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The Newburyport Anti-Inflation Plan
Season 15 Episode 188
Inflation in the United States hit 20% shortly after World War II. The government couldn’t get it under control, so the businessmen of Newburyport, M…
3 years, 1 month ago
Christmas Retrocast
Season 14 Episode 187
Ten true, long-forgotten stories from Christmas past! A man pays for 41,000 student accounts at a closed Pittsburgh bank, a Christmas cactus theft ep…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bad Apples #5 - The Bishop's Wife
Season 14 Episode 186
In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the 1947 classic Christmas movie "The Bishop’s Wife," starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and D…
3 years, 2 months ago
200 Years of Twas the Night
Season 14 Episode 185
December 24, 2022, marks the bicentennial of the classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Pamela McColl, author of the new book Twas the Night, …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Cryptanalyst (Part 3)
Season 14 Episode 184
In this third and final segment, 93-year-old Marvin Lautzenheiser discusses his reasons for leaving the FBI, his 17 years consulting with the Pentago…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Cryptanalyst (Part 2)
Season 14 Episode 182
In this second segment, 93-year-old Marvin Lautzenheiser discusses his time as an FBI field agent in Charlotte, how his team finally deciphered the h…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Cryptanalyst (Part 1)
Season 14 Episode 182
93-year-old Marvin Lautzenheiser was the lead cryptanalyst for the FBI team that deciphered the microfilm message contained in the Hollow Nickel (Pod…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Great Los Angeles Air Raid
Season 12 Episode 181
The long-forgotten story of a major battle that took place over Los Angeles just a few months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was but …
3 years, 4 months ago
Yestercast #1 - November 22, 1963
Season 14 Episode 180
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy was a tragic day for the United States. But what else was happening on November 22, 1963? This first e…
3 years, 5 months ago
Bad Apples #4 - Gaslight
Season 14 Episode 179
In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the 1944 classic movie "Gaslight." Starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotton, and A…
3 years, 5 months ago