Joseph Bogart & Russell Hess

Journey of Everything

Education EN ↓ 52 episodes

Ever wondered why we park in driveways but drive on parkways? Or why there's a light in the fridge, but the freezer is left in the dark? These are the little mysteries of everyday life that are impossible to measure or evaluate with simple numbers. We spend our lives looking for answers to these questions, yet we rarely think to ask them out loud because they seem too trivial for an encyclopedia and too baffling for a dictionary. They are the puzzles that keep you up at night, like why you look up when you’re thinking or how a tiny pill "knows" exactly where your pain is. In this collection, w...

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Joseph Bogart & Russell Hess

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The Science of Blowing Stuff Up… Festively 04.03.2026 5:20

Ever wondered why humans decided that the best way to celebrate a birthday or a new year was to launch controlled pipe bombs into the atmosphere? We basically took a destructive force in nature—fire and chaos—and told it to sit, stay, and look pretty in neon pink. From ancient monks scaring off ghosts with bamboo bangs to modern engineers using quantum physics to paint the clouds, the history of f...

The Brown Egg Tax - What's The Deal With Brown Eggs? 04.03.2026 6:27

Your grocery store has been keeping a secret in the dairy aisle. You’ve seen them: the rustic, earthy brown eggs sitting in premium cartons, looking like they just rolled out of a hayloft, while the white eggs sit there looking... plain. Without a word being said, your brain tells you the brown ones are healthier, more natural, and worth the extra cash. But here is the truth: that brown shell isn'...