Lemuria.  If you are familiar with this place, you probably know it as a lost continent (akin to Atlantis), that was inhabited by higher beings who not live in the hollow Earth under Mt. Shasta in California.  You may also believe that extraterrestrials seeded this continent with crystals before it sank to the bottom of the ocean.  Some believe that this “lost continent” will resurface in the future, where it will act like a modern Eden, a complete paradise for human enlightenment.  This is a million miles from the origin of of Lemuria, which was as a scientific theory to explain why there are lemurs in Madagascar.  In this episode, I talk to researcher and archivist Justin McHenry about this conceptual evolution of Lemuria, and how it morphed so quickly.  We also talk about other theories on how lemurs ended up on an island outside of Africa, which include a pregnant lemur falling into a raft, and floating all the way to Madagascar.

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Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Erich von Daniken
Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Russell Targ
Fascinating Noune Ep. on Poe

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Lemuria.  If you are familiar with this place, you probably know it as a lost continent (akin to Atlantis), that was inhabited by higher beings who not live in the hollow Earth under Mt. Shasta in California.  You may also believe that extraterrestrials seeded this continent with crystals before it sank to the bottom of the ocean.  Some believe that this “lost continent” will resurface in the future, where it will act like a modern Eden, a complete paradise for human enlightenment.  This is a million miles from the origin of of Lemuria, which was as a scientific theory to explain why there are lemurs in Madagascar.  In this episode, I talk to researcher and archivist Justin McHenry about this conceptual evolution of Lemuria, and how it morphed so quickly.  We also talk about other theories on how lemurs ended up on an island outside of Africa, which include a pregnant lemur falling into a raft, and floating all the way to Madagascar.

Episodes We Mentioned

Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Erich von Daniken
Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Russell Targ
Fascinating Noune Ep. on Poe

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Science Fiction has had a prolific run on television.  I bet some of your favorite shows have elements of Sci-Fi in them whether you know it or not. Westworld, The Mandalorian, and Stranger Things are just a few of the blockbuster shows driving you to your tv set.  If you go way back, before Lost, before the X-files, before Star Trek, and even before The Twilight Zone, there was a little syndicated show in the 50’s called Science Fiction Theater.  It was the first of its kind, and not only was the prototype for Sci-fi, but for all the anthology shows to follow, like American Horror Story and even Tales from the Crypt.  This week I discuss this almost forgotten, but truly groundbreaking show.

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Fascinating Nouns Ep. on The Klondike Film Find

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Science Fiction has had a prolific run on television.  I bet some of your favorite shows have elements of Sci-Fi in them whether you know it or not. Westworld, The Mandalorian, and Stranger Things are just a few of the blockbuster shows driving you to your tv set.  If you go way back, before Lost, before the X-files, before Star Trek, and even before The Twilight Zone, there was a little syndicated show in the 50’s called Science Fiction Theater.  It was the first of its kind, and not only was the prototype for Sci-fi, but for all the anthology shows to follow, like American Horror Story and even Tales from the Crypt.  This week I discuss this almost forgotten, but truly groundbreaking show.

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Fascinating Nouns Ep. on The Klondike Film Find

Jay on Social Media

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An extraordinarily rare event is going to happen in 2024:  Two periodical cicada broods will be emerging at the same time, covering both the South and the Midwest in large, droning insects for six weeks this summer.  How rare are we talking here?  How about once every 221 years level of rare?  The last time these two broods came out at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president.  He even wrote about them in his garden notes!  This week I sit down with cicada expert Dr. Gene Kritsky and we discuss what makes these guys so special.  Is it that they spend 13 or 17 years underground sucking on tree roots?  Is it that the females lay eggs with what amounts to a hollow steak knife?  Or maybe it is that their survival strategy consists of emerging in such large numbers that predators get sick of eating them in a week and a half?  I saw it is all three.  Listen and learn how YOU can be a part of this historic event.

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The Mind Altering Parasite That Turns Cicadas Into Mindless Sex Bots
Cicadas Molting

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An extraordinarily rare event is going to happen in 2024:  Two periodical cicada broods will be emerging at the same time, covering both the South and the Midwest in large, droning insects for six weeks this summer.  How rare are we talking here?  How about once every 221 years level of rare?  The last time these two broods came out at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president.  He even wrote about them in his garden notes!  This week I sit down with cicada expert Dr. Gene Kritsky and we discuss what makes these guys so special.  Is it that they spend 13 or 17 years underground sucking on tree roots?  Is it that the females lay eggs with what amounts to a hollow steak knife?  Or maybe it is that their survival strategy consists of emerging in such large numbers that predators get sick of eating them in a week and a half?  I saw it is all three.  Listen and learn how YOU can be a part of this historic event.

Articles We Mentioned

The Mind Altering Parasite That Turns Cicadas Into Mindless Sex Bots
Cicadas Molting

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Edgar Allan Poe was the original Gloomy Gus right?  Writing horror stories alone, in a dilapidated mansion, with only the company of a red-eyed raven to keep him sane.  Most people probably believe his life was actually in black and white.  Turns out this is NOT the case!  He played flutes at parties, solved ciphers and puzzles for a magazine, was a ladies man, and even challenged a man to a duel.  I love these quirky personality features and luckily Mark Dawidziak has chronicled him in his latest book “Mysteries of Mysteries:  The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe”.  Mark and I  will do our best to dispel the caricature of Poe as the patron saint of the goths and show his a more well-rounded personality.

Episodes We Mentioned

Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Sherlock Holmes
Fascinating Nouns Ep. on H. H. Holmes

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The Poe Toaster
Rufus Griswold Obituary of Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe was the original Gloomy Gus right?  Writing horror stories alone, in a dilapidated mansion, with only the company of a red-eyed raven to keep him sane.  Most people probably believe his life was actually in black and white.  Turns out this is NOT the case!  He played flutes at parties, solved ciphers and puzzles for a magazine, was a ladies man, and even challenged a man to a duel.  I love these quirky personality features and luckily Mark Dawidziak has chronicled him in his latest book “Mysteries of Mysteries:  The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe”.  Mark and I  will do our best to dispel the caricature of Poe as the patron saint of the goths and show his a more well-rounded personality.

Episodes We Mentioned

Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Sherlock Holmes
Fascinating Nouns Ep. on H. H. Holmes

Articles We Mentioned

The Poe Toaster
Rufus Griswold Obituary of Poe

Mark on Social Media

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Contrary to popular movies, most art crime is NOT perpetrate by some private art collector in order to enhance their collection.  Oh well there is one notable exception:  Pablo Picasso!  Check out this bonus episode and learn how Picasso got wrapped up in the Mona Lisa caper, and what he actually had stolen.

Just the mention of the name “Mona Lisa” sparks images of a cherub faced woman, half-smiling, hanging on a wall at the Louvre.  This is true of almost EVERYONE on the planet, but that was not always the case.  As a matter of fact, the Mona Lisa is kind of famous for being famous, and all that started with it being stolen from the Louvre in 1911.  Noah Charney is a Art History expert with an exceptional knowledge of art crime, and the tale he weaves is really unbelievable.  Almost as unbelievable as there being three Noah Charney’s in the world, all to the day exactly the same age.  That is also really true and you will learn everything in this episode.

Episodes We Mentioned

Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Art Theft w/ Anthony Amore

Articles We Mentioned

Times The Mona Lisa was Stolen or Defaced
Soup Thrown at the Mona Lisa
Cake Smeared on the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa Missing Documentary
Noah Charney Ted Talk

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