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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Long Story Short (Pt 2)

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Science, Natural Sciences, Design, Arts, History

4.7 • 851 Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 5 October 2021

ā±ļø 70 minutes

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Summary

In part two, we've got an enormous naval disaster, a long-shot con-job, some far-fetched inventions, and some of the most famous scientists to ever lived, all unified by that most difficult of human problems: how to find one's longitude.Listen to this episode via the Vodacast app here! (http://feed.vodacast.com/58462338/The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong/Long Story Short (Pt 2))Continue your education via University of California Irvine now! (https://ce.uci.edu/?utm_source=TNM&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2022theconstant)Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post atĀ indeed.com/theconstant (http://www.indeed.com/theconstant)Get a free business account and a copy of Novo's Small Business Starter Guide atĀ banknovo.com/theconstant (http://www.banknovo.com/theconstant)Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant)VisitĀ ourĀ Patreon here (https://patreon.com/theconstant).BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts/the-constant-podcast)Music by:Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/)Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/)Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.4

This episode is brought to you by Diet Coke.

0:09.2

Time for a Diet Coke break.

0:13.1

Enjoy what you like.

0:16.2

Just how you like it.

0:20.7

This is my taste. What's the how you like it.

0:22.3

This is my taste.

0:25.4

What's yours?

0:30.8

Celebrate your unique taste with Diet Coke.

0:34.6

Hi, I'm Neil.

0:35.5

And I'm Ken.

0:40.4

And we are from the Triviality Podcast, a pub trivia-style game show where a lack of seriousness meets a little bit of knowledge.

0:42.3

Join us each week for an hour-long game of general knowledge trivia, featuring special

0:46.7

guests from around the world, plus tons of extra themed episodes.

0:50.7

If you want to improve your trivia game, or you just want to scream at us in your car when we get easy questions wrong, then we're the show for you.

0:57.5

Find triviality on all your favorite podcast apps.

1:00.4

But you know that, because you're already listening to a podcast.

1:03.7

Two things before we get started.

1:05.8

First off, this is a continuation of the story from last episode, so I would very highly recommend going back and listening to Long Story Short Part 1 before continuing on to this one.

1:16.7

Or I suspect things will be a little bit confusing.

1:19.9

While you're at it, why not try listening through the Vodicast app?

1:23.5

Vodicast is a free podcatcher app, just like the one you're listening to this through.

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