The Human Exception

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look at three topics of intrigue:Christie Pits Park: Christie Pit park was the place of a notorious riot within the city of Toronto. During the start of Hitler's time in office in Germany groups of supporters cropped up across North America. In August of 1933, a group of young nazi's incited a riot at a ballpark, pulling in close to 10,000 people into the fray. Unfortunately, these ideologies wouldn't end there, as we still see them this day.The Earl of Rochester: John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester was a poet from the 1600s, just not the kind we would expect from that era. Much of his greatest works were smut and for the longest time this was not appreciated, until nowThe Flood Myth: "Instructions of Shuruppak" is one of the oldest documents we know of, the oldest version thought to be from 2600-2500 BC and it was thought to be a text of great wisdom, a document from a father to his son on how to live a good life. But there's more to that, so much more. As it also refers to a great flood, potentially THE great floodPt. 2The Flood Mythhttps://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0159-0160-flooding-the-earl-of-christie-pits-park/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look at fandom, how it has shaped us, our culture and all the highs and lows that includes https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0147-0148-the-fandoms-that-shaped-us/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look at three cases of intrigue The History of The Written Language: It's easy to forget that the written language is still a relatively recent phenomenon in human history, we take for granted that everything in modern times is written down and anything posted to the internet is forever, for good or for bad. We write texts and posts memes without thinking about it, we jot down grocery lists, reply-all to email chains, nearly every aspect of our lives involve some form of written communication Bicycle Face: Once upon a time the greatest threat to a man's masculinity was if his woman rode a bicycle. So naturally, they had to make women feel bad about it Pt.2 Bicycle Face https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0145-146-the-ancient-writings-of-bicycle-face/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look at three cases of intrigue The Vipeholm Experiments: In 1947 a care facility in Sweden undertook a horrific experiment, testing the effects of sugar consumption on tooth decay, and their subjects? The disabled, who neither consented or were aware such an experiment was done. The Patupaiarehe: Most history books will tell you that the Maori were the firsts inhabitants of New Zealand, first settling the islands between 1280-1350 CE, but Maori tradition tells of a different people nestled deep in New Zealand's foggy mountains where they could hide from sunlight which was deadly to them. Their skin was pale, their hair was red and they were known as the Patupaiarehe Pt. 2 The Patupaiarehe https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0143-0144-tooth-faires-of-aotearoa/

We celebrate another year around the sun for our dear podcast by reviewing this last year's topics and talking about any updates we have since found out https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0142-four-exceptional-years/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look at three cases of intrigue The Beast of Gévaudan: In 1764, the quiet countryside of Gévaudan, France, had become not so quiet. Something was killing people, but no one was quite sure what and still aren't to this day How Trees Nearly Froze the World: 300 million years ago life as we know it nearly ended in the frigid grasp of a seemingly unstoppable ice age, and trees may have be an the root of it Pt.1 The Beast of Gévaudan https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0140-0141-werewolves-of-pangea/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Courtney get to grill Halli on what it takes to break into self-publishing. Halli explains the importance of editors, formatting, ISBNs, covers and so much more! https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0138-0139-so-you-want-to-write-a-book/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Courtney take a look at three cases of intrigue Coprophagy: "Eat shit". It's a phrase we've all heard, but have ever truly thought about it? Courtney tells us about coprophagy and why so many animals do it and where this phrase originally came from Folk Metal: Nathan gives us some fun information on the birth of Folk Metal. A sub-genre that deviates from the traditional anti-Christian themes, but still celebrates those themes of accepting "otherness" Nathan's playlist Princess Caraboo: A few miles north of Bristol in Southwest England is the small town of Almondsbury. It's the sleepy kind of English town where not a whole lot happens but on Apr 3 1817 something did happen. You see a an unknow woman had turned up, seemingly disoriented and speaking an unknown language. In a little over a week the entire town and surrounding area would know who she was: her name was Caraboo and she was a princess Pt. 2 Princess Caraboo pt.1 https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0135-0137-crappy-caraboo-metal/