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The Complex History of Popcorn in the 20th Century Culture
Season 1 Episode 44
To get a button on the microwave for popcorn, it first had to touch the hands of Winston Churchill, Cracker Jacks, the 1893 World's Fair, Major Leagu…
2 years, 7 months ago
Celebrity Edition: The Rest of the Story
Season 1 Episode 43
Today we honor Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story" with this unbelievable tale. You'll never guess who it is about, but along the way the story tou…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Murder That Created the Oxford English Dictionary
Season 1 Episode 42
The path to creating the world's most important dictionary involved J.R.R. Tolkien, the constructed language of Esperanto, the Oxford English Diction…
2 years, 9 months ago
Halley's Comet and the Scientist who Hijacked a NASA Satellite
Season 1 Episode 41
Did you know a scientist once hijacked a satellite from NASA? And got a medal for it? Comets have been part of our world since the beginning, no matt…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Evolution of Email and the Enron Corpus
Season 1 Episode 40
The history of email is over 300 years in the making . . . and every step is fascinating, especially the Enron Corpus. Without the story of the typew…
2 years, 11 months ago
484 Year Documentary of Muscle Shoals
Season 1 Episode 39
How could the smallest town in the furthest corner become the epicenter of music? Because it has been the silent epicenter of the US from the beginni…
3 years ago
Who Silenced Alfred Hitchcock?
Season 1 Episode 38
Alfred Hitchcock is known as the Master of Suspense and greatest director of the 20th Century. What made him different? Today's episode is the Six De…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Cropduster, The Military Plot & Lindbergh's 322 Bones
Season 1 Episode 37
Charles Lindbergh is the connecting rod between Delta Air Lines and Pan Am. But how they came to be involves a military plot, some crop dusters, the …
3 years, 4 months ago
When 26 Million Teens Waited for The Beatles
Season 1 Episode 36
While many think The Beatles took the world by storm, in reality the world was patiently waiting for them. In this episode we explore Brylcreem, Marl…
3 years, 5 months ago
Rolex and the Hands that Changed the World
Season 1 Episode 34
Did you know that a town in Norway wanted to abolish time? They decided to get rid of all the clocks because "shouldn't people eat when they are hung…
3 years, 6 months ago