The Terms of Enlightenment

Send a text In the second half of our season finally Abby continues to enlighten Nathan and Tony about beer. Prohibition, Novelty hatchets, sex with lil John, selling out to Scion, National parks and polio, TEN FUN FACTS ABOUT BEER, and Nathan and Tony thank you for being a friend. Join us as we finish our first season with a bang.

Send a text In this, the season one finale,  both Tony and Nathan are enlightened on the history of beer by a special guest presenter. Women brewers, the similarities between hymns and recipes, gods full of the bloodlust, the sound of a time traveling super duty empowered by an Egyptian sun god, beer that tastes like ham, how clean was the water in the middle ages, why Nathan won't take Tony...

Send a text On this episode Tony shares the story of Rose West, another infamous serial killer.  Learn the location of the screened in porch. Strange places to offer the friends and family discount. English ladies of the evening and their Nigels. What happens in Mandy's room stays in Mandy's room. Lord justice Justice, and more. Join us as we are enlightened on the brutal and sadistic li...

Send a text In this episode Nathan shares the history of the second rise of the ku klux klan.  Another trip in the time machine, vegans from Cleveland, one eyed klansmen, a secret penis dance, racist role playing enthusiasts,  the klan's PR department, Methodist ministers, death by human bites, and much more. Join us as we rip another secret society from the shadows and into the light.

Send a text in  this episode Tony takes our lovely enlightened  ones on a journey into the mind of a cuckoo for cocoa puffs lady from Michigan named Aileen Wuornos was she screwed from birth ? Maybe in my opinion was she lesbian at least part time come with us as we follow the life of a serial killer

Send a text On this episode Nathan enlightens Tony on the vigilante group call the white caps.  Franchise vigilante groups, reverse chickens, Tony opens a restaurant with an interesting menu choices and a broken "ice cream machine", what sea creatures do after dark, how to waste money as a middle class white family, what to do in Indiana on a Saturday night, violent fairy folk, and much...

Send a text In this episode Nathan shares with Tony the story of native american religious leader Tenskwatawa, also known as The Prophet. Drunken rants, a red rider bow and arrow, Tony has Georgia on his mind, Nathan has an idea to help hysterical markers, and much more. Join us as we are enlightened in the life, loves, and losses of Tenskwatawa, The Prophet.

Send a text in this episode Tony tell the story of a serial killer Lake in Africa we share an inside family joke we piss off the french we learn some things that are 87% true and we laugh inappropriately and have a great time come join us on this ride wont you and a special note this episode was edited by Tony so if it sucks sorry   

Send a text In this episode Tony enlightens us on the difference between a puritan and a pilgrim. Expensive black hats, European floor cleaning solutions, the first group to use the term bag of dicks, Nathan finds a strip of Velcro...and assures us he is very sorry, pilgrims come first or not at all, Nathan throws his hat in the race for mayor of Batesville Indiana, and the puritans light up the n...

Send a text In this episode Nathan talks about Maximilian Robespierre, the french revolution, and the reign of terror. More war, was the incorruptible corrupted, Prussian memory problems, and much much more. Join us as we are enlightened on  Maximilian Robespierre.

Send a text In this episode Nathan shares the tale of Sawney Beane and his family.  Hedging, the amenities of caves,  the return of Son-of-a-Biscuit-Eater, still more hat pins,  a good reason to not eat people, the responsibilities of parenthood, a king with a bible, and how guilty are children raised to be cannibals. Join us as we are enlightened on the life of Sawney Beane.

Send a text In this, the tenth episode, mid season spectacular, a special guest presenter enlightens both Nathan and Tony about the Yellowstone super volcano. How it was formed, what separates it from an ordinary volcano, what an eruption might look like and much more. Nathan gets anxiety and Tony shows why he will never be president. Join us as we celebrate our mid season by learning at what coul...

Send a text In this episode Tony continues his series on women serial killers with Jane Toppan.  Nursing. Morphine. A vendetta against the elderly. Deaths, big and small. Join us as we learn about jolly Jane, the angle of death.

Send a text In this episode Nathan shares a few first hand accounts of UFO encounters from history and from listeners. Flying pigs, zipping lights, crashes, memory loss, how a Frisbee works, and why the Pope isn't in the woods. Join us as we are enlightened about UFO encounters. 

Send a text This episode Tony presents the story of serial killer Nanny Doss.  The lonely hearts column and other early forms of tinder, quick courtships, drunken husbands, untimely death, insurance claims, and Nathan becomes obsessed with hat pins.  Join us as we are enlightened about the life and times of Nanny Doss.

Send a text On this episode we are enlightened about some of the women who fell victim to the Matilda effect.  We learn about how their discoveries helped shape our lives and advance science, and bring their forgotten names into the light. WiFi, DNA, computers, and...WAR!

Send a text In our first episode of the new year, we change things up, and Tony presents the history of Duffy's Cut Pennsylvania to Nathan. Death, disease, racism, and a mass grave. Join us as we unearth the tragedy of Duffy's Cut.

Send a text Why do an episode on a mountain? Because It's there. Join us as we are enlightened about Mount Everest. The forces that created it, the bodies that cover it, and the people crazy enough to climb it. In our first listener submitted subject we explore the highest point in the world.

Send a text In this third installment of The Terms of Enlightenment, we are enlightened about the history of one of the most haunted places in greater Cincinnati. The episode with the BOOM in. Hidden in a remote location along the Little Miami river looms the massive Peters cartridge factory.  Now it's a brewery and condos, but for years the tragic history of the abandoned factory drew advent...

Send a text In this episode we learn about the 1906 Asheville Massacre. Prison breaks, a gun that never runs out of ammo, a bloody night in a quaint mountain town, a dog named Biscuit Eater and her puppies, and...Time travel? Join us as we are enlightened about a dark day in the history of Asheville, North Carolina.

Send a text The very first episode. Nathan presents an overview and interesting facts from the life of Sir Christopher Lee to a surprised Tony. Royal Connections,  macabre fascinations,  acting, heavy metal, and WAR...oh no! Join us as we are enlightened about the life of Sir Christopher Lee.