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This week on Significant Brothers we talk about old videogames, dolls, and more.  Show Notes: Age of Empires II - Players per Month Hummel Dolls WOMBATS Jimmy Carter and Craft Beer  

In this episode we discuss creatures that science hasn't been able to pin down quite yet. We talk about monsters tormenting children, mermaids in culture, geese growing from trees, and Japanese furniture that just might want to mug you.   Show Notes: Evolutionary Trait of Restlessness Barnacle Goose Mermaids Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid Yokai    

This week (month?) on Significant Brothers we talk about the surveillance state, well, the domestic surveillance state. Anna tells us of new-fangled technology meant to spy on your kids. Brad talks about washing your kid's mouth out with soap and other hot punishment ideas. Kray muses on Elf on a Shelf and talks too much about Santa Claus's demon helpers. Chase weighs the pros and cons of free-range parenting. Brought to you by four chumps without kids. Show notes: Washing out mouth with soap Circle (Disney) Companions of St. Nick Free-range parenting

And do those banners yet wave. This episode we talk about the pieces of cloth that we hang for our countries. We talk about some flags you are no doubt familiar with, but might have a different history than you think. Some of your favorite flags might have a checkered past.

In this weeks episode we sit down to discuss the opinions of politicians and their constituents as they try to navigate the murky waters of ordering local fare. Mitt Romney and Wawa Mitt Romney and hotdog John Kerry ordering a cheesesteak Cynthia Nixon Bill Clinton SNL Sketch  

We're getting spooky on this week's episode of Significant Brothers. Please join us for our fifth season opener/Halloween special. We talk with the professional magician Steve Marshall as well as the Shadow Spirit Paranormal Investigators, a ghost hunting group out of southwest Michigan. Happy Halloween.   Show Notes: The Felt Mansion Study of Paranormal Tourism

Hello listeners, we will be returning with our fifth season soon (Halloween to be specific), but we wanted to release an interview we did with professional magician, Steve Marshall. He will be performing a show at the historic Felt Mansion in Saugatuck, Michigan. Get your tickets at the Felt Mansion's website.  

This week on Significant Brothers we talk about the ever-surrounding force of propaganda. Kray talks about dry propaganda that came out during the prohibition. Anna enlightens us with propaganda surrounding STD posters in the mid to late 20th century. Chase talks about orange juice's successful rise as a "healthy" drink, and Brad tells us why Dungeons and Dragons isn't synonymous with worshiping the devil.   Show Notes: Prohibition Propaganda - Wired Magazine Vintage STD Posters Dry Propaganda - Ohio State University Orange Juice Propaganda Dark Dungeons - Chick Publications

Today we talk about Hybrids, and come to find out it might have a different definition depending on who you talk to.

This week on Significant Brothers we talk about Agriculture. From online gold farming to massive fish farms, we got it all!    Show Notes Julien Dibbell on Gold Farming - Wired.com Gold Farmer interviewed - Crack.com http://wowtokenprices.com/ Aquaculture Leaf Cutter Ants Genesis of Agriculture Beer Formed Civilizations

On this episode we talk about beverages. Sit back, and quench your podcast thirst as we talk about more than we thought we would.    George Orwell's Perfect Cup of Tea Ig Nobel Prize on Tea Royal Society of Chemistry Tea Methodology Breast Milk Ice Cream Contaminated Breast Milk Donate Breast Milk The Racist History of Soft Drinks When Jim Crow Drank Coke

On this episode of significant brothers we talk about wide wide world of sports. Almost everything about this is extreme. You can even take some of these out to the street to impress your friends.   Ostrich Racing (video) Bird-Riding Loses Luster in South Africa's Ostrich Capital - bloomberg.com History of Chandler Ostrich Festival - AZ Central Kabaddi Kabaddi Article Fierljeppen Fierljeppen (video)

This week on Significant Brothers we talk about idioms. Some of them we know, some are foreign, and some are just plain new and obscure. Learn something new and impress your friends.    Tail Wagging the Dog In like Flynn A Load of Codswallop 10 Words Shakespeare Never Invented Bob's Your Uncle Mind Your Ps & Qs The World is Your Oyster Seeing Abraham Dutch Idioms

This week on Significant Brothers we talk about invasive species. Kray tells us of the fat, eastern grey squirrel that is the bane of European environmental groups. Chase tells us Guam's fun, new neighbor: the brown tree snake. Brad lets us know what happens when you release your favorite Shakespearean bird into North America.   Show Notes Eastern Grey Squirrels Wikipedia Page Eradicating Grey Squirrels - The Guardian Common Starling Brown Tree Snake

Scandals have gotten to be too celebrity focused in recent years. Come learn about some scandals that add a little political pizzaz to the formula on this episode of Significant Brothers

Like it or not you can get lost at sea in more places than just the Bermuda Triangle. Perilous journeys bring us up the East Coast, across Canada over to Russia, and daring attempts to find the Northwest Passage. We even learn lessons about folk heroes who may have learned the deadly lesson of why you shouldn’t cry wolf.   Show Notes Smithsonian Articles & Pictures on Halliburton Halliburton Wikipedia Franklin Expedition Lillian Alling Theodosia Burr Alston    

This week on Significant Brother we talk about the most dangerous. Anna brings us through bodies of water, Kray tells the tale of one of the most dangerous beetles, Chase about the dangers of literature, and Brad tells the story of the most dangerous surgery.   Show Notes: Robert Liston Atlantic Robert Liston Wikipedia Emerald Ash Borer Wikipedia Emerald Ash Borer Pics & Info Emerald Ash Borer Economic Impact Study Emerald Ash Borer Map Banning Anne Frank Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Communist Bear Frequently Banned and Challenged Books Grand River - Wastewater Another Sewage Spill

All nerdy things must come to an end, so I hope you're prepared for the last episode of Significant Questings. Join our adventurers as they explore the dark side of the manor with Inspector Kaswell.  Subscribe to our newsletter and like us on Facebook. Comment, rate, and subscribe on iTunes. Don't forgot to share this with all of your lovely nerd friends.

Well met, adventurers. This week the gang explores an alternate version of the Cloakwood Manor. What weird things will they find? And what's up with that six fingered hand. Subscribe to our newsletter Comment, rate, and subscribe on iTunes. Don't forgot to share this with all of your lovely nerd friends.