Clearing the Cache: an Edit of History's Hard Drive

Jan 11 2023 8 ep. 35 mins
Clearing the Cache: an Edit of History's Hard Drive Podcast artwork

In the fairly near future, all of human history is now stored on a single monolithic memory bank: Humanity's History Hard Drive. But that sucker is just about full. The all-powerful Council has tasked Rebecca Charytan and Zachy Hennessey - two apparently equipped workers from the Ministry of Memory - with wading through every single day in the calendar year, pitching two historic events from that date against each other to see which stays, and which gets deleted - FOREVER.

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Nice Turkey, Mona Lisa! - Clearing the Cache: Jan 8

Jan 11 2023 42 mins  
Welcome to our most historically bountiful day so far. Zachy reveals his latest part time side-hustle. Rebecca performs an eerily accurate Jackie O impression. We finally find out what the heck's been going on in Chicago (besides the fire). Wrung out of the tubes this week: Mona Lisa debuts in Washington; Bowling debuts in Chicago; Speed Delete debuts in the office

Remember to Boil Your Man Meat - Clearing the Cache: Jan 7

Dec 27 2022 38 mins  
Join Rebecca and Zachy as they enjoy a cup of rosebud-and-disembodied-finger tea and gaze at their new favorite celestial bodies: Io, Ganymede, and the Vlogbrothers.  Sous vided in the tubes this week: Galileo enjoys the sweet taste of scientific discovery and gets imprisoned; the Colorado Cannibal enjoys the sweet taste of human flesh and is un-prisoned; Zachy is unfortunate

A Feral Vending Machine Man - Clearing the Cache: Jan 6

Dec 20 2022 35 mins  
Zachy makes a bold fashion choice. Pepé Le Pew makes some questionable choices. Muppets. Puppets. Clowns. Pangea. Vowels. Consenants. This episode has it all. Clip-clop-ing out of the tube this week: Wheel of Fortune premieres in 1975; Alfred Wegeners Continental Drift Theory premieres in 1912; Frank premieres from behind the vending machine.

My 15th Century Apology Vid - Clearing the Cache: Jan 5

Dec 13 2022 40 mins  
Mazal tov! It's a bridge! Zachy and Rebecca meet one of history's biggest bad boys, and also learn what happens when a journalist, a project manager, a bureaucrat, a poet, and an engineer love each other very much... Rolling out of the tube this week: Francois Villon committed to exile in 1463; Golden Gate Bridge born in 1933; Sugar Hill Gang or French Thieves Slang? ------------

Surgery at the Roller Rink - Clearing the Cache: Jan 4

Dec 06 2022 32 mins  
Skate on into our shared cubicle as Rebecca and Zachy explore potentially lethal tummy aches and questionably low quality first kisses.  Flying out the tube this week: Plimpton patents the four wheel drive roller skate in 1863; Mary Gartside receives the first successful appendectomy, likely in roller skates; Steely Dan or Mimi's flan? ---------------- Support Clearing the C

The Teen Royalty Nesting Doll - Clearing the Cache: Jan 3

Nov 28 2022 33 mins  
Rebecca and Zachy get straight to the nougaty center of history on this one and even make some time to prep some lyrics for the department-wide karaoke night. You've never heard them like this before. Crossing the desk this week: The discovery of King Tut's Everlasting Gobstopper of a sarcophagus; Emperor Meiji dismantles Japanese feudalism, likely struggles with acne; Piano Man or

One the most EPIC afternoons - Clearing the Cache: Jan 2

Nov 21 2022 36 mins  
Pour yourself a cup o' sludge (hold the boba) and listen in as Rebecca and Zachy navigate an epic showdown of bare-knuckle boxing brutality vs speed limit slingin' legislation. ---------------- Support Clearing the Cache on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/clearingthecache 

Enter: Two Competent Professionals - Clearing The Cache: Jan. 1

Nov 15 2022 25 mins  
We're starting off right at the beginning with January 1st - but was that always the beginning?  And also how did Mary Shelley get to be so dang cool at only 20 years old? Join Zachy and Rebecca as they ponder the meaning of time and flirt with a joint quarter life crises on this beautiful Vlunday morning. ---------------- Support Clearing the Cache on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.co