In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we are start out looking at the rather interesting way the couple hundred million dollar Hope Diamond has been transported a couple times.
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Next up, we discuss how diamonds went from a mostly worthle ... Show More
Jan 23
Caesar Part 4: In Which We Discuss All Things Tangentially Related
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start out by discussing the fascinating story about how the statue of Shakespeare in Central Park, New York, got there, what John Wilkes Booth’s Brother did for Abraham Lincoln’s son, the real story about why Caesar dressing is called th ... Show More
53m 36s
Jan 22
The Incredible Story of U-47 and “The Bull of Scapa Flow”
Scapa Flow lies barely seven degrees below the Arctic Circle, in the cold, windswept Orkney Islands at the northern tip of Scotland. Measuring 10 kilometres wide by 8 kilometres long with an average depth of 30 metres, this natural anchorage is bounded to the north by the mainlan ... Show More
19m 20s
Sep 2025
How the diamond industry lost its sparkle
The natural diamond industry is facing an existential threat: lab-grown diamonds. They’re chemically and physically identical to natural stones, and they're just a fraction of the price. Eleanor Olcott, the FT’s China technology correspondent, travelled to the epicentre of lab-gr ... Show More
23m 32s
Dec 2024
BTC211: Bitcoin vs Art and Real Estate w/ Tad Smith (Bitcoin Podcast)
Exploring the art world with Tad Smith, former CEO of Sotheby’s, as we uncover the intersection of art, Bitcoin, and investment strategies.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
02:28 - The significance behind the $6.2M sale of a banana duct-taped to a wall.
08:07 - How st ... Show More
52m 50s
Apr 2025
A History of Lead (Encore)
Sometime around eight to nine thousand years ago, ancient people in Asia Minor found a very dull grey metal that turned out to be easy to manipulate when it was heated.
For thousands of years, it was used for a variety of purposes, including as a food additive.
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With the adven ... Show More
13m 27s
Dec 2024
History of the Self: Love
How did love – this thing that's supposed to be beautiful, magical, transformative – turn into a neverending slog? We went searching for answers, and we found them in surprising places. On today's show: a time-hopping, philosophical journey into the origins of modern love. (This ... Show More
53m 7s
<p>A number of years back, expat podcast <em>Expat Sandwich</em> produced a <a href= "ttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expat-sandwich/id1205730536" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documentary episode</a> all about... us! As we prepare to launch our 12th season (can you believe ... Show More
