natural disasters

We’ve covered the deadly day in 79 AD when Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in a suffocating layer of ash and pumice. But we haven’t covered the aftermath: where did [...Read More...]

Mammoths existed on our planet for roughly five million years, and they were perfectly adapted to the ice age world they inhabited. So perfectly adapted that when the last [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! The Economist: Mammoth society seems to have been like that of modern elephants CNET: Woolly mammoth extinction blamed on climate change, not human hunting. [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode would not be possible without the following sources:  Time.com – Did the 10 Plagues of Egypt Really Happen? World History.org [...Read More...]

The story of The Ten Plagues of Egypt is featured in both Jewish and Christian mythology. It’s a dark, haunting tale that features a capricious God meting out increasingly [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t have been possible without these sources: Ancient Americas: Teotihuacan Where One Becomes a God (Video)  Sideprojects [...Read More...]

Teotihuacan is an ancient pre-Colombian city in central America, founded two thousand years ago. It’s the home of some of the most iconic Mesoamerican monuments in [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t have been possible without the following sources: New York Times – Suicide Forest Article  Mental Floss – 15 [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t be possible without the following sources: Secrets of the Aegean Apocalyse (documentary film)  A Tale of Two Cities in [...Read More...]

High in the mountains of eastern Crete, there’s a secret that has been kept since the 1200s BC. It’s the secret of the strange and still-unexplained 80+ ancient villages [...Read More...]