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In this episode I cover the history of oil. The environmental, political and social impacts it has left the modern day. 

This podcast explores the history behind Nefertiti’s bust to understand the controversies behind repatriation. Repatriation is the act of returning foreign artifacts to their country of origin. Nefertiti’s bust sits in the Noise Museum in Berlin. To examine the meaning of the bust, we must start by examining the figure the bust represents. 

It seems as though no other substance occupies so much of the world’s land, for so little benefit to humanity, as sugar. Sugarcane is the world’s third most valuable crop after cereals and rice and has created a global public health crisis, which has been centuries in the making. This sweet substance has a long and tragic history. A tale we will uncover together. 

It is no secret that people today love coffee.  Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world a day. That's over 400 billion cups a year. So let's go over a bit of the history of coffee. It is a tale of intrigue, of mystical beans, revolution yet oppression, capitalism, and industrialization. It is a bean that has completely changed the history of humanity. 

Donald Trump past the executive order to make Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again.  This takes us on a story of cultural appropriation and historical re imagination.   If you look at Travel posters or pamphlets for Greece, you see something like travel back in time visit Greece as if when you get on an airplane you aren't only traveling through space, but time. The modern greek state capitalizing on that the past.