500 Open Tabs Podcast
1) 85: History of Lawns and The 1903 Oregon Train Robbery
This week we deep dive into how a newly founded America's insecurity about their status in the world led to their obsession with front lawns (and 9/11?) and the story of Portland's most polite train r...Show More
2) 84: Three-Point Hitch and Global Thai Program
This week we deep dive into how an obsessive Irish mechanic changed the world of tractors after a handshake deal with Henry Ford and how in the early 2000s, the Thai government embarked on a mission o...Show More
3) 83: Ken Allen and Medieval Russian Kid Art
This week we deep dive into the life of Orangutan Ken Allen, the San Diego Zoo's most infamous escape artist and how the drawings of young boy named Onfim gave art historians insight into what life wa...Show More
4) 82: John Murray Spear pt 2 and November Rain Trilogy pt 3
This week, we conclude the sagas of John Murray Spear, a 19thâcentury activistâturnedâspiritualist who claimed the ghost of Benjamin Franklin ordered him to build a âMechanical Messiahâ to usher in a ...Show More
5) 81: November Rain Trilogy pt 2 and John Murray Spear pt 1
This week, we continue the saga behind the making of Guns Nâ Rosesâ November Rain music video and dive into the bizarre tale of John Murray Spear, a 19thâcentury activistâturnedâspiritualist who claim...Show More
6) 80: Night Watchmen Theory and November Rain Trilogy pt 1
This week we deep dive into how ADHD is a holdover from hunter-gatherer societies and how a short story written by a friend inspired Guns N' Roses to create the most ambitious music video trilogy ever...Show More
7) 79: Choctaw Irish Friendship and Pigeons
This week we deep dive into the historic bond between the Choctaw Nation with Ireland and how pigeons were domesticated, leading to some absolutely bonkers looking breeds. A listener email tells the s...Show More
8) 78: The Carrington Event and The First Renaissance Faire
This week we deep dive into the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history that happened in 1959 and how the Red Scare of the 1950s directly led to the founding of the now iconic Renaissance P...Show More
9) 77: KUMITA3!! (500 Open Stabs Round 3)
The ancient tournament of Kumitab returns as we pit some of our craziest subjects against one another including Rube Waddell, an Aswang, and Pepsi bottle cosplay Nixon. Email your closed tab submi...Show More
10) 76: Listener Email Extravaganza!
Many of you have sent Listener Email submissions that were on the longer side, so we dedicated an entire episode for them to aerate like a fine wine! Amongst many things, we learn about the notorious ...Show More