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Ep 166: Ye Olde Traditions: Presidential Inaugurations
Episode 166
Well, well, well! Why do we do all the festivities around a presidential inauguration anyway? Today, let's look at some of the most famous speeches a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 165: Hot Coffee Comin' Up - Poor Stella Liebeck
Episode 165
Ew. You've heard this story but not the details! Stella was in New Mexico on Feb 27, 1992 when she stopped for a coffee at McDonald's. She then spill…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 164: Incarcerated & Fire Fighting - California's Conservation Camps
Episode 164
In an effort to try to understand WTF is going on as Los Angeles burns, Taylor spent a lot of time this week looking for misinformation and trying to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 163: Deep Blue Something - Tom & Eileen Lonergan
Episode 163
This is one to sit out if you are scared of the ocean! Today, Farz tells the story behind 'Open Water' and how Tom & Eileen Lonergan went diving at t…
1 year, 2 months ago
BONUS: Real Life Stories - Getting the Polio Vaccine with Taylor's Dad, Mark!
Co-Host Taylor interviews her dad, Mark, who was born in 1953! We talk DDT trucks, the Polio Vaccine, and what it was like to just not have to worry …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 162: Sugar Cubes for the Masses - The Polio Vaccine
Episode 162
Hello 2025! Let's start talking about all the work that went into the Polio vaccine & our current mostly polio-free world! From an endemic disease th…
1 year, 2 months ago
See you next year!
Thank you for an amazing 2024! We are taking a short break and will see you next year!!
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1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 161: Flight to Oblivion - The Lockerbie Bombing
Episode 161
Finish up the year with us by talking about the Christmastime tragedy of the Lockerbie bombing. We'll talk about the PanAm flight, where it started, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 160: Santa's history + Real life Reindeer Games
Episode 160
Happy & Merry! Today, let's talk about Santa, old St. Nick, Father Christmas, etc. Then a quick true crime story from the heyday of bank robberies - …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 159: The Cazique of Nothing - Gregor MacGregor
Episode 159
Are you looking for a great opportunity in the new world???? Can we introduce you to the beautiful country of Poyias? It's on the coast of South Amer…
1 year, 3 months ago