The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
|
In almost seventy episodes chronicling bad ideas and loopy frauds through the ages one name has come up again and again. From phrenology to mesmerism to a strange ghostly bowl of molasses, he's the Forrest Gump of 19th century pseudo-science.
Get a free trial of The Great Courses Plus and three months of unlimited access for just $30 dollars by going to https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/theconstant Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting: http://betterhelp.com/theconstant and entering discount code "theconstant". Visit our Patreon here. Music by: Blue Dot Sessions Lee Rosevere Kevin MacLeod Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
44 Comments
Here we are. We've examined arctic explorers, secret armies, zany daredevils, Wisconsin whiz kids and so many more only to come up empty. This is the end of the rope. Can we solve the mystery of The Foolkiller, the submarine discovered in the Chicago River in 1915, or is this one just meant to be a mystery forever. Stick around and find out.
Get a free trial of The Great Courses Plus and three months of unlimited access for just $30 dollars by going to https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/theconstant Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting: http://betterhelp.com/theconstant and entering discount code "theconstant". Finally, there's www.industrialartifacts.net where you can enter coupon code "theconstant" for 15% off your first order. Visit our Patreon here. For more information, photos and video related to this episode, go to constantpodcast.com Music by: Blue Dot Sessions Lee Rosevere Kevin MacLeod Animeistrash Voice talent from: Chad The Bird of Chad The Podcast Sebastian Major of Our Fake History Bilal Dardai of Unwell: A Midwest Gothic Mystery Jake Barton of Historium Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria Zachary Davis of Ministry of Ideas Tamar Avishai of The Lonely Palette Wade Roush of Soonish Charles Gustine of Iconography Kavita Pillay of Subtitle Phil Ridarelli of The Neo-Futurists And Heather Chrisler of Virtually Everything Oh God She's Cool |
The ConstantYour second favorite series about putting right what once went wrong 
Archives
March 2023
Categories |
RSS Feed