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How did Bob Hope's USO become a thing? And who performed?
Season 1 Episode 64
In today's episode we look at all the people and plans it took to create the United Service Organization (USO). While there was enormous planning and…
10 months ago
Classified: How the Library Built the FBI and How did J. Edgar Hoover Get Involved?
Season 1 Episode 63
It all started in the 1500s with Sir Francis Bacon, and then in the 1700s with Carl Linnaeus. And along the way we run into Thomas Jefferson, Preside…
11 months ago
The Cheesy Results of WW II: Plus the Story of How Nachos Came to Be
Season 1 Episode 62
One of the greatest products of World War II was "cheesy". And it's all Wisconsin's fault. In fact it's possible that without WW2 three of the great…
1 year ago
Every Episode Has 4
Season 1 Episode 61
This is episode 61, the end of the first era and beginning of the second. In fielding your hundreds of ideas for shows, we decided to go over the 4 a…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Secret World of Roald Dahl (A Real Chocolate Spy)
Season 1 Episode 60
The fact that our most beloved children's author was a spy for the British isn't the twist. The twist comes when his greatest enemy becomes an import…
1 year, 2 months ago
The True Story of Candy Canes and How They Became a Christmas Tradition
Season 1 Episode 59
Did you know that if it weren't for the Mexicans and the Swedes, our Christmas would look substantially different? Yep, today we trace the world of P…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Cultural Impact of Don McLean's "American Pie" (and the part Roberta Flack played)
Season 1 Episode 58
The "American Dream" was first coined in 1931. In 1971 two things happened on exactly the same day . . . the world's biggest song was released lament…
1 year, 4 months ago
1848: The Year Halloween Began and How it Started
Season 1 Episode 57
Have you ever heard the origin of Halloween? Perhaps you've heard about the Irish holiday Samhain, but there's more. And all of it converges on one y…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Amazing Story of Van Diemen's Land and the U.S. Presidential Resolute Desk
Season 1 Episode 56
The Resolute Desk was a gift to the President as the movie National Treasure says. But did you know it involved Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land, Explorer…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Story of Grant Wood's American Gothic and How Crayola Was the Inspiration
Season 1 Episode 55
When the Industrial Revolution came to town, it inspired an opposite movement that may have changed the world. It certainly inspired a construction s…
1 year, 7 months ago