500 Open Tabs
by Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam
Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.
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Episodes
Episode 7: The Panda Man Can (not leave the airport)
1h 32m · PublishedThis week we discuss people who live at airports and panda diplomacy. A listener email reveals how rabbits frankly don't give a damn.
Episode Tabs:
Terminal Dwellers
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_lived_in_airports
A Chinese cigarette tin launched D.C.’s 50-year love affair with pandas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/16/pandas-china-nixon-dc/
Listener Tabs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(film)
https://historianandrew.medium.com/how-bugs-bunny-and-clark-gable-created-false-belief-that-rabbits-like-eating-carrots-65d25059b7d0
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Episode 6: Every Dam Has Its Þ
1h 38m · PublishedThis week Kaveh concludes the Katamari style horrors of the Johnstown flood and Hannah shares how the Europeans had their own American Idol but for letters of the alphabet instead of singers. A listener email reveals if a childhood memory was in fact cake, and how it exploded.
Correction: the Phoenician alphabet comes after the Proto-Sinaitic script and before the Greek alphabet
Episode Tabs:
The Johnstown Flood pt. 2
https://www.geoinstitute.org/news/johnstown-flood-1889-catastrophe-civil-engineering-part-1
The Forgotten Letters of the English Alphabet
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31904/12-letters-didnt-make-alphabet
Listener Tabs:
https://www.teachertube.com/videos/physical-science-for-children-all-about-forces-and-gravity-349164
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/larping-your-job
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Episode 5: A Murder of Dams
1h 30m · PublishedThis week we return to Niʻihau for an insane adventure that followed the bombing of Pearl Harbor and learn about the Johnstown Flood and how dams are just like us and also like candy. A listener email finally puts the debate about white chocolate to rest.
Episode Tabs:
The Niihau Incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident
This Dam Break Was One of the Worst Man Made Disasters in American History. It Could Have Been Prevented.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a42384940/johnstown-flood/
Listener Tabs:
https://askinosie.com/blogs/the-nib/is-white-chocolate-really-chocolate
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/larping-your-job
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Episode 4: Robinson Crucified
1h 16m · PublishedThis week we discuss a forbidden Hawaiian island and Jesus's definitely legitimate final resting place in northern Japan. Also a listener clues us into the little discussed Eternal Riverdale phenomenon.
Episode Tabs:
Ni’ihau Island
https://allthatsinteresting.com/niihau
The Little-Known Legend of Jesus in Japan
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-legend-of-jesus-in-japan-165354242/
Listener Tabs:
Halibut Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)nps.gov
https://www.netflix.com/title/80133311
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Episode 2: Hot Whale Girls
1h 5m · PublishedOn this stomach-churning episode, we blast into the rotting, juicy worlds of Phossy Jaw and Exploding Whales.
Episode Tabs:
Phossy Jaw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phossy_jaw
How do you get rid of a beached whale before it explodes?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/how-do-you-get-rid-of-a-beached-whale-before-it-explodes
Listener Tabs:
https://punchdrink.com/articles/tiki-bar-design/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster
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Episode 3: They Killed HODL
1h 10m · PublishedOn today's episode, third time’s the charm as we talk about liars and impostors from Victorian England to modern day crypto scammers. The centuries may change but the hustle never does.
Episode Tabs:
Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/crypto-hedge-fund-ceo-may-not-exist-probe-finds-no-record-of-identity/
Princess Caraboo
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Caraboo
Listener Tabs:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramada_Plaza_JFK_Hotel
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/podcasts/the-daily/the-year-of-taylor-swift.html
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Episode 1: Mozzarella Tunnels
1h 8m · PublishedOur inaugural episode! Join us as we talk about the Mob’s influence on pizza and the addicting nature of Hobby Tunneling. Plus, some crabulous listener mail.
Episode Tabs:
How the Italian Mob Changed Pizza Forever
https://thedigestonline.com/dining/how-the-italian-mob-changed-pizza-forever/
Hobby Tunneling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_tunneling
Listener Tabs:
https://everything2.com/title/The+Cider+House+Rules
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution
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Coming Soon: 500 Open Tabs
1m · PublishedEach episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.
Premiering January 2024!
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500 Open Tabs has 18 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 24:53:37. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on December 17th 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 20th, 2024 23:11.