Sidequests

Sidequests is a podcast about the history you didn’t know you needed... and sometimes, the history that explains the week you just had. We go down a rabbit hole. Sometimes it’s obscure. Sometimes it’s weird. Sometimes it’s both, and somewhere in the middle of it you realize the fourteenth century is suddenly more relevant than it has any right to be. In 1309, the entire papal court packed up and m...

Sidequests is a podcast about the history you didn’t know you needed... and sometimes, the history that explains the week you just had. We go down a rabbit hole. Sometimes it’s obscure. Sometimes it’s weird. Sometimes it’s both, and somewhere in the middle of it you realize the fourteenth century is suddenly more relevant than it has any right to be. In 1309, the entire papal court packed up and m...

Right now, four human beings are hurtling through deep space at 24,000 mph. For the first time since 1972, humans are looking back at a shrinking blue marble on the Artemis II mission. But how did we actually get here? In this premiere episode of  Sidequests , we headfirst down the rabbit hole of the 23-year political odyssey behind a ten-day mission. From the tragic 2003 Space Shuttle Columb...

Right now, four human beings are hurtling through deep space at 24,000 mph. For the first time since 1972, humans are looking back at a shrinking blue marble on the Artemis II mission. But how did we actually get here? In this premiere episode of Sidequests , we dive headfirst down the rabbit hole of the 23-year political odyssey behind a ten-day mission. From the tragic 2003 Space Shuttle Columbi...