The BrainFood Show

Episodes

• The Junior High Dropout That Created Dunkin' Donuts

  18 Feb 2026 13:40

• Inventing Color in a World That was Black and White

  17 Feb 2026 18:03

• How Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space and How Women Can Safely Pee Standing Up

  16 Feb 2026 1:14:42

• How They Ruined Superhero Movies

  15 Feb 2026 18:21

• Britain's Most Disastrous "White Elephant" Airliner

  14 Feb 2026 21:15

• Real Life Space DJs and the Pillownaughts

  13 Feb 2026 1:07:47

• Making Children Cry for Fun and Profit

  12 Feb 2026 19:52

• WTF is Up with the Bermuda Triangle?

  11 Feb 2026 29:10

• The Forgotten Gun That Changed Everything

  10 Feb 2026 41:59

• Who Invented the Egg McMuffin?

  9 Feb 2026 28:04

• The Very Real Bear Soldier Who Fought in WWII

  8 Feb 2026 40:00

• The Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz

  8 Feb 2026 1:06:02

• The Incredible Biology of Sickle Cell

  3 Feb 2026 31:59

• The First Road Trip Part 2: In Which We Discuss All Things Tangentially Related

  2 Feb 2026 53:28

• The First Road Trip Part 1: The Gumption of Bertha Benz

  30 Jan 2026 50:03

• The Greatest Feat of Piloting in Space

  29 Jan 2026 17:47

• Swept Under the Rug: The Truth About the Japanese Holocaust

  28 Jan 2026 2:11:49

• That Time Ben Franklin and John Adams Slept Together and the Hilarity That Ensued

  27 Jan 2026 43:32

• Could the Tyrannosaurus Rex Really Not See You If You Didn’t Move?

  26 Jan 2026 1:06:35

• Caesar Part 4: In Which We Discuss All Things Tangentially Related

  23 Jan 2026 53:36

• The Incredible Story of U-47 and “The Bull of Scapa Flow”

  22 Jan 2026 19:20

• The Nazi Kamikaze Squadron

  21 Jan 2026 30:32

• The 1990s were Weird

  20 Jan 2026 22:13

• Caesar Part 3: The Real Story of the Ides of March

  19 Jan 2026 1:15:27

• Caesar Part 2: Julius Caesar’s Pirate Adventure and the Long Lost Location of the Rubicon

  16 Jan 2026 35:04

• Who Started the Lizard People Conspiracy Theory?

  15 Jan 2026 25:21

• Who Started the Flat Earth Conspiracy Theory, How Many Believe This, and What Do They Believe?

  14 Jan 2026 26:01

• How Did the Trump Family First Make Their Fortune?

  13 Jan 2026 20:46

• Caesar Part 1: Caesarean and the Fascinating Story of Dr. James Barry (a.k.a. Margaret Bulkley)

  12 Jan 2026 54:39

• The Bull Moose (Part 2)

  9 Jan 2026 55:53

• Legendary Legends: The Greatest Adventurer and the Voyage of the Nautilus

  8 Jan 2026 40:49

• The Bonkers Atomic Car with 5,000 Miles Range

  7 Jan 2026 31:43

• The Nukes of the North- Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

  6 Jan 2026 1:15:31

• The Bull Moose (Part 1)

  5 Jan 2026 57:37

• The Many Ways Studios Try to Get You to Watch More Ads

  4 Jan 2026 37:28

• Britain's Disastrous WWII Fighter Plane

  30 Dec 2025 31:28

• Accidentally Nuking a Country

  28 Dec 2025 49:31

• Why Do You Forget Everything When You Enter a New Room?

  26 Dec 2025 21:17

• Incredible Engineering- The Man Who Froze Time

  24 Dec 2025 25:24

• The Hilarious Christmas Riot

  22 Dec 2025 49:54

• A Perilous Journey- John Adams Goes to France

  20 Dec 2025 1:02:01

• The Crapper, The Poop Log, the Parasitic Poop Twigs, and Much, Much More

  18 Dec 2025 49:28

• What Really Happened After the Mutiny on the Bounty?

  16 Dec 2025 30:16

• The Truth About the 12 Days of Christmas

  14 Dec 2025 1:00:22

• The Lord of Misrule and the First Book Banned in America

  12 Dec 2025 37:26

• Are Poinsettias Poisonous and the Truce

  10 Dec 2025 47:45

• The Amazing Story Behind The Christmas Carol

  8 Dec 2025 1:21:08

• The Incredible Flame Thrower Packing Insect

  6 Dec 2025 25:38

• Fires of Industry, Witchcraft, and the First Spark of the Revolution

  4 Dec 2025 38:35

• Denazification and the Unsolved High Tech Murder That Reshaped Post-Cold War Europe

  2 Dec 2025 49:22