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Epiphanies!

6 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Anna and Joey celebrate and interrogate the world of everyday realizations.

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Episodes

Episode 6: Anxiety, Molybdenum, Earth, and Salt

May 06, 2019 21:07 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MB

In 1771, Sir William Herschel first observed Uranus (though he was not the first to do so). In 1778, Carl Wilhelm Scheele identified the chemical element Molybdenum (though he was not the first to do so). A few years ago, Anna found out that salt makes food taste good (she was the first to do so).

Episode 5: Hecklers, Hobbies, Reference, and Venn

April 29, 2019 18:23 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

In 1881, John Venn introduced his famous diagram. In 1960, Willard Van Orman Quine laid his thesis of the inscrutability of reference. Last Saturday night, some women thought they were funnier than a comedy show.

Episode 4: Easter, Mansplaining, Oscar Wilde, and Bones

April 23, 2019 00:20 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

Episode 4 Around the year 30, Jesus Christ died and returned three days later. In 1882, Oscar Wilde travelled to the house of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Today, we'll see how spooky ooky a bone road could be. Support Epiphanies! by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/epiphanies

Episode 3: Stinking Bodies, Black Holes, Tick Tock, and Inoculations

April 15, 2019 03:31 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Episode Notes In 2019, Dr. Katie Bouman proved instrumental in making a blurry black hole pic possible. In colonial America, enslaved Africans propelled inoculation to widespread use in a new continent. Hopefully next year, Anna will find a way to make her insides smell better. Support Epiphanies! by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/epiphanies

Episode 2: Sickness, Houses, Cults, and Ska

April 08, 2019 01:09 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

Episode Notes What did Anna do in Ecuador? Why does Joey like black licorice? What cult are you in? Let's spark an epiphany! Support Epiphanies! by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/epiphanies

Episode 1: Self, Music, Pheromones, and Lord of the Flies

April 01, 2019 00:24 - 49 minutes - 56.6 MB

New Podcast, New Me! Do dogs hear human words when they dream? Am I who I was? Is Jack the Devil? Does Wikipedia know enough about lions? Let's spark an epiphany! Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support Epiphanies by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/epiphanies

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Lord of the Flies
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