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The Power of Plants
Episode 80: Fabian Garcia, changed agriculture (and people's taste) with his ground breaking New Mexico No. 9 Chile, which is the genetic ancestor of…
2 years, 8 months ago
Stars Fell
Maria Mitchell was the first American to discover a new comet, which brought her great fame, but her career in the 1800s as a professor at Vassar Col…
2 years, 9 months ago
Imperfect Pitch
Melly Victor of Stoopkid Stories joins us for the story of Ella Fitzgerald's first performance at the famous Apollo Theatre. Also, we talk about the …
2 years, 10 months ago
Strange Place for a Steamboat
The Virginia became a major attraction when it got stuck in a cornfield, which is a place a boat does not belong. Also, The Meachums escaped slavery,…
2 years, 11 months ago
Wright Brothers and Sister and a Smithsonian Spat
The Wright Brothers became the first to fly a controlled powered aircraft with a pilot onboard, but just a few days before, Smithsonian Secretary Jam…
3 years ago
Underwear Roundup with Benedict Arnold, Abram Spanel and the Playtex Space Suit
Here's two more underwear stories that aren't in the the book I See Lincoln's Underpants (which is now available!) First Benedict Arnold betrays the …
3 years, 1 month ago
Underwear Chronicles Fourteen: Al Capone
The last installment of The Underwear Chronicles - to celebrate the release of I See Lincoln's Underpants now available from booksellers! Al Capone g…
3 years, 1 month ago
Eggs!
In the 2000s an anonymous American man found an egg worth millions. It was a Faberge Imperial Egg and it's story is fascinating. This episode traces …
3 years, 2 months ago
Video Games!
Episode 73: Ralph Baer fled Nazi Germany and settled in America where he eventually created the first home video game console, known as the Magnavox …
3 years, 3 months ago
Underwear Chronicles Thirteen Garrett Morgan
The penultimate episode of The Underwear Chronicles (soon to be the book I See Lincoln's Underpants) revisits inventor and leader Garrett Morgan. We'…
3 years, 3 months ago