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CLASSIC: Idiomatic For The People, Part I

12/6/2025 • 64 min

Language is beautiful and, in many cases, continually evolving. As a result, we end up with hundreds of strange idioms and figures of speech that we use on a daily basis, with little to no understanding of what they originally meant. Join the guys and special guest, Rowan Newbie, the creator of the Pitches podcast, as they explore the bizarre origins of your fav… Play episode

Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Bizarre Controversy
IP, Part Three: A Copyright for Everyone!
CLASSIC: Was there a real-life Rapunzel?
Ridiculous Maps: That Time Everyone Thought California Was An Island
The Chicago Tylenol Murders
CLASSIC: Benjamin Franklin's Advice On "Finding A Mistress"
Wait! Can a tree really own itself?
Doc Holliday Was, In Fact, A Deadly Dentist
CLASSIC: What does "Idaho" actually mean?
The Ridiculous History of Dog Food
Bir Tawil: The Ridiculous Tale of "Earth's Worst Real Estate"
CLASSIC: Uncle Sam Tried to End World War II With Bat Bombs
The Ridiculous History of the "Ice Cream Sundae"
Zombies, Part Two: The Movies!
CLASSIC: The American Soldiers Who Defected to North Korea and Became Movi…
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Temple of Artemis
That Time Everyone Loved Radium: What Could Go Wrong?
CLASSIC: How a Broken Toilet Foiled a German Sub
CLASSIC: Creature Feature: The Dark Tetrad
CLASSIC: Gustaf Broman Tried to Cross the Atlantic in a Canoe . . . Or Did…
CLASSIC: The Weird, Surprisingly Recent Origin of the Tooth Fairy
CLASSIC: When Vikings Loot The Wrong Town
CLASSIC: Were Tulips Really The Bitcoin of the 1600s?
CLASSIC: (Some of) History's Dumbest Military Prototypes
The Dumbest Mobster Ever Tried To Steal Ruby Slippers
The Ridiculously Disturbing History of North Korea
CLASSIC: The Forty Elephants: London’s All-Female Jewel Thieves
Disco Balls are Ridiculous, and We Love Them
The Truth About "Zombies"
CLASSIC: The Malleus Maleficarum: A Real-life Witch Hunter's Bible
How the Kentucky Derby Became a Thing
The Ridiculous History of the 90s and Low Culture, with Ross Benes
CLASSIC: The Great London Beer Flood of 1814
The True Story of Pac Man -- and a Ton of Weird Theories
The Ridiculous Origin of the the Word "Ridiculous"
CLASSIC: Dr. Seuss Wrote His Most Famous Book On A Bet
The Terrifying Science of Tiny Subs and D-Day, Part Two: The Rise of the C…
The Terrifying Science of Tiny Subs and D-Day, Part One: The Return of Dr.…
CLASSIC: Feral Children and the True Story Behind The Jungle Book
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Colossus of Rhodes
Unlucky Numbers Across The Globe -- And Why They Are Ridiculous
CLASSIC: The Ridiculously Laxative-laden Journey of Lewis and Clark
Moon Rock Heists, Part Two: The Romantic Misadventures of Thad Roberts
Moon Rock Heists, Part One: Lunatic Heists and Space Law
CLASSIC: The Strange and Spectacularly Disgusting Story of the Great Kentu…
The Ridiculously Energetic History of Energy Drinks!
Japan is Overrun By Raccoons Entirely Due to a Single Cartoon
CLASSIC: The Bizarre Origin of the Oxford English Dictionary
Hoax! With Dana Schwartz and Lizzie Logan

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