Curious Insights from History
A fast podcast that is all about gaining understanding, finding inspiration, and maybe laughing a little at some curious insights. The ideas come from more popular non-fiction books. John Walker is the host.
Episodes
A good discussion of two guys eating a nice meal and talking about life, wars and noble living.
This is over a year old. I kind of forgot about it. It is my take on interesting inventions and what I believe is the greatest invention of all time.
A brief discussion of medical advances and the associated darker resources that help with those advances.
A look a a couple of real life examples of trying something new.
We start with the arrogance of John Adams. We end with the first amendment.
We discuss the telling of the truth by a pair of famous historical figures. Is lying such a bad thing? Some say telling a few fibs is a normal development. An honest youth might grow up to be not so honest as an adult.
It is amazing how looking back some things appear obvious. Yet at the time, no one really noticed.
This episode is a curious blending of war and medicine. A fascinating start to one branch of cancer treatment. I like it. I hope you will too.
A discussion of a sad day in American history and a man named Silas Soul.
Excessive punishment sometimes results in extreme reaction!
The definitive word on Civil War monuments. Or at least one opinion on one Civil War hero,
A Russian Spy from the 80's is discussed. How he did what he did and why.
The fascinating story of Alfred Nobel. How he went from dynamite king to originator of the Peace Prize.
List of Nobel Prize Winners:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates
Today we talk about a book by Upton Sinclair called The Fasting Cure. It is an old book, but is amazingly modern considering the recent understandings of what fasting can do for health.
This is a good general article about water fasting:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/water-fasting
This is the actual text of The Fasting Cure by Sinclair Lewis:
http://apache2.pum.edu.pl/~fasting/upton.pdf
Thi...
Sometime bad events lead to better outcomes.
A discussion of slavery and black soldiers during the Civil War.
A very confident young man and his exploits.
The story of a great scientist and his humble beginnings
Why it can be an advantage to be an underdog.
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