Wikisurfer

wikisurfer

Brandon Fibbs & Kyle Sullivan each pick a starting topic on Wikipedia, crack it open, and see what hides inside. Follow where curiosity leads.

  • 3 minutes 25 seconds
    Wikisurfer Series Two Teaser

    We are busy writing the new season of Wikisurfer right now. While there are some creative changes ahead, we promise Wikisurfer will continue to be your source of the most wonderful, weirdest, and interesting stories Wikipedia has to offer. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out series one and hear what all the fuss is about.

    2 May 2019, 6:14 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Wikisurfer Series One Coda

    In which Kyle and Brandon look back at the first series of Wikisurfer, take stock of what worked and what didn't, and reveal the results of the listener feedback poll.

    25 March 2019, 6:45 pm
  • 1 minute 19 seconds
    Wikisurfer Series One Survey Announcement

    We want to say thank you to everyone who listened to the first series of Wikisurfer. We are already hard at work writing episodes for series two, but before we record anything, we first wanted to hear from you. We just posted a survey on our website (www.wikisurferpodcast.com). Please take just a few minutes to share some of your thoughts about the show with us. We are always striving to improve, and we really value your feedback!

    11 March 2019, 11:31 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    Wikisurfer 008 – Social Climbers

    The peculiar and petrifying world of eusocial insects—the Borg of the creepy-crawly world—as well as an introduction to one of the fascinating experts who study them; a hair-raising and jaw-dropping look at the many, many times people have tried (and thankfully failed) to kill the occupants of the Oval Office.

    25 February 2019, 5:56 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Wikisurfer 007 - Welcome To The Jungle

    An invasion of Alaska, a river's life history, the storied existence of writer Dashiel Hammett, the deadliest plague in human history, a nightmarish trek down the Amazon River, and the Amazon as a center of civilization.

    11 February 2019, 4:09 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Wikisurfer 006 - Profane History

    The birth of countries, the MOVE Bombing, Sylvanus Morley, the history of profanity, William Adams, the first European samurai, and profanity in science fiction. NSFW!

    14 January 2019, 4:25 am
  • 20 minutes 44 seconds
    Wikisurfer 005 - The Evolution Of Santa Claus

    The evolution of Santa Claus

    31 December 2018, 3:31 am
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Wikisurfer 004 - Mummified Sound

    Elmer McCurdy; the birth, evolution, and inventors of recorded sound; intentional and accidental mummies; the inhospitable, yet alluring, Atacama Desert.

    17 December 2018, 5:46 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Wikisurfer 003 - Fiery Abandon

    Centralia Coal Fire, Mt. St. Helens, Ghost Towns, Harry R. Truman, California Gold Rush, End-Permian Mass Extinction, Sandwich Islands

    3 December 2018, 3:18 am
  • 1 hour 30 seconds
    Wikisurfer 002 - Last Of Their Kind

    Project Habakkuk, Great Auk, Canadian-Pacific Railway, Last Days of Tierra del Fuego, Flying Beavers, Human-Penguin Relationships, Bestiaries

    19 November 2018, 3:34 am
  • 48 minutes 11 seconds
    Wikisurfer 001 - A Missing Foot

    Defaced statues, Rorschach tests, Dr. Douglas Kelly, Germania, Company Towns, and the Royal Society.

    5 November 2018, 1:51 pm
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