We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.

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Technocracy III: Welcome to the Technate! – Alternate History – North American History 2018-04-15
Technocracy II: Techno-snark and the Techno-future – North American History 2018-04-01
Technocracy I: Functional Control Is Imperative – North American History 2018-03-18
Mohism VI Finale: Big Trouble in Little Moh-town – RPG – Chinese History 2018-03-04
Mohism V: Your Mohist Training – RPG – Chinese History 2018-02-18
Space Exploration in 1920: In Honor of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch – PDT3K – Science History 2018-02-14
Mohism IV: The Castle of Horrors, Part 2 – Chinese History 2018-02-04
Mohism III: Dungeon Master Mo and the Castle of Horrors, Part 1 – Chinese History 2018-01-21
Dead Contraceptives, feat. Kelly Nussbaum – Women’s History 2018-01-14
Mohism II: Working Class Philosophers – Chinese History 2018-01-07
Mohism I: Ancient Chinese Leftists – Chinese History 2017-12-24
Christmas Ghost Stories: Glámr the Icelandic Draugr, and 13 Candles – Viking History 2017-12-21
Self-mummification III: A Japanese Abelard and Heloise – Japanese History 2017-12-10
Self-mummification II: The Perfect Samurai and the Farmer Fuck-up – Japanese History 2017-11-26
The Merry Thanksgiving of the Burglar and Plumber, 1895 – PDT3K – American History 2017-11-19
Self-mummification I: Buddhist Mummies of Japan – Japanese History 2017-11-12
Halloween in Scotland and at Sea in 1886 – PDT3K – Scottish History 2017-10-30
Titoism Epilogue: Another Personal Reflection – Balkan History 2017-10-29
Titoism VII: The National Question: An Interview with Alex Cruikshanks – Balkan History 2017-10-15
Titoism VI: Art, Pop, and Yugonostalgia: An Interview with Dr. Noah Charney and Srdjan Perisic – Balkan History 2017-10-01
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