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TLDR - History is Weird

by Naveen N. Bhat & Lauren K. Nixon

History is weird, friend. Like, really weird. Two nerds tell each other stories about history, try (and fail) to stay on topic and explore how their cultural backgrounds have shaped the way they think. Join us every Saturday.

Copyright: Naveen N. Bhat & Lauren K. Nixon

Episodes

Episode 9: Education 101

1h 0m · Published 06 Oct 07:34

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of ancient education in the classical world, the Middle East and Central and South America, and find themselves talking about orca vomit and how Nineveh means 'Fish Palace'.

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WHERE TO FIND US

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

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NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

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LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 8: Like Clockwork

1h 2m · Published 26 Sep 18:42

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of clockwork, orreries and automata, and end up discussing whether Asterix or Tintin is better.

Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!

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WHERE TO FIND US

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

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NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

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LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 8: Like Clockwork

1h 2m · Published 26 Sep 18:42

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of clockwork, orreries and automata, and end up discussing whether Asterix or Tintin is better.


Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!

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WHERE TO FIND US

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

-

NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

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LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 7: Into Gear

1h 19m · Published 19 Sep 19:38

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of mechanisms, and somehow end up talking about the first bicycle, the state of modern education, and why Nostradamus had to drop out of university.

Links:

Justus Willberg playing a reconstructed Hydraulis:

https://youtu.be/zZey_H8qmQA

Townsends building a 17th century bellows:

https://youtu.be/9wVNOEU_-Es

Squeefest 2020:

http://www.FB.me/TheDoctorSqueeShow

http://www.Twitch.tv/DoctorSquee

Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!

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WHERE TO FIND US

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

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NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

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LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 6: Up In the Air

1h 4m · Published 13 Sep 17:00

In which Naveen and Lauren - along with guest, Emilie Addison - fail to stick to the topic of manned flight, from its earliest origins to more complex machines, and somehow end up talking about Led Zeppelin, the Lindbergh Baby and whether the F-22 Raptor or the Sukhoi-30 is cuter.

Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!

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WHERE TO FIND US

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLDRHistoryisWeird

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

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NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

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LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 5: Birds of a Feather

48m · Published 05 Sep 15:30

In which Naveen and Lauren - along with guest, Emilie Addison - fail to stick to the topic of birds and their place in mythology and society and find themselves discussing cockroaches, coal mines and that one raven that was really into TV aerials.

The owl related videos Naveen discusses in this episode can be found here:

https://youtu.be/bt3X8MJgJWo
https://youtu.be/d_FEaFgJyfA

Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!

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WHERE TO FIND US

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

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NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

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LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 5: Birds of a Feather

48m · Published 05 Sep 15:30

In which Naveen and Lauren - along with guest, Emilie Addison - fail to stick to the topic of birds and their place in mythology and society and find themselves discussing cockroaches, coal mines and that one raven that was really into TV aerials.

The owl related videos Naveen discusses in this episode can be found here:

https://youtu.be/bt3X8MJgJWo
https://youtu.be/d_FEaFgJyfA

Subscribe to see our new episodes on your feed!

-

WHERE TO FIND US

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

-

NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

-

LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

-

MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 4: Lo, it is Written!

1h 3m · Published 29 Aug 17:50

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of writing, translation, the printing press and unconventional writing systems, and find themselves discussing graffiti, telegraphy and infamous murderer Dr Crippen.

WHERE TO FIND US

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

-

NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

-

LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 3: Look Who's Talking

1h 0m · Published 22 Aug 18:06

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of language and the development of communication, the Indo-European Language Group and the evolution of our own languages, Konkani and English.
Check out the British Library's online sound archive, as mentioned in this week's episode:
https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects

WHERE TO FIND US

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

-

NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

-

LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

-

MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

Episode 2: Bring Out Your Dead - Part the Second

36m · Published 15 Aug 12:26

In which Naveen and Lauren fail to stick to the topic of dancing plagues, mass hysteria and the 'Spanish' flu, and find themselves discussing the Pied Piper of Hamelin and a personal, ghostly connection to the plague outbreak that swept through the Indian sub-continent in the first half of the twentieth century. 

WHERE TO FIND US

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tldr-history-is-weird

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7irfzKk1PW2sfoSoSQm6qY

Instagram: @TLDRhistoryisweirdpod

-

NOVI

YouTube: https://youtube.com/vannee13
Instagram/Twitter: @naveennbhat

DeviantArt: https://deviantart.com/naveennbhat

Website: https://naveennbhat.in

-

LAUREN

Patreon: https://patreon.com/laurenknixon

Twitter: @LaurenKNixon1

Instagram: @laurenknixon

Facebook: IndieAuthorLaurenKNixon

Website: https://laurenknixon.com

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MUSIC

Remembering Things by PublicPool

https://youtu.be/6-Ksh0ubFIY

https://soundcloud.com/public-pool

TLDR - History is Weird has 15 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 11:20:49. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 5th, 2024 12:15.

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