Ep. 24: Shipwrecks! Ida Lewis, Marquis de Laf...

George Shannon was the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and his inexperience showed itself a time or two. He did get lost once for 16 days, the longest span of time anyone was separated from the expedition party. In the 1920s, a woman named Rattlesnake Kate capt ...  Show more

The Bunion Derby (featured in the last episode) also featured a few four-legged friends, including dogs named Blisters and Shin Splints. We'll also re-visit the Pony Express and meet the Chilean Recluse Spiders who have lived peacefully at the Finnish Museum of Natural History fo ...  Show more

Ahoy, matey! How cold are yer timbers?

Andrew & Polly ask some friends about the steps to talking like a pirate, sprinkled in with some historical pirate factoids and Andrew's dad shares buccaneer tales from Post Office Bay in the Galapagos Islands.

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Lucy and Sam embark on the seven seas with former Cruise Ship worker Jackie and find out about the laws of the oceans. Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive. Artwork by Sam Campbell. Theme music by Paul Williams and Sam Campbell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...  Show more

Carly Q and Lewis take to the seas to explore the magical menace that terrorized sailors in the 1800s. Back at BUTTHED HQ, Carly tries working some magic of her own on her co-workers. Listen along with a worksheet at