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America's Westward Expansion and CBS TV's Rural Purge
Season 1 Episode 54
The Louisiana Purchase kicked off Westward Expansion in the United States. Then came the transcontinental railroad, Homesteading and factory towns. …
1 year, 8 months ago
Robert Smalls & the Death of Lincoln: A Civil War Story
Season 1 Episode 53
Robert Smalls was the defiant slave who decided freedom was a better choice. That is when his and President Abraham Lincoln's lives would be intertwi…
1 year, 9 months ago
The History of Maritime Law and How The Chinese Spy Balloon Used it
Season 1 Episode 52
Did you know the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the Chinese Spy Balloon and the International Space Station all have one thing in c…
1 year, 10 months ago
The NBA?? Origin of the Bloody Mary & Moscow Mule
Season 1 Episode 51
French Lick, Indiana was once the top resort town in the U.S. Famous people like Bing Crosby, Al Capone and Ronald Reagan all went there. But it's kn…
1 year, 11 months ago
How Many Times Has Coca-Cola Changed Their Secret Recipe?
Season 1 Episode 50
Everyone knows they changed it in 1985 to New Coke. But how many know of the other four times? And one of those might be considered a public duping. …
2 years ago
The 20th Century Trivia Window: Jeopardy & Trivial Pursuit
Season 1 Episode 49
The 20th Century presented the perfect moment for the rise is Trivia, and the games that go with it. Maybe that window is beginning to close. In toda…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Whole It's A Wonderful Life Movie Story
Season 1 Episode 48
Did you know "It's A Wonderful Life" started out as a dream? And then as a Christmas card? How did it beat the odds to become an American classic? T…
2 years, 3 months ago
Was Dickens the World's First Influencer?
Season 1 Episode 47
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, an influencer is someone who made it big online. We disagree. Could there have been an influencer before …
2 years, 3 months ago
How East Texas Wildcatters Won World War II
Season 1 Episode 46
Winston Churchill said it best "whomever controls the oil will win the war". Luckily, the United States had Wilcatters with true tenacity who would f…
2 years, 4 months ago
How the Chinese Exclusion Act Created Bing Cherries and General Tso Chicken
Season 1 Episode 45
The Chinese Exclusion Act is one of our most undiscussed tragedies. Despite the bad, Chinese immigrants pushed through to help shapes these United St…
2 years, 6 months ago