Minisode 1: Lost & Found - Van Gogh's Drawing of Starry Night

Minisode 1: Lost & Found - Van Gogh's Drawing...

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Episode 46: The Voynich Manuscript

Ciphers, cosmology, cryptology — oh my! This long-awaited episode delves into the pages and the mystery of what some have called the most mysterious manuscript in the world: the Voynich Manuscript, now in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale Uni ...  Show more

Minisode 9: Isabella Stewart Gardner

Come to learn about the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum, stay in spite of the purring and the ludicrous number of chimneys. C’est mon plaisir. See images and sources over at StuffAboutThingsPodcast.com. And if you're feeling spicy, you can buy Lindsay (that's me) ...  Show more

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