In this episode, Ragini pulled her newly acquired skill as a palm reader out of the bag! Need we say more?

From Alexander the Great’s unconventional management style to the arboreal mascot of Los Angeles, this episode might be shorter than our usual fare but it packs a punch!

We start off with a brief history of palmistry but take a turn into bribery, bee stings and more as the word for the episode was interesting enough to give loads back to us! Did you know that there was a scientific basis to rubbing metal over a bee sting? We didn’t!

We did know that Los Angeles was riddled with palm trees but we didn’t know exactly why! Find out with us in the episode.

From the amazing mystical abilities of Cheiro, the self-styled “Count Louis Hamon”, in being able to add a whole new career to an already booming business as fortune teller to the rich and famous (Mata Hari, Mark Twain and more!) to how palm leaf’s significance as stated in the bible, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed researching and recording it!

Links of Interest:

Difference between Palm Trees and Coconut Trees

Ancient Assyrians and Palm Trees

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Palmistry for All, by Cheiro 

Neutralization Reaction - How to Treat a Bee Sting

Now stop trawling through this blog post for more info and listen to the episode!

Episode edited by: Mohit Shandilya

Music for the episode: Charita Arora