500 Open Tabs

Kaveh Taherian, Hannah Hillam

Booking Overview

This is a research-driven curiosity and educational show in which two hosts explore unusual historical, scientific, cultural, and media-related subjects, with occasional external guests who bring specialized expertise or a compelling personal connection. Suitable pitches include accessible subject-matter experts, preservationists, physicians, historians, and creators with unusual stories or knowledge; booking difficulty is low because guests need distinctive relevance and strong storytelling more than major public prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 139

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 20.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

500opentabs@gmail.com

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Host

Kaveh Taherian - Co-host who researches and discusses unusual historical, scientific, and cultural subjects.

Hannah Hillam - Co-host who researches and discusses unusual historical, scientific, and cultural subjects.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Specialized expertise, professional experience, or a distinctive personal story connected to unusual history, science, media, medicine, or popular culture topics; strong conversational storytelling is valuable.

Required Achievements:

Specialized preservation or professional subject-matter work, Professional expertise in medicine or related fields, Experience creating or hosting informative media

Recent Guest Discussions

Tawny Platis - Optical Media Preservation, Digital Film Ownership, And Preserving Physical Media

Kaveh Hoda - An Unusual Historical Medical Story Involving Dr. Norman Lewiston And His Concealed Multiple Marriages

Recent Topics

History, Popular Culture, Science, Folklore, Film

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

500 Open Tabs

138: Green-Wood Cemetery

October 07, 2026

This week we learn how a corpse fluids seeping into NYC drinking water led to the creation of one of America’s first rural cemeteries. A listener email explains how the euthanizing of a squirrel became a MAGA wedge issue against the Democrats.Episode Tabs:Green-Wood Cemetery: A Victorian-Era Iconhttps://www.history.com/articles/green-wood-cemetery-a-victorian-era-icon-turns-175Listener Tabs:Peanut the Squirrelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_(squirrel)Email your closed tab submissions to:...

137: The Toronto Circus Riot

September 30, 2026

This week we learn how a brawl between a Canadian firefighting fraternal organization connected to the Orange Order and visiting American circus clowns led to the complete restructuring of the entire Toronto police force. A listener email explains how a gothic fortress was constructed in the Czech Republic to protect locals from a bottomless pit.Episode Tabs:How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Torontohttps://torontoist.com/2013/09/how-a-fight-with-clowns-led-to-the-...

136: China's Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao

September 23, 2026

This week we learn how Shi Yang formed the Red Flag Fleet by uniting thousands of pirates and wreaked havoc over the South China Sea. A listener voice memo describes the most insane KFC comic of all time. Episode Tabs:How Chinese pirate queen Ching Shih ruled the South China Sea, then sailed into the sunsethttps://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3360971/how-chinese-pirate-queen-ching-shih-ruled-south-china-sea-then-sailed-sunsetListener Tabs:How DC’s Wild KFC Crossover Cha...

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