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Episode 149: Off Track Aug 17, 2020

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History has proven just how good humans are at improving things, from weapons and tools to medicine and education. But some advancements come at a price, while creating some horrifying folklore in the process.

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Episode 148: Predictable Aug 03, 2020

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If history has shown us anything, it's that humans are easily motivated by fear. Just what some of those fears have been, though, is more than a little frightening.

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Episode 147: Contained Jul 20, 2020

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Humans have long practiced the art of building walls and fortresses in an effort to gain control or find safety. But no place is safe from the danger we bring upon ourselves, and sometimes those tragedies stay right where they started.

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Episode 146: A Great Weight Jul 06, 2020

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Humans have spent thousands of years building systems to keep us as safe as possible. But eventually, each of us will have to stop and rest, letting down our guard and opening ourselves up to perhaps our darkest and oldest of enemies.

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Episode 145: Invention Jun 22, 2020

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Human ingenuity knows no bounds. Along with creating all manner of new technology, and ever more complex levels of knowledge, another thing we are good at inventing is ourselves. And sometimes that alteration can become the stuff of legend.

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Episode 144: Birds of Prey Jun 08, 2020

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Folklore is often about danger and how we, as a community, might avoid it. But real life sometimes becomes a mirror of those fears, and leaves us wondering why no one saw it coming.

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Episode 143: Inside Information May 25, 2020

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Some of the oldest and most popular parts of folklore are the ghost stories. Whether told around a campfire, or red about in the safety a well-lit room, they are always fun, and often chilling. But there's so much more to ghosts than wispy visions and rattling chains.

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Episode 142: Reflections May 11, 2020

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There's a lot that science has explained away. Mysteries that left us cowering in fear. Events that challenged our feelings of security and control. But even after all that progress, there are still some unexplained stories that left to haunt us.

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Episode 141: Stains Apr 27, 2020

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Humanity has always been very good at making the best of a bad situation. Either by burying the past, or at least by building distractions that take the focus off of it. But no matter how beautiful those distractions are, our past always leaves a mark.

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Episode 140: Potential Apr 13, 2020

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We often speak in lofty terms about all that humans are capable of achieving, and much of that is true. But looking backward in time, we can also see moments when that potential has led to horrible tragedy. And we have no one to blame but ourselves.

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