• History,  Society,  Technology

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 168 – The Quest For Fire

    In this episode of Trampled Underfoot Podcast, Mark Lindsay presents a review of a video titled The 1751 Machine That Made Everything. This is the true account of the development of the metal lathe that made the industrial revolution possible. The hosts explore the history of the machine tool that made the invention of machines and other machine tools possible. Eloy Escagedo then introduces a discussion of the Roman aqueducts and roads that spread all over Europe, and made the Roman Empire what it was. What caused these technological advances to fall into disuse? Why were so many of them abandoned? Ancient technologies, ancient civilizations, antique tools, archaeology, and our…

  • Current Events,  History,  Nostalgia,  Pop Culture,  Society

    Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 94 – The Ugly Ignoramus and Pepe the Dancing Turtle

    In Episode 94 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast, now that we’re about 60 days out from the start of the Corona virus lockdowns, have your thoughts on all this changed? Do you still have the same opinions on the subject that you had when this all hit the fan? What insights have you gained, and would you have done anything different? Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo share their thoughts! Then the podcast turns to some Viking burial discoveries Eloy ran across surfing the web. The topics then come at a fast and furious pace. Eloy’s ancestor, the famous chronicler of Spanish history, the Transcontinental Railroad, how Mark ran over his…