The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
A podcast about exactly what it says it is: examining the bad ideas, mistakes and accidents that misshaped our world.
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Episodes (512)
The Last Alchemist, Part Two
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The Last Alchemist, Part One
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Perpetuum Mobile Redux
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Jumping Jack Flash (It's a Gas Gas Gas)
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Peace Forever
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Great Lakes Pirates, Part 3: Rebels
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Great Lakes Pirates, Part 2: Shiver Me Timbers
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Great Lakes Pirates, Part 1: Pirate Bill
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The Christmas Bullet & It's Wonderful (Redux)
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Santa's Secret Super Stories
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Paper Blankets
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A P Hill to Die on
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The Revenants
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Tice and The Tornado
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How To Disappear Completely
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Tell Me Something I Don't Know (Volume 2)
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The Rest of The Story - Redux
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By Heart, Part 2
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By Heart, Part 1
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It's a Secret 4 Everyone
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The Mysterious Stranger
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Caraboo Who?
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The Need for Speed (w/ Nicky Woolf)
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Tell Me Something I Don't Know (Episode 200!)
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A Pirate's Life for Me
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Madagascar (Redux)
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Holy Ship, Part 3
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Holy Ship, Part 2
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Holy Ship, Part One
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Out of The Blue
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Love and Marriage
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The Airship (Redux)
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In The Meantime
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It's About Time
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Christmas Secrets
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Amateur Hour
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It's Never Over
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1876 (Redux)
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The Ghost of Cock Lane
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The Ghost Ship
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Introducing: History Daily
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Venus in Transit, Part Three
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Venus in Transit, Part Two
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Venus in Transit, Part One
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Crackpots
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It's a Secret 3 Everyone
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A Cut Above
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Everyone Can Sing
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Listen Now: Legacy “J. Edgar Hoover”
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The Inconstant Moon
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