The Curiosity of!? Podcast 🇬🇬
@curiosityofpod.com
A history, science and storytelling podcast. From spices to space dogs and corpse medicine to perception and AI to interviews. Stay curious! Host, find me on here: riclep.dev
Looking forward to a @totalusrankium.bsky.social special!
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Looking forward to a @totalusrankium.bsky.social special!
I've been listening to audio books the last few days and now my internal voice when reading has picked up a new sound based on some of the characters. Help!
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I've been listening to audio books the last few days and now my internal voice when reading has picked up a new sound based on some of the characters. Help!
In my bio I have the Guernsey 🇬🇬 flag because I love I'm from a tiny little island most people don't know much about, it's a bit fun and quirky. I'm now worried people will glance at it, think it's St George's cross and think that I'm a flag waving nutter. I might need to remove it.
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In my bio I have the Guernsey 🇬🇬 flag because I love I'm from a tiny little island most people don't know much about, it's a bit fun and quirky. I'm now worried people will glance at it, think it's St George's cross and think that I'm a flag waving nutter. I might need to remove it.
Me in my day job!
Hey, I made it here! I'm from Guernsey, I have a design, branding and web agency: uandus.co.uk
I am creator of the Laravel Storyblok package.
I podcast with my son over at @curiosityofpod.bsky.social
That's me!
I am creator of the Laravel Storyblok package.
I podcast with my son over at @curiosityofpod.bsky.social
That's me!
U&US - Design, branding, web and advertising studio in Guernsey and Belfast
U&US - Creating great design for good brands out of Guernsey and Belfast. We offer branding, strategy, website design and development, advertising, marketing, print design and animation.
uandus.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Me in my day job!
Ahoy me hearties! Cravin’ swashbucklin’ #TalkLikeAPirateDay tales? Board the ever-brilliant @totalusrankium.bsky.social or cast off with us and William Dampier. He circumnavigated the seven seas thrice, penned best-sailin’ tomes, an’ gifted English with hundreds o’ words!
curiosityofpod.com/ep/41
curiosityofpod.com/ep/41
🦜 William Dampier, explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist - Episode 41 - The Curiosity of!? Podcast
We look at the life of one of the most amazing but forgotten men of the 1600s, William Dampier. Ever curious he was an explorer, navigator, naturalist, writer and so much more. The author of A New Voy...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ahoy me hearties! Cravin’ swashbucklin’ #TalkLikeAPirateDay tales? Board the ever-brilliant @totalusrankium.bsky.social or cast off with us and William Dampier. He circumnavigated the seven seas thrice, penned best-sailin’ tomes, an’ gifted English with hundreds o’ words!
curiosityofpod.com/ep/41
curiosityofpod.com/ep/41
#OTD 1740 the Centurion set sail for the south Pacific. What would follow was one of the of the most gruelling sea voyages ever untaken, but with a prize bigger than any other.
Listen to the remarkable story and more in our treasure themed episode.
#podcast
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Listen to the remarkable story and more in our treasure themed episode.
#podcast
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
🪙 Tales of treasure. Cocos Island, the Centurion and a Hermit - Episode 48 - The Curiosity of!? Podcast
This episode we go treasure hunting, exploring three stories from around the world focussing on our obsession with greed and wealth.
We sail around the globe the wrong way telling an epic tale of sur...
curiosityofpod.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#OTD 1740 the Centurion set sail for the south Pacific. What would follow was one of the of the most gruelling sea voyages ever untaken, but with a prize bigger than any other.
Listen to the remarkable story and more in our treasure themed episode.
#podcast
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
Listen to the remarkable story and more in our treasure themed episode.
#podcast
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
Happy Costa Rica Independence Day!
A few years back we recorded an episode about William Le Lacheur, a Guernseyman who brought the coffee trade, and riches, to the country.
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/wil...
A few years back we recorded an episode about William Le Lacheur, a Guernseyman who brought the coffee trade, and riches, to the country.
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/wil...
☕ William Le Lacheur and the transformation of Costa Rica - Episode 25 - The Curiosity of!? Podcast
After its independence in 1821 Costa Rica was a poor nation with very little outside trade but one man, from a small island halfway around the world, would change that. This episode we tell his remark...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy Costa Rica Independence Day!
A few years back we recorded an episode about William Le Lacheur, a Guernseyman who brought the coffee trade, and riches, to the country.
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/wil...
A few years back we recorded an episode about William Le Lacheur, a Guernseyman who brought the coffee trade, and riches, to the country.
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/wil...
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Please listen and share this episode with everyone you know so that no more families are shattered by the modern identity theft scam. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
Scammed
Podcast Episode · Deep into History · 2025-08-28 · 13m
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August 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Please listen and share this episode with everyone you know so that no more families are shattered by the modern identity theft scam. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
What an amazing episode, you really need to listen. Howel Davis is a very interesting character.
Howel Davies is here. He may not be a popular as Bonnet or Blackbeard, but he has a story! Join us as we review the con man of the seas.
totalusrankiump.podbean.com/e/16-howel-d...
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16 Howel Davies | Pirates: Totalus Rankium
Howel Davies is here. He may not be a popular as Bonnet or Blackbeard, but he has a story! Join us as we review the con man of the seas.
TotalusRankiumP.podbean.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
What an amazing episode, you really need to listen. Howel Davis is a very interesting character.
If you see this post a castle
August 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you see this post a castle
Hey @404media.co, just started listening to your podcast and loving it. You mention Bluesky quite often, but when I check your bios on your website you only have Twitter/Twix/X links. Guessing you're all on here too so it would be great to have links so you're easier to find.
July 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hey @404media.co, just started listening to your podcast and loving it. You mention Bluesky quite often, but when I check your bios on your website you only have Twitter/Twix/X links. Guessing you're all on here too so it would be great to have links so you're easier to find.
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It's the big one! Or at least the first half of the big one! Find out just why Blackbeard is the only pirate Jamie has heard of. We cover his early career under the notorious Captain Hornigold!
totalusrankiump.podbean.com/e/131-edward...
totalusrankiump.podbean.com/e/131-edward...
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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#OTD 1744 after years at sea, suffering the most extreme conditions, the Centurion finally arrived home after circumnavigating the globe in an epic tale of treasure hunting.
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
🪙 Tales of treasure. Cocos Island, the Centurion and a Hermit - Episode 48 - The Curiosity of!? Podcast
This episode we go treasure hunting, exploring three stories from around the world focussing on our obsession with greed and wealth.
We sail around the globe the wrong way telling an epic tale of sur...
curiosityofpod.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#OTD 1744 after years at sea, suffering the most extreme conditions, the Centurion finally arrived home after circumnavigating the globe in an epic tale of treasure hunting.
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
curiosityofpod.com/episodes/tal...
So, I'm not the only one!
Showing off my bookshelves: “and these shelves are enthusiasms that had passed by the time the book arrived.”
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
So, I'm not the only one!
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Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.”
“His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
“WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN?
The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.
Death waved a hand dismissively. WELL, YES, OBVIOUSLY ME, he said. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE.”
“WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN?
The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.
Death waved a hand dismissively. WELL, YES, OBVIOUSLY ME, he said. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE.”
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
“There were people who’d steal money from people. Fair
enough. That was just theft. But there were people who, with one easy word, would steal the humanity from people. That was something else.”
“There were people who’d steal money from people. Fair
enough. That was just theft. But there were people who, with one easy word, would steal the humanity from people. That was something else.”
April 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.”
“His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.”
Hi @andrewhunterm.bsky.social. Your impassioned defence of the noise submarines make on Fish reminded me of these sterling stealthy Swedish silent subs. Their Stirling engines make them even quieter than nuclear submarines allowing them sneak and strike!
nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ch...
nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ch...
'Cheap and Quiet' Submarine from Sweden 'Sunk' a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier in a Wargame
What You Need to Know: The Swedish Navy’s Gotland-class submarine, built between 1992 and 1996, revolutionized diesel-electric submarines with its Stirling engine air-independent propulsion (AIP) syst...
nationalinterest.org
April 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Hi @andrewhunterm.bsky.social. Your impassioned defence of the noise submarines make on Fish reminded me of these sterling stealthy Swedish silent subs. Their Stirling engines make them even quieter than nuclear submarines allowing them sneak and strike!
nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ch...
nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ch...
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I wrote about why I’m a disillusioned social scientist—and how hard it is to slay bad theories, while separating the issues into two parts: The Easy Problem of Social Research and The Hard Problem of Social Research. (The latter may be impossible to solve) www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-crisis...
The Crisis of Zombie Social Science
Why it's almost impossible to falsify social science theories and how to fix it.
www.forkingpaths.co
April 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I wrote about why I’m a disillusioned social scientist—and how hard it is to slay bad theories, while separating the issues into two parts: The Easy Problem of Social Research and The Hard Problem of Social Research. (The latter may be impossible to solve) www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-crisis...
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A 🧵:
1/x?
The ancient hydraulic marvel of the Marib Dam:
“It is between three mountains, and the flood waters all flow to the one location, and because of that the water only discharges in one direction; and the ancients blocked that place with hard rocks and lead.
(cont 👇)
1/x?
The ancient hydraulic marvel of the Marib Dam:
“It is between three mountains, and the flood waters all flow to the one location, and because of that the water only discharges in one direction; and the ancients blocked that place with hard rocks and lead.
(cont 👇)
January 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A 🧵:
1/x?
The ancient hydraulic marvel of the Marib Dam:
“It is between three mountains, and the flood waters all flow to the one location, and because of that the water only discharges in one direction; and the ancients blocked that place with hard rocks and lead.
(cont 👇)
1/x?
The ancient hydraulic marvel of the Marib Dam:
“It is between three mountains, and the flood waters all flow to the one location, and because of that the water only discharges in one direction; and the ancients blocked that place with hard rocks and lead.
(cont 👇)
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I was pretty blown away by the size of this Square-legged Camel Cricket (Tropidischia xanthostoma). Must be up there for the largest insects we get on Vancouver Island. It seemed to be living in the space between large boulders beside a river.
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I was pretty blown away by the size of this Square-legged Camel Cricket (Tropidischia xanthostoma). Must be up there for the largest insects we get on Vancouver Island. It seemed to be living in the space between large boulders beside a river.
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
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Very useful framing by @brianklaas.bsky.social of two kinds of “knowingness:”
“Type 1: People who think they know but they don’t; and Type 2: People who don’t want to know.
Type 1 Knowingness can be cured. When someone also has Type 2, it’s much more stubborn.”
www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...
“Type 1: People who think they know but they don’t; and Type 2: People who don’t want to know.
Type 1 Knowingness can be cured. When someone also has Type 2, it’s much more stubborn.”
www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...
"Knowingness" and the Politics of Ignorance
Much ink has been spilled about "polarization." Most of it ignores a major cause: the widespread, misplaced faith that we already know that which we do not know.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Very useful framing by @brianklaas.bsky.social of two kinds of “knowingness:”
“Type 1: People who think they know but they don’t; and Type 2: People who don’t want to know.
Type 1 Knowingness can be cured. When someone also has Type 2, it’s much more stubborn.”
www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...
“Type 1: People who think they know but they don’t; and Type 2: People who don’t want to know.
Type 1 Knowingness can be cured. When someone also has Type 2, it’s much more stubborn.”
www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...
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This time, we're all about the mighty Khmer Empire! How did they create the largest pre-industrial city in history, why did Angkor Watt have such big suburbs and what's with all the hydraulics?
Listen below or wherever you pod.
open.spotify.com/episode/5boj...
Listen below or wherever you pod.
open.spotify.com/episode/5boj...
February 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This time, we're all about the mighty Khmer Empire! How did they create the largest pre-industrial city in history, why did Angkor Watt have such big suburbs and what's with all the hydraulics?
Listen below or wherever you pod.
open.spotify.com/episode/5boj...
Listen below or wherever you pod.
open.spotify.com/episode/5boj...
A new project I am working on...
I love animating SVGs! Here’s a little preview of a private project I am working on.
#svg #webanimation
#svg #webanimation
February 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A new project I am working on...
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My favorite (perhaps apocryphal) anecdote along these lines was when a newspaper editor did an auto find and replace for “the queen” and changed it to match the style guide to “Queen Elizabeth II” but didn’t realise that edition also had a science article on the social behavior of bees.
Federal employee with a data role told me that a document was removed from employee access because it had the word "inclusion" in it.
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My favorite (perhaps apocryphal) anecdote along these lines was when a newspaper editor did an auto find and replace for “the queen” and changed it to match the style guide to “Queen Elizabeth II” but didn’t realise that edition also had a science article on the social behavior of bees.
I made a new friend on holiday!
February 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I made a new friend on holiday!
February 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM