Category: The Videos
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97. Queen Nefertiti: Beauty, Power, and Mystique
Nefertiti ruled beside the sun, and then vanished into antiquity. Her discovery and beauty sparked a 20th-century political firestorm.
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96. Deer Hide: Primitive Chemistry and the Quiet Art of Not Dying
Today’s random object was a toy deer hide from the Powhatan Indian or Frontier set. Four poles, a rectangle of pretend skin, and more ancient chemistry than most folks want to think about before breakfast.
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95. Lucy the Australopithecus aferensis
Today’s random object was the “essence of” an Australopithecus skull, modeled after the famous fossil known as Lucy.
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94. JFK Bust: Legend and Legacy
Today’s random object was a toy bust of John F. Kennedy. While I sketched, we talked about what made Kennedy’s presidency so striking.
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93. Inuit Hunter: What the Inuit Can Teach Us About Living on Mars
Blubber, brown fat, and the real reason Inuit cultures didn’t need warriors. Today’s sketch was an Inuit hunter, and we talked adaptation, fasting, and cooperation in the Arctic.