Podcast
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
A podcast about exactly what it says it is: examining the bad ideas, mistakes and accidents that misshaped our world.
- Episodes
- 246
- Releases
- Every two weeks
- Typical length
- 1 hr 3 min
- On air since
- 2017
- Latest episode
- 20 hours ago
Episodes
246 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 10 min
A Real Sad Song
Show notes
This is the history of the lost art of funerary violin. And then the history of the history of the lost art of funerary violin.
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1 hr 5 min
Like They Never Existed
Show notes
Admittedly, The Bermuda Triangle feels like low-hanging fruit. But that's Halloween for ya!
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1 hr 20 min
Shocking (Redux)
Show notes
I've often said that this is the best vertical slice of The Constant I've ever made. Well, now I've remade it, so you can better judge for yourself.
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1 hr 9 min
Turning a Coroner
Show notes
This is the story of the abolition of the Massachusetts Coroner's Office, and the creation of the world's first Medical Examiner. Told, as best as I can tell, for the first time since it happened.
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1 hr 15 min
Your Hand in Mine (AI Yi Yi)
Show notes
The Test Begins... Now.
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1 hr 3 min
The Turk
Show notes
This is really one of the load-bearing mother-stories of The Constant. So much so that until now I'd declined to tell it. You'll see what changed my mind in two weeks.
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59 min
Weights and Measures, Volume 2
Show notes
In which, almost as an afterthought, we conclude the story of John Quincy Adams' boring book.
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1 hr 2 min
Weights and Measures, Volume 1
Show notes
How long is a podcast? Too.
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1 hr 3 min
Woman in Pieces
Show notes
The story of an oil baron's daughter, and his wife, who were the same person.
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1 hr 12 min
Do You Think He Saur Us (Redux)
Show notes
We've had some setbacks at The Constant HQ. So here's a remake of an episode I screwed up the first go around!
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1 hr 4 min
You're Being Homunculus
Show notes
Create your own magical little men at home with only these simple ingredients (cum, horse manure)!
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58 min
It's a Secret 5 Everyone
Show notes
We're opening the secret feed vault and letting you take a peek. If you like what you find, consider joining at patreon.com/theconstant.
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1 hr 8 min
The Valley of Death, Part Two
Show notes
The bloody fight against Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever continues and concludes.
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54 min
The Valley of Death, Part One
Show notes
Here's a change: a history of getting something RIGHT.
Eventually.
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1 hr 9 min
When in Rome?
Show notes
When is a jar not a jar?
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1 hr 7 min
The Last Alchemist, Part Two
Show notes
The rousing conclusion, now with verifiable events and personages!
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1 hr 4 min
The Last Alchemist, Part One
Show notes
To get to the last, we should start at the first. But since we have no idea who that might've been, we'll just start here.
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51 min
Perpetuum Mobile Redux
Show notes
Let's try this one more time. Forever.
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1 hr 2 min
Jumping Jack Flash (It's a Gas Gas Gas)
Show notes
Time for some ol' fashioned mass hysteria.
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1 hr 22 min
Peace Forever
Show notes
It's only an analogy if you want it to be.
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