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Episode 65: Samuel And J.C.
The year 1913 saw the births of two incredible Black Americans. One was Samuel Wilbert Tucker, a Civil Rights pioneer and all-around incredible perso…
4 years, 3 months ago
Underwear Chronicles Four: Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige went from burlap hand-me-downs to silk patterned boxers. Along the way we came one of the most dynamic baseball players in history.
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 64: Oh, So Many Birds!
Eugene Schieffelin filled American skies with Starlings, who replaced the Passenger Pigeons that once (literally) darkened the skies. John James Audu…
4 years, 4 months ago
Underwear Chronicles Three: Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton could take a fall like no one else, and that skill carried him from the Vaudeville stages to the movie screen. He made people laugh, da…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 63: More Accidents, More Toys
Chance has given us some great toys. Explore the accident that led to Silly Putty, the chance repurposing that led to Silly Putty, a few men who stum…
4 years, 5 months ago
Underwear Chronicles Two: Marie Antoinette
The famed Queen of France had several run-ins with underwear. She also had run-ins with smallpox, ladies-in-waiting, an awkward young prince, catty c…
4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 62: Chance Encounters
Train stations are busy places and two notable men had very remarkable (and dramatic)encounters in stations during the 1860s. Thomas Edison met a men…
4 years, 6 months ago
Underwear Chronicles 1: Up, Up, and Away With Their Clothes
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) and John Jeffries (1744-1819) Aeronauts, International Record Setters, Nearly Naked Travelers In the first releas…
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 61: A Queen and Some Witches
Marina Raskova set world flying records, survived an epic plane crash, and was a trailblazer for generations of female pilots in Russia. With her hel…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 60 Big Ideas: Professor TSC Lowe and John Cleves Symmes Jr
Professor TSC Lowe (who was not a professor at all) had visions for a transatlantic balloon flight. He never succeeded in that but he did wind up as …
4 years, 8 months ago