3376 Episodes

  1. “Son of a Gun & Steal My Thunder” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

    Published: 9/9/2022
  2. The Investing Legend Giving Away ALL His Money

    Published: 9/9/2022
  3. Why Did a Preacher Give Thomas Jefferson a Giant Block of Cheese?!

    Published: 9/8/2022
  4. From Exploitation to Exhultation: Escaping the Sex Industry

    Published: 9/8/2022
  5. How to Properly Brag About the World's Fastest Plane

    Published: 9/8/2022
  6. John Wooden: First NBA Hall of Fame Player AND Coach

    Published: 9/8/2022
  7. The First B-17 To Bomb Berlin

    Published: 9/7/2022
  8. The 1913 Storm: When Tragedy Struck the Great Lakes

    Published: 9/7/2022
  9. Inspiration from My Dad and Author Jack Kerouac

    Published: 9/7/2022
  10. The 1974 "Ten Cent Beer NIght" Riot in Cleveland, Ohio

    Published: 9/7/2022
  11. Escaping WWII in Croatia to Founding Maglite: Tony Maglica's Story

    Published: 9/7/2022
  12. The Making of an American Pantheon: Grant's Tomb

    Published: 9/6/2022
  13. "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!": The Story of Daisy B.B. Guns

    Published: 9/6/2022
  14. "Wild" Bill Donovan, Super Spy Extraordinaire

    Published: 9/5/2022
  15. Elliot Lurie: From Brooklyn to "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"

    Published: 9/5/2022
  16. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in WWII

    Published: 9/2/2022
  17. Ugandan Street Kid to American Foster Dad

    Published: 9/2/2022
  18. Milka Bamond: The Real-Life “Rosie the Riveter”

    Published: 9/1/2022
  19. The Runaway Slave Who Founded the Black Baptist Church

    Published: 9/1/2022
  20. Why Led Zeppelin Pays Royalties to a Southern Bluesman

    Published: 8/31/2022

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