The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
Did you know that Europeans used to believe that sheep grew from Mongolian trees? Have you heard about the misbegotten discovery of a new form of water in the 1960s that set off a cold war arms race? Ever seen the gleaming Las Vegas hotel that accidentally shoots heat rays at poolside guests? The Constant is an audio history of getting things wrong. From ancient science to contemporary blunders, we take you on journeys of misadventure and misapprehension, filling your brain with juicy nuggets of the sometimes comical, sometimes tragical and always fascinating ways people mess things up.
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April 23, 2024 • 69 mins
Many men tried to claim the invention of anesthesia as their own. It didn't work out well for any of them.
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April 9, 2024 • 45 mins
What does every wild west shootout in every movie you've ever seen have to do with the history of anesthesia? You'll find out in the cold open! Then, stick around for the rest.
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March 26, 2024 • 48 mins
The war between humanity and its oldest, archest of enemies: pain.
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March 12, 2024 • 56 mins
He was the most beautiful man in the history of Athens. And he nearly destroyed it.
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February 27, 2024 • 54 mins
Until recently, our understanding of where babies came from was hazy. Which made it easy for a certain class of hucksters to make up crazy stuff about them.
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February 13, 2024 • 56 mins
We're remaking one of the all-time classic Constant episodes, this time with decent audio!
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January 30, 2024 • 50 mins
Did a woman secretly manage to become pope, only to be revealed by a badly mistimed labor in the streets of Rome? Probably not! But it's gonna be fun figuring it out for sure!
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January 16, 2024 • 42 mins
Did a cross-dressing woman manage to worm her way into the papacy, and was she discovered when she gave birth on the street? Lots of people believe and have believed in the Legend of Pope Joan. We're taking a two part dive into the history.
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January 2, 2024 • 68 mins
Find Historical Blindness at https://www.historicalblindness.com/ or wherever you listen to this podcast. We'll be back with a new year of new episodes in two weeks.
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December 19, 2023 • 64 mins
They celebrate the season a little differently down at The British Medical Journal.
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December 5, 2023 • 75 mins
The James R. Thompson Center is the most hated building in the city of Chicago. And it has to be protected.
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November 21, 2023 • 60 mins
We can go deeper.
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November 7, 2023 • 53 mins
This week, we're going deep. How deep? No one knows!
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October 24, 2023 • 67 mins
A beastly history of the beasts that stalked Europe for centuries.
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October 10, 2023 • 89 mins
In which a psychic horse causes the greatest crisis in scientific history.
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October 7, 2023 • 30 mins
The Baynard Mausoleum is the oldest surviving structure on Hilton Head Island, but eerily, the family once interred inside is no longer there. Now, after a century of vandalism and treasure hunters has taken its toll, we attempt to explore the local lore that has sprung up to give this unique tomb a romantic origin story.
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September 19, 2023 • 86 mins
In which a talking, psychic horse gives JB Rhine the idea for a new field of science: parapsychology.
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September 5, 2023 • 83 mins
A horse is a horse, unless, of course, that horse can tell the future.
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August 22, 2023 • 55 mins
Early episodes of this show sound like crap! So this week we're remaking a couple of old favorites.
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August 8, 2023 • 53 mins
In 1900, three lighthouse keepers went missing, starting a phony mystery that long concealed a real one.
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