Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices

A podcast by B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends

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120 Episodes

  1. Titoism V: Freedom and Tyranny – Interviews with Former Yugoslavs – Balkan History

    Published: 17/09/2017
  2. Cuneiform VIII Finale: Ghost in the Tablet – Gilgamesh/Ghost in the Shell Mashup – Sumerian History

    Published: 10/09/2017
  3. F*** You, History Channel! – One-Year Anniversary Special

    Published: 3/09/2017
  4. Cuneiform VII: Temple Prostitutes – Fact or Fiction? – Sumerian History

    Published: 27/08/2017
  5. Titoism IV: Tito – Hero or Anti-hero? – Balkan History

    Published: 20/08/2017
  6. Cuneiform VI: Business Nuns – The Naditum of Ancient Mesopotamia – Sumerian History

    Published: 13/08/2017
  7. Titoism III: The Tito-Stalin Split (Feat. Kristaps Andrejsons) – Balkan History

    Published: 6/08/2017
  8. Titoism II: Tito – Bond or Bond Villain? – Balkan History

    Published: 6/08/2017
  9. Cuneiform V: 50 Shades of Clay – Erotic Poetry of Ancient Sumer – Sumerian History

    Published: 30/07/2017
  10. Titoism I: Slovenia from Prehistory to Tito – Balkan History

    Published: 23/07/2017
  11. Cuneiform IV: The Great Sumerian Bake-off – Sumerian History

    Published: 16/07/2017
  12. Education Makes Women Infertile – PDT3K – Women’s History

    Published: 9/07/2017
  13. Cuneiform III: Intrigue in the Court of Mari – RPG – Sumerian History

    Published: 2/07/2017
  14. Titoism Prologue: A Personal Reflection – Balkan History

    Published: 25/06/2017
  15. Cuneiform II: Scribewarts Academy – RPG – Sumerian History

    Published: 18/06/2017
  16. Boy Scouts of Feudal Japan – PDT3K – Japanese History

    Published: 11/06/2017
  17. Cuneiform I: You’ve Got Mail – The World’s First Writing – Sumerian History

    Published: 4/06/2017
  18. Balance of Power V: Oops, A Great War – European History

    Published: 28/05/2017
  19. Balance of Power IV: Uh-oh, the Balkan Situation – European History

    Published: 21/05/2017
  20. Balance of Power III: Nationalism Arise! – European History

    Published: 14/05/2017

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We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.

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