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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A Haunted Christmas: Ghost Stories from Around the World – World History 2016-12-25
Hypnotism: Dangers and Advantages in 1888 – PDT3K – French History 2016-12-18
Hysteria II: The Women of Dr. Charcot’s Hospital – French History 2016-12-11
Hysteria I: Women and Technology in Belle Époque France – French History 2016-12-04
Bicycle Face: A Lady Cyclist Medical Scare in the 1890s – Women’s History 2016-11-27
Miraculous Susan: A Thanksgiving Story from 1893 – PDT3K – American History 2016-11-20
The Hammer of Witches (Malleus Maleficarum) – PDT3K – Women’s History 2016-11-13
Anti-Witches II: Inquisition Trials and Eastern European Lore – Italian History 2016-11-06
Anti-Witches I: The Benandanti and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy – Italian History 2016-10-30
Halloween in Ireland in 1886 – PDT3K – Irish History 2016-10-23
Still Arguing Against Miasma in 1901 – PDT3K – American History 2016-10-16
Miasma II: Court Cases from a Plague Year – Italian History 2016-10-09
Miasma I: Plague and Mutated Air in Renaissance Italy – Italian History 2016-10-02
“Savage” Man: Imagining Prehistory in 1873 – PDT3K – Modern History 2016-09-25
Ginormous Stone Circles II: Making Sense of Stonehenge – British History 2016-09-18
Ginormous Stone Circles I: Stonehenge Builders of Neolithic Britain – British History 2016-09-11
Presenting Indian Asceticism to English-speakers in 1924 – PDT3K – Indian History 2016-09-06
Reanimated Corpses II: Ajivika Story Time – Indian History 2016-09-06
Reanimated Corpses I: The Ajivika of Ancient India – Indian History 2016-09-06
Episode 00 WTF Is This Podcast About 2016-08-27
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