Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria

The "Short Stuff" podcast episode features Josh and Chuck discussing the history and evolution of the theory of Lemuria, a hypothetical lost continent proposed by Philip Sclater to explain the distribution of lemurs. They explore how the idea was later adopted and altered by figures like Ernst Haeckel and Helena Blavatsky, moving from a scientific hypothesis to a concept within occult and New Age beliefs. The hosts also touch upon the Tamil people's connection to the Lemuria myth through their own legends of a lost civilization, Kumari Kandam, and how this has influenced their cultural identity.