HBH 28: The Life and Trials of Joan of Arc
In this episode we set the stage for the story of Joan of Arc, one of the most enigmatic and fascinating people in history. To understand Joan we hav...
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History, anatomy and physiology, philosophy, psychology, anthropology. The podcast that attempts to resurrect sense and meaning from the dust of a billion factoids.
HBH 27: The Knights Templars' Humble Beginnings and Horrific End
They are one of the two most implicated groups in the history of conspiracy theories. But their real history is, if less mysterious and ominous, just ...
HBH 26: Mother and Infant Down the Rocks
We continue our series on the Inquisition with the campaigns to suppress the Waldensians. These "Poor Men (and Women!) of Lyon" were known for their s...
HBH 25: Kill Them All and God Will Know His Own
In this episode we begin a full immersion experience into that most infamous of offices, The Inqusition. From the forces at play in the persecution s...
HBH 24: Polarization and Conspiracy Thinking
In this episode Steve Rathje, social psychologist specializing in social media and political polarization, explains to us why we are prone to conspira...
HBH 23: Jan Bremer on Human Sacrifice
In this episode I speak to Professor Jan Bremer about human sacrifice. We touch on Greek, Roman, Maya, Indian, Aztec, Druid, Egyptian, Chinese, and ot...
HBH 22: Fallacies, Biases, and Warped Reality
Conclusion (at last) of a three-part episode on the ways our perceptions and processing distort reality. For the stalwart (and patient) seekers of kn...
HBH 21: Our Distorted Reality
Today I begin a pedantic journey into the tragicomic ways our perceptions and judgments are altered and distorted by our own cognitive processes -- go...
HBH 20: Conspiracy Theories and Cognitive Glitches
In which we continue to Dumbest things in history series by looking at some of the glitches in us that make them possible. And also that they are not...
HBH 19: Rasputin and the Romanovs
A bad decision for the ages--welcoming a pretentious narcissistic ignoramus into your family to weaken your already precarious hold on power, ignoring...