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Clio disturbs us all mightily with biology. Science will fight you about jazz music. Rissa just wants to hear about gangsters.
Category: educational
Episode 13 – The Entire Internet is a Creative Writing Project (Solar Eclipse Fun Facts)
Sometimes The Liberal Aren’ts brings you dense, inscrutable academic jargon and in-depth historical analysis. And sometimes we bring you this. Enjoy!
Rissa’s head is in the clouds. Clio has stars in her eyes. Science is a bad roommate.
Episode 12 – A Song of Fire and Ice Cream Trucks (Joan of Arc in Art)
This week, Rissa gets all meta on us by talking about how you can totally misrepresent a religion you don’t practice, even if you mean well, George.
Science gives a public service announcement. Rissa still believes her. Clio is just…so tired.
New York Times article on giving: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/us/hurricane-irma-help-donate.html
Charity Watch: https://www.charitywatch.org/home
United Way of Missoula County: http://www.missoulaunitedway.org/2017-fire-funds
406 Family Aid Foundation: http://www.406familyaidfoundation.org/
Dept. of Agriculture/Montana Stockgrowers Foundation Fire and Drought Assistance Hotline: (406) 442-3420
Episode 11 – All Songs Are Breakup Songs (Tourist’s Guide to Prohibition I)
This week, Science takes a stand: podcasts that touch liquor shall never touch…hers. Mine. Ours. And then she talks about liquor for forty minutes. It’s a tourist’s guide to Prohibition!
Rissa begs for a job. Science has weird music taste, but at least she doesn’t blindly make playlists based on keywords, Clio.
Recommended Listening
Hey, everyone, Science here. Bad news. The eclipse was an omen of destruction, except it was specific to our personal schedules, so we’re not going to get an episode out this week. If you’d like something to listen to while you wait for us to get our acts together, may we recommend some of our favorites?
Stuff You Missed In History Class is from HowStuffWorks.com, and continually enriches my life with the wild, weird, or just overlooked elements of history. They have an episode on just about everything, so feel free to explore, but if you’d like a place to start, I recommend their episode on Ibn Battuta, the OG Marco Polo of the Islamic world, or their episodes on the flight to and the evacuation from Dunkirk.
Sawbones is a podcast starring a real live doctor and scientist and her husband, who knows nothing and does the jokes. It’s educational! And gross! Please enjoy their episode on Norovirus, or for the squeamish, their episode on the famous Dr. James Barry.
Shmanners is one of Rissa’s faves, an extremely polite podcast about the history and application of etiquette by a delightful married couple. I found their episode on coffee houses to be particularly informative and helpful.
And if YouTube is more your speed, please check out Extra History, a video series by people who love history almost as much as Clio. Start from the beginning of the series, in the Punic Wars, and see if you can stop yourself from watching. I can’t. Send help.
With any luck, we’ll see you next week, but until then, learn something worth knowing!
Episode 10 – Santa Claus Was In Jail?? (History of Turkey IV)
This week, Clio takes us through some Christian church history in–you guessed it–Turkey! Observe, as people argue for about 300 years.
Rissa pronounces another word. Clio shows us one surefire way to get on the naughty list. Science is intimidating.
Episode 8 – Rap Neutral (Joan of Arc III)
This week, Rissa finishes up her series on the life of Joan of Arc. Wow, I hope this story has a happy ending.
Science is #WastingHisTime1601. Rissa can’t pronounce a single French word correctly. Clio does some internet scrounging. We all donate souls to our local food bank. Not our souls, mind you.
Episode 8 – Caesar Oleogustus (Chemistry of Taste)
Do you want more words? Sure, we all do! This episode is just chock full of ’em. Clio recommends tactics for the robot uprising. Science talks more about licking stuff. Rissa is……….done???
Episode 7 – Beans Are People Too (History of Turkey III)
This week Clio takes us on a wild ride through more than 350 years of ancient history. It’s a good thing ancient historians never ever exaggerate or spread misinformation. Ahem.
Rissa is in love. Clio introduces a dozen of her very best friends. Science gets a problem solved for once.
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