had a chance to review the YBOF book? Someone posted a ba…
00:40:45 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Never Surrender, with Garbled Twistory (ep. 129)
"Why didn't the slaves revolt?" They did. A lot. We just weren't taught about it. Here's a humble start at fixing that.
04:56 Stono Rebellion
11:35 New York plot
15:56 Black Seminole
22:45 Nat Turner…
00:42:35 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Earth, Wind & Stupidity (ep. 128)
We just can't have nice things....like forests. Hear the stupid causes of some of modern history's most destructive wildfires and find out why putting out fires is actually making things worse.
Did …
00:33:25 |
Tue 06 Oct 2020
Having the Last Word (ep. 127)
From the profound to the prophetic, from the ironic to the ignominious, from founding fathers to TV stars, we look into the final utterances of the famous and infamous alike.
Did you get a chance to…
00:34:09 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
It's the Little Things (ep. 126)
Did you get a chance to leave a review for the YBOF book? We're trying to get 100 in the first year!
For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost.
Guest voice: Brandon Schexnayder of Southern Gothic
Read…
00:34:55 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Been Caught Stealing (ep. 125)
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00:45 Mona Lisa
06:50 Bob Ross
11:50 Rosalind Franklin
18:00 Charles Ponzi
24:50 R. Lee Ermy
Music by Kevin MacLeod and TrackTribe.
Read th…
00:32:45 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
Revenge, Best Served Loud (ep. 124)
Did you get your get a change to leave a review for the YBOF book?
Heart
Queen
Pink Floyd
Mike Oldfield
Contractually obligated albums
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Read the full script.
Reach out and…
00:33:54 |
Tue 08 Sep 2020
Never Be Royals (ep. 123)
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Did Mel Brooks lie to us--is it really good to be the king?
Stagnant gene pools
Ignoble Deaths
British royal family t…
00:36:59 |
Tue 01 Sep 2020
Ladies' First (ep. 122)
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Victoria Woodhull
Margaret Ives Abbott
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
Dr. Rebecca Crumpler
Bessie Coleman
Annie Edson Taylor
M…
00:34:00 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
Firsties Denied (ep. 121)
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00:30 moveable-type press
05:35 circumnavigation
solo Atlantic flight
telephone
lightbulb
Enigma
out and proud
Music …
00:30:54 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
What's In A Scientific Name (ep. 120)
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Anyone can name an animal after what it looks like, but why waste the chance to immortalize your favorite singer or mak…
00:28:28 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Shenanigans Again (ep. 119)
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From rainbow parties to Spiritualism to two bands touring as a single band that doesn't exist, we take a look at some n…
00:27:16 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
Phenom-nom-nom -- Redux (ep 118)
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Why do we dye raspberry-flavored things blue? Why does mint feel cold? How are Kit Kats like Soylent Green?
Music by Ke…
00:29:10 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
The Great Escapes, with Life Death and Taxonomy (ep. 117)
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From birds flying the coop, to snakes slipping away, to apes getting up to monkey business, hear about crafty critters …
00:34:35 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
Fizz Fizz, with Fantastic History of Food (ep 116)
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Refreshing treat or miracle cure to ensure a long, healthy, sexy life? You decide! (Psst, it's the first one.)
00:50 Carbonated water
03:45 Patent medicines
12…
00:37:31 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Sisters Doing It For Themselves, with Herstory On The Rocks (ep. 115)
Show us your copy of the YBOF book and tag the podcast!
From protecting themselves to protecting endangered animals, women amassed are a formidable thing indeed.
00:44 Gulabi gang
07:10 Sun Ladies…
00:30:20 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
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