General Curiosity
I, Alex Jones (not that one), am generally curious about... well, everything. As a former teacher, I'm still learning, and I want you to follow me on my learning journey and foster your own curiosity.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
General Curiosity
Latest Episodes
E5 - The Mayflower Complex: A Colony of Unfortunate Events
In this episode, we dive back in with the Mayflower Pilgrims as they limp into Patuxet—land they’ve commandeered from the Wampanoag—and struggle through a brutal winter of illness, hunger, and chaotic colonial drama, all while the Wampanoag, le...
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Episode 5
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E4 - The Mayflower Complex: Truth, Tradition, and the First Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving mini-episode untangles the myths around Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims, and that famous 1621 feast—spoiler, it was way less magical than the storybook version—and shows how the real meaning of the holiday actually comes from Linc...
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Episode 4
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E3 - The Mayflower Complex: Wampanoag Ways and Gathering Storms
Today, we put a pin in the Pilgrims and focus (extra long) on the world they were walking, or rather stumbling, into. Long before the Pilgrims commandeered one of their abandoned villages, there existed a widespread population of sachemships, r...
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Episode 3
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E2 - The Mayflower Complex: Compacts, Corn Heists, and Contradictions
The Separatists who founded Plymouth Colony set out to build God’s perfect community—and immediately met with obstacles. After fleeing England, ditching the Dutch, and surviving a miserable Mayflower voyage, they landed way off course and wrote...
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Episode 2
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E1 - The Mayflower Complex: God’s Chosen and They Know It
They left England for “religious freedom”… but only for themselves. As we explore the deep roots causes of the American War for Independence, which started in Massachusetts, we dive into the real, detailed story of the Mayflower Pilgrims — from...
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Episode 1
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