
Don't Look Now
What could an Engineer and an Archaeologist have to talk about? Listen to us discuss history, mysteries, science, culture and art. The world is vast and episode by episode we learn about the way the world works.
Podcasting since 2019 • 319 episodes
Don't Look Now
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319 - Margaret Prior and The American Female Moral Reform Society
Hello all! This week we discuss humanitarian and urban missionary Margaret Prior and her founding of the American Female Moral Reform Society, a progressive group originally created to help the plight of poor women stuck in sex work in pr...
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318 - The Origin of the Snake Oil Salesman
Ever wondered why a worthless item being sold as a miracle cure is referred to as Snake Oil? Like just about everything else in Modern America is dates back to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Clark Stanley sold snake oil to reliev...
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Episode 318
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317 - Grace O'Malley
This week's topic, coinciding with St. Patrick's Day, is Grace O'Malley. O'Malley controlled a large portion of County Mayo in the late 1500s and was known as a pirate queen. She famously met on equal terms with Queen Elizabeth I, a...
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316 - The Life and Times of Horace Greeley
If you are like me, you mainly know Horace Greeley for the expression "Go West Young Man" and are generally aware that he was a newspaper editor. You might be aware that he was a congressman and crossed paths with just about every famous ...
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Episode 316
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315 - Archeology in the News
This week we take a look at the top five archeology stories in the news, ranging from Greek sculpture finds in Athens, to an ancient woodhenge in Denmark, to kids tripping over ancient idols in Isreal, there's plenty up in the archeological wor...
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