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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Titoism V: Freedom and Tyranny – Interviews with Former Yugoslavs – Balkan History
Publicat: 17.09.2017 -
Cuneiform VIII Finale: Ghost in the Tablet – Gilgamesh/Ghost in the Shell Mashup – Sumerian History
Publicat: 10.09.2017 -
F*** You, History Channel! – One-Year Anniversary Special
Publicat: 03.09.2017 -
Cuneiform VII: Temple Prostitutes – Fact or Fiction? – Sumerian History
Publicat: 27.08.2017 -
Titoism IV: Tito – Hero or Anti-hero? – Balkan History
Publicat: 20.08.2017 -
Cuneiform VI: Business Nuns – The Naditum of Ancient Mesopotamia – Sumerian History
Publicat: 13.08.2017 -
Titoism III: The Tito-Stalin Split (Feat. Kristaps Andrejsons) – Balkan History
Publicat: 06.08.2017 -
Titoism II: Tito – Bond or Bond Villain? – Balkan History
Publicat: 06.08.2017 -
Cuneiform V: 50 Shades of Clay – Erotic Poetry of Ancient Sumer – Sumerian History
Publicat: 30.07.2017 -
Titoism I: Slovenia from Prehistory to Tito – Balkan History
Publicat: 23.07.2017 -
Cuneiform IV: The Great Sumerian Bake-off – Sumerian History
Publicat: 16.07.2017 -
Education Makes Women Infertile – PDT3K – Women’s History
Publicat: 09.07.2017 -
Cuneiform III: Intrigue in the Court of Mari – RPG – Sumerian History
Publicat: 02.07.2017 -
Titoism Prologue: A Personal Reflection – Balkan History
Publicat: 25.06.2017 -
Cuneiform II: Scribewarts Academy – RPG – Sumerian History
Publicat: 18.06.2017 -
Boy Scouts of Feudal Japan – PDT3K – Japanese History
Publicat: 11.06.2017 -
Cuneiform I: You’ve Got Mail – The World’s First Writing – Sumerian History
Publicat: 04.06.2017 -
Balance of Power V: Oops, A Great War – European History
Publicat: 28.05.2017 -
Balance of Power IV: Uh-oh, the Balkan Situation – European History
Publicat: 21.05.2017 -
Balance of Power III: Nationalism Arise! – European History
Publicat: 14.05.2017
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.