Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
A podcast by B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends
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120 Episodes
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Technocracy III: Welcome to the Technate! – Alternate History – North American History
Published: 4/15/2018 -
Technocracy II: Techno-snark and the Techno-future – North American History
Published: 4/1/2018 -
Technocracy I: Functional Control Is Imperative – North American History
Published: 3/18/2018 -
Mohism VI Finale: Big Trouble in Little Moh-town – RPG – Chinese History
Published: 3/4/2018 -
Mohism V: Your Mohist Training – RPG – Chinese History
Published: 2/18/2018 -
Space Exploration in 1920: In Honor of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch – PDT3K – Science History
Published: 2/14/2018 -
Mohism IV: The Castle of Horrors, Part 2 – Chinese History
Published: 2/4/2018 -
Mohism III: Dungeon Master Mo and the Castle of Horrors, Part 1 – Chinese History
Published: 1/21/2018 -
Dead Contraceptives, feat. Kelly Nussbaum – Women’s History
Published: 1/14/2018 -
Mohism II: Working Class Philosophers – Chinese History
Published: 1/7/2018 -
Mohism I: Ancient Chinese Leftists – Chinese History
Published: 12/24/2017 -
Christmas Ghost Stories: Glámr the Icelandic Draugr, and 13 Candles – Viking History
Published: 12/21/2017 -
Self-mummification III: A Japanese Abelard and Heloise – Japanese History
Published: 12/10/2017 -
Self-mummification II: The Perfect Samurai and the Farmer Fuck-up – Japanese History
Published: 11/26/2017 -
The Merry Thanksgiving of the Burglar and Plumber, 1895 – PDT3K – American History
Published: 11/19/2017 -
Self-mummification I: Buddhist Mummies of Japan – Japanese History
Published: 11/12/2017 -
Halloween in Scotland and at Sea in 1886 – PDT3K – Scottish History
Published: 10/30/2017 -
Titoism Epilogue: Another Personal Reflection – Balkan History
Published: 10/29/2017 -
Titoism VII: The National Question: An Interview with Alex Cruikshanks – Balkan History
Published: 10/15/2017 -
Titoism VI: Art, Pop, and Yugonostalgia: An Interview with Dr. Noah Charney and Srdjan Perisic – Balkan History
Published: 10/1/2017
We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.