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From the high seas to a cave somewhere in Greece, this episode dives into the myths and realities of the lives of pirates, and then we learn a little bit about math and the ancient philosopher/mathematician/musician/teacher etc., etc.: Pythagoras!

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Hids gives us a quick look at some of the amazing things Alaska has to offer and Jess returns with another badass woman: Katie Sandwina!

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This one turned out to be the travel episode! Hids takes us around the world on a quick bookish tour featuring Jinbocho, Tokyo, Japan, then to other bookish sites around the globe.
Jess takes us just an hour from our hometown to the ghost town of Two Guns, Arizona.

(Hey! It's Jess! I'm so sorry for completely forgetting to add a little trigger warning about the Death Caves. The story is gruesome and, while I try not to give gory details, if you're sensitive to violent and tragic stories, you might want to skip ahead. I start talking about it around the 45 minute mark, and the story ends at 50 minutes.)

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In this episode Jess takes us up some of the highest peaks with the amazing Annie Smith Peck and Hids takes us the opposite direction, diving into shallow coastal waters of the Pacific to meet the adorable Bobtail Squid!

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In this episode, Jess talks about Dolly Shepherd, an amazing woman who was the first female parachutist! Hearing about the incredible lack of safety equipment at the time just makes her that much more awesome and inspiring!

Hids dives into tongue twisters and hilarity ensues!
Do you have a favorite tongue twister?

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In this episode, Jess talks about the Benin Walls, which were four times longer than the Great Wall of China! She also discusses some of the dark history around Benin City in Nigeria.

Hids starts to talk about Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan, but ends up taking a detour north to the Dyatlov Pass in the Ural Mountains. We'd like to visit Lake Issyk Kul, but there's a bit too much mystery (and freezing cold snow) around Dyatlov Pass!

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In this episode, Hiddles attempts to take a deep dive into 'punk punks' but ends up barely skimming the surface of the wide variety of subcultures within subcultures! Learn a bit about Decopunk, Biopunk, Solarpunk, Hopepunk, and more!
Jess reads a bit of Icelandic poetry and tells us the somewhat benign, maybe a little creepy tales of the Yule Lads! We still feel sorry for little Spoonlicker!

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SURPRISE!!! We decided to drop episode 2 a week early!!

In this episode, Hids talks about Aphantasia, a fascinating condition that only affects about 2-4% of people.
Jess takes us back in time to the early 1900s and the creation of the first public wildflower garden by Eloise Butler.

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