Scattered Curiosities show

Scattered Curiosities

Summary: What if we told you Bartholomew Columbus, Jerome Bonaparte and Kermit Roosevelt were all real people? Did you know that there is a direct link between Napoleon Bonaparte and tin cans? Thomas Jefferson and barbed wire? John Travolta and Forrest Gump? Dive into the rabbit hole of history's obscure facts and unique narratives with host Albort Einstone as he connects the dots between past and present. Join us for a hearty dose of Scattered Curiosities.

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 E06.4 Fritdjof Nansen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:12

Explorer. Adventurer. Neurologist. Sailor. Stud. Diplomat. Scientist. Champion Ice Skater. Champion Skier. Nobel Peace Prize Winner. You need to know about this guy.

 E06.3 That Ain't Right | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:45

E06.3 That Ain't Right by Albort Einstone

 E06.2 Idiomdom | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:06

Albort jumps the shark in our 22nd episode, Idiomdom. Toeing the line between literal and figurative speaking he uncovers the stories behind such idioms as “it’s a cakewalk” “throwing in the towel” “costing and arm and a leg” and, of course, “jumping the shark”. Discover the origin of the words “bimbo” “pushover” and “scram”, find out why we call weaker, smaller, frightened people “chickens” and learn to speak jive.

 E06.1 American Zigzag | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:45:40

Jump into the Curiosity Winnebago as Albort takes you on a road trip across America, zigzagging north to south and south to north and from east to west to see the biggest ball of twine, the Paul Bunyan statue that comes alive in Stephen King’s novel “IT”, a UFO House, Jim the Wonder Dog Gardens, PT Barnum’s grave, the Fiji Merman, the Death Tiki of Awesomeness and go inside Lucy the Elephant, Climatron, dinosaurs and the world’s biggest kaleidoscope. You will visit every drive-to-able state with the exception of Alaska. It’s the American Zigzag!

 E05.4 Failing English is Easy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:18

American English can be one of the most confusing languages to comprehend as it is constantly evolving and including everyday slang into its lexicon. Even words that have been around for a while can be confusing to people who already speak English: flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. This week, Albort highlights some of the many instances from everyday conversations that make failing English so easy.

 E05.3 Symbolically Speaking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:18:18

Where did the infinity symbol come from? What is the true meaning behind the barber pole? Does a little blue ribbon mean more that one thing? What common everyday gesture means “anus” south of the equator? Discover the answer to these and other symbols, logos and gestures that are recognizable worldwide. This is symbolically speaking.

 E05.2 Triple D's: The Daffy Donald Dilemma | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:58:02

After Saturday’s big boxing match, we decided to pit the Warner Brothers Duck against the Disney Duck to find out which is most Quacktastic. Which pantsless fowl do you prefer? After Albort makes his case, you may change your mind. And get to know some of the amazing voice talent that have entertained us for the past 80+ years from Silly Symphonies to Looney Toons to Scooby Doo to Futurama and The Simpsons. It’s the Daffy Donald Dilemma.

 E05.1 Scope This Out | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:07:02

To celebrate today’s rare Solar Eclipse, this episode is dedicated to the exploration of the heavens and the invention that opened the night sky to everyone, the telescope. And you have to go through Aristotle, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, just to name a few, to get to it. Learn about Halley’s Comet, the Hubble Telescope, the black hole in the center of our galaxy, what a Jansky noise is and say goodbye to Albort’s favorite space mission, Cassini-Huygens. Scope this out!

 E04.4 Color Me Smart | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:08

In one of our tiniest “sodes” ever, Albort briefly analyzes the root origins of the names of colors. While he doesn’t cover all of the hues sewn into Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, he most definitely enlightens the origins of all of the chromatic tones of the rainbow, the three crayon colors they give your kid when you go to a family friendly restaurant, and a couple of less popular tinges as well, like Puce and Alice Blue.

 E04.3 Curiosity Scatter: VOL 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:11

Albort is cleaning out the file cabinet of spare curiosities that he was unable to include in past shows, so, these are kind of like the deleted scenes from materials found for our first 12 episodes, revealing Cookie Monster’s first name, the meaning of the phrase, “The Luck of the Irish” and you’ll meet a heavy metal singing parrot and Chinese Fire Monkeys!

 E04.2 Silver Foxes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:30

What do Chewbacca, Igor, Flo, Barney Rubble, Sancho Panza, Dr. Watson, John Oates, Art Garfunkel and the Pips all have in common? They get all get second billing, just like all of the Vice Presidents of America. Learn about all of the second-hand men to hold the title of “Veep” and find out which vice president wrote a hit song, which one introduced the bill that would abolish slavery and which two Vice Presidents shot another man while still in office. Get to know the Silver Foxes.

 E04.1 Moons, Mooning and The Moon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:35:47

Who really invented the moonwalk? Was the Apollo moon landing a hoax? Is there water anywhere else in our solar system? Was Galileo a jerk? What are the names of all the other moons in our solar system? What is the Jade Rabbit? Who invented the moonpie? All of this and more are revealed in this episode of lunacy about our moon, all of the moons of our solar system and the ritual of mooning.

 E03.4 Bobby Fulton and Me | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:20

This week, Albort invites his first guest, and long time friend and colleague, Bobby Fulton on the show for an incongruent back and forth that proves to be an assortment of multifariousness. Get to know your host a little bit better in this zany session of outrageous questions that will make you think about how YOU would answer them.

 E03.3 Humdrummery: The Most Boringest Day Ever | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:32

April 11, 1954 is considered the most boring day in history since 1900, but is it? Join Albort as he attempts to “deborify the boring”. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 E03.2 Ooooo, Ahhh! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:51

Ooooo, Ahh! is our 4th of July special, “Oval Officer's Ones, One by One. A Hunka Head Honchos” Celebrate the presidential firsts of our country’s commanders in chief. Find out some obscure facts they never taught you in school and improve your Jeopardy game instantly!

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Albort says:

Great new podcast with lots of interesting stuff I never knew about everything!