On the Potcast

Most of the residents in Coober Pedy, Australia, live underground in homes dug into the rock. Learn all about this desert town in this week's episode.

In Buckinghamshire, England, during WWII, some of the most important work of the war was happening, but no one knew about it until decades later. 

In 1816, much of the world did not have a summer season. This was caused by a number of different factors, including volcanic sulphur in the air and the Little Ice Age.

In March 1974, the Betz family found a metal sphere on their property that started behaving erratically when they brought it into their home. Is it just a simple ball bearing or something more intriguing? Learn more on this week's episode.

Astronomer Williamina Fleming not only helped develop a new system to classify stars, she discovered the first known white dwarf star, AND the Horsehead Nebula. 

Do you know the history of the barber pole includes surgery? Learn more on this week's episode!

When Tonda Dickerson won $10 million in the lottery, she thought this money would make her life so much better, but unfortunately, it did the opposite.

On December 9th, 2019, 47 people were on New Zealand's White Island Volcano when it erupted, resulting in many casualties and extreme burns and injuries to the survivors.

In this week's episode, Liz explains the weird process of freezing a body or brain in the hopes that one day technology will bring you back.

The story of Amelia Earhart is getting some new theories after government documents were declassified around her crash.