Short Stuff: Tulipmania

An amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 1561. Except it wasn’t that at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Crooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about it. Learn about the twisted history of orthodontics today!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island in Scotland. To this day no one knows exactly what happened to them. Find out all about this strange situation in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A 'BN'er' is a Dutch person who has become famous in the Netherlands for whatever reason. In this mini-lesson, Joyce Diebels from Dutch with Joyce, will introduce you to ten famous Dutch people. - Een BN'er is een Nederlander die om een of andere reden bekend is geworden in Neder ... Show More

Arriving in the Netherlands just in time for the annual Tulip Festival, Snoop and Sniffy must journey through the canals and windmills of Amsterdam to help find a rare lost Tulip Bulb. 

The boys have finally done it - a short flight to Amsterdam and a quick visit to a coffee shop, led to the most mental Wafflin' episode ever! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Margaret talks with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It’s the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Hongerwinter during World War II, which led to widespread starvation, and an inadvertent breakthrough in treating deadly celiac disease. 

Margaret talks with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This week’s picks from our YouTube channel feature a look at the housing bubbles that are looking increasingly shaky in a number of countries and a little tale of what happened when Instagram fact-checked a meme I posted about CBDCs. A home of one’s own is a big deal for many peo ... Show More

it’s been a wild year. gather round as i look back at 2023. the highs, the lows and a story that still makes me laugh every time i think about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Margaret reads Prop two horror stories she wrote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.