Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now

Jeni McDonald and Will Hageman

Episodes 344
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.8 (19)
Since Feb 2019
Latest Episode Oct 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
61%
Hosting
feeds.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

What could an Engineer and an Archaeologist have to talk about? Listen to us discuss history, mysteries, science, culture and art. The world is vast and episode by episode we learn about the way the world works.

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Recent Episodes

S1E344 344 - The Disappearance of Steven Koecher

Oct 07, 2025 27m

In December 2009, Steven Koecher, a 30 year old from nearby Utah, parked his car in a suburb of Las Vegas and was seen on camera walking through the neighborhood.  He was never seen again.  He took…

S1E343 343 - The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys

Sep 23, 2025 37m

Today's episode is a pretty grim one.  The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys was a reform school operated by the state of Florida in Marianna, Fl that first opened in 1900.  While the name changed…

S1E342 342 - Chiquita and the CIA - The Guatemala Coup

Sep 16, 2025 50m

This week's podcast deals with the Coup in Guatemala in 1954 where the CIA backed a coup and regime change in order to prevent a communist takeover or help the United Fruit Company's bottom line…

S1E341 341 - Amelia Earhart

Sep 09, 2025 59m

Most people know that Amelia Earhart was a famous aviator, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and famously disappeared on an attempt to fly around the world.  In today's podcast we…

S1E340 340 - Lady Dudley, An Elizabethan Mystery

Sep 02, 2025 29m

Amy Robsart was born in 1532 in Norfolk, England to a fairly wealthy farming and grazing family.  When she was almost 18 she married Roberty Dudley, a younger son of the Earl of Warwick.  It was…

S1E339 339 - Davey Crockett

Aug 26, 2025 28m

After a week off, we're back.  This week's topic is Davey Crockett of coonskin hat fame. Crockett is one of those larger than life characters that often seem to show up in early American history. …

S1E338 338 - The History of Book Clubs

Aug 12, 2025 25m

Most people have belonged to a book club at some point in their lives, but have you ever thought about the history of book clubs?  Come find out about how book clubs have developed and changed over…

S1E337 337 - The Ecological Butterfly Effect of Wolves in Yellowstone

Aug 05, 2025 32m

Wolves were effectively irradicated from Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century and were gone until reintroduced through human intervention in 1995.  While many could have predicted what…

S1E336 336 - The Magic of Medieval Veterinary Medicine

Jul 29, 2025 24m

While we sometimes talk about how the practice of medicine has evolved over time from pure magic and ritual to science-based practice, we often ignore the practice of veterinary medicine and how it…

S1E335 335 - Goodfellas and the Copa

Jul 22, 2025 33m

This week's podcast has a bit of a mobster flair.  It's a two parter with the first part dedicated to the life of Henry Hill, the subject of the movie Goodfellas and mentioned a bit previously on our…

S1E334 334 - Shark Attack!

Jul 15, 2025 25m

In today's episode we turn our attention to a non-cryptid animal that inspires fear in many,.. the shark.  The book and film Jaws have made many afraid to go in the water, but did you know that the…

S1E333 333 - Baldwin IV, The Leper King

Jul 09, 2025 30m

In this week's podcast we discuss Baldwin IV, King of the Crusader state of Jerusalem and most famously known as The Leper King.  Baldwin contracted Leprosy at an early age but it was slow to develop…

S1E332 332 - Boston Tea Party

Jul 01, 2025 42m

The Boston Tea party is an iconic even that still lives on in American culture and politics.  However, how much do you know about the event itself and what led up to it.  Who planned it? Was it…

S1E331 331 - The Birth of Beer

Jun 24, 2025 50m

Ever wondered where your glass of foamy beer got its start?  Turns out beer has been around just about as long or longer than written record.  It seems that once humans had figured out how to grow…

S1E330 330 - Sisi - Empress Elizabeth of Austria

Jun 17, 2025 30m

The Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaira, better known as Sisi, became the Empress of Austria in 1854 when she married Emperor Franz Jospeh the First.  She was not raised to be a public figure…

S1E329 329 - Mental Health Twofer

Jun 10, 2025 35m

This week's podcast revolves around a couple of mental health issues and the story surrounding them.  The first is the Pellagratic Delirium or Pellagrous Encephalopathy.  This condition is due to…

S1E328 328 - King Tut

Jun 03, 2025 42m

This week's subject is King Tut.  While the discovery of his tomb and the legend of the related curse has made his name well known around the world, who was he really?  Learn a bit about what we know…

S1E327 327 - Pauline Bonaparte - Napoleon's Favorite Sister

May 27, 2025 27m

While we have discussed Napoleon in the past on this podcast, today we talk about his younger sister Pauline.  Famous for her beauty and scandalous affairs, she is the only sibling to visit him in…

S1E326 326 - The Yeti

May 20, 2025 36m

This week's podcast is dedicated to the search for the Yeti, not the top end drink cooler, but the Cryptid that is rumored to roam the Himalayas eating yaks and sometimes people.  The Yeti has…

S1E325 325 - Mary Anning

May 13, 2025 30m

Mary Anning was a pioneer in the field of paleontology, working in the early 19th Century, she discovered many famous dinosaurs and marine reptiles such as Ichthyosaurus. Her contributions were often…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Don't Look Now have?

Don't Look Now has published 344 episodes since February 2019, covering topics in Comedy, Society & Culture.

Is Don't Look Now still active?

Don't Look Now is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 39m.

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