Who'd A Thunk It?

To me and my generation, he was the Sith Lord Count Dooku from Star Wars and the Evil Wizard Saruman from Lord of the Rings. It turns out his real-life story was much more legendary than either of those fictional characters combined. This episode is about Sir Christopher Frank Tarantini Lee. Accompanying Blog Post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/05/20/the-nazi-hunting-wizard/ YouTube: https://youtu...

Technology: Whether it be a hammer or auto-learning visual computer AI, humans will find a way to use it to both improve society and to create chaos within it.  Accompanying Blog post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/05/12/deepfake/

This episode is about the song more than the term.  Accompanying Blog post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/05/06/the-cult-of-personality/

This episode is about one of my favorite pastimes and I make an announcement that affects the podcast as a whole.  Accompanying Blog Post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/04/29/road-trippin/

A story worth telling about a man with GRIT during the Civil War. I share a very real and very embarrassing fact I found out about myself whilst researching this one. Accompanying Blog post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/04/21/smalls/

This Korean trend of eating lots of delicious food is bizarre... and oddly satisfying to watch.  Special guest: Shannon! Accompanying Blog post: http://acunit.home.blog/2021/04/15/mukbang/

This episode is a story of compassion.  Accompanying blog post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/04/08/the-cemetery-angel/

This episode is about a horse of course!

I'm convinced the men who volunteered to get into these gliders of WW2were nutcases.  Accompanying Blog Post: http://acunit.home.blog/?p=1586

The story behind one of my favorite westerns begs one of my favorite ethical questions: can you separate the art from the artist? Accompanying blog post: http://acunit.home.blog/?p=1605

Vandalizing government property is a big no-no, but troops during Vietnam didn't seem to care when they wrote all over their uniforms. Find out the possible reasons and meaning behind the iconic Vietnam War helmet graffiti.  Accompanying blog post: http://acunit.home.blog/?p=1569

Paul Revere's midnight ride was a colorful lie. The more detailed version is on the accompanying blog post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/03/04/inaccurately-revered/

NASCAR isn't a topic you would ever catch me discussing until I created this episode. This episode is dedicated to my friend Velcro. Accompanying Blog Post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/02/25/nascar/

LoFi, I like it playing in the background almost all the time.

Listen to me go through the rejected concepts I chose not to use for a full-length episode, but are still fun to ponder.  Here is the accompanying Blog Post with tons of visual aids and videos: http://acunit.home.blog/2021/02/11/hodge-podge-of-ideas/

Listen in for some fascinating ways that humans live alongside and work together with wildlife.  Here is the accompanying blog post: Living Together: Symbiotic Relationships – The Journal of A_C_Unit (home.blog)

Humanity is coming together to preserve massive ecosystems in Africa. This is the largest living man-made structure in history.  Here is the accompanying blog post: The Great Green Wall – The Journal of A_C_Unit (home.blog)

Is not playing the only way to win when faced with the impossible? Accompanying Blog Post: https://acunit.home.blog/2021/01/21/human-vs-robot/

Falun Gong's story was too juicy to contain it in 1 short podcast. I had to do 2 parts, and the second half has all the juiciest bits! http://acunit.home.blog/?p=1284

This Cult in direct opposition to the Chinese Communist Party, and for good reason. But make no mistake, they are no ally to democracy.  http://acunit.home.blog/?p=1275

Looking back on my first year of podcasting. I started Who'd a Thunk It in January of 2020... a lot has changed. 

This is the 2nd half of my Trash Bandits story that I wrote for my Nen for Christmas 2019. If you'd like to read the story, go to my blog: http://acunit.home.blog/2019/12/25/for-nen/

For Christmas this year I decided to read a story I wrote for my Nen back in 2019. It is about a group of raccoons and their decisions to survive off of a human family in the Appalachian mountains. In this episode, I read the first 3 parts of the story. Tune in next week for the rest. 

In the 18th century there lived a French man who's appetite was so fierce, it was disgusting. Here is a link to the accompanying blog post: http://acunit.home.blog/2020/12/10/tarrare-gluttony-incarnate/

Similar to the episode I did on Jim Thorpe, this week's episode is going to be on a specific person from history. But instead of one of the most influential athletes of the 20th Century... this episode is about Simo Häyhä, the deadliest sniper of the 20th Century.