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Teach Me Something

Melissa and Everett Bellingham

On this podcast we find topics that inspire our curiosity and reflect our passions. Have you ever heard a cool fact or seen something intriguing and thought, "I'd really like to know more about that"? Well that happens to us a lot, but what's the point of learning cool things if you have no one to share them with? On Teach Me Something we are committed to lifelong learning, and taking you along for the journey.

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  1. The 30 Years War Pt II: There Are No Time Outs in War 1:29:17
  2. The 30 Years War Pt I: Be Wary of Windows in Prague 1:28:01
  3. How Many Spare Parts Do You Have? Human Evolution and Adaptation 1:31:41
  4. Rebel Animals Without a Cause: Rules Were Made to Be Broken 1:29:10
  5. Lakes and Rivers: Don't Go Chasing Victoria Falls... 1:26:54
  6. Comparative Mythology Pt VII(b): The Afterlife, Bring Exact Change 1:15:46
  7. Comparative Mythology Pt VII(a): Attaining the Afterlife 1:23:56
  8. On a Scale of Hannibal Lector to Mrs. Doubtfire: A Review of Parenting in the Animal Kingdom 1:31:05
  9. Before You Reconquista, You Must First Conquista: History of the Iberian Peninsula 1:13:59
  10. The Matilda Effect Pt II: Girl Talk 1:16:27
  11. The Matilda Effect Pt I: Giving Credit Where Nobel Didn't 1:21:12
  12. Any Sufficiently Advanced Ancient Technology is Indistinguishable from Aliens 1:22:22
  13. Smell is a Noun AND a Verb: Smell and Animals 1:29:11
  14. The Science of Hair: The Lowdown on Long Luxurious Locks 1:09:48
  15. Reputation Ruiners or Fame Makers? Intriguing Eponyms from History 1:12:36
  16. Viruses Part II: The Deadliest Catch 1:19:59
  17. Viruses Part I: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend 1:23:07
  18. Was Lamarck Right After All? Epigenetics: A Very Brief Overview 1:23:03
  19. No Dying for You! A Brief History of Banned Things 1:35:06
  20. Animals & Alcohol: Never Challenge a Hamster to a Drinking Contest 1:06:08
  21. What's in a Name?: An Ivan We Call by Any Other Name Would Still Be as Terrible 1:36:30
  22. Animal Domestication: Is Love an Extractable Resource? 1:20:40
  23. Transmissible Tumours: Beelzebub Has a Devil for a Pup That Screams 1:18:12
  24. History of Hygiene Pt III: Are Land Crocodiles the Secret to Better Skin? 1:23:20
  25. Why You Can't Snack on Vegetables: Fun Fruit and Vegetable Facts 1:23:30
  26. Birds, Booze, & Boars: Silly Wars that Shaped Canadian Borders 42:26
  27. MSG Makes Stuff Good (And Is Perfectly Safe): A Scientific Review 55:46
  28. Comparative Mythology Pt VI: In the Beginning... 1:30:44
  29. At Least These Eels Don't Shriek: Electricity and Animals 1:14:23
  30. Teach Me Something Presents: (Even More) Fun with Flags! 1:21:46
  31. Newts Should Not Be on the Menu: Poison & Animals 1:34:06
  32. The Botany of Booze Pt II: The Distinctive Flavour of Worm 1:30:26
  33. The Botany of Booze Pt I: Libation-Inspiring Plants of the New World 1:32:51
  34. Flesh-Feasting Flora: An Overview of Carnivorous Plants 1:15:53
  35. The Case of the Wandering Uterus: The Hysterical History of Psychoanalysis 1:20:58
  36. Japanese Yokai: Sand Throwers, Shape Shifters, and Scum Lickers 1:26:39
  37. Lepidoptera: Float Like a Butterfly, Steal From a Bee 1:16:43
  38. The 100 Years' War: Battlefield Buffoonery and Perfidious Burgundians 1:50:50
  39. Canids: When is a Fox Not a Fox? 1:22:54
  40. Sleeping With One Eye Open: A Survey of Sleep in the Animal Kingdom 1:36:15
  41. The Measles Menace: The Depths of the Deception of (ex) Doctor Andrew Wakefield 1:14:53
  42. The Evolution of the Theory of Evolution: Going Deeper than Darwin 1:15:32
  43. The Monkey Trial of the Infidel Scopes: Fundamentalists vs. the ACLU 1:16:32
  44. Crocodilians: Expert Extinction Evaders 1:12:27
  45. The Bhopal Chemical Plant Disaster: An Ongoing Tragedy 56:42
  46. Heavy Metals and Halogens: Industrial Environmental Disasters 1:01:53
  47. Ancient Greek Constellations: A Match Made in Heaven 1:11:12
  48. Grosse Île and the 1847 Typhus Epidemic: Don't Trust the Devil's Apples 1:07:20
  49. Human Adaptation: To Boldly Go Where No Hominin Had Gone Before 1:20:09
  50. The Wonders of The World: Seven is the Perfect Number of Wonders, Eight is Right Out 1:18:03