Things I've Learned While Learning Other Things
Episodes
400 episodes
Ep 396 The Great Molasses Tragedy 1/2
The Great Molasses Tragedy in BostonUnknown UnknownsProbabilities Dominated by ConsequencesHuman ErrorIncompetencyCatastrophic Risk
Ep 395 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
MelvilleCaptain AhabMoby DickWalt WhitmanOur fearful tripDoomed
Ep 394 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & the Fuhrer
MelvilleMoby DickHitlerOSS Psyche report on the FuhrerCaptain Ahab
Ep 393 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
HitlerMoby DickMelville1943 CIA psych analysis on Hitler
Ep 434 A Portrait of Paranoia 9/10
StalinMad clappingCrudity magnified & horrid insultsVolatile TemperChekaWhoopee Cushions
Ep 422 A Badge, A Betrayal, & A Body in the Bed 2/5
Edward HanrahanFBI J Edgar HooverThe Black Panther Party Fred HamptonThreat to USA SecurityConfidential InformantThe Raid
Ep 392 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
MelvilleMoby Dick Captain AhabThe Pequotutter destructionCharismatic pull
EP 433 A Portrait of Paranoia 8/10
StalinNervous breakdown Operation Barbarossa Zhukov
Ep 420 The Real Burning Man 6/6
John Leonard OrrPyromaniacPyromaniaFreudSexual Arousal flames shooting up in air
Ep 391Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
MelvilleMoby DickCaptain AhabAdolph Hitler
Ep 390 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
MelvilleCaptain AhabAdolph HitlerMoby DickEloquenceObsessionmadness
Ep 389 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
Herman MelvilleMoby DickAdolph HitlerScapegoating JewsTreaty of VersaillesNovember CriminalsObsession
Ep 388 Captain Ahab, Moby Dick & The Fuhrer
Herman MelvilleThe Great White WhaleCaptain AhabAlbert SpeerObsessionIshmaelCalamityThe Pequot
Ep 387 The Humiliation of Canossa 6/6
Humiliation of CanossaHoly Roman Emperor vs The PopeWormsConcordat at WormsSpiritual Matters vs Affairs of StateThe Rise of the Catholic Church
Ep 386 The Humiliation at Canossa
Humiliation at CanossaNuclear options of the Pope ExcommunicationPope Gregory VII vs Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
Ep 385 The Humiliation of Canossa 4/6
Henry IV Pope Gregory VIISubmissionHumiliation at CanossaExcommunication as the Nuclear weapon in the Pope's Arsenal
Ep 384 The Humiliation of Canossa 3/6
Pope Gregory excommunicates Henry ivHenry iv deposes the PopeBattle of the titan over Lay InvestitureMy father excommunicates me in MauiGolf at Kapalua Bay Golf Course
Ep 381 The Humiliation of Canossa 2/6
Lay InvestitureThe Gregorian MovementAppointment Powers King or PopeTrump CardInvestiture Crisis 1077
Ep 378 The Humiliation of Canossa 1/6
Pecking Order HypothesisBulliesKick the Big Guy in the nutsThey Want What You GotShow no weakness, it emboldens competitorsDemonstrate Invincibility
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord Jim 2/2
Lord JimJoseph ConradMoral AmbiguityDutyCourage & CowardiceShame lasts forever
Ep 382 Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord Jim 1/2
Lord JimJoseph ConradCourage & CowardiceRights & Duties Abandoning one's duties
Ep 380 The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World 2
Voynich ManuscriptRoger BaconFamous Art ForgersNavajo LanguageDefying Understanding
Ep 379 The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World
The Voynich ManuscriptRoger BaconDefies understanding Even British & American Cryptologists can't figure it outEnigma MachineAlan TuringFermat's TheoremAndrew Wiles