The FinnAale

Episode 19: The Fast and the Furry-ious

We’re back after a brief hiatus due to unforeseen circumstances involving a movie and an extra-axial hematoma. But we don’t skip a beat! So, what happens when a remote Alaskan town experiences a diphtheria outbreak and the closest cure is in the continental US? The most epic dog sled adventure. That’s what. Also dark, cold, and weather-y, temperatures incompatible with life, numbers lost to time, Old Woman Shelter, and let’s go dog sled.

Episode 18: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Pt. 2

Today we return to the misery of Floyd Collins trapped in Sand Cave. It’s starting to seem like this won’t be our happiest story. But we’ll try to keep the energy up with electric boogie on the East Coast, the mayor of Skeets City, the 127 hours game, and a lot of switching sides.

Episode 17: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Pt. 1

In the cave equivalent of a gold rush, the 1910s gave way to several urgent scrambles to find all the coolest caves in Kentucky. And the urgent scrambles gave way to a pretty big Cave Emergency. This episode includes noted poor farmers, helico-ters, the difference between stalagmites and stalactites, and our first ever two-parter.

Episode 16: Informer of Deer, Shipper of Useless Items

Our first episode back after a long time away. Travel back in time with us to the 1700s to meet Timothy Dexter, the man who shipped coal to Newcastle, and also some errant bee facts. Stay for the inventor of dexterity, mitten puns, cold weather pollinators, and Finn is sick again.

Episode 15: Santa Are You There? It's Me, Macauley Culkin

How do you pronounce Santa Claus? Is he real? The government seems to think so. What happens when a strategic air command phone number gets mixed up with the Santa Claus hotline? Let’s find out. In other news, the sound a scroll makes when going through a tube, the one true gender (reindeer), and whatever little guy is defecating in the back of your nativity set.