Explore every episode of the podcast Eighty Percent There
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Who Really Sparked the First World War: Seriously, Potiorek What Were You Thinking? | 24 May 2025 | 00:44:49 | |
Shawn and Susie join me as we try to figure out who actually deserves the heavy weight champion title of starting World War One. It's not exactly a title that any one wants or deserves, but someone has to be responsible! If you're even a little interested in history then this episode is for you. Who doesn't love a story about love and assassination? Why does a lonely young man, who had difficulty with women, get inspired to murder for love of country? Press play to find out. -Gavrilo Princip, Frank Ferdinand, Oskar Potiorek | |||
| Mufasa: The Lion King (we really wanted to like it) | 07 May 2025 | 00:50:43 | |
Proceed with caution. Before you listen, you must really like listening to people geek out on movies. We bring out the real experts today. Craig and Susie's daughters join them in examining the latest installment of Disney's Lion King franchise, Mufasa. While Craig can't stop fixating on stupid things in this movie, the rest appropriately deep-dive on the elements that matter. Does the movie live up to the 1994 original? If this stuff is your cup of tea, then press play to find out. | |||
| Adolescence: the latest smash hit from Netflix | 24 Apr 2025 | 01:01:30 | |
Susie, Shawn and Craig delve into Netflix's latest TV series hit, Adolescence. Craig and Susie bring the perspective of educators and parents, while Shawn highlights the elements of production that went into making this ground-breaking series. | |||
| Günter Had a Bad Day...The Wall Fell | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:48:56 | |
It’s not commonly known the specific events that caused the Berlin Wall to “fall” in November of 1989. A man named Günter made some interesting choices on the days leading up to that fateful day of the 9th, and no doubt made assumptions about his new position as press secretary of the Soviet-controlled East German republic. We’ve all been there at some point where our actions have had impacts, but were they ever this large? Listen to find out why he had a very bad day. | |||