Cool Sh*t: The Podcast is a show about interesting topics from science, history, the arts, and more. In other words, if it fascinates me--I’m going to talk about it. I know that the world can sometimes seem like an awfully depressing place, but trust me when I say, there’s some pretty cool sh*t out there.
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Whales are a lot like people. Except better. From cottage cheese milk and gay orgies to head wax and epic poetry, come check out the weird, wonderful world of whales.Kirjoittanut Nate Hinchey
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Episode 8: The Arrest of a President
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Can the President of the United States be arrested? Grant, Nixon, Clinton, and Trump have all (so far) managed to avoid that fate, but it remains an open question whether police can waltz into the Oval Office and put handcuffs on the commander-in-chief. Episode 8 explores the history behind presidential crime and punishment.…
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Episode 7: The Gardner Heist
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Do you want $10 million? Then go find the 13 pieces of art that were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. True, no one has seen hide nor hair of them in almost 30 years, but I'm sure you can do better than the FBI. Oh, and I'm also sure you definitely won't get killed like a few other people who have poked their nose where it di…
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From communicating via a fungal internet to inspiring Norse mythology, trees are some of the coolest shit in the natural world. Episode 6 explores the history, biology, and mythology of some of the biggest and oldest organisms on planet earth. Plus, Nate reads not one, but TWO poems. --Contact:Email - coolshitcast@gmail.comTwitter - @coolshitcast--…
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Episode 5: The Siege of Boston
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We all know how the story of the American Revolution starts--Paul Revere, the lamps in the Old North Church, and the battles of Lexington and Concord. But what happens in the sequel? Boston, like an ex-Navy SEAL who just wants to live peacefully as a cook, comes under siege. For eleven months, the British and the Continental Army stare each other d…
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