Moxie LaBouche
Your Brain on Facts
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From rainbow parties to Spiritualism to two bands touring as a band they're not, we take a look at some noteworthy hoaxes and false panics.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You've probably heard about the Austrian Christmas demon Krampus, but what about Befana, the Italian Christmas witch? In what country do you need reservations for Xmas dinner at KFC? Where do people wish you happy holidays with a specific reque
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Necessity is the mother of invention and these inventions had real mothers! Hear about Black female inventors, the tribulations of research, and a story I didn't expect to find and couldn't pass up.01:00 L'histoire 06:36 Martha Jones's corn h
Congrats to Hearts & Wheels, who won week 2 of #moxiemillion, by sharing the show to help it reach 1 million downloads this month!Necessity is the mother of invention and who was in a more necessitous position than victims of the Atlantic slav
Congrats to Richard Enriquez, who won week 1 of #moxiemillion, by sharing the show to help it reach 1 million downloads this month!Cleopatra-schmeopatra! Hear the stories of three queens of Africa who should also be household names. Starring t
I thought you might also like the show "What Was That Like?," real people in unreal situations.
With half the world's continents being home to a panoply of monkey species, it's no wonder the people of Center & South America, Asia, and Africa hold monkeys in high esteems as mythological and religious figures. Hear about Hanuman, howlers, H
Javier Leiva from Pretend did a podcast with me!!!! Like what you hear? Become a patron of the arts for as little as $2 a month! Or buy the book or some merch. We teach each other about:03:10 a pig in a poke06:30 salting a mine10:00 melo
How'd it go for the first BBC announcer with an accent? How much work can you get if you "make it" in voiceover? How much did the woman behind Siri make? And what's a pencil got to do with any of this? All this and more in part 2!Like what you
I thought you might also like the show Everything Everywhere Daily. It's like YBOF, but shorter and more often.
Happy new year! Or is it? It depends on which calendar you're using.Like what you hear? Become a patron of the arts for as little as $2 a month! Or buy the book or some merch. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on
Happy holidays to all my beautiful Brainiacs! Enjoy this bonus mini episode on a bit of history that, while not obscure, should be better-known (and taken to heart) by more people -- the WWI Christmas Truce.Learn more about your ad choices. V
Voted on by our Patreon, we look at the what, how, and for-gods-sake-why of some of those most hated holiday songs!02:40 Banned songs08:09 Wonderful Christmastime10:45 Chipmunks Song16:36 Little Drummer Boy (Peace on Earth)Like what you he
Strategic reserves -- everything from Canadian maple syrup to seeds -- are intended to stabilize prices or to help us survive, in both the short and long term. So what are we keeping and why? (and what happens if someone steals it?!)Like what
From music hall to Red Dwarf, pantomime to Absolutely Fabulous, we look at the history of British comedy, the names, shows, and historical events that made it what it is today.Like what you hear? Become a patron of the arts for as little as $2
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and it's been downhill for New World peoples ever since. Today we look at residential schools, the occupation of Alcatraz by Indians of All Tribes, the Oka crisis (aka the Mohawk resistance), and Sacheen
A microphone is a good enough platform for getting back at people, but an entire recording studio is even better. Popular music is littered with songs getting back at an ex lover, from Waylon Jennings to Taylor Swift, but a fair number of the t
Quick, switch over to Vodacast to see the pictures I talk about in the episode!From using a train in a car race to marathon doping with deadly poison, there's far more excitement in racing than simply declaring a winner.YBOF Book; Audiobook (
As a special treat and thank-you to all my gracious and kind supporters, I present my take on the origin of the jack-o-lantern from its Irish folklore roots. If you've been a long-time follower of my buddy Shawn at Ink and Ash (formerly Stor
♪♫This is Halloween! This is Halloween!♫♪ Supporters on our Patreon and fans in our FB group chose the topics for today's episode (plus now there's a sub-reddit): 01:35 sorting Dracula fact from fiction07:49 how horror stars got their stars2
Twins, synchronicity, science, anomalies, and dark mysteries.Support the showMerch, bookMusic by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script.Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega
From Irish selkies to Japanese kitsune, from Navajo skin-walkers to Ethiopian werehyenas, there doesn't seem to be a culture in the world that doesn't have at least one shape-shifter in its folklore or mythology.Personal update:Hey, so can we
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Learn why parents objected to
For every Star Wars, there's a hundred middling films and outright flops. Plus, hear about movie so unlucky, they may actually have been cursed, in a sample of the Your Brain On Facts audiobook.Read the full script. Support the show.It's be
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