The Lakota Sioux are one of the most interesting cultures I've come across. Their indigenous way of life is and was beautiful. Likewise, Brendon Grimshaw was quite an interesting and lovely person to learn about. This episode is packed with information about the most dominant indigenous culture in the upper great plains and a peculiar man who made an island into paradise.

Meridians is a podcast created by Charlie Noble. It is about making connections across cultures by learning about history, science, and the people and world around us. Come along with me as I try to understand what makes our world the way it is today.

My goal is to entertain and inform, grounding our explorations in the real world around us. There’s so much to discover, and I promise you—every conversation will leave you with new insights and a deeper appreciation for the complexity of our shared human experience. So, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, I hope you’ll tune in and embark on this adventure with me. Let’s uncover the connections that unite us on Meridians.

This episode sent me all over the place. I had no idea where this one was heading. I didn't really think the emerging theme would be how ideas spread (or don't) but that's what came out!

Learning about how culture spreads kind of surprised me. (gambling seems to spread like wildfire) There's war, industry and a good quite an examination of early Chinese history in this episode. I had a lot of fun learning in this one.

Meridians is a podcast created by Charlie Noble. It is about making connections across cultures by learning about history, science, and the people and world around us. Come along with me as I try to understand what makes our world the way it is today.

My goal is to entertain and inform, grounding our explorations in the real world around us. There’s so much to discover, and I promise you—every conversation will leave you with new insights and a deeper appreciation for the complexity of our shared human experience. So, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, I hope you’ll tune in and embark on this adventure with me. Let’s uncover the connections that unite us on Meridians.

This episode starts with the topic of humans' relationship with time and timekeeping and finishes with a narrative about the race to be the first people to reach the South Pole in Antarctica. There's a good deal in the middle connecting these ideas, and that part was a lot of fun for me to learn. You'll have to listen to understand how they're connected.

What did I learn from writing this episode?

Well, without spoiling anything, I learned about how hindsight frames our world and what we know about it to a large degree. When something works out great, the risks taken seem worth it. But when they don't pan out, it becomes easy to be more critical. A lot of times, the difference between victory and defeat comes down to luck. When doing future research, I will try to hold back on any harsh judgments for failure until I have a complete picture of what actually happened.

I also question the need for us all to move so fast. It's like we're all in a race and don't know what the race is for, where we're going, or what we win. At least, if we're going to go fast, we should be doing something worthwhile.

Meridians is a podcast created by Charlie Noble. It is about making connections across cultures by learning about history, science, and the people and world around us. Come along with me as I try to understand what makes our world the way it is today.

My goal is to entertain and inform, grounding our explorations in the real world around us. There’s so much to discover, and I promise you—every conversation will leave you with new insights and a deeper appreciation for the complexity of our shared human experience. So, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, I hope you’ll tune in and embark on this adventure with me. Let’s uncover the connections that unite us on Meridians.

Coming August 20th 2024! Meridians is a show about history, science, and culture. I'm Charlie Noble, and I want to talk about the world.

I love history; I like dorking out about science. I like learning about other people.

Where do they come from? What's their story?

And Why is the Earth spinning?

How did we end up with the customs we have?

Who was Atilla the Hun?

Why do batteries work?

The show's format works like this: We start with a given topic and, through connected information, work our way to our final topic. The two topics may or may not be directly related. The fun part is connecting the two and learning about a bunch of new things. I don't want to rehash stuff we've all heard before. We'll get into the nitty gritty and ask some strange questions. And hopefully, we'll learn some things we've never learned before.

If you're chilling at home, driving to work, or doing some chores, Stop in and check out Meridians.

We'll always cover at least 3 topics, whether it be a person, place, or thing, or maybe the starting topic will be an idea or a concept. That's the fun part. I want to make each episode a wild ride or a trip you've never been on before.

The show will initially drop every two weeks on Tuesdays.

Episodes will probably be 1-2 hours in length.

If you're listening to this in 2024, you're on the ground floor of this podcast. I hope you stick around and learn along with me. Let's see where this goes.

Check out meridianspodcast.com for more info. I hope you listen to and enjoy the show. Thank you.

This is a demo episode. meaning I was working out my process when creating this episode. There's going to be a few audio goofs and maybe writing spoofs. I still enjoyed making this episode so I hope you enjoy it as well.

This episode starts with Chaos Theory. We'll explore some weird parts of our world in this one. We'll somehow find our way to talking about Journalistic Ethics but there's a lot of weird stuff in between. Give it a listen to find out!

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Meridians is a podcast created by me, Charlie Noble. This podcast is about making connections across cultures through learning about History, Science, and the people and world around us. Come along with me as I try to learn what makes our world the way it is today.

My goal is to entertain and inform, grounding our explorations in the real world around us. There’s so much to discover, and I promise you—every conversation will leave you with new insights and a deeper appreciation for the complexity of our shared human experience. So, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, I hope you’ll tune in and embark on this adventure with me. Let’s uncover the connections that unite us on Meridians.

This is a demo episode. meaning I was working out my process when creating this episode. There's going to be a few audio goofs and maybe writing spoofs. I still enjoyed making this episode so I hope you enjoy it as well.

This episode starts with The Hell's Angels Motorcycle club. We'll examine the club and find a really goofy way of working backwards in time to get us to the Revival of the Olympics in 1896. To learn how we get there, you'll just have to listen. It's a weird and twisted journey backwards through time.

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Meridians is a podcast created by me, Charlie Noble. This podcast is about making connections across cultures through learning about History, Science, and the people and world around us. Come along with me as I try to learn what makes our world the way it is today.

My goal is to entertain and inform, grounding our explorations in the real world around us. There’s so much to discover, and I promise you—every conversation will leave you with new insights and a deeper appreciation for the complexity of our shared human experience. So, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, I hope you’ll tune in and embark on this adventure with me. Let’s uncover the connections that unite us on Meridians.

This is a demo episode. meaning I was working out my process when creating this episode. There's going to be a few audio goofs and maybe writing spoofs. I still enjoyed making this episode so I hope you enjoy it as well.

In this episode: Well start by talking about Lassos and the culture that they came out of. We will find a way to make a link from Lassos all the way to Sputnik and try to learn some things along the way. This was the first episode I attempted so its kind of an oddball.

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Meridians is a podcast created by me, Charlie Noble. This podcast is about making connections across cultures through learning about History, Science, and the people and world around us. Come along with me as I try to learn what makes our world the way it is today.

My goal is to entertain and inform, grounding our explorations in the real world around us. There’s so much to discover, and I promise you—every conversation will leave you with new insights and a deeper appreciation for the complexity of our shared human experience. So, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, I hope you’ll tune in and embark on this adventure with me. Let’s uncover the connections that unite us on Meridians.