Curiosity Daily Podcast: History Is About the Present (w/ Justin Jampol), What Makes the Wind, and Blaming Games for Society’s Problems

Learn about the long tradition of blaming games for society’s decline; and, what makes the wind. You’ll also learn about why history is so complicated from historian Justin Jampol, host of “Lost Secrets” on Travel Channel.

November 08, 2019

Episode Show Notes:

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how blaming games for society’s decline has been popular for millennia: https://curiosity.im/32cZOBK

Additional resources from “Lost Secrets” host Justin Jampol:

Check out this live wind map to see exactly where your wind is coming from: https://earth.nullschool.net/

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