The Iditarod

For over a century, companies have tried to invent the next great way to listen to music or watch movies. Some became household standards that were the foundation of multi-billion-dollar industries. Others became expensive mistakes, technological dead ends, or punchlines in the h ...  Show more

For centuries, England was one of Europe's great Catholic kingdoms. Then, in the span of a single generation, it broke from Rome, closed its monasteries, executed saints and reformers, and created a church unlike any other in Europe. What began with a king’s marriage crisis becam ...  Show more

We've collected our favorite episodes of 2022 into one playlist, to help ensure you didn't miss any of our best stories from this past year. And on today's show, we're revisiting another great episode, originally published on March 18, 2022: The Iditarod is the most famous dog sl ...  Show more

January 27, 1925. Musher “Wild Bill” Shannon and his team of sled dogs race off into the frigid Alaskan night. He’s carrying a package of life-saving serum, wrapped in fur to keep it from freezing. There’s no time to waste: nearly 700 miles away, in the snowed-in town of Nome, ch ...  Show more

Deep in the Alaskan wilderness is a harrowing dog-sled course. But it's not just the snow or terrain that makes this race dangerous — it’s the ghosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

In this episode of Invention, Robert and Joe continue the month’s journey through human CULINARY techno-history -- this time with the story of the turnspit dog. This now-extinct breed of dog turned the meat in many a European kitchen, before it was replaced by machines. Learn mor ...  Show more