Some Forever, Some For Better
We bought a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica from 1980 and 1877 and now we're going to pick a random topic from 1980, 1877 and Wikipedia then discuss how information has changed through the years.
Episodes
1877: Algerian History in the 1800s. A brief discussion about the US Barbary Pirate War, then mostly the French trying to colonize Algeria.
1980: Apprenticeship and Work Training - Mostly a discussion about Skyrim but occasionally the actual structures in history that Skyrim was based on.
Wikipedia: Faradaya, which is a plant genus that looks like it isn't used any more. It was named after Michael Faraday by an anti-Darwinism fr...
1877 - Khazar Empire was an Asian empire that existed for 3 times longer than the US, but it wasn't really covered in our history books
1980 - Work Organization in the Middle Ages - how the need for goods led to guilds that led to owners, proto-capitalism, and proto-factories in the middle ages
Wikipedia - Strmca - A small town in Slovenia, but the real story was the baby that caused us to cut this one short.
JD Vance touched the pope and he died. We're exploring the connection.
Portuguese colonized India, but the Dutch said "no", then the English said "no" to the Dutch.
The Muslims took over this giant empire that stretched from Turkey to India, and kicked out the Zoroastrians until Freddy Mercury was the only one left.
Bun E. Carlos looked like a band teacher, but was the drummer for the biggest band in Japan(and ...
Salsola Kali created connections to so many topics that we decided to make this the season ending episode. It's like when you are creating a scripted show and the season finale wraps up all the storylines. Salsola Kali did this for us - God Bless You Salsola Kali. This will prolly never happen again since all the topics are random.
Plus in this episode, you learn a lot about John Milton and Hal writes some impromptu poetry that...
From 1877 - Cyzicus, including the Trump of the Ancient World and Hadrian's Magnificent Temple
From 1980 - Fluid Mechanics, no physics, no math, but we cover some interesting stories about the people involved.
From Wiki - the Roman Catholic Diocese of Canindeyu, a little Jesuit and a lot of mid 1800 history of Paraguay.
Listen as Hal complains that Stan is boring and putting everyone to sleep...or...
Listen as a sleep aid.
Topics include The History of Botany from 1877.
The Medieval History of glass in Venice and Germany from 1980.
Charles S. Zane from Wikipedia.
1877 - Balghat - District in India
1980 - Central African History - Some of the celebrated explorers from England but also a brutal time for exploitation of Africans
Wikipedia - American Republic Insurance Company Headquarters Building( or the Bunshaft and Iowa section)
1877 - Chess
1980 - Buddhism(Monasteries and Ceremonies)
Wikipedia - Minnesota Highway 57
We had a technical issue and only recorded 12 minutes. We didn't want to repeat the episode since it would sound rehearsed so I brought in Makala to discuss a few highlights and to introduce the portion we were able to recover. As you can tell by the 12 minutes we've included, it was going to be good. Now you will never know the full couch story.
1877 Encyclopedia Britannica - Catawba
1980 Encyclopedia Britannica - Forest Communities
Wikipedia - Philipp Schmid
1877 - Current knowledge in 1877, 1980, and now
1980 - Human Impact on the earth
Wikipedia - Gloucester Docks in 1877, 1980, and now
1877 - History of Astronomy
1980 - Physiographic Effect of Tectonics
Wikipedia - Alexie Makarov
We cover:
Omaha and Omar Kayyam from 1877
Feasts and Festivals from 1980
And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffery Archer from Wikipedia
Televisions is from 1980 Encyclopedia
Temple is from 1877 Encyclopedia
It Happened Out West is from Wikipedia
Stan and Hal compare these randomly selected topics based on the information included in each encylopedia.
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