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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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