Which is more valuable: diamonds or water? The seems obvious, but splash some holy water into the mix and you’ll see that this answer is a lot messier than you might at first think. Join your new favorite historian-podcaster guy on a journey through time and around the world to better understand why holy water defies most economic logic. Along the way you’ll discover about why people in the diamond industry have mangled the English language. You’ll have an epiphany about how the laws of supply and demand don’t really apply to the Moscow River. You’ll meet multiple condescending British travel writers. And, as always, you’ll find out that plunging into the past helps you to better comprehend the strangeness of now.

Learn more about this rogue, underdog, Hail Mary pass of a project at findyourselfinhistory.com !

Support the show

Thanks for listening! To learn more about this history project, check out findyourselfinhistory.com.