Hosted by Chris Griesemer · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 83 episodes
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Wiki Walks is a short podcast devoted to some of the more intriguing and, “huh! Who knew?” articles you can run across in the seemingly unending cavalcade of bizarreness that is Wikipedia. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
Chris Griesemer hosts Wiki Walks, a education show with 83 episodes published.
Hey, I Can See the Rockies Losing from Here! What if I told you America’s pastime owes its stats, structure, and even that infamous “K” to a tea-drinking Englishman? Step up to the plate for a story that’s part baseball,
The Most Ridiculous Plane Crash Survivor EVER Discover the crazy story of Juliane Koepcke, whose plane was hit by lighting, leading to her getting yeeted out of the cabin where she had a 10,000-foot plunge into the Amazo
A "Mini Pearl Harbor" Leads to The Most Important Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment History If you or someone you know has ever been affected by cancer, then I think you'll really enjoy this episode. A most unfortunate se
This Founding Father Makes Benjamin Franklin Look Like Mother Theresa Discover the wild and scandalous life of Gouverneur Morris, the "Penman of the Constitution," whose contributions to America were as legendary as his
That's a Man, Baby! The first woman to ever receive a pension for her service in the US Armed Forces was a Revolutionary-era woman named Deborah Sampson...who actually spent her entire military career pretending to be a
A Killer Whale of a Time For over eight decades, a massive killer whale known as Old Tom, along with his skilled and loyal pod of orcas, forged an incredible partnership with a family of whalers in Australia to dominate
Saving Private Ryan's Inspiration They were five brothers who enlisted together to serve in World War II, only to all tragically perish aboard the same ship, leaving their Iowa family devastated and prompting a new milit
Can't Say I Blame 'Em They turned their guns on the American colonies in exchange for a chance at freedom and land of their own. Over 200 years later, the villages founded by these enslaved Black soldiers who fought for
Georgia Tann...just the worst She was a woman who preyed on the desperate and poor, stealing their children to sell to wealthy families for massive profits. By the time her black market baby ring was exposed, Georgia Tan
Reusable Pills? Back in the day, it was not uncommon for people to swallow a pill made from the semi-metallic element, antimony, in an effort to absolutely fill their britches to detoxify their intestines. Once they did
Episode Notes A trash fire sparked an underground inferno that forced the evacuation of Centralia, Pennsylvania, turning it into a poisonous gas-filled ghost town. Oh, and it will probably keep burning for hundreds of ye
Episode Notes President James Garfield was shot twice by an absolute mad-lad, Charles Guiteau, but however terrible his assassin was, he was nothing compared to President's doctor. Everything he tried made things a milli
Episode Notes The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, involved 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory, including vast stretches of deserts. And what better animal to explore this ne
Episode Notes Mascara might seem like your run-of-the-mill beauty staple, but the history of it goes back thousands of years, and the most well-known brand today came about through sheer happenstance. Mascara Instagram /
Episode Notes Mountain explorers, shipwreck survivors, and polar explorers have all claimed to have either seen a person or heard a voice, often providing helpful information on how they should escape their situation. Th
Episode Notes In 1952, a young Pre-President submariner named Jimmy Carter was tasked with preventing a nuclear meltdown that threatened Canada and the Northern US...in person. Jimmy Carter Instagram // Facebook // YouTu
Episode Notes Patients with Anton Syndrome are often found describing people or surroundings that are not present, or walking into objects, though they will continue to deny that they cannot see even when presented with
Episode Notes That soft buzzing in your neck might sound alarming, but it's actually just the normal sound of blood flowing through your jugular vein. Listen to understand the harmless causes behind "the hum" and learn w
Episode Notes The Oxford English Dictionary is the gold-standard of all English language dictionaries. However, its most prolific contributor, a surgeon/War Hero/psychotic murderer, did so from a place you'd least expect
Episode Notes The battle over which electrical current would be used in our growing nation was between AC and DC, however, in this war for business, the initial causality was the first man to ever be executed by electric
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Wiki Walks is hosted by Chris Griesemer. The show is categorised under education and has published 83 episodes.
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