The cacao plant is known as the “gift of the gods” and it seems like people across the world agree.
Category: Spotlight, Stuff ExplainedTags: aztecs, cacao, cadbury, chocolate, chocolatier, climate change, cocoa, conquistadors, dark chocolate, england, europe, facts, fair trade, france, health, hernan cortes, history, mayans, mesoamerica, milk chocolate, nestle, podcast, spain, spanish conquest, Stuff Explained, white chocolate
In this episode, we discuss the ingenious way in which a pair of brothers created a restaurant rating system to drive (pun intended) sales for their tire company.
Category: Spotlight, Stuff ExplainedTags: bibendum, blog, blogging, dining, facts, fine dining, food, food critic, france, french, gourmand, history, japan, marketing, michelin, michelin star, michelin tire, podcast, podcasting, Stuff Explained, united states
Birds are getting smaller, using an oral contraceptive might shrink your hypothalamus, the Trump administration wants to put tariffs on French cheese and champagne. These, and more, are the newsworthy stories from this past week.
Category: Current Events, Journal, NewsworthyTags: abortion, alabama, banks, blog, blogger, business, champagne, cheese, chewing, china, contraception, coral, cosmetics, credit union, current events, democracy, e coli, economics, ecosystem, energy, environment, extinction, france, government, gum, health, hormones, hygiene, hypothalamus, imports, infrastructure, journalism, migration, news, Newsworthy, pipelin, plants, politics, prostate cancer, rare, reefs, reproductive health, rosa parks, russia, science, siberia, society, songbirds, traveling, trump, trump administration, uber, wildlife, women, women's health
Russian engineers have developed impact-proof concrete, Apple wants to help California’s housing and affordability crisis, climate change is affecting centuries old French wineries. These, and more, are the newsworthy stories from this past week.
Category: Current Events, Journal, NewsworthyTags: air pollution, animal testing, apple, army, bay area, brain, business, california, canada, cannabis, cell phone, cellular, college, college boards, concrete, conservation, conservationists, current events, depression, drinking water, drug, east, east germany, economics, education, engineers, environment, equity funds, exercise, fcc, firefighters, france, germany, government, health, housing, illegal trafficking, impact, india, investors, japan, lead, longevity, merger, microsoft, mobile, money market, news, news update, Newsworthy, obesity, oil, opec, politics, president trump, productivity, ptsd, rehab, running, russia, san francisco, sat, saudi arabia, science, smog, society, sprint, stocks, sugar, suicide, teachers, tmobile, toxicity, vineyards, visual, west germany, wine, winery
We return to exploring the history of food items that we may currently take for granted. In this episode, learn how the potato made its way from a misunderstood New World plant to becoming a vital European foodstuff.
Category: Spotlight, Stuff ExplainedTags: conquistadors, europe, facts, famine, food, food history, foodie, foodies, france, french, history, ireland, irish, nutrition, peru, podcast, podcaster, podcasting, potato, potato famine, potatoes, prussia, south america, Stuff Explained, travel, vegetables
More Americans are living alone than ever before, large companies continue to hold on to cash, business schools are shutting down MBA programs, an increase in apprehensions at the southern border, and more.
Category: Current Events, Journal, NewsworthyTags: alzheimers, america, business, cash, china, college, corporations, court, culture, current events, cyberattacks, cybersecurity, dday, dday75, delivery, economics, economy, education, france, government, health, immigration, impossible burger, inequality, law, lgbt, mba, meatless, mexico, new york city, news, Newsworthy, normandy, pfizer, politics, society, stonewall inn, tariffs, university, usa, vegan, veterances, walmart, ww2, wwii
Posted on July 13, 2018
by Aristidis Marousas
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We are proud to present to you the debut episode of our new series, Origins. This short documentary series will delve into the history of a different topic in each episode. This first installment takes a look at the origins of soccer/football just in…
Category: Experience, ME Productions, Origins Series, SpotlightTags: belgium, croatia, documentary, england, fifa, fifa world cup, football, france, history, russia, soccer, sports, world cup
It is 1944 and the Allies are preparing for the invasion of Europe. In the occupied town of Sainte-Cecile, the French Resistance is preparing to blow up the chateau that now houses the crucial telephone exchange connecting the French telephone system to that of…
Category: Book Reviews, LiteratureTags: 1944, book, Book Reviews, century trilogy, covert operations, england, felicity clairet, feminist, fiction, france, french resistance, germany, great britain, historical fiction, jackdaws, ken follett, must read, nazis, novel, war, world war 2, ww2
Apparently my show has been preempted today… It sucks because I had a lot of articles ready to discuss that I took some time finding. So, in an effort to ensure it isn’t a complete and total waste, I’ll post the articles below. This…
Category: Current EventsTags: aspirin, bernanke, cancer, economy, europe, france, greece, illinois primary, italy, Korea, obama, romeny, the motley experience, UK, US
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