Popular Reviews of The Constant

This is not your standard history podcast! In fact, I think of it more as a skeptical podcast that uses our history of getting things wrong—often terribly wrong—to help us realize that maybe, just maybe, we've still a little (or a lot of) wrong-thinking in our daily lives.

Podcasts like this tickle me in a way I can’t even describe to you. In fact, I secretly rage with jealousy at how good they are and how perhaps my one-day dream of being a podcaster will come close to coming with a concept this good. Here’s the low-down:Did you know that Europeans used to believe that sheep grew from Mongolian trees? Have you heard about the army that lost a battle against itself? Ever seen the gleaming Las Vegas hotel that accidentally shoots heat rays at poolside guests?The Constant is a science and history podcast about getting things wrong. From ancient science to contemporary blunders, it takes you on journeys of misadventure and misapprehension, filling your brain with juicy nuggets of the sometimes comical, sometimes tragical and always fascinating ways people mess things up.Love it!

Fun and amusing podcast about failure

Annoying voice, filled with superiority and historical blindness. Additionally, episode descriptions completely useless. Latest episode does not mention anywhere it's filled with just post 19th century boring trivia about the USA, because of course for Americans that's the whole world. Waste of time.

Talk about smart, fascinating, funny stuff - this is it. I Googled Chrisler expecting to find a college professor. He certainly has an academic's warehouse of knowledge. Instead, I found a playwright. No surprise, really. The guy knows how to tell a story with wit and a grand sense of irony. If podcasts get any better than this, please let me know.

Thinking that this podcast is about history is not correct. I didn't like history in school. But I love a great story and here you will find great stories you had no chance to hear in your history classes.The narrator is great, very easy to listen, high quality background (maybe not in first episodes, but I do remember how much better it becomes with time in terms of sound).I am very surprised it has so little recognition here, definitely must listen.