Teach Me Something

Ok maybe these aren't hard and fast rules, and maybe they're more... rules of thumb, but you should still listen to this episode to learn about a number of animals that stick out amongst their peers.

... 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.

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.

For a much of our history, the academic, and especially STEM fields, have not been very inclusive of women. In fact, many of the women who fought and struggled to be a part of these fields have been mostly excluded from the history books, and their advancements attributed to men. In this episode we are going to shine a light on just a few of the women who deserve credit for their incredible work.

Come with us on a tour of incredible examples of technology from the ancient world. Some that we know a bit about and some that we are still baffled by today.