The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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Publisher |: Airwave Media

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Arts,; Design,; History,; Natural Sciences,; Science & Medicine,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Design,; History,; Natural Sciences,; Science

Did you know that Europeans used to believe that sheep grew from Mongolian trees? Have you heard about the misbegotten discovery of a new form of water in the 1960s that set off a cold war arms race? Ever seen the gleaming Las Vegas hotel that accidentally shoots heat rays at poolside guests?

The Constant is an audio history of getting things wrong. From ancient science to contemporary blunders, we take you on journeys of misadventure and misapprehension, filling your brain with juicy nuggets of the sometimes comical, sometimes tragical and always fascinating ways people mess things up.

People |: Mark Chrisler
Premiere Date |: 2017-12-06
Related Hashtags |: #2PodsADay,; #InternationalPodcastDay,; #SoundEdu19
Frequency |: Biweekly
Explicit |: No

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155 Available Episodes (155 Total) / Average duration: 00:49:29

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

155 Available Episodes (155 Total)Average duration: 00:49:29

Apr 11, 2023

01:03:14

The special spring break surprise is here! Join Heather for a journey into the sad side of the happiest place on Earth.

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Mar 28, 2023

00:55:31

Watch yourself: the wars only get stupider from here.

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Mar 14, 2023

00:51:36

At its best, war is terrible, wasteful, regrettable and necessary. At its worst, it's just fucking stupid.

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Feb 28, 2023

01:19:53

A mystery story where one of the suspects writes mystery stories? How could you go wrong!

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Feb 14, 2023

00:55:31

In December, 1912 a lawyer and a paleontologist made an amazing announcement: The missing link was real, the missing link had been found, and--most incredibly--the missing link was... English?

This is the story of the greatest scientific scandal of the 20th century: Piltdown Man.

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Jan 31, 2023

01:35:06

After Charles Darwin published Origin of Species, the scientific world spent the next fifty years searching for an alternative theory for evolution. And they found plenty. This is the story of a period known as "The Eclipse of Darwinism".

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Jan 17, 2023

01:23:33

What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets, of course. But in the 19th century, a debate arose about whether apes might have miserable piles of their own, leading to a controversy that persists to this day: are apes men, or are men apes?

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Jan 02, 2023

01:08:35

To start off the year, we're looking back at an old favorite that plays a significant part in an upcoming series.

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Dec 20, 2022

01:28:27

Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.

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Dec 06, 2022

01:03:40

One more round of short stories, about little things, that had big consequences.

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Apr 11 | 01:03:14

Happy Place

Mar 28 | 00:55:31

This Means War (Volume 2)

Mar 14 | 00:51:36

This Means War (Volume 1)

Feb 28 | 01:19:53

The Earliest Englishman (Part 2)

Feb 14 | 00:55:31

The Earliest Englishman (Part 1)

Jan 31 | 01:35:06

Link Missing (Part 2)

Jan 17 | 01:23:33

Link Missing (Part 1)

Jan 02 | 01:08:35

Are Whales Fish?

Dec 20 | 01:28:27

The War on Christmas

Dec 06 | 01:03:40

It's The Little Things (Volume 2)

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