Episodes

  • 07. Reading the Tao Te Ching

    07. Reading the Tao Te Ching
    May 19 2024
    Today we read a 2,000+ year old text that's full of mind-opening one-liners and one of the foundational texts of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. This helps to show us how the greatest truths are contradictory. How you can't have the good without the bad, and how sometimes less is more. Besides the intro, I created this similar to an audiobook that can play in the background as you try to relax, and trust that this episode will be a relaxing one.

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    54 mins
  • 06. From Myth to Reality: Money

    06. From Myth to Reality: Money
    May 5 2024

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    Join me on the first episode of a multipart series as we dive into the forces and institutions that made modern society possible. On this episode, we'll discuss how money was invented in multiple societies across the globe. How money is built on trust and helps to create relationships between people and entities that would not typically intermingle. We'll also talk about how money can cloud the way we look at the world.


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    17 mins
  • 05. The Tsavo Man-Eaters

    05. The Tsavo Man-Eaters
    Apr 24 2024
    On this episode of Gotta Start Somewhere, we talk about Tsavo Maneaters. A pair of lions terrorized construction workers as they built a train bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya in 1898. While no exact number can be pinpointed, we’ll talk about how modern scientists used isotopic signatures to confirm that these lions ate upwards of 70 people within a few short months.

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    18 mins
  • 04. The DeAutremont Brothers and The Siskiyou Massacre

    04. The DeAutremont Brothers and The Siskiyou Massacre
    Apr 17 2024

    Three young brothers attempt to rob a train, only to leave empty-handed, meanwhile brutally killing four in the process. Early-age FBI forensics helps identify the brothers, leading to a multi-year international manhunt.


    https://postalmuseum.si.edu/deautremont-brothers-train-robbery

    https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/behind-the-badge-case-histories-thefts-robberies-and-burglaries/train-robbery


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    22 mins
  • Cowden Family Massacre Pt. 2

    Cowden Family Massacre Pt. 2
    Apr 12 2024
    After getting paroled after less than 10 years in Prison for the rape and murder of a 15 year old girl, Dwain Lee Little would find himself a free man, working in Medford and spending his free time on the Applegate River. It only took a few months of freedom for Dwain to remind the world who he truly was.

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    29 mins
  • 03. Cowden Family Massacre Pt.1

    03. Cowden Family Massacre Pt.1
    Apr 8 2024
    In 1974, a Southern Oregon family would go missing while camping on Labor Day Weekend. After one of the largest search efforts in Oregon's history finds nothing, seven months would pass before a grizzly discovery would be made deep in the Siskiyou Mountains.

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    39 mins
  • 02ish. Lost Colony

    02ish. Lost Colony
    Mar 28 2024

    This episode we quickly cover the Lost Colony of Roanoke, when 115 colonist mysteriously disappeared into thin air #spooky - PS I have dry socket and thats my excuse as to why this one is short and sweet, enjoy.




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    12 mins
  • 01. The Mongol Invasion of Japan

    01. The Mongol Invasion of Japan
    Mar 19 2024
    On this inaugural episode, we'll dive into the Mongol Invasions of 1274 and 1281. Discuss the rise of the Samurai and how an ancient typhoon, dubbed "Kamikaze" by the Japanese, came to destroy the Mongols not once, but twice. Also, I hope you enjoy my nervousness in the beginning of this cast. I pick up steam as it goes on, but podcasting solo isn't easy.

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    1 hr and 8 mins