Mar 31, 2020
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While we're sheltering in place from the pandemic, we look at how people dealt with the intense shortages of the Great Depression and WWII.
02:05 Aunt Sammy
04:00 Eleanor Roosevelt
07:00 Sample menu
Emmymadeinjapan's Hard Times series
09:08 Foods still with us
12:26 Flour...
Mar 24, 2020
Be a smart cookie and don't fall for these food-based urban legends and conspiracy theories. (Sorry for all the thumps. My new mic stand is not compatible with my wild gesticulations.)
00:05 Vocal Fries promo
01:54 McDonald's
07:41 New Coke, Monster, tap water
13:04 Kosher tax
14: 56...
Mar 17, 2020
Follow the stories of five people (an outlaw, a murderess, a nightclub dancer, a natural wonder, and a first lady) who covered a lot of ground... after they died.
01:58 Elmer McGurdy
07:24 Hazel Farris
11:48 Marie O'Day
16:55 Julia Pastrana
25:37 Eva Peron
Mentioned: Marie O'Day's Palace Car
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Mar 10, 2020
It's birthday time for both the show and the host here at Your Brain On Facts, so let's go around the world to see how different people celebrate theirs.
01:55 Backstory
04:53 New World
09:46 Europe
16:35 India/Nepal
19:09 Africa
22:00 Gratitude
25:01 Asia
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Mar 3, 2020
We're having a spa day on Your Brain On Facts. For us, that means myth-disabusement and obscure facts, rather than facials and a mani-pedi.
1:30 History of the spa
07:50 The San
13:29 a recent review
18:00 Snake oil
20:50 Zzyzx
The MedLife Crisis video about how modern medicine has allowed,...