The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler
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Apr 5, 2022 • 1h 10min

The Forbidden Experiment

If you really want to know what language people originally spoke, all you have to do is the unspeakable.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233597995_Royal_Investigations_of_the_Origin_of_LanguageGet $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!Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 22, 2022 • 1h 17min

Babble On

The search for the original language, the true language, the language of God and Adam and Enoch, begins today.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!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!Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 8, 2022 • 1h 22min

What Goes Up (Pt 5)

Will humanity ever successfully fly? No. Find out why, on this, the conclusion of our five part series on people who tried.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!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!Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 22, 2022 • 56min

What Goes Up (Pt 4)

The doe-eyed optimism of Rousseau! The biting cynicism of Baron von Grimm! And a whole bunch more people attempting to fly, and falling disastrously, all together in one podcast episode!Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!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!Interested in advertising on The Constant? Email sales@advertisecast.com to get on board! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 8, 2022 • 1h 11min

What Goes Up (Pt 3)

On the third part of our survey of failed fliers, we've drawing from all walks of life: a peasant and a physicist, a cobbler and a surgeon, a locksmith and an archbishop, not to mention a pair of brothers who aren't the ones you know.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 25, 2022 • 1h 6min

What Goes Up (Pt 2)

What do a professor, a heretic, a clockmaker, a barber, a cantor, a laborer, an architect, an alchemist and a couple of bonafide renaissance men all have in common? All of them tried to fly, and none of them succeeded. Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!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/theconstantHow about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Visit our Patreon here.BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 11, 2022 • 1h

What Goes Up (Pt 1)

You've heard of The Wright Brothers, the first people to fly. Maybe you've heard of Alberto Santo Dumont, too. Arguably he managed to fly two years earlier. Perhaps you know The Montgolfier Brothers, who first got a manned balloon in the air. But what about all the people who tried and failed? Forget the history of flying; to start off 2022 we're giving you the history of falling.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!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 up to 14 free meals AND three free gifts from HelloFresh by visiting:HelloFresh.com/theconstant14 and entering code "theconstant14" at checkout.How about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here!Visit our Patreon here.BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!Music by:Epidemic Sound​Blue Dot SessionsLee Rosevere Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 9, 2022 • 2min

Dance with The Devil in The Pale Moonlight

New Year, New You, New Constant. Season 11 begins Tuesday, January 11th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 21, 2021 • 1h 18min

Men of Stone (Pt 2)

Throughout the 19th Century, The United States was absolutely barraged by tales of petrified stone men: ancient giants, missing links, careless miners, unfortunate souls and one Civil War hero, General Thomas Francis Meagher.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now!Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstantGive the gift of Masterclass!Get 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 to get your donation matched up to $250 dollars.Visit our Patreon here.BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!Music by:​Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 7, 2021 • 57min

Men of Stone (Pt 1)

In 1897, a Montana prospector discovered something valuable in The Missouri River. Not gold, not silver, not even copper. It was the petrified body of a missing Civil War hero, General Thomas Francis Meagher. Continue your education via University of California Irvine now! (https://ce.uci.edu/?utm_source=TNM&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2022theconstant)Get up to 14 free meals AND three free gifts from HelloFresh by visiting:HelloFresh.com/theconstant14 and entering code "theconstant14" at checkout. (https://www.hellofresh.com/pages/podcast?c=THECONSTANT14&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=4020201510podcast&utm_content=theconstant14&dm=meals&featured=family&mealsize=3-4)Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant)Visit GiveWell.org (https://www.givewell.org/) to find a charity today. Be sure to choose "podcast" and enter "The Constant" at checkout to get your donation matched up to $250 dollars. Visit our Patreon here (https://patreon.com/theconstant).BUY OUR MERCH, YOU FILTHY ANIMALS! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts/the-constant-podcast)Music by:Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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