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History Lessons for Misanthropes

Dec 29, 2020

It's December!  Too many Tuesdays, so Lou will take the reigns on this episode.  Lou challenges Mildred's brain-meats with a history based trivia game.  Mildred also thinks it's New Years eve, and that's just the beginning of how wrong she is in this episode.

Some of the questions are taken directly from the topics...


Dec 15, 2020

In this episode we share the story of the explosion that devastated Halifax in 1917.  A munitions ship headed to Europe during World War One exploded in Halifax harbour.  We examine the unfortunate turn of events leading up to the disaster, and the relief efforts after.  

music by V►LH►LL


Dec 1, 2020

This episode begins with Mildred telling Lou about some drama surrounding a recent statue commemorating feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft. 

We continue the theme of important women thinkers with the story of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, who contributed to the field of computer science 100 years before...