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How the Cholera Epidemic Jump Started the History of Pizza
How the Cholera Epidemic Jump Started the History of Pizza

Season 1 Episode 24

The history of pizza is more than its Naples Origin. You'll be amazed how Mario Puzo, Queen Margherita, Pinocchio, Yogi Berra, Al Capone, The Supreme…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Did the Post Office Grow America?
Did the Post Office Grow America?

Season 1 Episode 23

Could the post office be the single largest cause of America's expansion to Westward?  When you look at it through Maslow's lens, it just may be. Sea…

4 years, 6 months ago

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How the Supreme Court Created Disney+ and HBOMax
How the Supreme Court Created Disney+ and HBOMax

Season 1 Episode 22

People like Walt Disney, Walter Murisch, Blake Edwards, Friz Freleng and Henry Mancini paved the way for Independent Film Makers today. .  . but they…

4 years, 7 months ago

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How H.G. Wells Started Science Fiction and the Space Race
How H.G. Wells Started Science Fiction and the Space Race

Season 1 Episode 21

HG Wells motivated authors, inventors, scientists, politicians and the every day man. Specifically Orson Welles, Leo Szilard, Robert Goddard and Geor…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Connecting The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Connecting The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Season 1 Episode 20

The Six Degrees of Separation Game originated in 1909 with a Novel Prize winners speech. From there it has grown in reach and truth. What if we conne…

4 years, 9 months ago

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Was the Idea for m&ms Stolen or Inspired?
Was the Idea for m&ms Stolen or Inspired?

Season 1 Episode 19

Which 2 wars played a role in the history of M&M Chocolate Candy?  And the Nutcracker? How did the Mars Bar, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way and Cadbury East…

4 years, 10 months ago

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How Negro League Baseball Solved the Cuban Missile Crisis
How Negro League Baseball Solved the Cuban Missile Crisis

Season 1 Episode 18

Baseball created strong ties between the U.S. and Cuba, specifically the negro leagues and the Cuban league. For both countries baseball had become t…

4 years, 11 months ago

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How a Tennessee Student Overturned the Scopes Trial Verdict
How a Tennessee Student Overturned the Scopes Trial Verdict

Season 1 Episode 17

Let's unravel the mysteries of the Trial of the Century where Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan put evolution on trial. What was the long te…

5 years ago

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Believe it or Not! A Cartoonist Saved our National Anthem
Believe it or Not! A Cartoonist Saved our National Anthem

Season 1 Episode 16

In today's story we explore the interconnected stories of Anacreon the Greek Poet, Francis Scott Key, Robert Ripley, John Philip Sousa and 7 US Presi…

5 years, 1 month ago

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How the Transistor and Pirate Radio Created Rock n Roll
How the Transistor and Pirate Radio Created Rock n Roll

Season 1 Episode 9

Rock N Roll wouldn't exist like it does without these three guys. Because while Chuck Berry and Elvis were ushering in a new age of music. They had a…

5 years, 4 months ago

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