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JTG MINI: Why Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz in Back to the Future
Season 1 Episode 84
It's hard to imagine anyone but Michael J. Fox playing the iconic role of Marty McFly in 1985's Back To The Future. But another actor was originally …
10 hours ago
JTG MINI: Guy Goma - the man BBC accidentally interviewed on LIVE TV
Season 1 Episode 83
In 2006, a man named Guy Goma turned up at the BBC for a job interview in IT support. Ten minutes later, he found himself live on BBC News 24, being …
1 week ago
Just The Gist of... De Beers and the Diamond Marketing Scam
Season 1 Episode 82
Why is a diamond supposed to cost you two months' salary? Why is it THE rock we’re supposed to propose with? Turns out none of it is real. Diamonds a…
1 week, 1 day ago
JTG MINI: The Glitter Conspiracy
Season 1 Episode 81
Nobody knows who buys most of the world's glitter. And whoever it is REALLY doesn't want you to find out. Back in 2018, a New York Times journalist r…
2 weeks ago
Just The Gist of...The Kennedy Family (AKA Kennedys 101)
Season 1 Episode 80
It was highly requested so here it is: just the gist of the Kennedy family! A basic breakdown of how they came to the US from Ireland, how they becam…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Just The Gist of… The Death of Mary Jo Kopechne, otherwise known as 'The Chappaquiddick Incident'
Season 1 Episode 79
Once both Senator Ted Kennedy's older brothers had been assassinated, he was widely expected to finish what JFK and Bobby had started by running for …
4 weeks ago
ENCORE: The Dave Matthews Band Bus Poop Incident
Season 1 Episode 78
In what eventually became known as ‘THE CRAPPENING’, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of toilet waste while driving across the Kinzie …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Just The Gist of… The Tonight Show battle between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno
Season 1 Episode 77
In 2010, NBC tried to hand The Tonight Show, the 60-year-old crown jewel of American late night, to two different comedians. The five-year succession…
1 month ago
JTG MINI: A day in the life of a bee
Season 1 Episode 76
Inside an average bee hive, 80,000 bees are running a 99% female matriarchy. The queen is the only one allowed to have sex, baby queens are made not …
1 month ago
Just The Gist of… Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Season 1 Episode 75
Two decades on, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is still remembered as the wholesome reality TV outlier of the early 2000s, the show even Michelle Oba…
1 month, 1 week ago