In an attempt to try and find the mystical "philosopher's stone," which would turn other metals into gold, one scientist from the 1600s decided that the key ingredient he must expl...

We've all seen the old graffiti of the little man peeking over the wall with the caption "Kilroy was here." It's a world-traveling meme before memes were even a thing. So where did...

The US has a rather sordid history when it comes to witch hunts. From actual witch hunts to figurative ones, this week we take a look at the granddaddy of political witch hunts: th...

For this special episode, we're running our last episode of Portland at the Movies, where we talk with Dan Fiebiger, Portland film historian and composer for the film “Courier of D...

Portland radio legend Daria Eliuk (formerly Daria O'Neill) visits us to talk about her radio career, the changes radio has gone through during the 2000s, muckbang videos, Insectaur...

Homing pigeons have been around for over 3,000 years, and were even used to deliver the results from the literal first Olympics. So how do they work? How do you train them? All tha...

We hear it every hurricane season: "But if we could drop a nuclear bomb into a hurricane, it would dissipate the storm and we'd be saved!" This idea, along with terraforming Siberi...

Join us as we discuss a wide swath of topics on today's show, including the pressures of the bottom of the ocean, what's going on in Hong Kong, and a very special look inside an up...

This week we learn all about cruise ships and the Alaskan Inside Passage as Todd took a family trip to see Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, and Glacier Bay. Hear all about the cruise sh...