Balkans
geopolitical and cultural region of Southeast Europe
Episodes
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#5585: The Lighthouse Keeper and the Serbian CabinA YouTube video from rural Serbia broke one listener's whole model of what a hermit is. Turns out the anchorite image is a thousand years out of date. -
#5254: The Radio That Didn't Kill Eli CohenMossad says he was triangulated. The interrogation records suggest otherwise. What the Eli Cohen case reveals about signals vs. human error. -
#5224: When Hands Learned to Cut: Engraving and the First MetalsHalf-million-year-old shell grooves, 9,000-year-old copper beads, and the feedback loop that turned cutting lines into an entire civilization.