Episodios

  • Margarine (Entry 759.JU0525)

    Margarine (Entry 759.JU0525)
    Jul 10 2025
    In which butter substitutes have to overcome scientific hurdles, dairy-friendly laws, and bad news about trans fats, and Ken thinks Germany is trying to control olive oil. Certificate #34384.
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    1 h y 27 m
  • Chopin's Heart (Entry 218.JB4124)

    Chopin's Heart (Entry 218.JB4124)
    Jul 3 2025
    In which Poland's most famous exile partially returns to Warsaw to posthumously annoy both tsars and Nazis, and John's restaurant idea has some light cannibalism. Certificate #31277.
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    1 h y 28 m
  • Hostile Architecture (Entry 601.PR2907)

    Hostile Architecture (Entry 601.PR2907)
    Jun 26 2025
    In which today's cities face tough choices on how to guide urban behavior with incredibly uncomfortable-looking design features, and Ken would pee on a fly but not a bee. Certificate #19421.
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    1 h y 23 m
  • The War Between the States (Entry 1409.IS1902)

    The War Between the States (Entry 1409.IS1902)
    Jun 19 2025
    In which it takes decades for America to decide whether its civil war was an insurrection or an invasion, nomenclature-wise, and John walks very erratically on his orange shag carpet. Certificate #26478.
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    1 h y 27 m
  • The Dreadnought Hoax (Entry 380.PS6831)

    The Dreadnought Hoax (Entry 380.PS6831)
    Jun 12 2025
    In which six bored, Cambridge-connected bohemians con their way onto the British Empire's naval flagship by dressing as African royalty, and Ken thinks John is either Batman or a Karen. Certificate #19722.
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    1 h y 40 m
  • The Comics Code Authority (Entry 248.2CH2115)

    The Comics Code Authority (Entry 248.2CH2115)
    Jun 5 2025
    In which a crusading social psychiatrist drums up the moral panic that gets two mega-popular comic book genres banned from America's newsstands, and John agrees that punching Hitler is unmissable. Certificate #44894.
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    1 h y 32 m
  • Gorillas, Discovery of (Entry 540.PS10420)

    Gorillas, Discovery of (Entry 540.PS10420)
    May 29 2025
    In which it takes Europe over two thousand years to figure out that the greatest of the great apes is not just Carthaginian folklore, and Ken would like to be considered merciful. Certificate #46468.
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Victorian Hairwork (Entry 1394.LK2118)

    Victorian Hairwork (Entry 1394.LK2118)
    May 22 2025
    In which the popularity of "mourning bequeathments" and the death of the Prince Consort lead to an explosion of morbid family handicrafts, and John gives away the same piano twice. Certificate #50902.
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    1 h y 18 m