In a somewhat unorthodox episode, I share some meandering thoughts on modern technology and concerns about its potential harms, looking at some historical examples that may offer insights into the technological misgivings of today. Direct all advertising inquiries to <a href="mailto:advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.airwavemedia.com/">www.airwavemedia.com</a> to find other high-quality podcasts!Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at <a href="https://www.historicalblindness.com/">www.historicalblindness.com</a> sometime before the release of the next episode.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/historicalblindness">Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3s0Dbxw">Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!</a>  And check out <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fshop%2Fap%2F76814145%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1oDt7vpZm8OMp3aPTLMi378RvLVYCIepvGJ-7lsIv1wIaLfGD9UjRUIUU&amp;h=AT3kEdHxWT62inAwbZp1D_EKYSye5vd38cEAfqDdh5ybJkBAUHk4-OrXa5IjZr7zfKoT4Cakfb7wg6Ia3TPiD0KSTFgcaXWZvj236uax9wxVZsg6fQUwwiaoTsBB_jo7OSAp0O_Nn2gHV5h-PlL_dg">the show merch</a>, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at <a href="http://paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd">paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd</a> or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Remedy for Melancholy."Additional music licensed through Blue Dot Sessions under a blanket license active at the time of this episode's publication, including "Black Ballots, "Access Road 442," "Tarte Tatin," "Game Lands," "Cicle Deserrat," and "The Gran Dias." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In a somewhat unorthodox episode, I share some meandering thoughts on modern technology and concerns about its potential harms, looking at some historical examples that may offer insights into the technological misgivings of today. 
Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!
Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode.
Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!
Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! 
Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.
Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Remedy for Melancholy."
Additional music licensed through Blue Dot Sessions under a blanket license active at the time of this episode's publication, including "Black Ballots, "Access Road 442," "Tarte Tatin," "Game Lands," "Cicle Deserrat," and "The Gran Dias."
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thoughts on modern technology and concerns about its potential harms, looking at some historical examples that may offer insights

Raging Against the Machine: Thoughts on Technofear and Luddism

In the final installment of my series exploring the legends behind Indiana Jones films, I look at both the reality and the myth of Nazi gold trains, specifically looking at the tragedy behind the Hungarian gold train and the urban legend of a buried Nazi gold train in Poland. Direct all advertising inquiries to <a href="mailto:advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.airwavemedia.com/">www.airwavemedia.com</a> to find other high-quality podcasts!Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at <a href="https://www.historicalblindness.com/">www.historicalblindness.com</a> sometime before the release of the next episode.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/historicalblindness">Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3s0Dbxw">Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!</a>  And check out <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fshop%2Fap%2F76814145%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1oDt7vpZm8OMp3aPTLMi378RvLVYCIepvGJ-7lsIv1wIaLfGD9UjRUIUU&amp;h=AT3kEdHxWT62inAwbZp1D_EKYSye5vd38cEAfqDdh5ybJkBAUHk4-OrXa5IjZr7zfKoT4Cakfb7wg6Ia3TPiD0KSTFgcaXWZvj236uax9wxVZsg6fQUwwiaoTsBB_jo7OSAp0O_Nn2gHV5h-PlL_dg">the show merch</a>, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at <a href="http://paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd">paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd</a> or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>), including "daemones," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "July," "Oneiri," "daedalus," "Daylight PON II," and "Sentinel.""Adventure Theme" by Adam Monroe was licensed commercially through <a href="https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/50522484-adventure-theme">Pond5</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In the final installment of my series exploring the legends behind Indiana Jones films, I look at both the reality and the myth of Nazi gold trains, specifically looking at the tragedy behind the Hungarian gold train and the urban legend of a buried Nazi gold train in Poland. 
Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!
Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode.
Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!
Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! 
Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.
Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "daemones," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "July," "Oneiri," "daedalus," "Daylight PON II," and "Sentinel."
"Adventure Theme" by Adam Monroe was licensed commercially through Pond5.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The reality and the myth of Nazi gold trains

The Hunt for Lost Nazi Gold Trains

In this standalone episode, I tell the story of the most successful and famous hoax to ever disgrace the field of paleontology, a fraud widely used by Creationists to discredit evolutionary science, but not before providing a robust defense of evolution science and deconstruction of Creationist arguments.Direct all advertising inquiries to <a href="mailto:advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.airwavemedia.com/">www.airwavemedia.com</a> to find other high-quality podcasts!Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at <a href="https://www.historicalblindness.com/">www.historicalblindness.com</a> sometime before the release of the next episode.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/historicalblindness">Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3s0Dbxw">Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!</a>  And check out <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fshop%2Fap%2F76814145%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1oDt7vpZm8OMp3aPTLMi378RvLVYCIepvGJ-7lsIv1wIaLfGD9UjRUIUU&amp;h=AT3kEdHxWT62inAwbZp1D_EKYSye5vd38cEAfqDdh5ybJkBAUHk4-OrXa5IjZr7zfKoT4Cakfb7wg6Ia3TPiD0KSTFgcaXWZvj236uax9wxVZsg6fQUwwiaoTsBB_jo7OSAp0O_Nn2gHV5h-PlL_dg">the show merch</a>, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at <a href="http://paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd">paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd</a> or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>), including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Tumult," "Denouement," "Comatose," "Global Warming," "July," and "daedalus." Also featuring:"Leaving Home" Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com/">incompetech.com</a>)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In this standalone episode, I tell the story of the most successful and famous hoax to ever disgrace the field of paleontology, a fraud widely used by Creationists to discredit evolutionary science, but not before providing a robust defense of evolution science and deconstruction of Creationist arguments.
Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!
Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode.
Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!
Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! 
Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.
Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Tumult," "Denouement," "Comatose," "Global Warming," "July," and "daedalus."

Also featuring:
"Leaving Home" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The story of the Piltdown hoax

The Piltdown Fraud: Fundamentalists' Favorite Fake Fossil

In this new standalone installment of my now long-running series on the lore explored in Indiana Jones films, I look at the fabled crystal skull forgeries, claimed to be Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts as well as relics of Atlantis endowed with supernatural power.Direct all advertising inquiries to <a href="mailto:advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.airwavemedia.com/">www.airwavemedia.com</a> to find other high-quality podcasts!Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at <a href="https://www.historicalblindness.com/">www.historicalblindness.com</a> sometime before the release of the next episode.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/historicalblindness">Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3s0Dbxw">Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!</a>  And check out <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fshop%2Fap%2F76814145%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1oDt7vpZm8OMp3aPTLMi378RvLVYCIepvGJ-7lsIv1wIaLfGD9UjRUIUU&amp;h=AT3kEdHxWT62inAwbZp1D_EKYSye5vd38cEAfqDdh5ybJkBAUHk4-OrXa5IjZr7zfKoT4Cakfb7wg6Ia3TPiD0KSTFgcaXWZvj236uax9wxVZsg6fQUwwiaoTsBB_jo7OSAp0O_Nn2gHV5h-PlL_dg">the show merch</a>, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at <a href="http://paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd">paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd</a> or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>), including "daedalus," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "daemones," and "Maree.""Adventure Theme" by Adam Monroe was licensed commercially through <a href="https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/50522484-adventure-theme">Pond5</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In this new standalone installment of my now long-running series on the lore explored in Indiana Jones films, I look at the fabled crystal skull forgeries, claimed to be Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts as well as relics of Atlantis endowed with supernatural power.
Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!
Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode.
Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!
Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! 
Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.
Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "daedalus," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "daemones," and "Maree."
"Adventure Theme" by Adam Monroe was licensed commercially through Pond5.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the fabled crystal skull forgeries.

The Forging of the Crystal Skulls

In another episode on myths that drove European conquistadors, I trace the Eurasian legend of the Fountain of Youth to the New World and find that it afterward became a historical myth, erroneously claimed to have been an indigenous American legend and falsely said to have been the object of Ponce de León's voyage to Florida. Direct all advertising inquiries to <a href="mailto:advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.airwavemedia.com/">www.airwavemedia.com</a> to find other high-quality podcasts!Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at <a href="https://www.historicalblindness.com/">www.historicalblindness.com</a> sometime before the release of the next episode.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/historicalblindness">Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!</a><a href="https://amzn.to/3s0Dbxw">Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!</a>  And check out <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redbubble.com%2Fshop%2Fap%2F76814145%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1oDt7vpZm8OMp3aPTLMi378RvLVYCIepvGJ-7lsIv1wIaLfGD9UjRUIUU&amp;h=AT3kEdHxWT62inAwbZp1D_EKYSye5vd38cEAfqDdh5ybJkBAUHk4-OrXa5IjZr7zfKoT4Cakfb7wg6Ia3TPiD0KSTFgcaXWZvj236uax9wxVZsg6fQUwwiaoTsBB_jo7OSAp0O_Nn2gHV5h-PlL_dg">the show merch</a>, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at <a href="http://paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd">paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd</a> or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>), including "Nothing (Bonus Track)," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Cold War Echo," "Oneiri," "Denouement," and "Something (Bonus Track)." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In another episode on myths that drove European conquistadors, I trace the Eurasian legend of the Fountain of Youth to the New World and find that it afterward became a historical myth, erroneously claimed to have been an indigenous American legend and falsely said to have been the object of Ponce de León's voyage to Florida. 
Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts!
Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode.
Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!
Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! 
Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness.
Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Nothing (Bonus Track)," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Cold War Echo," "Oneiri," "Denouement," and "Something (Bonus Track)."
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I trace the Eurasian legend of the Fountain of Youth to the New World and find that it afterward became a historical myth

The Source of the Fountain of Youth Myth

The Historical Blindness podcast is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and forgotten truths. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, Historical Blindness searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture. 

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