Medusa - Monstrous Misconceptions - Extra Mythology

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Matts RAD Birthday Bash for Betterment 2: Dying to Do Good - Charity Stream Announcement!

We are live April 25th at 10am EST over at http://twitch.tv/extracredits so come join us to help out the good folks at Rise Above the Disorder, making mental health care more accessible for all ( https://www.youarerad.org/ )! It's been a year and as the earth makes its way around the sun, so too do we all age and grow closer to the embers of the...

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Jewish Pirates - Barbarossa’s Sidekick - Extra History - #2

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/extracredits04211 After being forced from Spain, many Sephardic Jews were left with few places to go. Many other countries in Europe had similar anti-Semitic bans. However, across the sea, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire's relatively lax...

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Easy Modes Aren't Easy - Designing Dynamic Difficulty - Extra Credits

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/extracredits04211 As games become more and more popular as a past time, there's become a growing conversation about the difficulty of games. We've all had that experience where we've hit a wall in a game we otherwise loved or a game was so...

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Jewish Pirates - Fleeing the Inquisition - Extra History - #1

Wanna watch without ads and see exclusive content? Go to https://curiositystream.com/welcome?coupon=extracredits to get a full year of Curiosity Stream & Nebula for just $14.97 After the Alhambra Decree was put into place by Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain, the Spanish Inquisition kicked off in full. It was no longer legal to live in Spain as...

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The Furies - Divine Vengeance or Justice? - Extra Mythology

Come jam with us about Cowboy Beebop's opening and get other great exclusive content at http://curiositystream.com/extracredits to get a full year of Curiosity Stream & Nebula for just $14.97 It turns out that divine justice and punishment really aren't the place for the gods. Petty human squabbles over things like robbery and murder are a bit...

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♫ Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - "Monopolies" - Extra History Music

Listen to "Monopolies" the theme track of our series on Theodore Roosevelt and taking down the monopolies. Music by Tiffany Román: http://www.tiffanyromanlouk.com/ Join us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon Check out our other shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Follow...

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Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Lies - Extra History

Welcome Extra Historians to Lies, where we talk about the mistakes we made and the details we couldn't quite squeeze into the episode proper. Were we too mean to Rockerfeller? Is Ida Tarbell a feminist icon? And who exactly ran unopposed again? If you want to check out our recommended reading, you can find it on our Patreon page: Timestamps!...

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Zoey & Chill - LoFi Beats to Design to - Extra Credits

Our 2021 April Fools prank ;) Listen to these chill vibes while you study some history, weave mythology, or get to work designing your game. Every living organism needs some kind of cycle of rest. From cave floors to waterbeds and everything in between, let's take a look at the sleep styles and aids that humans have relied on for thousands of years!...

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Evil Races are Bad Game Design - Bioessentialism & Worldbuilding - Extra Credits

Go to https://NordVPN.com/extracredits and use code EXTRACREDITS to get a huge discount on a 2 year plan plus 1 additional month free. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! Learn how a VPN works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCWNRzoQGis If you want to learn on the origins of orcs, check out James' blog here: https://jamesmendezhodes.com/blog/2019/1/13/orcs-britons-and-the-martial-race-myth-part-i-a-species-built-for-racial-terror...

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