meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Tell Me Something I Don't Know (Volume 2)

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8922 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

More stories! More mea culpas! More NAPOLEON! This one's got it all. Send me your best "I bet you didn't know that" story in an audio file to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tellmesomethingconstant@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠indeed.com/theconstant⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ now to start hiringVisit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You too can get ad-free, early episodes, starting now!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠​​⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ​The Constant is part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Airwave Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast network.​​ ​​ ​​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@advertisecast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.2

I'm Matt Kaplan, the host of Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution Edition.

0:09.7

Evolution is the unifying principle of biology, yet it still breeds controversy a century

0:15.3

and a half after Charles Darwin.

0:17.7

Join us as we meet the passionate researchers and communicators who are expanding our knowledge

0:23.0

and fighting to keep good science in our schools and politics. Subscribe to Safeguarding Sound

0:29.3

Science on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you like to listen.

0:39.4

Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast.

0:42.6

I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers

0:46.5

in the history of the world.

0:48.3

These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Vigelin, Shackleton, Lewis, and Clark,

0:53.0

and so many other famous and not so famous

0:55.3

adventures from throughout history. Go to Explorespodcast.com or just look us up on your podcast app.

1:01.5

That's the Explorers Podcast.

1:05.5

It's taken a lot longer to put this episode together than I anticipated. So let's take a minute to

1:10.8

get on sides.

1:18.1

Around the beginning of the year, I began soliciting stories from you, and everyone else who

1:22.1

listens to this show, to be part of a special 200th episode. And you more than delivered.

1:27.9

I bet you didn't know that if you took all of the H2O molecules in a liter of water and

1:32.5

lay them out in the line end to end, they would measure a distance of almost exactly one

1:37.4

light here.

1:38.9

Apparently, Nikola Tesla didn't believe in electrons.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mark Chrisler, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mark Chrisler and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.