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In our history, we've had at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents: instances of nuclear weapons accidents that don't cause a nuclear war. One of those was in 1958, in which an Air Force B-47 Bomber almost nuked Mars Bluff, South Carolina.

The "chokeslam" is the move that wrestlers do where they slam their opponent to the ground after lifting them up by the neck. The rumor is that it was invented by our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Could this possibly be true?

Can you imagine having an extra month between June and July?! In the "International Fixed Calendar," that's exactly what was proposed in the 1920s.

The importance of science literacy comes to the CMC stage with a panel of experts including Frederic Bertley, Ph.D., President and CEO of COSI, and COSI Science Festival partners Lou Von Thaer, President and CEO of Battelle, and Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO, COTA, with moderator Angela An, news anchor with WBNS-10TV.

David DeRam joins host Maureen Metcalf to provide insights on his unconventional approaches and implementation of mindset training.

Featuring Rebecca Kemper, Ph.D., Researcher, The Center for Research and Evaluation at COSI, La’Tonia Stiner-Jones, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University College of Engineering, and Kyra Schloenbach, Chief Academic Officer, Columbus City Schools, with host David DeWitt, Executive Editor, The Ohio Capital Journal.

Lord Alderdice shares his thoughts on the leadership qualities that bring peace, promote peace, and maintain peace. He also discusses the relationships driving successful conflict resolution, starting with the relationship we have with ourselves, and extending through the systems and cultures in which we operate, our past relationships, and future generations who will experience the consequences of our actions.

Prior to the Civil War, the United States Army experimented with using Camels to transport cargo through the American West. The program would have been considered largely successful if it weren't for the war. In this episode, we tell the story about how the camels were acquired, tested and the unlikely person who spearheaded the endeavor. Then we chat and play the quiz game with Las Vegas magician Mat Franco!

Did people in Victorian England eat mummies!? Was the flesh from mummies used for paint? In this episode, we talk about medical cannibalism, bad science and mummification. Then we chat with host of the The Opinion Science podcast, Dr. Andy Luttrell!

Bootlegging was an inevitable result of 1920s Prohibition in the U.S. And when the government tried to solve the problem, they ended up with a solution that killed at least 10,000 Americans through poisoned, denatured industrial ethyl-alcohol. In this episode, we tell the story and then talk with Comedian Leslie Battle!