Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
A podcast by B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends
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120 Episoade
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Technocracy III: Welcome to the Technate! – Alternate History – North American History
Publicat: 15.04.2018 -
Technocracy II: Techno-snark and the Techno-future – North American History
Publicat: 01.04.2018 -
Technocracy I: Functional Control Is Imperative – North American History
Publicat: 18.03.2018 -
Mohism VI Finale: Big Trouble in Little Moh-town – RPG – Chinese History
Publicat: 04.03.2018 -
Mohism V: Your Mohist Training – RPG – Chinese History
Publicat: 18.02.2018 -
Space Exploration in 1920: In Honor of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch – PDT3K – Science History
Publicat: 14.02.2018 -
Mohism IV: The Castle of Horrors, Part 2 – Chinese History
Publicat: 04.02.2018 -
Mohism III: Dungeon Master Mo and the Castle of Horrors, Part 1 – Chinese History
Publicat: 21.01.2018 -
Dead Contraceptives, feat. Kelly Nussbaum – Women’s History
Publicat: 14.01.2018 -
Mohism II: Working Class Philosophers – Chinese History
Publicat: 07.01.2018 -
Mohism I: Ancient Chinese Leftists – Chinese History
Publicat: 24.12.2017 -
Christmas Ghost Stories: Glámr the Icelandic Draugr, and 13 Candles – Viking History
Publicat: 21.12.2017 -
Self-mummification III: A Japanese Abelard and Heloise – Japanese History
Publicat: 10.12.2017 -
Self-mummification II: The Perfect Samurai and the Farmer Fuck-up – Japanese History
Publicat: 26.11.2017 -
The Merry Thanksgiving of the Burglar and Plumber, 1895 – PDT3K – American History
Publicat: 19.11.2017 -
Self-mummification I: Buddhist Mummies of Japan – Japanese History
Publicat: 12.11.2017 -
Halloween in Scotland and at Sea in 1886 – PDT3K – Scottish History
Publicat: 30.10.2017 -
Titoism Epilogue: Another Personal Reflection – Balkan History
Publicat: 29.10.2017 -
Titoism VII: The National Question: An Interview with Alex Cruikshanks – Balkan History
Publicat: 15.10.2017 -
Titoism VI: Art, Pop, and Yugonostalgia: An Interview with Dr. Noah Charney and Srdjan Perisic – Balkan History
Publicat: 01.10.2017
We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.