Sinopsis
Things you didn't know and the things you thought you knew.Imagine a Venn diagram where the Good Job, Brain! and Lore podcasts overlaps with the Today I Found Out YouTube channel and Cinefix list shows. That's "Your Brain on Facts."
Episodios
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The Hills are Alive (ep. 134)
17/11/2020 Duración: 38min...with ants! By popular demand, we scratch the very surface of the surprising and diverse world of the ant. Talk to your fellow Brainiacs on FB or Reddit. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Music by Kevin MacLeod Have you had a chance to review the YBOF book? I'm hoping we can average one a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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High Spirits (ep. 133)
10/11/2020 Duración: 36minFrom Vietnamese snake wine to vodka made from milk, corn beer with spit in it and whisky made from pee, mankind will make liquor with or out of just about anything! Talk to your fellow Brainiacs on FB or Reddit. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Music by Kevin MacLeod Have you had a chance to review the YBOF book? I'm hoping we can average one a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Distraction Day Data Dump (ep. 132)
03/11/2020 Duración: 01h01minToday is the most stressful election day in the lives of many, so I declare it instead to be...Distraction Day. To that end, here's an extra-long episode of some of the best bits that were originally on the Patreon (the greatest hits that weren't too weird, gross, or swear-y, anyway). Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Music by Kevin MacLeod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This is Halloween listener special (ep. 131)
27/10/2020 Duración: 37minHave you had a chance to review the YBOF book? I'm hoping we can average one a week. ♪♫This is Halloween! This is Halloween!♫♪ Supporters on our Patreon and fans in our FB group chose the topics for today's episode: 01:35 sorting Dracula fact from fiction 07:49 how horror stars got their stars 20:01 when did clowns become scary 23:29 the history behind zombies 28:38 movie monster fast facts! Mentioned in the show: Overly Sarcastic's Frankenstein run-down Cutting Class podcast on Christopher Lee Oh No! Lit Class on The Phantom Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Music by Kevin MacLeod Sponsor: Podcorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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You Can Ring Nobel (ep. 130)
20/10/2020 Duración: 40minWhy do we give them, who gets one, and, more importantly, who doesn't? Sponsors: Podcorn, Libysn (code: moxie), Pigeon (code: moxie) Have you had a chance to review the YBOF book? Someone posted a bad review :( and I'd love to get the average back up. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Music by Kevin MacLeod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Never Surrender, with Garbled Twistory (ep. 129)
13/10/2020 Duración: 42min"Why didn't the slaves revolt?" They did. A lot. We just weren't taught about it. Here's a humble start at fixing that. 04:56 Stono Rebellion 11:35 New York plot 15:56 Black Seminole 22:45 Nat Turner - Garbled Twistory 27:40 German Coast Uprising 32:50 Occupation of Alcatraz promo: Everything Everywhere Did you get a chance to leave a review for the YBOF book? Someone just posted a bad review :( and I'd love to get the average back up. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Earth, Wind & Stupidity (ep. 128)
06/10/2020 Duración: 33minWe just can't have nice things....like forests. Hear the stupid causes of some of modern history's most destructive wildfires and find out why putting out fires is actually making things worse. Did you get a chance to leave a review for the YBOF book? Someone just posted a bad review :( and I'd love to get the average back up. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Having the Last Word (ep. 127)
29/09/2020 Duración: 34minFrom the profound to the prophetic, from the ironic to the ignominious, from founding fathers to TV stars, we look into the final utterances of the famous and infamous alike. Did you get a chance to leave a review for the YBOF book? We're trying to get 100 reviews in the first year! Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's the Little Things (ep. 126)
22/09/2020 Duración: 34minDid you get a chance to leave a review for the YBOF book? We're trying to get 100 in the first year! For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost. Guest voice: Brandon Schexnayder of Southern Gothic Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Trouble With Tribals by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6621-trouble-with-tribals License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Been Caught Stealing (ep. 125)
15/09/2020 Duración: 32minDid you get a chance to leave a review for the YBOF book? 00:45 Mona Lisa 06:50 Bob Ross 11:50 Rosalind Franklin 18:00 Charles Ponzi 24:50 R. Lee Ermy Music by Kevin MacLeod and TrackTribe. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Revenge, Best Served Loud (ep. 124)
08/09/2020 Duración: 33minDid you get your get a change to leave a review for the YBOF book? Heart Queen Pink Floyd Mike Oldfield Contractually obligated albums Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Never Be Royals (ep. 123)
01/09/2020 Duración: 36minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review? Did Mel Brooks lie to us--is it really good to be the king? Stagnant gene pools Ignoble Deaths British royal family ties The Death of the Queen Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ladies' First (ep. 122)
25/08/2020 Duración: 34minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review? Victoria Woodhull Margaret Ives Abbott Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Dr. Rebecca Crumpler Bessie Coleman Annie Edson Taylor Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Firsties Denied (ep. 121)
18/08/2020 Duración: 30minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review? 00:30 moveable-type press 05:35 circumnavigation solo Atlantic flight telephone lightbulb Enigma out and proud Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What's In A Scientific Name (ep. 120)
11/08/2020 Duración: 28minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review? Anyone can name an animal after what it looks like, but why waste the chance to immortalize your favorite singer or make your personal vendetta part of science history? Music by Kevin MacLeod and Table Top Audio. Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Shenanigans Again (ep. 119)
04/08/2020 Duración: 27minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review? From rainbow parties to Spiritualism to two bands touring as a single band that doesn't exist, we take a look at some noteworthy hoaxes and false panics. Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Phenom-nom-nom -- Redux (ep 118)
28/07/2020 Duración: 29minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review? Why do we dye raspberry-flavored things blue? Why does mint feel cold? How are Kit Kats like Soylent Green? Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Great Escapes, with Life Death and Taxonomy (ep. 117)
21/07/2020 Duración: 34minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Do you have a minute to leave a review. From birds flying the coop, to snakes slipping away, to apes getting up to monkey business, hear about crafty critters making a break for it. Special guest: Life, Death, and Taxonomy Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fizz Fizz, with Fantastic History of Food (ep 116)
14/07/2020 Duración: 37minDid you get your copy of the YBOF book? Refreshing treat or miracle cure to ensure a long, healthy, sexy life? You decide! (Psst, it's the first one.) 00:50 Carbonated water 03:45 Patent medicines 12:30 Moxie cola from Fantastic History of Food 18:23 Pepsi 21:06 Coke 27:05 7-Up and bipolar disorder Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sisters Doing It For Themselves, with Herstory On The Rocks (ep. 115)
07/07/2020 Duración: 30minShow us your copy of the YBOF book and tag the podcast! From protecting themselves to protecting endangered animals, women amassed are a formidable thing indeed. 00:44 Gulabi gang 07:10 Sun Ladies 11:20 Jergertroppen 16:00 Black Mambas by Herstory On The Rocks 20:30 Akashinga Music by Kevin MacLeod Read the full script. Reach out and touch Moxie on FB, Twit, the 'Gram or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices