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500 Open Tabs

Kaveh Taherian & Hannah Hillam

Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.

society & culture

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01:40:15

54: Aristotle's Masterpiece and American Hippo Bill

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2025/01/29

This week we learn about a sex manual/midwifery book from 1684 and how the American Hippo Act forced two rivals from South Africa to come together for the greater good. A listener email explains why Pandas use horse manure to stay warm.Episode Tabs: When the Birds and the Bees Were Not Enough https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/when-the-birds-and-the-bees-were-not-enough-aristotle-s-masterpiece/ American Hippopotamus https://magazine.atavist.com/american-hippopotamus/ Listener

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01:43:02

53: Dellschau Notebooks pt. 2 and Nuclear Semiotics

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2025/01/22

This week we finally unpack Charles Dellschau's forgotten aeronautical notebooks and learn how long-term nuclear waste warning messages are created. A listener email digs up the story of how the Brynlow shovel was dug up out of Alderley Edge but not identified as a Bronze Age tool until many decades later.Episode Tabs: Charles A.A. Dellschau Book http://www.shishigami.com/srfa/Charles_Dellschau_FINAL.pdf Inverse Archaeology: Sending a Message to the

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01:35:39

52: LA Fire Update and Patreon AMA

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2025/01/15

Unfortunately the LA fires have forced us to delay recording, so here's a quick update about ways you can help followed by our last Patreon AMA that should be unhinged enough to hold you all over till next week. Stay safe friends!!ANIMATION PPL & FRIENDS AFFECTED BY FIRES: https://airtable.com/appugwkqKAVGDdeaJ/shrrujOu1GKwKAW0f/tblBTejpocYFoeauX Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads

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01:26:47

51: Salamander Wool and Dellschau Notebooks pt. 1

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2025/01/08

We're back from the winter break and midder than ever! This week we learn how salamanders tricked medieval Europeans into thinking they were fireproof and how Prussian immigrant Charles Dellschau's forgotten aeronautical notebooks came to shock the art world 40 years after his death. A listener email tells the harrowing tale of how astronaut Sergei Krikalev got stuck in space after the fall of the Soviet Union.Episode Tabs: The Asbestos Workers’

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01:22:27

50: 2024 Audience Favorites: Oops All Kavehs!

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2025/01/01

Yes it's technically 2025 now but here are Kaveh's two most popular tabs of 2024 as voted by you the audience! Join us as we revisit the story of our Horse Daddy King Nikola Jokić and the wonderful Meiji era political cartoons involving Tanuki balls.Episode Tabs: How Nikola Jokić Became The World’s Best Basketball Player https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/12/how-nikola-jokic-became-the-worlds-best-basketball-player Testicular Tanuki Tales: Japanese Folk Humor for Children with a

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01:06:41

49: 2024 Audience Favorites: Oops All Hannahs!

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2024/12/25

This year for Christmas you're getting Hannah's two most popular tabs of 2024 as voted by you the audience! Join us as we revisit the story of how Iceland got the wrong translation of Dracula and Pompeian graffiti got freaky deaky.Episode Tabs: The Literary Mystery of the Icelandic Dracula by Valur Grettison https://grapevine.is/mag/2022/05/09/the-literary-mystery-of-the-icelandic-dracula/ What the Graffiti of Ancient Pompeii Teach Us About Our Modern

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01:28:41

48: K2MITAB!! (500 Open Stabs Round 2)

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2024/12/18

On our season 1 finale, the ancient tournament of Kumitab continues as we pit some of our craziest subjects against one another including Ronald Reagan's sweatpants, a meth-addled WW2 solider, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. A listener email explains the wonders of a nonstop Moby Dick reading marathon.Listener

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01:15:21

47: The 47 Society and Ol' Rip the Horned Toad

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2024/12/11

This week we learn about how an offline meme of the number 47 made its way into Star Trek and how a hibernating lizard named Ol' Rip caught the attention of President Calvin Coolidge himself. A listener email shines a light on Disneyland's complex system of garbage tunnels.Episode Tabs: The 47 Society https://www.47.net/47society/ The strange tale of Old Rip, the horned toad on display in a Texas

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01:39:19

46: Vavilov & Lysenko pt2 and Zeno Brothers

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2024/12/04

This week we learn how the battle between Nikolai Vavilov and Trofim Lysenko reached its crescendo when the Nazis came for the Russian seed vault and how the Zeno Brothers claimed to have "discovered" the New World first. A listener email explains how bees love to play with balls.Episode Tabs: The Heroic Story of Nikolai Vavilov and The Saviors of the Seeds https://campfirestoriespodcast.medium.com/the-heroic-story-of-nikolai-vavilov-and-the-saviors-of-the-seeds-c46e9efb076a The Zeno

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01:36:28

45: Phantom Islands and Vavilov & Lysenko pt1

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2024/11/27

This week we learn about how cartographers used to just make up stuff for fun and how Nikolai Vavilov's dream of ending famine with the world's largest seed vault put him at direct odds with soviet darling Trofim Lysenko . A listener email explains what happens to a solider after accidentally taking 30 doses of meth.Throw Me in the Bog Sweatshirt Drop: https://www.bonfire.com/bogsweater/ Use Code 500OPENTABS at Kaveh's store for freebies: https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/store Episode

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01:12:04

44: Ten Cent Beer Night and Bog Snorkeling

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2024/11/20

This week we're all about sports as we learn how a Ten Cent Beer Night promotion led to one of the MLB's most infamous games and the curious Welsh tradition of competitive Bog Snorkeling. A listener email informs us of the Great Emu War of 1932.Episode Tabs: Remembering 10-Cent Beer Night, one of baseball’s most infamous fiascos https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/04/10-cent-beer-night-1974-cleveland-indians-texas-rangers/ Is This The World's Weirdest Sporting

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01:38:30

43: Milicent Patrick and Casa Sanchez Tattoos

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2024/11/13

This week we learn about the life of Milicent Patrick, a pioneering artist in Hollywood who designed the Creature From the Black Lagoon and Casa Sanchez's notorious tacos-for-tattoos deal in San Francisco. A listener email tells us about that time that the government wanted to clear away some mountains with nuclear bombs. Episode Tabs: Milicent Patrick & Her Enduring Design of the Creature from the Black

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01:41:00

42: Notorious Victoria Woodhull and 80s Cartoon...

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2024/11/06

On this extra patriotic election themed episode we learn about Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran for president in 1872 and how Ronald Reagan's decision to deregulate children's programming paved the way for adult fandom culture. A listener email explains the origins of Scabby the Rat.Episode Tabs: Notorious Victoria: The First Woman to Run for President https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/notorious-victoria-first-woman-run-for-us-president The Great Marketing

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01:27:27

41: Jack O'Lantern and It's the Great Pumpkin,...

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2024/10/30

On this very spooky Halloween themed episode, we learn about the Irish origins of the Jack-o-Lantern and how Charles Schulz created another classic Peanuts holiday special. A listener email clues us into the Giant Atlantic Pumpkin Weigh Offs.Episode Tabs: The twisted transatlantic tale of American jack-o’-lanterns https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-twisted-transatlantic-tale-of-american-jack-o-lanterns We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown! The Making of The Great

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01:48:03

40: Talking Heads, Robert Liston, and Battle of Santa...

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2024/10/23

This week we are joined by special guests Kaveh Rastegar and Kaveh Hoda as we learn about the contributions of Chris Frantz to the Talking Heads, an infamous surgery that killed 3 people, and how Santa Monica was once a standoff point between the mob and a future Supreme Court justice. A listener email explains the explosive properties of Chlorine tri-fluoride.Episode Tabs: Talking Heads’ Original Lineup on Stop Making Sense, Their Early Days, and the

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01:37:37

39: NYC Cow Tunnels and Staten Island Ferry Disaster

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2024/10/16

This week we are in NYC for Comic Con and learn about the cow tunnels that once lied beneath the Javits Center and how Joseph Reginella was inspired to create a series of fake monuments throughout the Big Apple. A listener email explains how Nikola Jokic is the ultimate wife guy. Episode Tabs: The Lost Cow Tunnels of New York City https://gizmodo.com/the-lost-cow-tunnels-of-new-york-city-1455215193 New York monument honors victims of giant octopus attack that never

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01:41:04

38: Magic Decks, Garden Hermits, and Skeleton Police...

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2024/10/09

This week we are joined by special guest Kurosh Jozavi (@kujoprime) as we learn about Magic the Gathering Commander Decks, how wealthy British land owners used to populate their gardens with hermits, and a patent for a spooky police interrogation device. A listener email reveals the man who convinced Ghirardelli to set up chocolate shop in San Francisco.Episode Tabs: Rocco, the Iranian Street Chef https://archidekt.com/decks/7553410/rocco_the_iranian_street_chef Ornamental

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01:40:51

37: Penny Arcade Sisters and Maple Syrup Heist

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2024/10/02

This week we're joined by special guest host Alyssa Cooper as we learn how the Dennison sisters revolutionized England’s penny arcades and how barrel rollers in Québec pulled off the maple syrup heist of the century. A listener email explains how to best pass a kidney stone at Disneyland.Episode Tabs: Penny Arcades Would Be Nothing Without the Pioneering Dennison

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01:31:05

36: Cordwainer Smith pt2 and The Lost Stuart Little...

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2024/09/25

This week we explore the short stories of Sci-Fi writer Cordwainer Smith and how a prop in the Stuart Little movie led to the rediscovery of a lost Hungarian masterpiece. A listener email explains how 9/11 ruined Disney World train tours forever. Episode Tabs: The Sci-Fi Writer who Invented Conspiracy Theory https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/science-fiction-conspiracy-theory-psyops/678195/ Stuart Little leads art historian to long-lost Hungarian

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01:23:31

35: God's Rambo and Cordwainer Smith pt1

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2024/09/18

This week we learn about the insane lengths Helge Meyer went to help starving kids in the Yugoslav Wars and the CIA/ Chinese Nationalist Party ties of acclaimed SciFi writer Cordwainer Smith. A listener email explains why King Tut was particularly stiff when mummified.Episode Tabs: The Real Transporter – Helge Meyer And His Ghost Camaro https://www.motorpunk.co.uk/carclub-18-30/the-cars/real-transporter-helge-meyer-ghost-camaro/ Throngs of

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