In this episode, we explore ice age camels and bleeding kansas. What if I told you that the quietest, flattest flyover state in America was actually the site of ancient megacities? Yeah. Ice Age camel hunting. Not to mention the absolute bloodiest ideological warfare of the 19th century. That's a lot, right? It really is. Because, you know, when you are 30 ,000 feet up looking out the window of a cross -country flight, it is so incredibly easy to gaze down at that massive geometric patchwork of green and yellow squares. Right. Right in the middle of the country. Exactly. And you just assume nothing is happening down there. For so many people, Kansas is, well, it's the ultimate flyover state. treated as this static expanse you just have to endure to reach a coast. Oh, it definitely suffers from a profound reputational flatness. The popular imaginatio ...