BackyardPhilosophyPodcast

Monsters have always plagued humanities mind, some of them real some of them nothing more than our figure of imagination. Either way, monsters induce fear, and perhaps there is nothing as infections to others as fear. So, what do you do when you have an era of war, plague and famine well you look for an escape goat or in this case an escape wolf. Across most of Europe during the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries a werewolf hunt ensued, prosecuting hundreds if not thousands of people on the crime of being in league with the devil. Join us this episode as we investigate the werewolf panic and stories about werewolves in Europe.

When you think of Canadians, you probably think, hockey, maple syrup, ultra-nice people … too nice some may argue. Needless to say, you probably don’t think of fierce near unstoppable soldiers, defeating entire armies by themselves. Especially when I mention the word Canada. Well in the case of Canadian Leo Major he proved the sometimes the nice guys are the most dangerous especially when nice guys fight against the Nazis Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Drinking, partying, fireworks. All around the world millions if not billions of people celebrate the coming of a new year. A changing of seasons, a changing of time and for many a vow to change themselves. But New Years took a long journey to get where it is now. For most of history it wasn’t even on January 1st. A day of new beginnings itself has had many new beginnings but stems deep in humanities history. This is where new year’s celebration and resolution comes from. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Popes and pirates, two classes of people that don’t usually cross paths in history. But in this event, they do. This is a tale of greed and boredom spiced up with opportunity. Vast treasure, open seas and sailors hungry for adventure leading to a mass of power shifts and fortune being lost and gained. This is about the treasure of Thibaud de Castillon. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

From time to time, we all miss place things or lose something, it is almost human nature to do so. But what happens when a government or more specifically a government agency loses something that makes you concern for your own safety, that makes countries concern for their safety. Something so powerful that you can’t believe they lost it. Well, you get the story of the CIA in the height of cold war, losing a nuke. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Ceremonies, traditions and festivities are in the air these winter months. For many the Christmas tree is a staple during the holiday season but getting the perfect Christmas tree and just getting a tree in general can be annoying, difficult and occasionally expensive. Have no fear though, for Nick will walk both Mike and you through the steps of finding your own Christmas tree and have it ready for the holiday season Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

The big bad wolf… Just in time for this holiday season. A story or stories similar foreboding and telling the danger of the monster that lay in the dark. Only, in this case unlike Red Ridding hood, this terror is true. A wolf, a monster, the devil himself. Either way this creature would kill and terrorized people for years. Leading to hysteria, bounty hunters, and a King himself getting involved. This is the tale of the Beast of Gevaudan. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

You know sometimes even God makes mistakes. Sometimes nature has one to many and creates a creature many would argue should not exist. But one creature in particular, puzzled scientist minds, at first not believing in its existence, thinking it was a hoax. To scientist asking each other how did this animal came to be. You may know this creature, popularized in media. I am talking about the weird and strange… Platypus. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

From nearly every sci-fi, from Doctor who to Star Trek, time and space manipulation is somehow involved. The ability to warp space to travel faster, or to use a phenomenon to travel through time and everything in between has been used in science fiction. The authors of these tales come up with new and intriguing reasoning on how it is possible to do in the worlds they build. Quantum drives, gravitons and … time crystals. Turns out there may be some truth to fiction. A new state of matter called time crystals is making some headlines and warping the physics world. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Nails and screws some of the earliest building blocks in human history. They are in almost everything manmade but a question arises where do nails come from and how did we advance the technology to the point it is today. Well join Nick and Mike as Nick tries to tell the history and advancements of nails as Mike makes puns jokes and dad jokes laughing all the way through. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

In 1987 a war between two countries took place, Chad and Libya it was a war with much foreign influence. Many countries wanted one side to win and the other to loose. But what happens when one side is heavily armed with land mines, tanks and machine guns and the other side turns a fleet of Toyota pick up trucks into a form of modern Calvary. You get the Toyota War... a war fought in the dessert and a war fought by doing impossible odds. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Some species have survived the impossible, evolved to become the apex life form or to fight off the apex life form. Some species have lasted hundreds of thousands of years and all the turmoil that has happened in those centuries drought, asteroids, mammoths. But on specific life form that has survived it all and not only survived but flourished is the honey locus. A tree sharp, thorny, roots running deep and now all over the world . To the point were they are common, not going anywhere and spreading. Join Nick and Mike as they discuss a tree that evolved to be defensive that is now on the offensive. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Wyatt Earl... famous cowboys that help define an era of the wild west. But one cowboy that doesn't get his true due is Bill Picket. A cowboy who wasn't scared of anything, so skilled so daring he would travel the world over and be a house hold name during his era. Join Mike and Nick as they talk about a bull biting, circus riding true cowboy through and through... this is the story and legend of Bill Picket. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Life always finds a way, sometimes it is evolution, dumb luck or adapting to the environment. Or perhaps a combination of all three and that's where hawks come into play. Their is a special type of hawk that as learned like mankind to use fire. Was this a freak accident, did the hawks learn it from humans or are they evolving right before our eyes. Join Nick and Mike as they discuss the strange phenomenon of fire hawks. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Fish tales are sometimes not tall tales, sometimes there are hints of truth in them. Sometimes as a warning other as a helpful hint. One wives tale that has been around for centuries that the moon effects fish and change the times people should fish. Join Nick and Mike as they talk about how lunar cycles change fish patterns and when people should go fishing. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

People have been telling tall tales for eons and most are myth and fiction but sometimes the unbelievable is in fact the truth. In todays episode I will tell you of an explorer that ventured far and wrote down his journey. We are traveling back to ancient Greece, a time when the world was still so big and unfathomable. A time when a man, a merchant became restless and sailed into the horizon. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

February has one of the most romantic days, valentine’s day. Love is in the air, partners bestow chocolate, flowers, and romantic gestures to one another. And nothing says romance like historical sex scandals. And perhaps nothing says sex scandals more than the catholic church. And today’s episode is a composed of scandals of which many have deemed him the worst pope in history, which is just in time for valentine’s day, almost like we planned it… Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Borders have solidified, empires, kingdoms, and territories. In the modern era it outlines, countries, districts, and states. And when land is being carved up, humans have always tried to get the biggest piece of the pie. More resources, more space, more money. But what happens when a supposedly simple land survey, turns into the dividing factor that pushes indigenous tribes a certain direction, separates a country into two halves and cause neighbors to go to war with one another over honey. You get one of the most important land surveys in American history that few know about. You get the Honey War. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Great scientists, engineers and inventors are always concerned with others stealing their thoughts and ideas. Taking what is inside their skull and claiming it as theirs, but what happens when fanatics and delusional people don’t try to take your ideas but flat out steal your physical brain. In this tale Mike tells Nick the story of when a mad man steals Albert Einstein's Brain. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

In North America the man made line that has separated Mexico and America has been constantly in debate and changing. But few know the story of the adventures groups of surveyors from bother America and Mexico had. From crossing impossible deserts, shoot outs and surviving some of the harshest weather. Join Nick and Mike as they tell the tale of of a finishing line that was constantly moving and groups of men trying to survive against mother nature. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Killers come in many shapes and sizes with a wide arranges of deaths and monstrous acts. But few are usually the first of their kind. Join Mike and Nick as they talk about America's first sleep walking killer, did he do it on purpose or was it out of his control? Did he do it out of jealousy, revenge? Or was there some one else who was the true killer? Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Humanity and mother nature have a complex and abrasive relationship and occasionally they try to hurt one another. Sometimes humans win, sometimes they lose. Join Nick and Mike as they discuss time humans have declared war on specific animals and lost. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

The world is filled with dangerous things, many of which could bring about your death. From asteroids to car crashes, but sometimes the most dangerous things are right in front of our noses. The thing that may or may not be lethal could be living amongst you and you would have no idea. Join Nick and Mike as they talk about toxoplasmosis a force of nature that hiding in your home and how a cat may bring you to your death. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

Chaos, randomness, the unknown. A thing many hate and dread. To have no control, no way of knowing, to be helpless. But what if the very thing many fear, the chaos that engulfs our lives is one of the things that protect us in the modern world. What if I were to tell you, your safety and mine is dependent and reliant on randomness. What if I were to tell you your safety depends on lava lamps. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast

A city on fire, not caused by invaders, war, or a power plant explosion but rather... whiskey. Perhaps the most Irish way possible to start a fire. Join Nick and Mike as Nick tells the tale of how a distillery flooded the streets, caused the towns people to become drunk and set the city of Dublin on fire. And all the chaos that would ensue due to alcohol and flames. Links: •Instagram: https://instagram.com/backyardphilosophy?r=nametag •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NEF0dwfHn9k5sGNSDysHf •Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backyardphilosophys-podcast/id1529480894 •Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardPhilosophy/ •PodBean: https://backyardphilosophy.podbean.com •IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-backyardphilosophys-po-71451442/# •Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0e9bd4c8-0ef1-40dd-93ea-6b160e03c09f/The-backyardphilosophys-Podcast