Episodes

  • 3. We can invent our way out of this. We promise

    3. We can invent our way out of this. We promise
    May 30 2025

    Money isnt as old as we think it is and also somehow older. A story of humanities relationship to labor as told through the great inventions that fundamentally changed humankind.

    Celt's Pigeon Vid

    https://youtu.be/D9t1MllxcdY?si=d6iGq2vwgkSnwQwP
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    2 hrs and 37 mins
  • 2. The Parlor Trick That Powered the World

    2. The Parlor Trick That Powered the World
    May 4 2025

    A look at some of the earliest observations and uses of electricity from 2750 BCE to like 1900

    Baghdad Battery Archaeology https://youtu.be/19mhccQ3nVA

    Baghdad Battery Theory https://youtu.be/XcFOOfqfx3s
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • 1. The Golden Era of Terrible Inventions

    1. The Golden Era of Terrible Inventions
    Mar 30 2025

    this pod cures gonorrhea in 2 hours!!!

    but fr tho welcome to the pilot episode of esotechnica a pod where we talk about all the strangest artifacts of human inventiveness. today we're talking about the forgotten inventions of the World War era, or as i like to call it, the golden era of terrible inventions

    further reading:

    the gas-proof baby carriage https://youtu.be/BWElVqNTkO8

    the spruce girls: https://youtu.be/r4k1nNfyuLc

    Baby in a Box article: https://media.pluto.psy.uconn.edu/babyinabox.html

    Interview with Skinner's daughter: https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/blog-posts/being-the-baby-in-the-box-bf-skinners-daughter-dispels-the-myths/r/recMjL1uEtGHT47YU
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    2 hrs and 19 mins