Best Knowledge Bomb Studios Podcasts (2026)

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The Bull Moose (Part 2) 55:53

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In this episode of The Brain Food Show podcast, we wrap up our discussion (for now) on one of the more remarkable individuals in modern history- Theodore Roosevelt. In particular we look at the truth about how and why the Teddy Bear was named after him and a boatload of fascinating Teddy Roosevelt facts conclusively demonstrating he was more awesom…

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Legendary Legends: The Greatest Adventurer and the Voyage of the Nautilus 40:49

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At 11:15 PM on August 3, 1958, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower received a historic radio message: “Nautilus 90 North.” U.S.S. Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, had just reached the North Pole while sailing beneath the Arctic ice cap. Known as Project Sunshine, this submerged voyage to the top of the world was desig…

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The Bonkers Atomic Car with 5,000 Miles Range 31:43

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In February of 1958, the Ford Motor Company unveiled an extraordinary concept for the automobile of the future. Dubbed the Nucleon, the vehicle was a showcase of mid-century styling and technology, featuring sleek, futuristic lines, optional tail fins, one-piece wrap-around front and rear windscreens, electric torque converters, proximity sensors, …

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The Nukes of the North- Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1:15:31

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At 10 PM on New Year’s Eve, 1963, a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster transport aircraft touched down on a runway in North Bay, Ontario. Under the cover of darkness, seven large metal canisters were unloaded from the aircraft and placed aboard a truck marked EXPLOSIVES. This truck then spirited the canisters through the security gate to the nearby R…

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The Bull Moose (Part 1) 57:37

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In this episode of The Brain Food Show podcast, we discuss one of the more remarkable individuals in modern history- Theodore Roosevelt. In particular we look at that time he risked life and limb on what amounted to a “principal of the thing” matter, and another time he quite literally shrugged off a bullet to the chest to immediately after give an…

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The Many Ways Studios Try to Get You to Watch More Ads 37:28

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“Come on, Daddy needs a liveable planet he can rule with an iron fist.” - Sheldon Cooper This is a quote from a season 9 episode of The Big Bang Theory released in 2016 called The Sales Call Sublimation. An episode that is largely noteworthy, at least for the purposes of discussing studios and advertising, for being about 18 minutes long despite be…

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Britain's Disastrous WWII Fighter Plane 31:28

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What was the worst military aircraft of the Second World War? Given the sheer number of designs fielded by all sides throughout the conflict there is no shortage of candidates - many of which we have already covered on this channel. There was the Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet, a German rocket-powered fighter whose engine had a nasty habit of blowing u…

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Accidentally Nuking a Country 49:31

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At 10:30 AM on January 17, 1966, an enormous explosion shattered the silence over the small farming village Palomares in Spain. An enormous fireball erupted in the sky overhead, and pieces of flaming debris began raining down over the surrounding countryside. Two U.S. Air Force aircraft had collided during a routine aerial refuelling operation, kil…

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Why Do You Forget Everything When You Enter a New Room? 21:17

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There you are. Sitting on your couch, watching a movie, when suddenly you decide you want popcorn. So you get up and cross the room to the kitchen. But the moment you cross the threshold between the two rooms: bam! you suddenly stop in your tracks. You glance about the kitchen in confusion like Gandalf in the Mines of Moria, unable to remember why …

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Incredible Engineering- The Man Who Froze Time 25:24

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A speeding bullet ripping through an apple, a split second before the fruit disintegrates. A drop of milk splashing off a red plate, forming a perfect miniature coronet. An atomic bomb frozen just after detonation, the fireball like a giant, surreal jellyfish. The movement of a golfer captured at split-second intervals, revealing the practiced eleg…

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The Hilarious Christmas Riot 49:54

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⁠⁠In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at a Christmas gift that resulted in one of the more celebrated books of all time. Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at a rather humorous Christmas riot at West Point and then another that had nothing to do with Christmas at Oxford. We follow this up with a myriad of rapi…

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A Perilous Journey- John Adams Goes to France 1:02:01

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In the fall of 1778, things weren’t looking good for the traitors to King and country in the British American colonies. In the early going the American Revolutionary forces under George Washington had suffered defeat after resounding defeat, including Washington very nearly losing around half his army in the first major battle of the war, only save…

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The Crapper, The Poop Log, the Parasitic Poop Twigs, and Much, Much More 49:28

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⁠⁠In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at a couple rather bizarre Spanish Christmas traditions involving holiday defecating… Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at why we kiss under the mistletoe, the Demon of Christmas, and the constant battle to keep a giant goat from being burned down every year. Learn more a…

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What Really Happened After the Mutiny on the Bounty? 30:16

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On November 28, 1787, His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty set sail from England with 46 men aboard, bound for the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh, her mission was to collect and deliver breadfruit plants to the West Indies, where they would serve as cheap food for slaves on British plantations. After a lon…

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The Truth About the 12 Days of Christmas 1:00:22

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⁠⁠In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at the rather humorous original name for the song Silver Bells. Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at the truth about the origin of the song “The 12 Days of Christmas” and what’s the deal with the weird lyrics. After that, we look at the truth about the origin of the Candy…

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The Lord of Misrule and the First Book Banned in America 37:26

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When one pictures the first British settlers coming to what would become the United States, it’s generally of a group of religiously oppressed, rigidly pious individuals, such as the famed now named “Pilgrims” separatist group in their black and white clothing and top hats featuring giant buckles- a group who the Native Americans saved by sharing f…

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Are Poinsettias Poisonous and the Truce 47:45

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⁠⁠In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at whether poinsettias are actually poisonous or not. Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at one of the more remarkable things ever to happen in modern warfare- a completely impromptu Christmas truce, in which both sides in WWI randomly got up out of their trenches up and d…

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The Amazing Story Behind The Christmas Carol 1:21:08

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⁠In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we look at one of my favorite stories I’ve ever researched. But before that, we begin by looking at what could have been wrong with Tiny Tim that simply throwing money at the problem could have fixed given 19th century medicine. Moving on to the main content today we’re looking at what Charles Dickens’ calle…

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The Incredible Flame Thrower Packing Insect 25:38

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Nature abounds with weird and wonderful defence mechanisms, evolved over millions of years to protect their owners from predators and allow them to live - and breed - another day. Some organisms like crabs, turtles, and armadillos, are clad in tough suits of armour; while others, like rosebushes and acacia trees, porcupines and hedgehogs, and lion …

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Fires of Industry, Witchcraft, and the First Spark of the Revolution 38:35

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When thinking about the various elements that went into the United States declaring Independence, we tend to think of things like the Stamp Act, The Boston Massacre, and the Tea tax that led to the Boston Tea Party, but these were things that were more in the vein of “this is the last straw” and all a symptom of the real problem. As the colonies st…

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Denazification and the Unsolved High Tech Murder That Reshaped Post-Cold War Europe 49:22

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On the morning of November 30, 1989, a trio black Mercedes-Benz sedans pulled away from a house in the quiet Frankfurt suburb of Bad Homburg vor Der Höhe and turned down a shady, tree-lined lane called Seedamweg [“zay-dam-vehg”]. They had taken this route many times before, and it seemed like just any other morning. Slowing down to pass a school cr…

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How Do Spy Agencies Actually Recruit Spies in Real Life? 41:45

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Agencies like the CIA and MI6 are tasked with collecting and processing data deemed potentially vital to their respective counties’ national interests, and then, in an ideal world, making sure those who need to know this information to inform their decisions and plans know it. In order to do this, they need people on the ground, so to speak. So how…

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The Kids Who Led the Resistance Movements Against the Nazis 35:35

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History books often remember underground political groups like the Communist party or the Social Democrats, espionage groups like the Red Orchestra, or militaries from America and Britain as the primary resistance against Nazi forces. But you may be surprised to learn that, in fact, the most vocal and visible resistance came from young people, main…

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How Did People in Medieval Times Actually Siege a Castle in Reality 1:01:03

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Modern entertainment such as movies, fictional books, and TV shows aren’t exactly known for accurately depicting how things may or may not go or have gone in the real life scenarios that they depict. From injecting substances directly into your heart a-la Pulp Fiction or The Rock, to Yarr’ing pirates, let’s just say there’s a lot they get wrong. On…

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How Much Did Top Gun: Maverick Cost the U.S. Taxpayer? 44:14

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Countless films produced in the United States feature use of rather expensive military equipment, and often also real world military personnel. Given the extreme expense of all of this using things paid for by the U.S. taxpayer to benefit for profit companies, how is this allowed? Further, how are projects that the military will support selected? C…

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The Bull Moose (Part 2) 55:53

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Legendary Legends: The Greatest Adventurer and the Voyage of the Nautilus 40:49

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The Bonkers Atomic Car with 5,000 Miles Range 31:43

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The Nukes of the North- Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1:15:31

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The Bull Moose (Part 1) 57:37

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The Many Ways Studios Try to Get You to Watch More Ads 37:28

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Britain's Disastrous WWII Fighter Plane 31:28

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Accidentally Nuking a Country 49:31

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Why Do You Forget Everything When You Enter a New Room? 21:17

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Incredible Engineering- The Man Who Froze Time 25:24

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The Hilarious Christmas Riot 49:54

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A Perilous Journey- John Adams Goes to France 1:02:01

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The Crapper, The Poop Log, the Parasitic Poop Twigs, and Much, Much More 49:28

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What Really Happened After the Mutiny on the Bounty? 30:16

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The Truth About the 12 Days of Christmas 1:00:22

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The Lord of Misrule and the First Book Banned in America 37:26

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Are Poinsettias Poisonous and the Truce 47:45

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The Amazing Story Behind The Christmas Carol 1:21:08

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The Incredible Flame Thrower Packing Insect 25:38

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Fires of Industry, Witchcraft, and the First Spark of the Revolution 38:35

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Denazification and the Unsolved High Tech Murder That Reshaped Post-Cold War Europe 49:22

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How Do Spy Agencies Actually Recruit Spies in Real Life? 41:45

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The Kids Who Led the Resistance Movements Against the Nazis 35:35

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How Did People in Medieval Times Actually Siege a Castle in Reality 1:01:03

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How Much Did Top Gun: Maverick Cost the U.S. Taxpayer? 44:14