Alcatraz. The Rock. The inescapable prison that held some of the most ruthless and colorful criminals the world has ever seen. Some of whom were notorious for escaping...
Author - Jeff Espiritu
In the wide pantheon of tough jobs, your friendly neighborhood baker might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But pre-industrialization, bakers had one of the...
Can we ever actually cure cancer? With the explosion of research in mRNA vaccines that can be coded for specific cancer antigens, the answer is more optimistic than you...
Corporate America is full of stories of recalls from products that have injured or killed consumers, but none can touch the scope and cost of the Takata Airbag Recall...
We’ve heard them in movies for decades, but of course we don’t know what they sounded like in real life. But we do have some educated guesses, and today we’re going to...
The Khara-Hora shaft in Russia is one of the most mysterious rock formations ever found, and has become something of an internet mystery. Depending on who you ask, it...
It’s been talked about for a while (in fact I covered this 6 years ago), but a lot of things have been said about the potential collapse of the Atlantic Gulf Stream...
We’ve covered a lot of stories over the years involving the strange and wonderful animals that we share this planet with. So in this month’s compilation, let’s take a...
In this month’s Lightning Round, we’ve got questions about what we learned from Covid; and are we better prepared for the next pandemic? Also my biggest existential...
When hunting big game, sometimes you get Mother Nature, sometimes she gets you. These are the deadliest animals to hunt, and why they are such a risk to hunters...