On the Potcast
Inspired by archaic use of magazines while doing one’s business in the bathroom, we decided to give people a more modern way to kill time. The series is a short episode format containing a potpurri of subjects, stories, and anecdotes to entertain and educate folks while they’ve got nothing better to do.
Episodes
You may be familiar with the song Lisztomania, but did you know that it's inspired by the obsession over a 19th-century pianist, Franz Liszt? Learn more about the mania in this week's episode!
In an episode of " How Do You Think of These Things? ", Katie discusses the THOUSANDS of miles whales travel in a given year.
Carl Higdon went on a hunting trip in October 1974 in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow National Forest. He remembers putting an elk in his gun's sight, pulling the trigger, and then being woken up 3 miles away in his truck, hours later, by police. Hear all about his story on this week's episode.
In this week's episode, Katie explores two ways the brain can show up differently in different people: Anendophasia and aphantasia.
Most of the residents in Coober Pedy, Australia, live underground in homes dug into the rock. Learn all about this desert town in this week's episode.
In Buckinghamshire, England, during WWII, some of the most important work of the war was happening, but no one knew about it until decades later.
In 1816, much of the world did not have a summer season. This was caused by a number of different factors, including volcanic sulphur in the air and the Little Ice Age.
In March 1974, the Betz family found a metal sphere on their property that started behaving erratically when they brought it into their home. Is it just a simple ball bearing or something more intriguing? Learn more on this week's episode.
Astronomer Williamina Fleming not only helped develop a new system to classify stars, she discovered the first known white dwarf star, AND the Horsehead Nebula.
Do you know the history of the barber pole includes surgery? Learn more on this week's episode!
When Tonda Dickerson won $10 million in the lottery, she thought this money would make her life so much better, but unfortunately, it did the opposite.
On December 9th, 2019, 47 people were on New Zealand's White Island Volcano when it erupted, resulting in many casualties and extreme burns and injuries to the survivors.
In this week's episode, Liz explains the weird process of freezing a body or brain in the hopes that one day technology will bring you back.
The story of Amelia Earhart is getting some new theories after government documents were declassified around her crash.
Are you the prankster or the fool on April Fools Day? Or like Katie, do you just forget about it and are surprised each year? Listen to this week's episode and learn all about the origin of the holiday and how it's celebrated around the world.
Did you know that EVERY baseball played in an MLB game has to be coated in a specific mud? Learn all about it in this week's episode, brought to you by sports pro Katie.
In this week's episode, learn all about the invasive Apple Snail, and the only thing that Katie takes away is that Liz will eat a softball-sized snail.
On this week's episode, we'll tell you about a man who had a 3-foot-long tamping iron penetrate his skull, which led to drastic changes in neuroscience.
Happy (almost) St. Patrick's Day! On this week's episode, Liz will tell you about some of the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the States.
What started off as a normal flight from England ended with the pilot being sucked halfway out of the cockpit after the windshield blew off. Hear all about the miracle of British Airways flight 5390 on this week's episode.
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