Jun 6, 2026 · 41 min · 8 segments
In 1900, a Greek sponge diver surfaced in a panic, describing rotting bodies and horses on the seafloor. His captain thought he was hallucinating, so he went down himself. He came back up holding a…
Okay.
I found this to be truly fascinating, and I was also kind of surprised I had never heard of it.
I have a vague memory.
I know they ...
There's something about in that last Indiana Jones movie, they were trying to play with it a little bit, but I didn't know it was in a ship.
I forget what the device does.
Okay.
So you do know.
This is fantastic.
All right.
The year is 1900.
It's always the sponge divers.
So they're on their way to their seasonal fishing grounds off the coast of North Africa.
You think they're using tanks? I, I think they're just, uh-
No, there's no tanks.
Yeah, 'cause it's 1900.
So they stop near this tiny little remote island of Antikythera to wait out some bad weather.
And while they're waiting out the bad weather, they decide to do some diving for sponges.
Oh, I thought you were gonna say get really drunk.
They were just looking for sponges.
Okay.
I found this to be truly fascinating, and I was also kind of surprised I had never heard of it.
I have a vague memory.
I know they ...
There's something about in that last Indiana Jones movie, they were trying to play with it a little bit, but I didn't know it was in a ship.
I forget what the device does.
Okay.
So you do know.
This is fantastic.
All right.
The year is 1900.
It's always the sponge divers.
So they're on their way to their seasonal fishing grounds off the coast of North Africa.
You think they're using tanks? I, I think they're just, uh-
No, there's no tanks.
Yeah, 'cause it's 1900.
So they stop near this tiny little remote island of Antikythera to wait out some bad weather.
And while they're waiting out the bad weather, they decide to do some diving for sponges.
Oh, I thought you were gonna say get really drunk.
They were just looking for sponges.
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