Teach Me Something

... please stick to the rivers and lakes you're used to. Lakes and rivers are really cool, so join us this episode to learn about long rivers, large lakes, and interesting facts about bodies of water.

In this episode we continue comparing the afterlife in mythology. We examine how beliefs of Buddhism moved from India through China and eventually to Japan and Korea and how at each step the existing local beliefs were incorporated. We jump across the ocean and examine a few mythologies from the Americas.

Did you know in Norse mythology that only half the warriors who died in battle went to Valhalla? The other half went to Folkvanger. In this episode we compare the afterlife according to Egyptian, Norse, and Greco-Roman mythology.

Raising offspring is crucial to the continuation of life on Earth and it impressive just how diverse the act of bringing up the next generation is among different species. In this episode we explore these differences and take some time to award the worst parent.

The Iberian Peninsula, the land that makes up current day Portugal and Spain, has been ruled and influenced by a large number of cultures and religions. Join us to learn about the approximately 2000 years that spans from around 500 BCE to the end of the Reconquista in 1492 CE. Spoiler alert, in order to have a Reconquista, you first have to have a Conquista.

In this episode of Teach Me Something we are promoting a second set of women in the field of science who haven't gotten the credit they deserve. From the bottom of the ocean to the far reaches of space, these women have made incredible discoveries and its time we heard about them.