Ungeniused
318 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 120 ratingsUngeniused is a show dedicated to covering the weirdest articles found on Wikipedia. Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley are here to explain topics and share knowledge you'll never be able to use in real life. Hosted by Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley.
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208: Non-Microwave Popcorn Makers
March 19, 2024 15:00 - 11 minutes - 12.9 MBIf a microwave is too high-tech for you, there are a bunch of others ways to make popcorn. Most of them have super fun names. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Ungeniused #207: Microwave Popcorn - Relay FM Jiffy Pop - Wikipedia Wyeth - Wikipedia AKA "American Home Products." Popcorn m...
207: Microwave Popcorn
March 05, 2024 16:00 - 9 minutes - 11.5 MBThis week, Myke and Stephen pop into the podcast feed to talk about the pros and cons of microwave popcorn. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Microwave popcorn - Wikipedia Susceptor - Wikipedia susceptor Jiffy Pop - Wikipedia
206: Biosphere 2: The Missions
February 20, 2024 16:00 - 11 minutes - 13.1 MBBiosphere 2 hosted just two "sealed-in" crews, both during the 1990s. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Biosphere 2 - Wikipedia Roy Walford - Wikipedia Confined environment psychology - Wikipedia Jane Poynter - Wikipedia Spaceship Earth (film) - Wikipedia
205: Biosphere 2: The Campus
February 06, 2024 16:00 - 11 minutes - 13.3 MBIn Arizona stands a large glass structure built to be sealed off from the outside world to house various ecosystems. The 3.14-acre structure took almost five years to build and was used twice for its original use. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Biosphere 2 - Wikipedia About Biosphere 2 Closed ecolog...
204: Crystal Pepsi
January 23, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes - 13.9 MBIt was like Pepsi, but clear. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Crystal Pepsi - Wikipedia Clear craze - Wikipedia The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels Clearly Canadian - Wikipedia Snapple - Wikipedia Ungeniused #203: OK Soda - Relay FM Tab Clear - Wikipedia Winging It - Fast Company (via the Waybac...
203: OK Soda
January 09, 2024 16:00 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MBIn the mid-1990s, Coca-Cola sold a soft drink aimed at Gen X consumers. Apparently, the company wanted to experience more pain after the New Coke fiasco in the 1980s. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback OK Soda - Wikipedia Ungeniused #60: The Cola Wars and New Coke - Relay FM Crystal Peps...
202: Boxing Day
December 26, 2023 16:00 - 9 minutes - 11.5 MBThe holiday that has confused Americans for centuries is finally explained. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Boxing Day - Wikipedia Ungeniused #118: Black Friday - Relay FM Saint Stephen's Day - Wikipedia
201: Clock of the Long Now
December 12, 2023 16:00 - 12 minutes - 14.4 MBYour Apple Watch won't keep time for 10,000 years, but this project aims to build a clock that can. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Clock of the Long Now - Wikipedia Long Now Foundation - Wikipedia Bezos Expeditions - Wikipedia Danny Hillis - Wikipedia Ungeniused #187: Long-term N...
200: Dates Predicted for Apocalyptic Events
November 28, 2023 16:00 - 14 minutes - 16.9 MBOver the centuries, many people have predicted when the world will end. So far, none of them have been correct. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia Ungeniused #41: Y2K - Relay FM 2012 phenomenon - Wikipedia
199: The Keene Pumpkin Festival Riots
November 14, 2023 16:00 - 10 minutes - 12 MBThis week, the guys return to Keene, New Hampshire, to talk about the dark side of the town's jack-o'-lantern events. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Keene, New Hampshire - Wikipedia New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival - Wikipedia Riot breaks out at New Hampshire pumpkin festival - Los Ang...
198: Jack-o'-lanterns
October 31, 2023 15:00 - 6 minutes - 7.89 MBDon't mess with Keene, New Hampshire. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Jack-o'-lantern - Wikipedia Myke and Adina's Jack-o'-lanterns Camp Sunshine
197: Shoe-fitting Fluoroscope
October 17, 2023 15:00 - 14 minutes - 16.4 MBCan I help you try on this shoe? Insert your foot into this dodgy X-ray machine! This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia Fluoroscopy - Wikipedia Brannock Device - Wikipedia The sliding metal foot measuring things Stephen remembers.
196: Chain Letters
October 03, 2023 15:00 - 11 minutes - 13.6 MBListen to this episode and share it with five of your friends, or something bad may happen.
195: Worm Charming
September 19, 2023 15:30 - 14 minutes - 17.1 MBAttracting earthworms from underground is one heck of a sport.
194: The Republic of Rose Island
September 05, 2023 15:00 - 9 minutes - 11.3 MBIn the late 1960s, the grooviest place to be was a platform off the coast of Italy... for two months, anyway.
193: John Hancock Tower
August 22, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 12.2 MBThis 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper towered over Boston when it opened in 1976, and thankfully is still upright, despite some startling structural issues.
192: The Citicorp Center Engineering Crisis
August 08, 2023 15:00 - 11 minutes - 13.8 MBThe Citicorp Center's unique design turned heads when it opened in the 1970s. Little did people know that the building was in danger of collapse until secret repairs could be made.
191: Vantablack
July 25, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MB“It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.”
190: Buc-ee's
July 11, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 12.7 MBIt's a gas station. It's a jerky bar. It's a set of very clean bathrooms. It's a gas station. It's a jerky bar. It's a bathroom. Are you getting it? This is not three highway stops. It's one highway stop. And they call it Buc-ee's.
189: Fainting Goats
June 13, 2023 15:00 - 8 minutes - 9.55 MBWe've all been startled by sudden noises, but some goats take being scared to an all-new level.
188: Jazz Design
May 30, 2023 15:00 - 6 minutes - 7.37 MBIt may have been a design for the lowly paper cup, but Jazz design has come to define much of the aesthetic we associate with the glory days of the 1990s.
187: Long-term Nuclear Waste Warning Messages
May 16, 2023 15:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBStoring nuclear waste comes with many safety challenges. One of them is keeping people away from the site... even tens of thousands of years after everyone involved is dead and gone.
186: The Mighty Spork
May 02, 2023 15:00 - 8 minutes - 9.68 MBDo you need to use a fork, but could also use a spoon? Get you a utensil that can do both!
185: Three More Weird Sports
April 04, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutes - 18.3 MBIt's been too long since Stephen and Myke looked at some unusual sports. Today, that wrong is righted with discussions of wife-carrying, toe wrestling and mobile phone throwing.
184: World Sauna Championships
March 21, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 11.7 MBFrom 1999 to 2010, Finland hosted an annual endurance contest that ultimately ended in tragedy.
183: McBarge and Expo 86
March 07, 2023 16:00 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MBIn 1986, Vancouver held a World's Fair. One feature of the expo — a floating McDonald's restaurant — has made waves ever since.
182: The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash
February 21, 2023 16:00 - 11 minutes - 13.9 MB60 years ago, a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed in North Carolina.
181: Parking Chairs
February 07, 2023 16:00 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBNeed to call dibs on a parking spot after you dug it out of the snow? Just grab a chair!
180: The Baltic Sea Anomaly
January 24, 2023 16:00 - 7 minutes - 9.25 MBOn the floor of the Baltic Sea rests the remains of a crashed UFO. Or a rock. Whatever.
179: The Videotape Format War
January 10, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBThe 1980s were a magical time when the world enjoyed neon, disco and Betamax.
178: Twelve Drummers Drumming
January 05, 2023 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.22 MBOn the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve drummers drumming.
177: Eleven Pipers Piping
January 04, 2023 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.05 MBOn the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven pipers piping.
176: Ten Lords A-leaping
January 03, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.46 MBOn the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a-leaping.
175: Nine Ladies Dancing
January 02, 2023 16:00 - 3 minutes - 4.58 MBOn the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine ladies dancing.
174: Eight Maids A-Milking
January 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 2.4 MBOn the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eight maids a-milking.
173: Seven Swans A-swimming
December 31, 2022 16:00 - 12 seconds - 528 KBOn the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me seven swans a-swimming.
172: Six Geese A-laying
December 30, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.69 MBOn the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me six geese a-laying.
171: Five Golden Rings
December 29, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 8.31 MBOn the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me five golden rings.
170: Four Calling Birds
December 28, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.75 MBOn the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me four calling birds.
169: Three French Hens
December 27, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.84 MBOn the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me three French hens.
168: Two Turtle Doves
December 26, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.81 MBOn the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle doves.
167: A Partridge in a Pear Tree
December 25, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.79 MBOn the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
166: The Twelve Days of Christmas
December 24, 2022 16:00 - 4 minutes - 5.59 MBFirst published in the 1700s, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a true holiday tradition, with people singing it worldwide each year.
164: The Howard Street Tunnel Fire
November 29, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 9.07 MBIn 2001, a freight train derailed in Baltimore, causing a fire that burned for five days and over $12 million in damages.
163: The Nottingham Cheese Riot
November 15, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 6.75 MBIn 1766, England was suffering from rising prices and food shortages. One day in October, violence broke out over cheese.
162: The Gateway Arch
November 01, 2022 15:00 - 14 minutes - 17.1 MBRising from the shores of the Mississippi River, the Gateway Arch welcomes thousands of visitors a year to explore it's soaring heights through tiny windows at the top.
161: Waterbeds
October 18, 2022 15:00 - 9 minutes - 10.8 MBWaterbeds have been around a lot longer than you might think. Join Myke and Stephen as they dive into the world of nighttime waves.
160: Dolly the Sheep
October 04, 2022 15:00 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MBIn 1996, history was made when a research team in Scotland cloned the first animal from genetic material harvested from an adult mammal.
159: Paris Syndrome
September 20, 2022 15:00 - 8 minutes - 10.4 MBParis is a beautiful destination for millions of tourists a year, but for some of them, it's a nightmare. And Paris isn't even the only city with its own syndrome.