Court jesters have been associated with positions of authority throughout time in memorial from the Pharoah Neferkere to the conquests of Atilla the Hun to the Battle of Hastings and through the Age of Discovery. These wisecracking wearers of t

58 1986: Balki In Space

Nov 22nd, 2023 1h 11m

1986 (a 365-day time frame fraught with discharge of toxic material, skyjackings, and espionage) was dubbed the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. And why not? The U.K. and Netherlands officially ended the 335-Years War, Hands A

57 Simpsucation

Jun 7th, 2023 1h 10m

Since The Simpsons debuted over three decades ago, Albort’s Jeopardy game has been embiggened exponentially. But for the Simpsons, he would never have known about Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, or William Alton Car

56 Cliché Cache

Oct 9th, 2022 35m 51s

How many movies have you seen that feature a wardrobe montage, a protagonist tearing out an IV to hastily leave the hospital, post-coital bed-sheets that magically only cover the woman’s chest, or characters uttering stale lines like, “We’ve go

55 Magnetic Tape, Joysticks, and Pizza Theaters

Apr 16th, 2022 1h

It's been fifty years since Atari’s revolutionary game, Pong, ushered in a Renaissance for video arcades in America and gave rise to the animatronic house bands of Chuck E. Cheese and Showbiz Pizza. Albort experienced it in real time and invite

Better Half E4 - Pearls, Pants Suits, And The Golden Age Of Capitalism 1944 - 2022

Feb 5th, 2022 1h 57m

This is the final episode of our four-part Better Half mini-series containing six lectures apropos to the First Ladies from the Cold War up to the present time. What is known of the First Ladies of the United States we have covered up to this p

Better Half E3 - Amelia And Eleanor's Excellent Adventure 1933 - 1944

Feb 5th, 2022 42m 32s

This third installment of our four-part Better Half mini-series departs from the regular format as it is not focused solely on the First Lady of the United States of America and only features one of them. Today's narrative was built around the

Better Half E2 - Scalawags, Carpetbaggers, And The Gospel Of Wealth 1865 - 1933

Feb 5th, 2022 1h 14m

This is the second apportionment of our four-part Better Half mini-series containing four lectures regarding the First Ladies of the United States within the Reconstruction Era, the Gilded Age, through total global interwar, the Mad Decade, and

Better Half E1 - Remember The Ladies 1789 - 1865

Feb 5th, 2022 1h 10m

This is the inaugural episode of an introductory four-part mini-series regarding the First Ladies of the United States of America. The New Nation's inception thought nothing of what to call the President's wife as "First Lady" did not appear in

54 LOST In History

Aug 30th, 2021 1h 2m

It has been eleven years since ABC’s smash drama LOST has been off the air, yet fans continue to debate and mythologize its doctrines via blogs and hundreds of podcasts devoted solely to dissecting the mysterious island series from multiple per

53 FLOTU5

Jun 15th, 2021 1h 30m

We had intended to cover the First Ladies a while ago, which ended up morphing into an episode about Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. The FLOTUS material got put aside for a separate series of 20-minute audio lectures that has been collect

52 The Mandela Effect

Sep 28th, 2020 47m 48s

What happens when a paranormal consultant remembers an incarcerated Nelson Mandela dying in the 1980s instead of famously being released from his twenty-seven-year sentence in 1990, becoming the first Black President of South Africa and living

51 The Quarantine Wine Whine

Jul 6th, 2020 1h 14m

When did fashion dolls morph into America’s movable men? Why do unicorns and Pegasus get confused for one another? Who, among rock stars, would make the ugliest, but most talented, baby? What Golden Raspberry Award-winning actor and former BOP

50 Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure

May 3rd, 2020 42m 23s

Did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt have Amelia Earhart shot down over the Pacific during a “reconnaissance” mission in retaliation for her lesbian affairs with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt? Probably not, but if you nit-picked your facts, y

49 Let's Talk About Secs Part II

May 2nd, 2020 1h 1m

At long last, the conclusion to our series highlighting the men and women (finally) to hold the position of US Secretary of State has arrived. This installment brings us into and through the 20th Century, covering the annexation of Hawaii, the

48 Sinter Wodan Kringle Claus

Dec 7th, 2019 52m 36s

*WARNING: CONTENTS OF THIS EPISODE CONTAIN CHRISTMAS SPOILERS. NOT FOR CHILDREN* Join Albort as he explores the many incarnations of the most fantastical, generous, Coca-Cola loving character of the holiday season, Santa Claus; from Saint Niko

47 Hallowmas

Oct 6th, 2019 1h 7m

It’s October and time for our most spooktacular episode yet. Get a lesson in the provenance of Halloween and the many names it goes by, from the Celtic festivities of Calan Gaef and Samhain to All Hallow’s Eve, Hallowmas, All Saint’s Day, Refor

46 Let's Talk About Secs

Sep 24th, 2019 58m 21s

Having already covered Presidents and Vice Presidents, we are now continuing the tradition of an annual show dedicated to the men and women who have run the United States since its inception with the elusive position of Secretary of State, a jo

45 Golden Jubilee

Aug 12th, 2019 50m 21s

Orville Redenbacher, Mario Puzo and James Brown walk into a podcast…don’t you wish that was the set up to a fantastic joke? It’s not (sorry) but a connection between the three can be found in the year 1969; as well as Ho Chi Minh/Dwight D. Eise

44 Cap Dat

Jul 23rd, 2019 1h 7m

Capital cities are the center of government to nations states and provinces but are not always the most prominent, popular, populous or permanent (New York City and Philadelphia are NOT capital cities…anymore). Pensacola and Saint Augustine are

43 Unglish

Jun 18th, 2019 30m 35s

It is time for this season’s language analyzing episode, featuring near miss accidents, poison versus venom, Judas Priest, Alzheimer’s Disease, The Pirates of Penzance, bald faced lies, Diphtheria, Contronyms, Malapropisms, Voiceless Labiodenta

42 Distinguished Despots And Enigmatic Eminences

May 28th, 2019 45m 19s

It’s the season three premiere and boy is it a scattered one, including little known factoids about some infamously ferocious historical redheads and a queen whose hair turned white overnight. Delve into the many loves of Cleopatra and Gaius Ju

41 TAMT Teenage Avant - Garde Master Talents

Nov 20th, 2018 1h 19m

It’s the Season Two Finale and Albort thinks the Renaissance names for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were not assigned properly and intends to make a case for it. Get the back story on the cold-blooded half-shelled vindicators of justice and

40 Decennial

Oct 29th, 2018 29m 34s

Albort reflects on his fortieth year on this our fortieth episode. Travel back to the mystical year one thousand, nine-hundred ninety-eight to decide if Albort predicted the Bird Flu virus as he reads excerpts of his recently dusted off writing

39 Nickels, Bullets, Boats and the Pickle Man

Oct 14th, 2018 1h 27m

Snowmen, Alan Alda, Candy Canes, and Cherries are just some of the many nicknames for pairs in playing cards and the first two make up four fifths of the infamous Dead Man’s Hand. Join Albort for a lesson in poker tournaments, game strategy and