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Curious Insights from History

John Walker

A fast podcast that is all about gaining understanding, finding inspiration, and maybe laughing a little at some curious insights. The ideas come from more popular non-fiction books. John Walker is the host.

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#17 Chivington Massacre

Curious Insights from History

08/07/19 • 13 min

A discussion of a sad day in American history and a man named Silas Soul.

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#16 Lynwood

Curious Insights from History

06/17/19 • 12 min

Excessive punishment sometimes results in extreme reaction!

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#15 Arlington

Curious Insights from History

05/27/19 • 7 min

Brief Memorial Day message

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#14 Lee

Curious Insights from History

05/18/19 • 14 min

The definitive word on Civil War monuments. Or at least one opinion on one Civil War hero,

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#13 Why a Spy

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04/30/19 • 8 min

A Russian Spy from the 80's is discussed. How he did what he did and why.

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#12 Dynamite to Peace

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04/16/19 • 12 min

The fascinating story of Alfred Nobel. How he went from dynamite king to originator of the Peace Prize.
List of Nobel Prize Winners:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates

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#11 The Fasting Cure

Curious Insights from History

04/06/19 • 13 min

Today we talk about a book by Upton Sinclair called The Fasting Cure. It is an old book, but is amazingly modern considering the recent understandings of what fasting can do for health.
This is a good general article about water fasting:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/water-fasting
This is the actual text of The Fasting Cure by Sinclair Lewis:
http://apache2.pum.edu.pl/~fasting/upton.pdf
This is an interesting podcast on intermittent fasting: https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-79/

STEM talk is one of my favorite podcasts.

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#10 Hockey Stick

Curious Insights from History

03/29/19 • 11 min

Sometime bad events lead to better outcomes.

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#9 Fully Human

Curious Insights from History

03/19/19 • 13 min

A discussion of slavery and black soldiers during the Civil War.

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John Harvey's Mustard Problem

Curious Insights from History

08/10/19 • 8 min

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