Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover which Roman emperor became known as a giraffe-killing coward; find out which Revolutionary War general set a record for running away; and learn the...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why new taxes had everyone in England bricking up their windows; find out what the Roman Emperor Vespasian was doing with the contents of...
It’s pretty common for people at either end of the political spectrum to argue over how their tax money should be spent. For many of us, though, it’s hard to even get a clear idea of how it’s being spent right now, let alone figuring out where...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why, to a neuroscientist, an orgasm is comparable to heroin; find out what else is happening in your brain during climax; and learn which...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how much your brain really remembers about being an infant; find out why everyone gets afflicted with “childhood amnesia”; and learn the reason you’ll...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover what “traumatic insemination” means, and who’s doing it inside your apartment right now; find out why some bees have exploding testicles; and learn which...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how caffeine directly affects the chemicals in your brain; find out what it is about a strong cup of coffee that might send you...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover all the islands that are overrun with adorable animals (and some not so adorable); find out why part of a desert in Turkmenistan has...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how we’ll turn ourselves into superhumans within the next 100 years; learn the (depressing) reason we’re all destined to get taller and thinner; and...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how it’s possible to steal the Mona Lisa once, but sell it six times; find out what “the man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge”...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why drunk sleep leaves you feeling exhausted; learn what’s causing that thumping headache; and find out the reason for those dispiriting hangover blues.
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the unlikely history of the Bat Bomb; find out why the Department of Homeland Security’s “puke-light” never got off the ground; and learn about...
