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Following on from last week's episode, we hear of more adventures undertaken by scientists in the 1760's in the effort to track the transit of Venus! Intrepid astronomers this week include Frenchmen Alexandre-Gui Pingré and Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche and Englishmen Jeremiah ...  Show more

How far away is the sun? English astronomer Edmond Halley suggested that tracking the transit of Venus across the sun would be the key to finding the answer. This set in motion a huge international collaborative scientific endeavour and one of the most comically cursed voyages, b ...  Show more

Cooking With Grief is the comedy podcast that covers everything from history to science, pop culture to geography, and everything in between. Join us as we learn about how in 1518 the people of Strasbourg danced compulsively until they couldn't stand any longer, and also the biza ...  Show more

In this episode we discuss the unbelievable history of N.W.A., the origins and insanity of Death Row Records, and plenty more awesome stuff. 

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Four close man friends gather around to change history. This is the Official Podcast. Every Friday. At 7pm EST. Links Below. --- Get additional episodes and bonus content with early access: go to https://www.PATREON.com/THEOFFICIALPODCAST Brought to you by the follow ...  Show more

Cooking With Grief is the comedy podcast that covers everything from history to science, pop culture to geography, and everything in between. Join us as we learn about an Aztec god, Xipetotec, who was worshipped by flaying human sacrifices - and we also learn that the last Trial ...  Show more