The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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

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

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

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

New Year, New You, New Constant. Season 11 begins Tuesday, January 11th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

Our second annual dive into the hidden world of The Constant Secret Feed.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now! (https://ce.uci.edu/?utm_source=TNM&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2022theconstant)How about 25% off a better news subscription? Go to inkl.com/constant to sign up. (https://www.inkl.com/?through=podcast&plan=yearly-25-discount&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=constant)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 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/)​​Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/)Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/)Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be the most popular kid on the block with these fantastic new tricks! Produce bees from lions! Frogs from mud! Scorpions from bricks! This week we're taking on the oldest and most widely believed bullshit of all: spontaneous generation.Continue your education via University of California Irvine now! (https://ce.uci.edu/?utm_source=TNM&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2022theconstant)Check out this show and all your other podcasts on Vodacast (http://www.vodacast.com/).Listen along with this episode via Vodacast here! (http://feed.vodacast.com/60461222/The%20Constant:%20A%20History%20of%20Getting%20Things%20Wrong/Something%20from%20Nothing)Get $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/theconstant (http://www.indeed.com/theconstant)Give the gift of Masterclass! (https://www.masterclass.com/?utm_medium=POD&utm_term=Aq-Prospecting&utm_content=THECONSTANT&utm_campaign=AAP&utm_source=Paid&promo_id=theconstant)Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant)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/)Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucy Lightfoot went missing in 1831, and was later found alive and well... in 1364. Listen to this episode through Vodacast here! (http://feed.vodacast.com/59793132/The%20Constant:%20A%20History%20of%20Getting%20Things%20Wrong/Lucy%20Lightfoot)Continue your education via University of California Irvine now! (https://ce.uci.edu/?utm_source=TNM&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2022theconstant)How about a free fourteen day trial of Shopify? Grab it here! (http://www.shopify.com/theconstant)Check out this show and all your other podcasts on Vodacast (http://www.vodacast.com/).Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant)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