The BrainFood Show

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From 0 to 1000 to 0- What Happened to Howard Johnson's?
July 16, 2025

In today's episode of The BrainFood Show, Daven Hiskey dives into the incredible rise and fall of Howard Johnson's. This episode is brought to you by the City of Quincy. To discover more about Quincy, check out the link - https://discoverquincy.com In

How Did Christianity Go From a Tiny Jewish Cult to Rule the Western World So Quickly?
July 14, 2025

In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into the fascinating reasons Christianity was able to so rapidly go from a tiny Jewish Cult to rule the Western World despite a whole lot of persecution in the interim of that insanely fast rise.

The Marxist Mummies- The Weird Practice of Mummiffying Communists
July 11, 2025

In today's episode of The BrainFood Show, Daven Hiskey dives into the bizarre tradition of pickling and displaying communists.In the shadow of Moscows Kremlin Walls stands one of the most famous structures in all of Russia: a squat, austere-looking s

What's the Difference Between Hardwood and Softwood? (I swear this is more interesting than it sounds :-))
July 09, 2025

In this episode of The Brain Food Show, Simon Whistler and Daven Hiskey are looking at the difference between a number of things, kicking it off with the difference between hardwood and softwood.... which you'd think you already know, but we're guessing f

WTF is Vegemite?
July 07, 2025

In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into what the Aussie staple of Vegemite actually is, and how it came to be, and become a national treasure in the nation.Author: Gilles MessierEditor: Daven HiskeyHost: Simon WhistlerLea

Hancock's Revolution- Birthing the United States
July 04, 2025

In today's episode of the BrainFood Show, Daven Hiskey does a deep dive into the oft' forgotten founding father, without whom there may have been no revolution and whose life was who Paul Revere was trying to save on his famous ride. “The troops of Ge

How Do We Actually Know We Landed on the Moon?
June 30, 2025

On July 20, 1969, the world looked on in awe as 39-year-old astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped off a ladder of the Lunar Module Eagle and onto the surface of the moon, becoming the first human to set foot on a natural celestial object. This moment, watched

Heinz 57, The Lord of the Pumps, and a Tasty, Tasty Dunkin' Empire
June 26, 2025

In today's BrainFood Show episode, we are discussing three rather inspirational business tails, starting with the extremely humble origins of the now many billion dollar behemoth in Heinz, then on to Karl's favorite all time script in the story of soft so

The True Story of the Amistad
June 25, 2025

On June 28, 1839, a ship departed Havana, Cuba en route to Puerto Principe. Along with a crew of 7, including two slaves serving as a cabin boy and ships cook, the vessel was also packed with cargo worth approximately $60,000, or about $1.7 million today

How Vladimir Putin Came to Power (And How He Has Held on to it for So Long)
June 23, 2025

When Boris Yeltsin resigned as president of the Russian Federation, it was expected, but sudden. He resigned so his Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin could become president on January 1, 2000 the start of the new millennium. Since then, Putin has been t