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  • 10. Hot Air Balloons - When Humans Learned to Fly

    10. Hot Air Balloons - When Humans Learned to Fly
    2025/11/25
    What was the point of science and Age of Enlightenment if it couldn't impress a few people along the way? Hundreds of thousands of people came to see the first hot air balloon flights though they were incredibly dangerous adventures that often ended in tragedy..
    Drawing on stories from the wonderful book, The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    19 分
  • 9. The Matrix - Red & Blue Pills, Misogyny & Conspiracy Theories

    9. The Matrix - Red & Blue Pills, Misogyny & Conspiracy Theories
    2025/11/18
    When the Matrix came out in 1999, it gave us a new version of an old metaphor for enlightenment and mystical revelation - what a shock then when its central metaphor got hijacked by the manosphere and conspiracy theorists..

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    11 分
  • 8. The Blues - Selling Souls to the Devil

    8. The Blues - Selling Souls to the Devil
    2025/11/09
    There's an old myth in blue music that a musician would walk on down to the crossroads and sell their soul to the Devil in return for incredible talent.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    13 分
  • 7. How the World Ended Before

    7. How the World Ended Before
    2025/10/26
    We often wonder and worry if the world might end.
    But it already has, many times before.
    In his book, A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright tells us the stories of societal collapse in ancient Sumeria, Rome, Easter Island the Mayan Empire.


    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    15 分
  • 6. Bob Dylan - His Songs, Life, and Influence

    6. Bob Dylan - His Songs, Life, and Influence
    2025/10/20
    Bob Dylan was the one who got me writing songs back as a teenager and I wasn't alone in that. He inspired a whole generation of aspiring singer-songwriters, many of whom couldn't help but sound just like him..

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    11 分
  • 5. Famous Last Words: Dahl, Marx, Jobs, Dickinson, Wilde and Me?

    5. Famous Last Words: Dahl, Marx, Jobs, Dickinson, Wilde and Me?
    2025/10/12
    What will your last words be?
    People from Marcus Aurelius to Steve Jobs worked hard on theirs...

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    8 分
  • 4. Kurt Vonnegut & the Real Meaning of the Gospel Story

    4. Kurt Vonnegut & the Real Meaning of the Gospel Story
    2025/10/06
    A look at the stories of Kurt Vonnegut the science fiction writer, including his analysis of what the Jesus story really meant..

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    10 分
  • 3. My Blind Kung Fu Master

    3. My Blind Kung Fu Master
    2025/09/29
    This is the tale of my studies with a blind kung fu teacher when I was a teenager in my hometown in England.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    12 分