Vaguely Interesting: Recent Episodes
Jacob Cronin
I know a lot of useless trivia. This is a show where I share some of the things I find vaguely interesting. Topics include everything from the 1904 Olympic Marathon to Tetris.
In this episode, we discuss how Pixar almost deleted themselves, a giant swamp rabbit that attacked Jimmy Carter, and the unit of time known as the onosecond.
In this episode we discuss a man who started his own country, the longest traffic jam in history, and the price of instant noodles.
In this episode, we discuss the troubles of the first space walk, the runners who have hit a milestone, and Russian bear mating season.
In this episode, we discuss an engineering mistake that led to disaster, a college basketball player who was catfished, and AOL instant messenger.
In this episode, we discuss why Michigan has the Upper Peninsula, a baseball team's curse, and former Oklahoma state senator Randy Bass.
In this episode, we discuss a hypothetical war with Great Britain, a fictional kid who dreamed up hundreds of TV shows, and invading Canada.
In this episode, we discuss how to crash a plane, a sports contract so famous it created a holiday, and Bernie Madoff.
In this episode, we discuss a building in New York City that may have blown over, an island that disappeared while people were fighting over it, and an undergrad student checking a world renowned architect's math.
In this episode, I discuss a satirical presidential nominee, one of the best years in any soccer team's history, and defeating ISIS with time travel.
In this episode, I discuss a bird's path to extinction, a book written without the letter "E", and a cat named Tibbles.
In this episode, I discuss one of the greatest comebacks in soccer, arson as a Christmas tradition, and a man dressed as Santa Claus shooting a flaming arrow at a goat.
In this episode, I discuss the Seattle Mariners 1995 season, Ken Griffey Jr and Edgar Martinez' heroics, and getting out the rye bread and mustard for a grand salami.
In this episode, we discuss a guy who fought WWII with a sword, a Spanish Paralympic team who cheated horribly, and crawling through a sewer to escape Nazis.
In this episode, we discuss a war between a nation and some birds, the greatest Easter egg hunt of all time, and the Riemann Hypothesis.
In this episode, we discuss a two point goal in soccer, a cow taken for taxes, and Pepper Brooks.
In this episode, we discuss a deadly amusement park, a race with 15 finishers in 34 years, and Leonard's Butt Slide.
In this episode, I discuss odd requests in last wills and testaments, a tombstone with a correction, and a man whose greatest contribution to humanity happened after his death.
In this episode, I discuss the Survive and Advance philosophy, intentionally fouling in Basketball, and a woman who needed to Socially Distance herself.
In this episode I talk about a man who saved lives, an assassination that only worked on the fourth try, and the pope who sold the right to be pope.
In this episode I talk about a piece of land that nobody owns, six degrees of separation, and Hungarian scientist Paul Erdos.
In this episode, I discuss a basketball team's crazy run, cans of food welded shut with lead, and two ships that were lost for 150 years.
In this episode, I discuss a 13 year old YouTube channel, the busiest day in sports, and a football player running from the police.
In this episode, I discuss the biggest award in performing arts, a spy who wasn't a spy, and a fake death.
In this episode, I discuss the greatest marathon runner of all time, a big clock, and sporting history from 2019.
In this episode, I discuss a box hidden in the rocky mountains and one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
In this episode, I discuss video games from 1989, a tetris world champion younger than the game itself, and a bent piece of metal wrapped in thin red plastic.
In this episode, I discuss the hazards of dihydrogen monoxide, how the presentation of facts can shape our opinions, and the craziness that was the marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games.