The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

This is a story about the search for goodness in the world. Naturally, it ends tragically.Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant​Visit GiveWell.org to find a charity today. Be sure to choose "podcast" and enter "The Constant" at checkout.Visit our Patreon here. You too can get ad-free, early episodes, starting now!​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​​​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three high ranking American financial officials tried to warn the world about the 2008 financial collapse. But they were ignored, in large part because of who they were: women. On this episode we're looking at the stories of a few of the many women like them whose contributions, insights and discoveries have been overlooked, undercut or highjacked.Want 15% off an annual subscription to MasterClass? Go here:http://masterclass.com/theconstantHow about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant​Visit GiveWell.org to find a charity today. Be sure to choose "podcast" and enter "The Constant" at checkout.Visit our Patreon here. You too can get ad-free, early episodes, starting now!​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beneath lackluster Disney movies and schlocky cable reality television lies an untold true story: the secret brontosauruses of Africa, and the men trying to find them.Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After every American mass shooting, the gun debate is drowned in one question: What about Chicago? Today, we're answering it."How the A.T.F., Key to Biden’s Gun Plan, Became an N.R.A. ‘Whipping Boy’" -NYT"The ATF’s Nonsensical Non-Searchable Gun Databases, Explained" -The TraceUniversity of Chicago Firearms ReportsIllinois 2020 Firearms Trace DataGiffords 2019 Memo on ATF"How the NRA Hobbled the ATF" - Mother Jones"The ATF: A Portrait of an Impotent Bureau" -Washington MonthlyGiffords' explainer of Tiahrt AmendmentsEverytown Gun Trace Reform ProposalMurder and Gun Homicides by City"Their Guns Fueled Chicago Crime. When They Broke the Law, The ATF Went Easy" -The Trace"How the NRA became ATF's biggest enemy" -SF GatePascrell, Leahy Gun Tracing BillQuigley Trace ActLee, Menendez Gun Record BillWant 15% off an annual subscription to MasterClass? Go here:http://masterclass.com/theconstantHow about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This story is about music, radio, medicine, politics, power, money, people and... goat testicles.Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are lots of stories about drugs that changed the medical industry. But here's one about a drug that changed the entertainment industry, too.How about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1867, The Eliza set out to sea with a fresh crew, a full hold and fair weather. Yet no one expected her to ever make land again. Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Step right up, step right up! We've got the cure for what ails you: more podcasts!How about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeling run down, run out or run around? Well friend, I've got the cure for you! Step right up for The Constant Miracle Tonic All Night Medicine Show!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.​Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1474, the people of Basel tried, convicted and sentenced to death a rooster, in one of the strangest court cases in history.How about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGet 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstantGet a free business account and a copy of Novo's Small Business Starter Guide at banknovo.com/theconstantVisit our Patreon here.​BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!The Constant is part of the Airwave Media podcast network.Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices