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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Titoism V: Freedom and Tyranny – Interviews with Former Yugoslavs – Balkan History
Published: 9/17/2017 -
Cuneiform VIII Finale: Ghost in the Tablet – Gilgamesh/Ghost in the Shell Mashup – Sumerian History
Published: 9/10/2017 -
F*** You, History Channel! – One-Year Anniversary Special
Published: 9/3/2017 -
Cuneiform VII: Temple Prostitutes – Fact or Fiction? – Sumerian History
Published: 8/27/2017 -
Titoism IV: Tito – Hero or Anti-hero? – Balkan History
Published: 8/20/2017 -
Cuneiform VI: Business Nuns – The Naditum of Ancient Mesopotamia – Sumerian History
Published: 8/13/2017 -
Titoism III: The Tito-Stalin Split (Feat. Kristaps Andrejsons) – Balkan History
Published: 8/6/2017 -
Titoism II: Tito – Bond or Bond Villain? – Balkan History
Published: 8/6/2017 -
Cuneiform V: 50 Shades of Clay – Erotic Poetry of Ancient Sumer – Sumerian History
Published: 7/30/2017 -
Titoism I: Slovenia from Prehistory to Tito – Balkan History
Published: 7/23/2017 -
Cuneiform IV: The Great Sumerian Bake-off – Sumerian History
Published: 7/16/2017 -
Education Makes Women Infertile – PDT3K – Women’s History
Published: 7/9/2017 -
Cuneiform III: Intrigue in the Court of Mari – RPG – Sumerian History
Published: 7/2/2017 -
Titoism Prologue: A Personal Reflection – Balkan History
Published: 6/25/2017 -
Cuneiform II: Scribewarts Academy – RPG – Sumerian History
Published: 6/18/2017 -
Boy Scouts of Feudal Japan – PDT3K – Japanese History
Published: 6/11/2017 -
Cuneiform I: You’ve Got Mail – The World’s First Writing – Sumerian History
Published: 6/4/2017 -
Balance of Power V: Oops, A Great War – European History
Published: 5/28/2017 -
Balance of Power IV: Uh-oh, the Balkan Situation – European History
Published: 5/21/2017 -
Balance of Power III: Nationalism Arise! – European History
Published: 5/14/2017
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.