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Monthly talks on weird history.

Sometimes I talk about things that are not cybersecurity or human rights. On June 2nd, come hear me talk about the Opium Wars--that time the British Empire fought the war on drugs, on the side of drugs.

Curiosity Guild@curiosityguild.org · 3mo ago

Our last show before a summer break is just around the corner, Lock Horns: stories of refusing to back down. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lock-horns... Six true stories of underdogs, hold-outs, and troublemakers. Tuesday, June 2nd.

This Tuesday at Curiosity Guild's next show, Full Bloom, Danielle Roberts will tell us about the glass flowers of Harvard. A father & son embarked on the most "under promise, over deliver" group project of all time that spanned 50 years, several continents, and changed science education. But how?

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Kyle Weaver joins us on stage at Full Bloom!. Want to know about the sexy silphium & why Caesar coveted this sensational plant? For over 500 years, Cyrene flourished because of a single plant: silphium. Said to taste incredible, rouse the passions, & “restore the menses". But where did it all go?

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We can't have a show called Full Bloom and not talk about Tulips! Avani Gadani will take us behind the scnes of Tulipmania: How an aphid caused the world's first bubble. How did a traveler, an aphid, and the East India company turn an economic powerhouse into a speculative circus? Find out May 5th

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Full Bloom is next Tuesday, May 5th! E. Anne Killpack - Save the date: The high-stakes heist of the California Medjool Agricultural explorers smuggled date palms from a Moroccan plague. With extinction looming, could nine fugitives build a global empire—or was the 'King of Dates' about to vanish?

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