Medium Dives

Really, it's not about Baba Yaga. Alicia talks about doodles found on microchips, and Tyler tells us about the Four Pests Campaign in China that resulted in a horrific famine. Instagram: @mediumdivespod Email: mediumdives@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music Credit: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/l...

Let's pretend like this almost 4 month long break was intentional, shall we? This episode, Alicia talks about several legal cases involving animals, including one involving copyright disputes over a selfie taken by a monkey. Then we get into a discussion about animal rights activism and whether it's ethical to own pets. Tyler follows up on cheese caves, mentioned in Episode 4! A surplus in dairy p...

Alicia talks about the origins of Groundhog Day, going all the way back to Imbolc, then Candlemas, then finally to Pennsylvania Dutch culture. We also have a lot of fun talking about the lore surrounding Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous weather-predicting groundhog. Tyler explains iron lungs and answers some questions that have kept him up at night, like how do people scratch an itch or prevent...

This week, Alicia talks about four different non-water floods. We've got whiskey, molassess, chocolate, and butter, y'all. Tyler tells the history of the Kowloon Walled City and reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit. Instagram: @mediumdivespod  Email: mediumdives@gmail.com Intro/Outro Music Credit: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Common...

Apologies for our impromptu month-long break! In episode 3, Alicia talks about the Third Man Syndrome, a phenomenon where people feel/see a helpful presence in life-threatening scenarios. Tyler talks about cicadas, primarily the periodical ones that emerge every 13 or 17 years and ruin everyone's lives for a couple weeks - it turns out they are quite mysterious. Instagram: @mediumdivespod  In...

Sorry for the delay in posting Episode 2! (But not that sorry because we have full-time jobs) This week Alicia talks about how our memory is worse than we think it is. Tyler explores the origin of the Boogeyman and Banshees, and discusses an under-trained veneer tech. Instagram: @mediumdivespod  Intro/Outro Music Credit: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Cre...

Alicia talks about how trees use fungi to communicate with each other (the “wood wide web”), and Tyler explains Disney’s no-dying-on-grounds policy and how New York water is superior. Instagram: @mediumdivespod  Intro Music Credit: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hoste...