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
Earth's Unsung-est Heroes: Black Inventors, pt. 1 (ep. 98)
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Sure you know Edison, but do you know Latimer, Drew, West, or the other men of color who made the tech you use every day?
Lewis Latimer
James West
Gratitude
Garrett Morga…
00:31:15 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
Animal Mother(s) (ep. 97)
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If you think animal mating habits get weird, wait until you hear about these gestations/incubations and births.
01:18 Gestation periods
03:45 Pregnant pauses
07:28 Got milk?
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00:33:12 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Do Not Adjust Your Set (ep. 96)
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The greatest hits of broadcast signal hijacking.
Cold War era
Southern Television (video)
Zombies (video)
Naughty fun
Gratitude
Max Headroom (video)
Recently
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00:33:40 |
Tue 28 Jan 2020
Patent Schmatent (ep. 95)
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While history is full of stolen ideas and missed opportunities, hear why some inventors *chose* not to profit from their ideas.
02:17 friction matches
04:56 polio vaccines
08…
00:32:05 |
Tue 21 Jan 2020
My Name Is Mud (ep. 94)
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As voted on by our Patreon patrons, today we're talking about mud. This ubiquitous combination of water and dirt is useful to science, employed in health and beauty, a little…
00:29:55 |
Tue 14 Jan 2020
New Year, New Everyone (ep. 93)
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Music by Kevin MacLeod and Audionautix.
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Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. You can also leave a question or f…
00:33:40 |
Tue 07 Jan 2020
The Jews Who Wrote Christmas (ep. 92)
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You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, but did you know this song, and the poem it was based on, were both written by Jews? You won't believe how many classic Christm…
00:34:45 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Greatest Hits - Christmas Spirits (and monsters)
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 …
00:32:03 |
Tue 17 Dec 2019
hiStory 2 (ep. 91)
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Just because it's in all the history books, doesn't mean it's true.
00:50 Julius Caesar was namesake of the Caesarian section
08:00 Chastity belts
13:25 Iron Maidens
23: 00 S…
00:30:55 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Greatest Hits -- Read A Rainbow
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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, ple…
00:32:31 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
You Gonna Eat That?, with Where Does It Go? podcast (ep. 90)
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One man's holiday feast is another man's traumatic experience. With special guests Where Does It Go?
Kiviaq
Hakarl
Cheating for meat
Molded salads
Catepillar mushroom
Cazu ma…
00:30:15 |
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Conspiracy Truthies (ep. 89)
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2:00 Car-makers and Big Oil killed electric street cars
05:00 The feds are watching me!
13:45 Mind control
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Music by Kevin MacLeod
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Reac…
00:28:18 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Greatest Hits: The Dogs (and Inventions) of War
Flashing back to a two-parter on heroic animals, innovations from the field, and noteworthy bad-asses.
Topics include a pigeon who saved hundreds of lives, a crossbow for grenades and Jack Churchill,…
00:44:18 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Moral Panic! at the Disco (ep. 88)
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What could be more wholesome than reading a book or riding your bike? It depends on who you ask. Many things that are commonplace today were the cause of moral panics, people…
00:34:30 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
The Devil Made Me Do It (ep. 87) with Ignorance Was Bliss
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Special guest: Ignorance Was Bliss
When you run out of people to blame, blame the devil. Hear a few of the times people tried to use demonic possession as their 'get out of j…
00:30:29 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Freaks! (ep. 86)
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"We told you we had living, breathing monstrosities. You laughed at them, yet but for the accident of birth, you might be even as they are! They did not ask to be brought int…
00:32:15 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Twinsies, part 2 (ep. 85)
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The conclusion of our twin episodes, wherein we look at conjoined and a parasitic twins.
1:15 science overview
3:45 separation surgery
06:03 Masha and Dasha
11:15 parasitic t…
00:28:41 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Twinsies , part 1 (ep. 84)
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The first of a pair of episodes about twins, synchronicity, science, and dark mysteries.
1:00 science overview
3:00 twin studies
08:30 twin language
19:35 June & Jennifer Gib…
00:32:30 |
Tue 08 Oct 2019
Against All Odds - Military edition (ep. 83)
Being hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned is no reason to give up the fight.
00:40 Jan Zizka
07:20 Gate Pa
15:50 Saraghari
21:20 Attack of the Dead Men
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Music by Kevin MacLeod
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00:29:55 |
Tue 01 Oct 2019
Greatest Hits - Sigmund Freud was Full of S---
The following podcast contains frank discussions of human sexuality and anatomy. Listener discretion is advised.
Sigmund Freud may be the father of psychoanalysis, but he got a LOT of stuff wrong.
S…
00:58:00 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
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