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The BrainFood ShowHow Government Works, When Does the U.S. Government Debt Become Unsustainable, And Much MoreWe live in, shall we say, politically divisive times… which, contrary to some’s belief, is no different than really any other point since humans started humaning. From Ancient Rome to relatively more modern times in the likes of Thomas Jefferson secretly bankrolling Scottish scandalmonger James Callender to attack Jefferson’s presidential opponent and former best friend, John Adams. And things haven’t exactly improved since, though also contrary to seemingly popular sentiment, as anyone who studies history in any depth will tell you, while the world today is far from perfect and a lot to fix, the best time to...2025-06-061h 30
The BrainFood ShowWhat's So Special About McDonald's Fries?Ah, McDonald’s French Fries. According to a poll we recently ran here, 48% of about 42,000 of you prefer this restaurant’s slender tan starch sticks to all the other restaurant tuber cutting offerings, with this percentage more than double the next runner up which was a blanket choice of “Other”- i.e. nearly all other restaurant french fries combined. While many view McDonald’s as a hamburger joint, the truth is, beyond in the present day McDonald’s making about 1/3 of their revenue from their franchises on real estate (all once causing Ray Kroc to quip he wasn’t in the hambu...2025-06-0446 min
The BrainFood ShowWhat's It Actually Like to Be an Amish Person?As humans continue to rapidly accelerate to replacing ourselves with
robot overlords or otherwise see if we can’t make Wall-E into a
prophetic mocumentary, one group of homosapiens refuses to go quietly
into the night. And, while it may come as a surprise to you, this group
is seemingly set to inherit the Earth, given their population is
exploding, whilst birth rates for the rest of us are declining to an
extent that most developed nations are already well past the point where
their coming generations will be significantly smaller than the
current. But not so for our bu...2025-06-031h 02
The BrainFood ShowWho was the Most Prolific Serial Killer of All Time?In the pantheon of worst humans to ever human you will find no shortage
of bastions of awful. Hitler probably has the most collective conscious
panache, but at least he had the decency to bravely, and with no regard
for his personal safety, infiltrate the Hitler bunker and then put a
bullet through the cranium of Hitler. But individuals like Hitler did
their killing via proxy. As for those who were a little more hands on,
the Hitler of these was arguably a man by the name of Vasili Blokhin
who, as we’ve covered previously in our video Wh...2025-05-1738 minThe BrainFood ShowWho was the Most Prolific Serial Killer of All Time?In the pantheon of worst humans to ever human you will find no shortage
of bastions of awful. Hitler probably has the most collective conscious
panache, but at least he had the decency to bravely, and with no regard
for his personal safety, infiltrate the Hitler bunker and then put a
bullet through the cranium of Hitler. But individuals like Hitler did
their killing via proxy. As for those who were a little more hands on,
the Hitler of these was arguably a man by the name of Vasili Blokhin
who, as we’ve covered previously in our video Wh...2025-05-1738 min
The BrainFood ShowThat Time the Postal Service Tried Sending Mail Via MissileIn this episode of The BrainFood Show, we're looking at that time the
British tried to replace parachutes with rockets, that time the United
States tried sending U.S. Postal Service mail via missiles, and the
origins and interesting stories surrounding NASA's Steely Eyed Missile
Man expression, and why the rocket launch countdown is stupid.
Corrections- Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812. I
knew this. I do not know what I was thinking at the time. :-)
Hosts: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey
Authors: Gilles Messier, Karl Smallwood, and Daven Hiskey
Producer: Daven Hiskey
Subscribe to...2025-05-161h 41The BrainFood ShowThat Time the Postal Service Tried Sending Mail Via MissileIn this episode of The BrainFood Show, we're looking at that time the
British tried to replace parachutes with rockets, that time the United
States tried sending U.S. Postal Service mail via missiles, and the
origins and interesting stories surrounding NASA's Steely Eyed Missile
Man expression, and why the rocket launch countdown is stupid.
Corrections- Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812. I
knew this. I do not know what I was thinking at the time. :-)
Hosts: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey
Authors: Gilles Messier, Karl Smallwood, and Daven Hiskey
Producer: Daven Hiskey
Subscribe to...2025-05-161h 41
The BrainFood ShowIs There Any Hard Evidence That Jesus Actually Existed?In this episode, Simon delves into the historical and archaeological records, exploring theories and debates surrounding one of history's most significant religious figures.
Author: Daven Hiskey
Host: Simon Whistler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-05-0734 minThe BrainFood ShowIs There Any Hard Evidence That Jesus Actually Existed?In this episode, Simon delves into the historical and archaeological records, exploring theories and debates surrounding one of history's most significant religious figures.
Author: Daven Hiskey
Host: Simon Whistler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-05-0734 min
The BrainFood ShowCommon Things Different in Europe vs. the United StatesAh America, filled with gun toting rednecks wearing their flag as a
t-shirt and pondering what Jesus would do while chowing down on Mexican food, greasy burgers, partially hydrogenated corn syrup cubes, and washing it all down with Budweiser, the king of beers… for those who’ve never tasted real beer… And Europe, full of a homogeneous group of people who spend most of their time measuring things in meters instead of Ariana Grandes as every god-fearing individual should, whilst
worshiping the British monarchy, rioting about football, mocking
Americans and their inferior chocolates and cheeses, and otherwise bent
on making...2025-04-293h 57The BrainFood ShowCommon Things Different in Europe vs. the United StatesAh America, filled with gun toting rednecks wearing their flag as a
t-shirt and pondering what Jesus would do while chowing down on Mexican food, greasy burgers, partially hydrogenated corn syrup cubes, and washing it all down with Budweiser, the king of beers… for those who’ve never tasted real beer… And Europe, full of a homogeneous group of people who spend most of their time measuring things in meters instead of Ariana Grandes as every god-fearing individual should, whilst
worshiping the British monarchy, rioting about football, mocking
Americans and their inferior chocolates and cheeses, and otherwise bent
on making...2025-04-293h 57
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories“PETER KURTEN: THE VAMPIRE OF DUSSELDORF” and More True Horrifying Stories! #WeirdDarknessDonate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Follow me on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/WeirdDarkness. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show.IN THIS EPISODE: When you think of methods of execution, what comes to mind? Electric chair? Hanging? Firing squad? Lethal injection? Or perhaps something a bit more historic like guillotine, or even stoning. But I’m guessing the last thing you’d think of for a method of execution would be death by golden shower. (Death...2024-10-2349 min
Smörgåsbord PodcastOur Favorite Dishes - Episode 024: The Cult of La Croix! How Effervescent! (feat. Nic)In preparation for a new season of the Smörgåsbord Podcast, we're reliving some old episodes of the show. This week, we look back at the time when Angel, Mik and special guest, Nic talk about the rise of La Criox. ‘Pop goes the cork’ when it is drawn, and pop you would go off too, if you drank too much of it. - Robert Southey In today’s episode of Smörgåsbord, Angel, Mik, and special guest Nick, talk about the history of sparkling...2021-09-0942 min
Ye Olde CrimeThe Practice of Wife-Selling in HistoryLindsay and Madison discuss the unusual practice of wife-selling, as well as why you should never treat women like livestock, that beer is an odd form of currency, and how having the tables turned on you can be even more hilarious than you might think. Information pulled from the following sources:
2020 Bradford Museums article by Heather Millard
2019 Atlas Obscura article by Zara Stone
2019 Today I Found Out article by Daven Hiskey
2018 History article by Erin Blakemore
2017 All That’s Interesting article by Krissy Howard
2017 History Daily article
2016 The Vintage News article by Goran Blazeski
2015 Journal of Vic...2021-02-241h 02
Ye Olde CrimeChing Shih: The World’s Most Powerful Pirate QueenLindsay and Madison discuss the most fearsome female pirate of all time - Ching Shih - as well as how she invented the prenup, that seducing your adopted son can have far-reaching benefits (even if it toes the line of being squicky), and that we love listener stories. Information pulled from the following sources:
2019 ThoughtCo. article by Kallie Szczepanski
2019 History Daily article
2018 Ancient Origins article by user MR Reese
2012 Today I Found Out article by Daven Hiskey
The Way of the Pirates
Rejected Princesses website
Wikipedia
Be sure to listen to and f...2020-07-2945 minSmörgåsbord PodcastEpisode 024: The Cult of La Croix! How Effervescent! (feat. Nic)‘Pop goes the cork’ when it is drawn, and pop you would go off too, if you drank too much of it. - Robert Southey In today’s episode of Smörgåsbord, Angel, Mik, and special guest Nick, talk about the history of sparkling water and it’s cultish drink-child, La Croix! While Nick shares his addiction with La Croix and his vast knowledge in carbonated drinks. He also talks about his newly discovered quarantine meal: Infinity Stew. Also if anyone knows where to find grapefruit-coconut La Croix, please, let us know.2020-05-2642 min
America The BizarreMoon NukesJordan Rausch describes the time that America tried to both bomb the moon and then store nuclear weapons on the moon. Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/americathebizarre Sources: “This is the Story of How America Once Thought About Nuking the Moon” by Robin Andrews The Unclassified Project Horizon Report by the United States Army HistoryChannel.com article “The Space Race” NASA’s website article “Brief History of Rockets” “Hidden History: Project Horizon, the American Military Base on the Moon” by Lenny Flank “That Time the U.S. Was Going to Buil...2019-11-0744 min
Discover Legally Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in Self Development, How-ToThe Wise Book of Whys Audiobook by Daven Hiskey, Today I Found Out.comListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: The Wise Book of Whys
Author: Daven Hiskey, Today I Found Out.com
Narrator: Simon Whistler
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-23-13
Publisher: SpokenMatter.com
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 31 votes
Genres: Self Development, How-To
Publisher's Summary:
Ever wonder why New York is called the "Big Apple" or why some countries drive on the right and some on the left? Well, wonder no more. This and over 100 other fascinating questions are answered in detail inside, along with some interesting bonus facts related to each...2013-12-235h 04