Every time I use the subject of today’s episode, my husband is quick to point out how I shouldn’t. He loves to tell me about all the injuries this common household item causes, and as much as a lot of what I do depends on my hearing, I can’t help but continue to use it now and again. And I’m sure you do too. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Cotton Swabs. Let's get social!  The Story Behind Discussion Group: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group The Story Behind Facebook Page: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page The Story Behind on Instagram: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram The Story Behind on Twitter: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter  Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer  $1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind. $5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds. Click to Support: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon  The Story Behind is also a Book!  Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5 Kindle Version: https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj  Sources  About - A Q-Tips Cotton Swab History - Qtips.com  The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy - The Washington Post  1927 Q-Tips ad  15 Swab-Worthy Facts About Q-Tips - Mental Floss  The Marketing of Q-Tips—A Brief History - Ear Audites  Cotton Swabs Send 34 Kids to the ER Every Day - Live Science  What a New Study on Cleaning Your Ears With Q-Tips Should Teach Every Entrepreneur - Inc. ​Why It Feels So Damn Good to Stick a Q-Tip In Your Ear - Men’s Health  Just How Bad Is My Q-Tip Habit? - Vice.com 17 Genius Uses for Q-Tips You’ll Want to Use All the Time - Reader’s Digest  14 Ways You Never Thought to Use Q-Tips - BobVila.com 

Every time I use the subject of today’s episode, my husband is quick to point out how I shouldn’t. He loves to tell me about all the injuries this common household item causes, and as much as a lot of what I do depends on my hearing, I can’t help but continue to use it now and again. And I’m sure you do too. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Cotton Swabs. Let's get social! <ul> <li>The Story Behind Discussion Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStoryBehind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group</a></li> <li>The Story Behind Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StoryBehindPod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/StoryBehindPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter</a></li> </ul> Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer <ul> <li>$1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind.</li> <li>$5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds.</li> <li>Click to Support: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheStoryBehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon</a></li> </ul> The Story Behind is also a Book! <ul> <li>Find it on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5</a></li> <li>Kindle Version: <a href="https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj</a></li> </ul> Sources <ul> <li><a href="https://www.qtips.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">About - A Q-Tips Cotton Swab History - Qtips.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/20/we-have-a-q-tips-problem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy - The Washington Post</a></li> <li><a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iG8bAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=J0oEAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=4176,6014561&amp;hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 1927 Q-Tips ad</a></li> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/70937/15-swab-worthy-facts-about-q-tips" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 15 Swab-Worthy Facts About Q-Tips - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="https://earaudities.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/the-marketing-of-q-tips-a-brief-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Marketing of Q-Tips—A Brief History - Ear Audites</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.livescience.com/59069-cotton-swabs-ear-injuries-kids.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Cotton Swabs Send 34 Kids to the ER Every Day - Live Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.inc.com/wanda-thibodeaux/what-a-new-study-on-cleaning-your-ears-with-q-tips-should-teach-every-entreprene.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What a New Study on Cleaning Your Ears With Q-Tips Should Teach Every Entrepreneur - Inc.</a></li> <li>​<a href="https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19542654/why-sticking-qtips-in-ear-feels-so-good/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why It Feels So Damn Good to Stick a Q-Tip In Your Ear - Men’s Health</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkbya3/just-how-bad-is-my-q-tip-habit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Just How Bad Is My Q-Tip Habit? - Vice.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rd.com/health/beauty/q-tips-uses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">17 Genius Uses for Q-Tips You’ll Want to Use All the Time - Reader’s Digest</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/14-ways-you-never-thought-to-use-q-tips-51354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 14 Ways You Never Thought to Use Q-Tips - BobVila.com</a></li> </ul>

Cotton Swabs

From starting out as eye protection against snow blindness to helping pilots navigate the skies without being blinded by the sun, the subject of today’s episode not only protects your eyes but has also been a staple of fashion for centuries, as it turns out. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Sunglasses.  Let's get social!  The Story Behind Discussion Group: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group The Story Behind Facebook Page: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page The Story Behind on Instagram: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram The Story Behind on Twitter: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter  Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer  $1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind. $5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds. Click to Support: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon  The Story Behind is also a Book!  Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5 Kindle Version: https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj  Sources   Origins and History of Sunglasses - GlassesHistory.com  Who Made Those Aviator Sunglasses? - The New York Times  A Brief History of Sunglasses - SunglassMuseum.com  The Evolution of Sunglasses - Google Arts &amp; Culture Foster Grant Our Story! - Foster Grant  The 15 Most Iconic Sunglasses of all Time - The Idle Man  The Fabulous History Of Sunglasses &amp; Their Trends In 25 Pics - The Talko  Sunglasses: A History of Protective, Stylish, and Popular Eyewear - Ancient-Origins.org  The most famous sunglasses in cinema history - Vogue  A Brief History of Eclipse Glasses and the People Who Forgot to Wear Them - Slate How long does it take before your eyes get damaged when looking at the sun? - Scienceline - UCSB  Shades at the Table: The Great Debate - Poker News  Why You (Now) Look Stupid Wearing Sunglasses at the Poker Table - Poker Junkie  11 Things You Didn't Know About Ray-Ban - Thrillist  Solar eclipse and your eyes: How to view an eclipse safely - All About Vision 

From starting out as eye protection against snow blindness to helping pilots navigate the skies without being blinded by the sun, the subject of today’s episode not only protects your eyes but has also been a staple of fashion for centuries, as it turns out. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Sunglasses. Let's get social! <ul> <li>The Story Behind Discussion Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStoryBehind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group</a></li> <li>The Story Behind Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StoryBehindPod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/StoryBehindPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter</a></li> </ul> Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer <ul> <li>$1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind.</li> <li>$5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds.</li> <li>Click to Support: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheStoryBehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon</a></li> </ul> The Story Behind is also a Book! <ul> <li>Find it on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5</a></li> <li>Kindle Version: <a href="https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj</a></li> </ul> Sources <ul> <li><a href="http://www.glasseshistory.com/glasses-history/history-of-sunglasses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Origins and History of Sunglasses - GlassesHistory.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/magazine/who-made-those-aviator-sunglasses.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Who Made Those Aviator Sunglasses? - The New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sunglassmuseum.com/blogs/news/a-brief-history-of-sunglasses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Brief History of Sunglasses - SunglassMuseum.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/AwICKXCQPV3VKg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Evolution of Sunglasses - Google Arts &amp; Culture</a></li> <li><a href="https://fostergrant.com/foster-grant-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foster Grant Our Story! - Foster Grant</a></li> <li><a href="https://theidleman.com/blogs/news/iconic-sunglasses-all-time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The 15 Most Iconic Sunglasses of all Time - The Idle Man</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thetalko.com/the-fabulous-history-of-sunglasses-their-trends-in-25-pics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Fabulous History Of Sunglasses &amp; Their Trends In 25 Pics - The Talko</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/sunglasses-history-protective-stylish-and-popular-eyewear-008577" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sunglasses: A History of Protective, Stylish, and Popular Eyewear - Ancient-Origins.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vogue.it/en/fashion/trends/2018/04/09/the-most-famous-sunglasses-in-cinema-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The most famous sunglasses in cinema history - Vogue</a></li> <li><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2017/08/a-history-of-eclipse-glasses-and-injuries.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Brief History of Eclipse Glasses and the People Who Forgot to Wear Them - Slate</a></li> <li><a href="https://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=3269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How long does it take before your eyes get damaged when looking at the sun? - Scienceline - UCSB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/07/shades-at-the-table-the-great-debate-10596.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Shades at the Table: The Great Debate - Poker News</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.pokerjunkie.com/why-you-look-stupid-wearing-sunglasses-at-the-poker-table" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Why You (Now) Look Stupid Wearing Sunglasses at the Poker Table - Poker Junkie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thrillist.com/gear/fun-facts-about-ray-ban-sunglasses-trivia-history-celebrity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 11 Things You Didn't Know About Ray-Ban - Thrillist</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.allaboutvision.com/resources/solar-eclipse.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Solar eclipse and your eyes: How to view an eclipse safely - All About Vision</a></li> </ul>

Sunglasses

Ever hear of Shiny Object Syndrome? Usually, it’s said to refer to those who see something new and have to have it, only to get bored with it once they finally attain it. But in this episode, I wanted to know just what it is about literal shiny objects that make them so appealing to humans. And this particular shiny object is no different unless you have to clean up the mess it makes. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Glitter. Vote for The Story Behind for the Webby Awards!  CLICK HERE to vote! Let's get social!  The Story Behind Discussion Group: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group The Story Behind Facebook Page: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page The Story Behind on Instagram: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram The Story Behind on Twitter: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter  Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer  $1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind. $5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds. Click to Support: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon  The Story Behind is also a Book!  Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5 Kindle Version: https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj  Sources   15 Shimmering Questions About Glitter, Answered - Mental Floss  What is Glitter? - The New York Times  What Makes Glitter Sparkle? - Wonderopolis  The History of Glitter - Huffington Post Bio-Glitter  An Evolutionary Theory For Why You Love Glossy Things - Fast Company 

Ever hear of Shiny Object Syndrome? Usually, it’s said to refer to those who see something new and have to have it, only to get bored with it once they finally attain it. But in this episode, I wanted to know just what it is about literal shiny objects that make them so appealing to humans. And this particular shiny object is no different unless you have to clean up the mess it makes. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Glitter. Vote for The Story Behind for the Webby Awards! <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2019/podcasts/features/best-series" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE to vote!</a> Let's get social! <ul> <li>The Story Behind Discussion Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStoryBehind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group</a></li> <li>The Story Behind Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StoryBehindPod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/StoryBehindPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter</a></li> </ul> Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer <ul> <li>$1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind.</li> <li>$5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds.</li> <li>Click to Support: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheStoryBehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon</a></li> </ul> The Story Behind is also a Book! <ul> <li>Find it on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5</a></li> <li>Kindle Version: <a href="https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj</a></li> </ul> Sources <ul> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/71034/15-shimmering-questions-about-glitter-answered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 15 Shimmering Questions About Glitter, Answered - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What is Glitter? - The New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-makes-glitter-sparkle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What Makes Glitter Sparkle? - Wonderopolis</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-glitter_b_8941896" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History of Glitter - Huffington Post</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bioglitter.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bio-Glitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3024766/an-evolutionary-theory-for-why-you-love-glossy-things" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> An Evolutionary Theory For Why You Love Glossy Things - Fast Company</a></li> </ul>

Glitter

One of the most fascinating things about today’s episode is not just the creation of this everyday object, but the marketing tactic of presenting a problem that many people weren’t concerned with until the solution was advertised. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Mouthwash. Vote for The Story Behind for the Webby Awards!  CLICK HERE to vote! Let's get social!  The Story Behind Discussion Group: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group The Story Behind Facebook Page: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page The Story Behind on Instagram: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram The Story Behind on Twitter: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter  Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer  $1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind. $5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds. Click to Support: TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon  The Story Behind is also a Book!  Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5 Kindle Version: https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj  Sources   The Crazy (and Disgusting) History of Mouthwash - NoCavityKids.com  Listerine Halitosis Ad 8 Aug 1921 - Newspapers.com  Cloves - The Perfect Pantry  Classic Ad Review: Listerine And The Halitosis Hallelujah - AdAge.com History of LISTERINE®: From Surgery Antiseptic to Modern Mouthwash - Listerine  6 Practical Ways Romans Used Human Urine and Feces in Daily Life - Mental Floss  What's in the turtle's blood? - News24 How Mouthwash Is Made - MixerDirect.com Discovery Of Bacteria - Explorable  Bad Breath Wasn’t Invented by Listerine - Smile Columbia Dentistry 

One of the most fascinating things about today’s episode is not just the creation of this everyday object, but the marketing tactic of presenting a problem that many people weren’t concerned with until the solution was advertised. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Mouthwash. Vote for The Story Behind for the Webby Awards! <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2019/podcasts/features/best-series" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE to vote!</a> Let's get social! <ul> <li>The Story Behind Discussion Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStoryBehind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Group</a></li> <li>The Story Behind Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StoryBehindPod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Facebook-Page</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Instagram</a></li> <li>The Story Behind on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/StoryBehindPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Twitter</a></li> </ul> Support the Show — Become an Executive Producer <ul> <li>$1 Patreon Executive Producers — Extra monthly episode and thank you on an upcoming episode of The Story Behind.</li> <li>$5 Patreon Executive Producers — Benefits of $1 Executive Producers + Access to the MUSE series as it unfolds.</li> <li>Click to Support: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheStoryBehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindPodcast.com/Patreon</a></li> </ul> The Story Behind is also a Book! <ul> <li>Find it on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2FkbVU5</a></li> <li>Kindle Version: <a href="https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2CAn9Dj</a></li> </ul> Sources <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nocavitykids.com/blog/the-crazy-and-disgusting-history-of-mouthwash/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Crazy (and Disgusting) History of Mouthwash - NoCavityKids.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/507463/listerine_halitosis_ad_8_aug_1921/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Listerine Halitosis Ad 8 Aug 1921 - Newspapers.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theperfectpantry.com/2009/02/cloves-recipe-chocolate-spice-cookies.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Cloves - The Perfect Pantry</a></li> <li><a href="https://adage.com/article/classic-ad-review/listerine-halitosis-hallel/310647/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Classic Ad Review: Listerine And The Halitosis Hallelujah - AdAge.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.listerine.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History of LISTERINE®: From Surgery Antiseptic to Modern Mouthwash - Listerine</a></li> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/76994/6-practical-ways-romans-used-human-urine-and-feces-daily-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 6 Practical Ways Romans Used Human Urine and Feces in Daily Life - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/Whats-in-the-turtles-blood-20000904" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What's in the turtle's blood? - News24</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.mixerdirect.com/how-mouthwash-is-made" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Mouthwash Is Made - MixerDirect.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://explorable.com/discovery-of-bacteria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Discovery Of Bacteria - Explorable</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smilecolumbia.com/blog/bad-breath-wasnt-invented-listerine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bad Breath Wasn’t Invented by Listerine - Smile Columbia Dentistry</a></li> </ul>

Mouthwash

Happy April Fool’s Day. This year, I was part of a number of other podcasts that wanted to do some cross-promotion, so if you’re looking for The Story Behind April Fool’s Day, I invite you to check out the Forgotten News Podcast. I should put a disclaimer on this episode that it may not be suitable for younger or sensitive audiences since procreation and the anatomical names for body parts are mentioned. And remember, take everything you read and hear today with a grain of salt. Enjoy this episode of the Forgotten News Podcast, and if you like it, be sure to subscribe so you’ll never miss an episode. And if you’re listening to this as a Forgotten News Podcast listener, thanks for coming over and checking out The Story Behind! Jim and Kit did a great job talking about The Story Behind this particular piece of Forgotten News Podcast and I invite you to subscribe while you’re over here. Without further ado, I’m your host Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Son of a Gun. Visit the Forgotten News Podcast website or listen over on PlayerFM or Podbay.  Forgotten News Podcast on Twitter Forgotten News Podcast on Facebook Also check out Kit's other podcast,  Whispered True Stories  Guest Voice  Jeremy Collins - Podcasts We Listen To and the Podcasts We Listen to Facebook Group Also, check out Jeremy as a guest voice on  The Story Behind the Lead Pipe!  Books Mentioned   Sex and the Civil War by Judith Giesberg  The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell - Thomas P. Lowry, MD  Music  MusicForMakers.com Music by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 

Happy April Fool’s Day. This year, I was part of a number of other podcasts that wanted to do some cross-promotion, so if you’re looking for The Story Behind April Fool’s Day, I invite you to check out the Forgotten News Podcast. I should put a disclaimer on this episode that it may not be suitable for younger or sensitive audiences since procreation and the anatomical names for body parts are mentioned. And remember, take everything you read and hear today with a grain of salt. Enjoy this episode of the Forgotten News Podcast, and if you like it, be sure to subscribe so you’ll never miss an episode. And if you’re listening to this as a Forgotten News Podcast listener, thanks for coming over and checking out The Story Behind! Jim and Kit did a great job talking about The Story Behind this particular piece of Forgotten News Podcast and I invite you to subscribe while you’re over here. Without further ado, I’m your host Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Son of a Gun. Visit the Forgotten News Podcast <a href="https://forgottennewspodcast.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> or listen over on <a href="https://player.fm/series/forgotten-news-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlayerFM</a> or <a href="http://podbay.fm/show/1260175711" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podbay</a>. <ul> <li>Forgotten News Podcast on <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsForgotten" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li>Forgotten News Podcast on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ForgottenNewsPodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li>Also check out Kit's other podcast, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/whispered-true-stories/id1437927544?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Whispered True Stories</a></li> </ul> Guest Voice <ul> <li>Jeremy Collins - <a href="http://podcastswelistento.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcasts We Listen To</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PodcastsWeListenTo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcasts We Listen to Facebook Group</a></li> <li>Also, check out Jeremy as a guest voice on <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/the-lead-pipe-clue-series-waterways-poisoning-and-mr-green-tsb078" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind the Lead Pipe</a>!</li> </ul> Books Mentioned <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/146963127X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=epodcastprodu-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=146963127X&amp;linkId=522554777c06a9d9204b6e6745b41f76" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sex and the Civil War by Judith Giesberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811711536/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=epodcastprodu-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0811711536&amp;linkId=b06d0fa3b7e35e09037f3aaa378bb327" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell - Thomas P. Lowry, MD</a></li> </ul> Music <ul> <li><a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MusicForMakers.com</a></li> <li>Music by Kevin MacLeod of <a href="http://Incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Incompetech.com</a> – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses</a> / by 3.0</li> </ul>

Son of a Gun - Operation Switcharoo

One of my favorite holidays just passed. February 15th. Yup, you heard me right. February 15th, not the 14th. Oh, I love Valentine’s Day, but I’m more in love with the discounted candy the day after, including a candy that apparently I’m in the minority when it comes to liking. But this year, they were harder to come by, despite being the most popular Valentine’s Day candy. The history of any modern-day candy, actually, can be attributed to these, as well. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Conversation Hearts.  Like the podcast? You’ll LOVE The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website   This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers   Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:   The Origin of the Conversation Heart - Mental Floss  Chalk Full of Love: The Evolution of Conversation Hearts - National Geographic  The History of Sweetheart Candies - Smithsonian  10+ Years of Conversation Hearts - Reader’s Digest  The Pharmacist Who Launched America’s Modern Candy Industry - Smithsonian  O.R. Chase Sugar Machine - United States Patent and Trademark Office  O.R. &amp; S.E. Chase Lozenge Machine - United States Patent and Trademark Office  America's favorite Valentine's Day candy is unavailable this year - CNBC  Sweethearts Candies Won’t Be Available This Valentine’s Day - Smithsonian  A-Twitter Over Updated Sweethearts Candy - NPR  In with the old, out with the new - Boston.com Sweathearts Candies - Sprangler Candy  10 Things You Didn't Know About Candy Conversation Hearts - Country Living  Spelling Love with Candy Hearts: The History of Conversation Heart Phrases - InfoPlease Wedding Day Lore - AVictorian.com Sweet Tooth: The Bittersweet History of Candy by Kate Hopkins  'The Mother Of The Valentine' - WBUR  Conversation Hearts…necco Or Brach’s? - All Things Heart &amp; Home 

One of my favorite holidays just passed. February 15th. Yup, you heard me right. February 15th, not the 14th. Oh, I love Valentine’s Day, but I’m more in love with the discounted candy the day after, including a candy that apparently I’m in the minority when it comes to liking. But this year, they were harder to come by, despite being the most popular Valentine’s Day candy. The history of any modern-day candy, actually, can be attributed to these, as well. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Conversation Hearts. <ul> <li>Like the podcast? You’ll LOVE <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a></li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/executive-producers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Executive Producers</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/61510/history-conversation-heart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Origin of the Conversation Heart - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/02/13/chalk-full-of-love-the-evolution-of-conversation-hearts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Chalk Full of Love: The Evolution of Conversation Hearts - National Geographic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-sweetheart-candies-157116/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History of Sweetheart Candies - Smithsonian</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rd.com/food/fun/over-10-years-of-candy-hearts-sayings-valentines-day/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 10+ Years of Conversation Hearts - Reader’s Digest</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/pharmacist-who-launched-americas-modern-candy-industry-180971354/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Pharmacist Who Launched America’s Modern Candy Industry - Smithsonian</a></li> <li><a href="http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=7718&amp;idkey=NONE&amp;homeurl=http%3A%252F%252Fpatft.uspto.gov%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fpatimg.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> O.R. Chase Sugar Machine - United States Patent and Trademark Office</a></li> <li><a href="http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&amp;docid=00017262&amp;IDKey=38A18279D64A%0D%0A&amp;HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> O.R. &amp; S.E. Chase Lozenge Machine - United States Patent and Trademark Office</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/americas-favorite-valentines-day-candy-is-unavailable-this-year.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> America's favorite Valentine's Day candy is unavailable this year - CNBC</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sweethearts-candies-wont-be-available-valentines-day-180971340/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sweethearts Candies Won’t Be Available This Valentine’s Day - Smithsonian</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123692147" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A-Twitter Over Updated Sweethearts Candy - NPR</a></li> <li><a href="http://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2011/10/25/necco_goes_back_to_original_wafer_recipe/?page=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> In with the old, out with the new - Boston.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.spanglercandy.com/our-brands/sweethearts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sweathearts Candies - Sprangler Candy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.countryliving.com/entertaining/advice/a288/necco-sweethearts-candy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 10 Things You Didn't Know About Candy Conversation Hearts - Country Living</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.infoplease.com/spelling-love-candy-hearts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spelling Love with Candy Hearts: The History of Conversation Heart Phrases - InfoPlease</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.avictorian.com/wedding_lore.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wedding Day Lore - AVictorian.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/2Egwod4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sweet Tooth: The Bittersweet History of Candy by Kate Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/02/14/origin-valentines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 'The Mother Of The Valentine' - WBUR</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.allthingsheartandhome.com/conversation-heartsnecco-or-brachs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Conversation Hearts…necco Or Brach’s? - All Things Heart &amp; Home</a></li> </ul>

Conversation Hearts

One of my favorite things to learn about when researching episodes is how people marketed inventions that had never been on the market before. In The Story Behind Post-its, we talked about how 3M’s style of marketing was to show what the product could do, rather than just showing the product. In The Story Behind Dr Pepper, John W. Davis made it a point to tell six people every day his version of the beverage’s origin story. And, probably in the running for most audacious marketing of an invention covered by The Story Behind is today’s topic, when its inventors rented a kangaroo to help demonstrate the fun jumping capabilities of the product. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind the Trampoline.  Like the podcast? You’ll LOVE The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website   This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers   Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:   Who Made That Trampoline? - The New York Times  George Nissen: Inventor of the trampoline - The Independent  The up-and-down history of the trampoline - ABC News 21 Fascinating Facts About Trampolines – Exercise, Education, and More! - Trampoline Review Guide The History of Trampolines - Trampoline Gurus  Trampoline Equipment and History - Olympic.org  The Difference Between a Rebounder &amp; Trampoline - Livestrong.com  Trampolines: A History - Rebounderz.com  The History of Trampolines: All You Need to Know - TrampolineJudge.com  AAP Advises Against Recreational Trampoline Use - American Academy of Pediatrics  As Trampoline Parks Jump In Popularity, So Do Injuries - NPR  Trampoline Parks Tied to Jump in Emergency Room Visits - Scientific American  Referenced:   The Story Behind Post-its  The Story Behind Dr Pepper The Story Behind Pantyhose 

One of my favorite things to learn about when researching episodes is how people marketed inventions that had never been on the market before. In <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/post-its-persistence-productivity-and-romy-michele-tsb103" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Post-its</a>, we talked about how 3M’s style of marketing was to show what the product could do, rather than just showing the product. In <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/dr-pepper-forrest-gump-february-tsb034" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Dr Pepper</a>, John W. Davis made it a point to tell six people every day his version of the beverage’s origin story. And, probably in the running for most audacious marketing of an invention covered by The Story Behind is today’s topic, when its inventors rented a kangaroo to help demonstrate the fun jumping capabilities of the product. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind the Trampoline. <ul> <li>Like the podcast? You’ll LOVE <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a></li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/executive-producers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Executive Producers</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/magazine/who-made-that-trampoline.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Who Made That Trampoline? - The New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-nissen-inventor-of-the-trampoline-1962316.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> George Nissen: Inventor of the trampoline - The Independent</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-22/a-history-of-the-trampoline/10442856" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The up-and-down history of the trampoline - ABC News</a></li> <li><a href="https://trampolinereviewguide.com/trampoline-facts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">21 Fascinating Facts About Trampolines – Exercise, Education, and More! - Trampoline Review Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.trampolinegurus.com/trampoline-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The History of Trampolines - Trampoline Gurus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.olympic.org/trampoline-equipment-and-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Trampoline Equipment and History - Olympic.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.livestrong.com/article/189882-the-difference-between-a-rebounder-trampoline/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Difference Between a Rebounder &amp; Trampoline - Livestrong.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rebounderz.com/apopka/trampoline-parks-apopka/trampolines-a-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Trampolines: A History - Rebounderz.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.trampolinejudge.com/history-of-trampolines-need-know/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History of Trampolines: All You Need to Know - TrampolineJudge.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/AAP-Advises-Against-Recreational-Trampoline-Use.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> AAP Advises Against Recreational Trampoline Use - American Academy of Pediatrics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/01/487940627/as-trampoline-parks-jump-in-popularity-so-do-injuries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> As Trampoline Parks Jump In Popularity, So Do Injuries - NPR</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trampoline-parks-tied-to-jump-in-emergency-room-visits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Trampoline Parks Tied to Jump in Emergency Room Visits - Scientific American</a></li> </ul> Referenced: <ul> <li><a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/post-its-persistence-productivity-and-romy-michele-tsb103" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Post-its</a></li> <li><a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/dr-pepper-forrest-gump-february-tsb034" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Dr Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/pantyhose" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Pantyhose</a></li> </ul>

The Trampoline

Okay, campers, rise and shine and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cold out there today! No, you’re not stuck in a loop, unless you’ve already listened to this episode before. But today’s episode is all about a seemingly silly holiday that has a fascinating history behind it and a 1993 movie that probably helped it become most likely permanently attached to Bill Murray. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Groundhog Day.  Find out more about The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website   This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers   Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:   First Groundhog Day - History.com  Groundhog Day 2019: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring - NPR  Why A Groundhog? Groundhog Day History &amp; Folklore - Farmers’ Almanac  Groundhog Day 2019 facts: The history of Punxsutawney Phil - New York Post Here's How Groundhog Day Got Started - Time Legend &amp; Lore - Groundhog.org  Groundhog Day: A History, And 5 Facts You Didn’t Know - Huffington Post 2nd February, 2019 was… Hedgehog Day - DaysoftheYear.com  Groundhog Day: History and Facts - History.com  The sequel to the Bill Murray movie 'Groundhog Day' is a VR game - Engadget.com Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son - groundhogvr.com  ‘Groundhog Day': How Bill Murray Rom-Com Became an Accidental Classic - The Wrap  Reliving Groundhog Day - The Atlantic  Just How Many Days Does Bill Murray REALLY Spend Stuck Reliving Groundhog Day? - WhatCulture.com  The Precise Number of Groundhog Days in “Groundhog Day” - IFC.com  Referenced:  Varmints! Groundhogs episode 

Okay, campers, rise and shine and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cold out there today! No, you’re not stuck in a loop, unless you’ve already listened to this episode before. But today’s episode is all about a seemingly silly holiday that has a fascinating history behind it and a 1993 movie that probably helped it become most likely permanently attached to Bill Murray. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Groundhog Day. <ul> <li>Find out more about <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a></li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/executive-producers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Executive Producers</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-groundhog-day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> First Groundhog Day - History.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/690926238/groundhog-day-2019-punxsutawney-phil-predicts-an-early-spring" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Groundhog Day 2019: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring - NPR</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.farmersalmanac.com/groundhog-day-history-folklore-23718" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Why A Groundhog? Groundhog Day History &amp; Folklore - Farmers’ Almanac</a></li> <li><a href="https://nypost.com/2019/01/31/groundhog-day-facts-the-history-of-punxsutawney-phil/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Groundhog Day 2019 facts: The history of Punxsutawney Phil - New York Post</a></li> <li><a href="http://time.com/4650202/groundhog-day-history-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here's How Groundhog Day Got Started - Time</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.groundhog.org/legend-and-lore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Legend &amp; Lore - Groundhog.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/01/groundhog-day-a-history-a_n_441000.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Groundhog Day: A History, And 5 Facts You Didn’t Know - Huffington Post</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/hedgehog-day/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2nd February, 2019 was… Hedgehog Day - DaysoftheYear.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/groundhog-day-history-and-facts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Groundhog Day: History and Facts - History.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/02/groundhog-day-vr-game-sequel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The sequel to the Bill Murray movie 'Groundhog Day' is a VR game - Engadget.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.groundhogdayvr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son - groundhogvr.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thewrap.com/groundhog-day-bill-murray-accidental-classic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ‘Groundhog Day': How Bill Murray Rom-Com Became an Accidental Classic - The Wrap</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/reliving-groundhog-day/309223/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Reliving Groundhog Day - The Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="http://whatculture.com/film/just-how-many-days-does-bill-murray-really-spend-stuck-reliving-groundhog-day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Just How Many Days Does Bill Murray REALLY Spend Stuck Reliving Groundhog Day? - WhatCulture.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ifc.com/2011/02/the-precise-number-of-groundho" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Precise Number of Groundhog Days in “Groundhog Day” - IFC.com</a></li> </ul> Referenced: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.blazingcariboustudios.com/groundhogs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Varmints! Groundhogs episode</a></li> </ul>

Groundhog Day

Even though the topic of today’s episode isn’t necessarily exercise-related, it would be safe to say it gave me a bit of a workout this past week. Imagine paying $12 for something, then you find yourself struggling to put it on, only to have it rip. Now, because I didn’t have time to go to the store for another pair, I put some clear nail polish on the rip and hoped they would hold out for the next few hours until I could take them off and throw them away. Women, you probably know what I’m referring to. Men, don’t worry, there’s a version for you that’s available that, after a Google image search, is now painfully seared into my mind. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Pantyhose. (By the way, the men’s version is lovingly referred to as “mantyhose.”)  Get your very own copy of The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast about her weight-loss journey, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook to talk more about the show and submit your own trivia! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website   This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers   Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:   50 Years of Pantyhose - Smithsonian  Who Invented Pantyhose? - ThoughtCo  Before Pantyhose Were a Curse, They Were a Revelation - Racked  The History of Pantyhose - TheInventors.org  History of Pantyhose - Boing Boing  Celebrity Invention: Catwoman's Booty-Accentuating Pantyhose - The Atlantic  Pantyhose mystery on Lakeshore - Grand Haven Tribune  Referenced:   The Story Behind the Toothbrush 

Even though the topic of today’s episode isn’t necessarily exercise-related, it would be safe to say it gave me a bit of a workout this past week. Imagine paying $12 for something, then you find yourself struggling to put it on, only to have it rip. Now, because I didn’t have time to go to the store for another pair, I put some clear nail polish on the rip and hoped they would hold out for the next few hours until I could take them off and throw them away. Women, you probably know what I’m referring to. Men, don’t worry, there’s a version for you that’s available that, after a Google image search, is now painfully seared into my mind. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Pantyhose. (By the way, the men’s version is lovingly referred to as “mantyhose.”) <ul> <li>Get your very own copy of <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast about her weight-loss journey, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook</a> to talk more about the show and submit your own trivia!</li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/executive-producers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Executive Producers</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/50-years-of-pantyhose-33062523/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 50 Years of Pantyhose - Smithsonian</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-pantyhose-1992356" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Who Invented Pantyhose? - ThoughtCo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.racked.com/2015/11/13/9716700/pantyhose-leggs-nylon-stockings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Before Pantyhose Were a Curse, They Were a Revelation - Racked</a></li> <li><a href="http://theinventors.org/library/inventors/blpantyhose.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History of Pantyhose - TheInventors.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> History of Pantyhose - Boing Boing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/celebrity-invention-catwomans-booty-accentuating-pantyhose/65372/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Celebrity Invention: Catwoman's Booty-Accentuating Pantyhose - The Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.grandhaventribune.com/Local/2018/11/01/Pantyhose-mystery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Pantyhose mystery on Lakeshore - Grand Haven Tribune</a></li> </ul> Referenced: <ul> <li><a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/the-toothbrush-the-nacirema-weird-habit-that-took-a-while-to-catch-on-tsb093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind the Toothbrush</a></li> </ul>

Pantyhose

Remember the Left Shark from the Super Bowl a few years ago? He was supposed to be just a guy in a shark costume dancing next to Katy Perry during the halftime show. But because he decided to do his own thing, he became the center of attention. Every so often, another Left Shark will come along in the background of an event only to steal the show. The most recent of these was the Fiji Water girl during the Golden Globes red carpet, who has been given the title 2019’s first meme after appearing to have photobombed many shots of the celebrities on the red carpet. Her real name is Kelleth Cuthbert, a Canadian model and influencer. That brings us to today’s topic. As you’ll find out, this everyday object is less about necessity but more about clever marketing, even before Cuthbert generated $12 million worth of brand exposure the past week. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Bottled Water. *Note: A previous version of this podcast episode mentioned "Sarasota Springs," instead of Saratoga Springs. Thank you to John for calling this to my attention.  Find out more about The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website   This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers   Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers Perrier Orson Welles 1979 - YouTube  Sources:   The Fiji Water Girl's Identity Has Been Revealed And She Was An Influencer Before She Was A Meme - ELLE  A Brief History of Bottled Water - Kitchn  How Bottled Water Became America's Most Popular Beverage - Serious Eats History of Bottled Water - European Federation of Bottled Water  John Snow's data journalism: the cholera map that changed the world - The Guardian  Suckers for bottled water - The Guardian  Why Americans Are Obsessed With Bottled Water - NPR  PET bottles potential health hazard - ABC Science  Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle - Mother Jones  The story of FIJI Water – A green and fair product? - SinkingIslands.com 

Remember the Left Shark from the Super Bowl a few years ago? He was supposed to be just a guy in a shark costume dancing next to Katy Perry during the halftime show. But because he decided to do his own thing, he became the center of attention. Every so often, another Left Shark will come along in the background of an event only to steal the show. The most recent of these was the Fiji Water girl during the Golden Globes red carpet, who has been given the title 2019’s first meme after appearing to have photobombed many shots of the celebrities on the red carpet. Her real name is Kelleth Cuthbert, a Canadian model and influencer. That brings us to today’s topic. As you’ll find out, this everyday object is less about necessity but more about clever marketing, even before Cuthbert generated $12 million worth of brand exposure the past week. You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Bottled Water. *Note: A previous version of this podcast episode mentioned "Sarasota Springs," instead of Saratoga Springs. Thank you to John for calling this to my attention. <ul> <li>Find out more about <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a></li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/executive-producers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Executive Producers</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qHv4yh4R9c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Perrier Orson Welles 1979 - YouTube</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a25830079/fiji-water-girl-identity-kelleth-cuthbert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Fiji Water Girl's Identity Has Been Revealed And She Was An Influencer Before She Was A Meme - ELLE</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thekitchn.com/a-brief-history-of-bottled-water-228642" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Brief History of Bottled Water - Kitchn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/07/how-bottled-water-became-americas-most-popular-beverage.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How Bottled Water Became America's Most Popular Beverage - Serious Eats</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.efbw.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History of Bottled Water - European Federation of Bottled Water</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/mar/15/john-snow-cholera-map" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> John Snow's data journalism: the cholera map that changed the world - The Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/apr/09/suckers-bottled-water" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Suckers for bottled water - The Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92222327" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Why Americans Are Obsessed With Bottled Water - NPR</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/04/29/2555698.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> PET bottles potential health hazard - ABC Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/08/fiji-spin-bottle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle - Mother Jones</a></li> <li><a href="https://sinkingislands.com/2014/09/22/the-story-of-fiji-water-a-green-and-fair-product/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The story of FIJI Water – A green and fair product? - SinkingIslands.com</a></li> </ul>

Bottled Water

The Story Behind tells the extraordinary history of the ordinary. Everyday objects are more closely examined, from their ancient beginnings through the present—all within 5-10 minutes.

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The Story Behind

You know how people are fond of a certain pen? Like, I happen to have a preference for the Pilot Precise V5s, while my husband always buys the Pilot G-2 07. Well, when I asked him for gadget ideas for my collaboration with Home Gadget Geeks back in February, the first thing that popped into his mind was the topic for this episode. He’s a bit of a gamer and, like we have our preferences for pens, apparently, in the PC gaming world, there are enthusiasts who love finding just the right clickiness factor. In this episode, we’ll look at the progression from typewriters to computers and how this common link between them has evolved over time. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Mechanical Keyboards. Listen to the episode of Home Gadget Geeks I was a guest on with Jim Collison for more information on  Voice Recognition and Mechanical Keyboards! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typing_-_Model_F_122_1984.ogg Sources:  http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/736-history-of-mechanical-keyboards.html#s2  http://www.mechtype.com/buckling-spring-origin-of-mechanical-keyboards/  http://www.mechtype.com/the-history-of-mechanical-keyboards/  http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html  http://mashable.com/2012/09/18/qwerty-keyboard/#hdFxpris6gqZ http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm http://www.rtty.com/CODECARD/codecrd1.htm

You know how people are fond of a certain pen? Like, I happen to have a preference for the Pilot Precise V5s, while my husband always buys the Pilot G-2 07. Well, when I asked him for gadget ideas for my collaboration with <a href="https://theaverageguy.tv/tag/home-gadget-geeks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home Gadget Geeks</a> back in February, the first thing that popped into his mind was the topic for this episode. He’s a bit of a gamer and, like we have our preferences for pens, apparently, in the PC gaming world, there are enthusiasts who love finding just the right clickiness factor. In this episode, we’ll look at the progression from typewriters to computers and how this common link between them has evolved over time. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Mechanical Keyboards. Listen to the episode of Home Gadget Geeks I was a guest on with Jim Collison for more information on <a href="https://theaverageguy.tv/2017/02/12/emily-prokop-from-the-story-behind-with-voice-recon-keyboards-and-fidget-cubes-hgg296/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Voice Recognition and Mechanical Keyboards</a>! Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typing_-_Model_F_122_1984.ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typing_-_Model_F_122_1984.ogg</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/736-history-of-mechanical-keyboards.html#s2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/736-history-of-mechanical-keyboards.html#s2</a> <a href="http://www.mechtype.com/buckling-spring-origin-of-mechanical-keyboards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.mechtype.com/buckling-spring-origin-of-mechanical-keyboards/</a> <a href="http://www.mechtype.com/the-history-of-mechanical-keyboards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.mechtype.com/the-history-of-mechanical-keyboards/</a> <a href="http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html</a> <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/09/18/qwerty-keyboard/#hdFxpris6gqZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mashable.com/2012/09/18/qwerty-keyboard/#hdFxpris6gqZ</a> <a href="http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm</a> <a href="http://www.rtty.com/CODECARD/codecrd1.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rtty.com/CODECARD/codecrd1.htm</a>

Mechanical Keyboards | From Typewriters to PC Gaming (TSB049)

Ever wonder why a four-leaf clover is considered lucky? Or what, exactly, luck of the Irish is and why are the Irish associated with luck? And are leprechauns supposed to be good spirits? Or bad spirits? For the month of March, I’ll be looking at the stories behind common superstitions and symbols of luck. And considering this episode is hitting right around St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it would be fun to touch on these superstitions surrounding the Irish culture. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind the Luck of the Irish. Love this series? GET THE CD! The entire Luck &amp; Superstitions series is available on CD -- the perfect gift for people who love trivia but aren't into podcasts (yet). http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5 Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Got a favorite podcast? Use the hashtag #TryPod to let others know about it through the month of March. Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: “Lep in the Hood” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlufxatPxnA Music for Makers Sources:  http://mentalfloss.com/article/30236/luck-irish-old-mining-expression  http://www.theemeraldisle.org/irish-sayings/luck-of-the-irish.htm http://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html  https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/lucky-charms-50th-anniversary-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-general-mills-cereal-thrillist-nation https://www.irishindeed.com/legend-of-the-shamrock  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/21/national/56-leaf-clover-new-guinness-record/#.WLsFpFXytD8  http://people.howstuffworks.com/why-are-four-leaf-clovers-lucky.htm

Ever wonder why a four-leaf clover is considered lucky? Or what, exactly, luck of the Irish is and why are the Irish associated with luck? And are leprechauns supposed to be good spirits? Or bad spirits? For the month of March, I’ll be looking at the stories behind common superstitions and symbols of luck. And considering this episode is hitting right around St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it would be fun to touch on these superstitions surrounding the Irish culture. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind the Luck of the Irish. Love this series? <a href="http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GET THE CD!</a> The entire Luck &amp; Superstitions series is available on CD -- the perfect gift for people who love trivia but aren't into podcasts (yet). <a href="http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5</a> Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Got a favorite podcast? Use the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TryPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#TryPod</a> to let others know about it through the month of March. Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: “Lep in the Hood” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlufxatPxnA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlufxatPxnA</a> <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/30236/luck-irish-old-mining-expression" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mentalfloss.com/article/30236/luck-irish-old-mining-expression</a> <a href="http://www.theemeraldisle.org/irish-sayings/luck-of-the-irish.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.theemeraldisle.org/irish-sayings/luck-of-the-irish.htm</a> <a href="http://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html</a> <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/lucky-charms-50th-anniversary-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-general-mills-cereal-thrillist-nation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/lucky-charms-50th-anniversary-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-general-mills-cereal-thrillist-nation</a> <a href="https://www.irishindeed.com/legend-of-the-shamrock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.irishindeed.com/legend-of-the-shamrock</a> <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/21/national/56-leaf-clover-new-guinness-record/#.WLsFpFXytD8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/21/national/56-leaf-clover-new-guinness-record/#.WLsFpFXytD8</a> <a href="http://people.howstuffworks.com/why-are-four-leaf-clovers-lucky.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://people.howstuffworks.com/why-are-four-leaf-clovers-lucky.htm</a>

The Luck of the Irish | Four-Leaf Clovers, Irish Luck, Leprechauns (TSB043)

If you’re hearing this episode around the time it comes out, it means I’m taking some time off after the birth of my son. I’ve recorded these ahead of time and most likely will not be available on social media for the next few weeks, but you’ll still get The Story Behind twice a week if you’re subscribed to the podcast. Consider this series to be like a substitute teacher. We won’t go as in-depth as in previous episodes, but we’ll briefly touch of a number of different topics in each episode. This series focuses on Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and the headline-making events and people he mentions. Some content may not be suitable for all listeners. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind We Didn’t Start The Fire: 1959-1960. In this episode:  Buddy Holly Ben-Hur Space Monkey Mafia Hula Hoops Castro Edsel is a no-go U-2 Syngman Rhee Payola (and) Kennedy Chubby Checker Psycho Belgians in the Congo  Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers

If you’re hearing this episode around the time it comes out, it means I’m taking some time off after the birth of my son. I’ve recorded these ahead of time and most likely will not be available on social media for the next few weeks, but you’ll still get The Story Behind twice a week if you’re subscribed to the podcast. Consider this series to be like a substitute teacher. We won’t go as in-depth as in previous episodes, but we’ll briefly touch of a number of different topics in each episode. This series focuses on Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and the headline-making events and people he mentions. Some content may not be suitable for all listeners. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind We Didn’t Start The Fire: 1959-1960. In this episode: <ul> <li>Buddy Holly</li> <li>Ben-Hur</li> <li>Space Monkey</li> <li>Mafia</li> <li>Hula Hoops</li> <li>Castro</li> <li>Edsel is a no-go</li> <li>U-2</li> <li>Syngman Rhee</li> <li>Payola</li> <li>(and) Kennedy</li> <li>Chubby Checker</li> <li>Psycho</li> <li>Belgians in the Congo</li> </ul> Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a>

We Didn't Start the Fire 1959-1960: Buddy Holly through Belgians in the Congo (TSB057)

This episode was decided by listeners who responded to a poll I put up last week on Twitter asking if I should do a regular show for Episode 30 or if I should do a special episode with 30 random facts. If you’re not already, follow @storybehindpod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram so you can contribute to the show. What you decided was episode 30 should be 30 random facts, so without further ado, here we go! I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind 30 Random Things.  Many things we eat and drink contain grass. Not the kinds that necessarily grow in our yards, but varieties like wheat grass and barley grass are found in beer, whiskey and bread. A way to distinguish a monkey from an ape is their tails. Apes don’t have tails, but monkeys do. Yams commonly found in your grocery store are probably sweet potatoes. True yams grow in Africa and Asia and are relatively tough to find. They are related to the lily family, while sweet potatoes are related to the morning glory family. But grocery stores distinguish sweet potatoes as being a firm sweet potato with a light flesh and a yam as being a soft sweet potato with a more orange or copper color. The moons and natural satellites of Uranis were named for characters in works by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, like Ophelia, Juliet, Belinda and Umbriel. The tradition was started by astronomer William Lassell, who discovered the first two in 1851.  Cordelia from King Lear Ophelia from Hamlet Bianca from Taming of the Shrew Cressida from Troilus and Cressida Desdemona from Othello Juliet from Romeo and Juliet Portia from Merchant of Venice Rosalind from As You Like It Belinda, Umbriel  from Rape of Lock Puck, Titania and Oberon from A Midsummer Night's Dream Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and Trinculo from The Tempest   Hades, from Greek mythology, is not the basis for Satan in Christianity. Hades isn’t necessarily a bad guy -- his job is simply to guard the Underworld, which is where all souls were believed to have gone when they died. There are parts of the Underworld where evil souls are tortured, much like Christianity’s description of Hell, but souls considered good are rewarded in the Underworld. Erasers work by attracting the graphite from pencils off the paper and onto the rubber. Before our modern-day erasers, people would often use balled up bread to fix their mistakes on paper. Raisins were discovered accidentally when a San Fransisco grocer began selling grapes that had been dried out due to the heat wave 1873. He called them a “Peruvian Delicacy.” Eclair is the French word for Lightning. It’s unclear why the cream-filled pastry is named that. One theory is that the name refers to the flaky outside and creamy inside being “light,” and a second theory is that it’s eaten in a flash. Shirley Temple has fought soda companies twice for trying to market the ginger ale and grenadine drink named in her honor. Both times, she won. In 1988 when a California company tried to market Shirley T. Sparkling Soda, she was quoted by the New York Times as saying, “I will fight it like a tigress. All a celebrity has is their name.” If you’ve ever wondered where the phrase “Steal one’s thunder” comes from, it’s from John Dennis, an English dramatist from the 1700s, who invented a device for one of his plays that made a thunder sound. When his play flopped, the theater used the device for another play, causing Dennis to say, “That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my play.” “Steal my Sunshine,” the poppy ‘90s favorite by the brother-sister band Len isn’t actually as positive as the title implies. It’s been said the lyrics either refer to drugs or depression and how someone can make you feel worse by stealing your sunshine. The word “sychophant,” which basically means a self-serving suck up, has two possible origins. Both are pretty great.  The first is that it comes from the Greek words “suko,” which means Fig, and “phantes,” which means people who reveal something. Back then, those who exported figs were doing so illegally, and anyone who told on them to authorities was called a Fig Revealer, or Suko-Phant. But the Oxford English Dictionary acknowledges this origin story to be unsubstantiated. The second origin comes from the Greek “sykophantes”, the Latin “sycophanta” and the Middle French version, “sycophante” in the 1530s, which also has to do with figs. In ancient Greece, it was a vulgar gesture to stick ones thumb between two fingers, which was thought to resemble a fig. It doesn’t sound too bad until you find out that a fig was symbolic of a certain lady part. This gesture was commonly used as a taunt in Greek sporting events.   Antarctica is the world’s largest desert. Hard to believe, right? But a desert is actually defined not by sand or heat, but by the amount of precipitation it receives, and Antarctica only gets an average of 2 inches of snow per year. New words are added to English language at a rate of one new word every two hours. Coca-Cola bottles were designed when the company sponsored a competition to design distinctive bottles. At the time, all beverages were put in similar bottles, making it difficult to making it difficult to distinguish one drink from the other when kept cool in a bucket of ice water. The designer of the bottles originally wanted to draw inspiration from the coca leaf or kola nut, but the local library didn’t have pictures of either. But he came up with the now iconic design of the Coca-Cola bottle after finding a picture of a cacao pod. “Enormity” is often thought to mean enormous, but it actually means extreme evil. It can be used, however, to mean a gigantic amount of evil. Remember the movie in which Sinbad played a genie called “Shazam?” Or reading the childhood books, “The Berenstein Bears” or even Curious George’s tail? Yeah … those actually never happened. At least, according to what people are calling The Mandela Effect, a phenomenon where many swear they remember something one way, but it’s actually different. By the way, there’s no record of the movie Shazam, the books we read as kids were actually the BerenstAin Bears, and Curious George does not have a tail, which suggests he’s an ape rather than a “little monkey,” as he’s called in books. Eyes that are two different colors on a person is called Heterochromia. Some people mistakenly think David Bowie had this, but one of his pupils was permanently dilated his friend’s fingernail sliced his eye when they got into a fight as teenagers. Mozart was so good at playing music at a young age, when he performed in London, people suspected him of being a drawf posing as a 9-year-old child. Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr wanted to help the war effort during World War II and, with the help of composer George Antheil, developed wireless communications technology we still use today in everyday objects such as cell phones. In “The Big Lebowski,” the word Dude is used 161 times and “man” is used 147. No one really knows why sometimes we get the sensation of falling when we’re about to fall asleep. It’s called a hypnic jerk and one theory is it’s a leftover response from when humans used to sleep on branches in trees. V for Victory was popularized by Winston Churchill during World War II. But it was first proposed as a symbol for resistance to tyranny by Victor de Laveleye who was exiled to England after the Nazi invasion of Belgium in 1940. In case you ever wanted to kiss a baby iguana on the mouth, you might want to be aware that they often eat the poop of adult iguanas to get bacteria necessary for digesting their food. George Orwell’s “1984,” written in 1949, shot to the top of Amazon Best-Sellers last week, which for those of you listening in the future was the second to last week of January 2017 following a number of references to the book on Twitter after Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway's statement that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used "alternative facts" when describing Inauguration Day. If you see a representation of a pirate wearing an eye patch, it’s most likely not because he lost his eye -- a theory, which was deemed Plausible by “Mythbusters,” is that wearing an eye patch kept that eye’s pupil dilated so seeing in the dark was easier when the patch was removed. Having this skill was handy when pirates had to go below deck quickly. Lincoln’s famous beard was grown because 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, wrote him a letter suggesting growing a beard to hide his gaunt face before the upcoming presidential election. On the way to his inauguration, he made a special stop in Westfield to meet Bedell and, shaking her hand, said,“You see? I let these whiskers grow for you.” As much as fans love him, Darth Vader only appears on screen for a total of 12 minutes in the original Star Wars. Not that I recommend you try it, but Romans used to effectively whiten their teeth with urine. There are two theories most probable about the origin of pink lemonade. Neither of them involve adding strawberry or raspberry to the mixture, as is common today and both involve the circus. One is that red cinnamon candies were accidentally dropped in a vat of lemonade in 1912 and, because there wasn’t enough time to make a new batch, the lemonade was sold and became a hit. The second is that a lemonade salesman at the circus in 1857 ran out of water to make lemonade and grabbed a tub of water that was previously used to wash a performer’s pink tights.  The role of Shirley Temple was played by Laura McClellan from The Productive Woman podcast, John Dennis was played by Danny Savage from the podcast Idiom Savant, and Stargate Pioneer from Better Podcasting played Abraham Lincoln. Starting Thursday, The Story Behind will be doing more consecutive theme episodes starting with Forrest Gump February. Each episode will be the story behind a different pop culture or historical reference from the Tom Hanks movie. Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don’t miss an episode. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. 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This episode was decided by listeners who responded to a poll I put up last week on Twitter asking if I should do a regular show for Episode 30 or if I should do a special episode with 30 random facts. If you’re not already, follow @storybehindpod on <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> so you can contribute to the show. What you decided was episode 30 should be 30 random facts, so without further ado, here we go! I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind 30 Random Things. <ul> <li>Many things we eat and drink contain grass. Not the kinds that necessarily grow in our yards, but varieties like wheat grass and barley grass are found in beer, whiskey and bread.</li> <li>A way to distinguish a monkey from an ape is their tails. Apes don’t have tails, but monkeys do.</li> <li>Yams commonly found in your grocery store are probably sweet potatoes. True yams grow in Africa and Asia and are relatively tough to find. They are related to the lily family, while sweet potatoes are related to the morning glory family. But grocery stores distinguish sweet potatoes as being a firm sweet potato with a light flesh and a yam as being a soft sweet potato with a more orange or copper color.</li> <li>The moons and natural satellites of Uranis were named for characters in works by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, like Ophelia, Juliet, Belinda and Umbriel. The tradition was started by astronomer William Lassell, who discovered the first two in 1851. <ul> <li>Cordelia from King Lear</li> <li>Ophelia from Hamlet</li> <li>Bianca from Taming of the Shrew</li> <li>Cressida from Troilus and Cressida</li> <li>Desdemona from Othello</li> <li>Juliet from Romeo and Juliet</li> <li>Portia from Merchant of Venice</li> <li>Rosalind from As You Like It</li> <li>Belinda, Umbriel  from Rape of Lock</li> <li>Puck, Titania and Oberon from A Midsummer Night's Dream</li> <li>Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano and Trinculo from The Tempest</li> </ul> </li> <li>Hades, from Greek mythology, is not the basis for Satan in Christianity. Hades isn’t necessarily a bad guy -- his job is simply to guard the Underworld, which is where all souls were believed to have gone when they died. There are parts of the Underworld where evil souls are tortured, much like Christianity’s description of Hell, but souls considered good are rewarded in the Underworld.</li> <li>Erasers work by attracting the graphite from pencils off the paper and onto the rubber. Before our modern-day erasers, people would often use balled up bread to fix their mistakes on paper.</li> <li>Raisins were discovered accidentally when a San Fransisco grocer began selling grapes that had been dried out due to the heat wave 1873. He called them a “Peruvian Delicacy.”</li> <li>Eclair is the French word for Lightning. It’s unclear why the cream-filled pastry is named that. One theory is that the name refers to the flaky outside and creamy inside being “light,” and a second theory is that it’s eaten in a flash.</li> <li>Shirley Temple has fought soda companies twice for trying to market the ginger ale and grenadine drink named in her honor. Both times, she won. In 1988 when a California company tried to market Shirley T. Sparkling Soda, she was quoted by the New York Times as saying, “I will fight it like a tigress. All a celebrity has is their name.”</li> <li>If you’ve ever wondered where the phrase “Steal one’s thunder” comes from, it’s from John Dennis, an English dramatist from the 1700s, who invented a device for one of his plays that made a thunder sound. When his play flopped, the theater used the device for another play, causing Dennis to say, “That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my play.”</li> <li>“Steal my Sunshine,” the poppy ‘90s favorite by the brother-sister band Len isn’t actually as positive as the title implies. It’s been said the lyrics either refer to drugs or depression and how someone can make you feel worse by stealing your sunshine.</li> <li>The word “sychophant,” which basically means a self-serving suck up, has two possible origins. Both are pretty great. <ul> <li>The first is that it comes from the Greek words “suko,” which means Fig, and “phantes,” which means people who reveal something. Back then, those who exported figs were doing so illegally, and anyone who told on them to authorities was called a Fig Revealer, or Suko-Phant. But the Oxford English Dictionary acknowledges this origin story to be unsubstantiated.</li> <li>The second origin comes from the Greek “sykophantes”, the Latin “sycophanta” and the Middle French version, “sycophante” in the 1530s, which also has to do with figs. In ancient Greece, it was a vulgar gesture to stick ones thumb between two fingers, which was thought to resemble a fig. It doesn’t sound too bad until you find out that a fig was symbolic of a certain lady part. This gesture was commonly used as a taunt in Greek sporting events.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Antarctica is the world’s largest desert. Hard to believe, right? But a desert is actually defined not by sand or heat, but by the amount of precipitation it receives, and Antarctica only gets an average of 2 inches of snow per year.</li> <li>New words are added to English language at a rate of one new word every two hours.</li> <li>Coca-Cola bottles were designed when the company sponsored a competition to design distinctive bottles. At the time, all beverages were put in similar bottles, making it difficult to making it difficult to distinguish one drink from the other when kept cool in a bucket of ice water. The designer of the bottles originally wanted to draw inspiration from the coca leaf or kola nut, but the local library didn’t have pictures of either. But he came up with the now iconic design of the Coca-Cola bottle after finding a picture of a cacao pod.</li> <li>“Enormity” is often thought to mean enormous, but it actually means extreme evil. It can be used, however, to mean a gigantic amount of evil.</li> <li>Remember the movie in which Sinbad played a genie called “Shazam?” Or reading the childhood books, “The Berenstein Bears” or even Curious George’s tail? Yeah … those actually never happened. At least, according to what people are calling The Mandela Effect, a phenomenon where many swear they remember something one way, but it’s actually different. By the way, there’s no record of the movie Shazam, the books we read as kids were actually the BerenstAin Bears, and Curious George does not have a tail, which suggests he’s an ape rather than a “little monkey,” as he’s called in books.</li> <li>Eyes that are two different colors on a person is called Heterochromia. Some people mistakenly think David Bowie had this, but one of his pupils was permanently dilated his friend’s fingernail sliced his eye when they got into a fight as teenagers.</li> <li>Mozart was so good at playing music at a young age, when he performed in London, people suspected him of being a drawf posing as a 9-year-old child.</li> <li>Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr wanted to help the war effort during World War II and, with the help of composer George Antheil, developed wireless communications technology we still use today in everyday objects such as cell phones.</li> <li>In “The Big Lebowski,” the word Dude is used 161 times and “man” is used 147.</li> <li>No one really knows why sometimes we get the sensation of falling when we’re about to fall asleep. It’s called a hypnic jerk and one theory is it’s a leftover response from when humans used to sleep on branches in trees.</li> <li>V for Victory was popularized by Winston Churchill during World War II. But it was first proposed as a symbol for resistance to tyranny by Victor de Laveleye who was exiled to England after the Nazi invasion of Belgium in 1940.</li> <li>In case you ever wanted to kiss a baby iguana on the mouth, you might want to be aware that they often eat the poop of adult iguanas to get bacteria necessary for digesting their food.</li> <li>George Orwell’s “1984,” written in 1949, shot to the top of Amazon Best-Sellers last week, which for those of you listening in the future was the second to last week of January 2017 following a number of references to the book on Twitter after Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway's statement that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used "alternative facts" when describing Inauguration Day.</li> <li>If you see a representation of a pirate wearing an eye patch, it’s most likely not because he lost his eye -- a theory, which was deemed Plausible by “Mythbusters,” is that wearing an eye patch kept that eye’s pupil dilated so seeing in the dark was easier when the patch was removed. Having this skill was handy when pirates had to go below deck quickly.</li> <li>Lincoln’s famous beard was grown because 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, wrote him a letter suggesting growing a beard to hide his gaunt face before the upcoming presidential election. On the way to his inauguration, he made a special stop in Westfield to meet Bedell and, shaking her hand, said,“You see? I let these whiskers grow for you.”</li> <li>As much as fans love him, Darth Vader only appears on screen for a total of 12 minutes in the original Star Wars.</li> <li>Not that I recommend you try it, but Romans used to effectively whiten their teeth with urine.</li> <li>There are two theories most probable about the origin of pink lemonade. Neither of them involve adding strawberry or raspberry to the mixture, as is common today and both involve the circus. One is that red cinnamon candies were accidentally dropped in a vat of lemonade in 1912 and, because there wasn’t enough time to make a new batch, the lemonade was sold and became a hit. The second is that a lemonade salesman at the circus in 1857 ran out of water to make lemonade and grabbed a tub of water that was previously used to wash a performer’s pink tights.</li> </ul> The role of Shirley Temple was played by Laura McClellan from <a href="https://theproductivewoman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Productive Woman</a> podcast, John Dennis was played by Danny Savage from the podcast <a href="http://www.idiomsavant.xyz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idiom Savant</a>, and Stargate Pioneer from <a href="http://www.betterpodcasting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Better Podcasting</a> played Abraham Lincoln. Starting Thursday, The Story Behind will be doing more consecutive theme episodes starting with Forrest Gump February. Each episode will be the story behind a different pop culture or historical reference from the Tom Hanks movie. Be sure to <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a> on your favorite podcast app so you don’t miss an episode. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="https://www.taskeasy.com/blog/2015/08/10/10-interesting-facts-about-grass/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.taskeasy.com/blog/2015/08/10/10-interesting-facts-about-grass/</a> <a href="http://facts.randomhistory.com/2008/12/15_monkeys.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://facts.randomhistory.com/2008/12/15_monkeys.html</a> <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-yams-and-sweet-potatoes-word-of-mouth-211176" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-yams-and-sweet-potatoes-word-of-mouth-211176</a> <a href="http://www.livescience.com/38592-biggest-deserts.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.livescience.com/38592-biggest-deserts.html</a> <a href="http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/userstory20411-hades-vs-satan.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/userstory20411-hades-vs-satan.html</a> <a href="http://mobile-cuisine.com/did-you-know/raisin-fun-facts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mobile-cuisine.com/did-you-know/raisin-fun-facts/</a> <a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?eclair" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?eclair</a> <a href="http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-an-eraser-work" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-an-eraser-work</a> <a href="http://www.women-inventors.com/Hedy-Lammar.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.women-inventors.com/Hedy-Lammar.asp</a> <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sycophant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sycophant</a> <a href="http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/funny-origins-behind-idioms-you-use-all-the-time/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/funny-origins-behind-idioms-you-use-all-the-time/</a> <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/truly-surprising-word-origins?utm_term=.tu12gj6Me#.cjLVG2ax1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/truly-surprising-word-origins?utm_term=.tu12gj6Me#.cjLVG2ax1</a> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/25/orwells-1984-leaps-top-amazon-bestseller-list/97031344/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/25/orwells-1984-leaps-top-amazon-bestseller-list/97031344/</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/24479/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-shirley-temple" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mentalfloss.com/article/24479/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-shirley-temple</a> <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/25/dark-90s-songs/#1dNPs1ejkPqH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mashable.com/2014/01/25/dark-90s-songs/#1dNPs1ejkPqH</a> <a href="http://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-iguana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-iguana/</a> <a href="https://www.bloomsbury-international.com/blog/2014/07/11/15-interesting-facts-about-the-english-language/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.bloomsbury-international.com/blog/2014/07/11/15-interesting-facts-about-the-english-language/</a> <a href="http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_519_30-mind-blowing-true-facts-about-famous-movie-scenes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_519_30-mind-blowing-true-facts-about-famous-movie-scenes/</a> <a href="http://listverse.com/2014/06/30/10-easy-questions-we-still-dont-know-the-answer-to/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://listverse.com/2014/06/30/10-easy-questions-we-still-dont-know-the-answer-to/</a> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/bottle.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/bottle.asp</a> <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-58-most-commonly-misused-words-and-phrases-a6754551.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-58-most-commonly-misused-words-and-phrases-a6754551.html</a> <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/crazy-examples-of-the-mandela-effect-that-will-make-you-ques?utm_term=.uqV0816Lg#.lln3R9qYK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/crazy-examples-of-the-mandela-effect-that-will-make-you-ques?utm_term=.uqV0816Lg#.lln3R9qYK</a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/05/19/is-curious-george-an-ape-or-a-monkey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/05/19/is-curious-george-an-ape-or-a-monkey/</a> <a href="http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/heterochromia.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/heterochromia.htm</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/27273/nine-people-heterochromia-and-one-without" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mentalfloss.com/article/27273/nine-people-heterochromia-and-one-without</a> <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/638180/Top-10-facts-Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/638180/Top-10-facts-Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart</a> <a href="http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/01/origin-of-v-for-victory.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/01/origin-of-v-for-victory.html</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/52493/why-did-pirates-wear-eye-patches" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mentalfloss.com/article/52493/why-did-pirates-wear-eye-patches </a> <a href="http://time.com/3462545/abraham-lincoln-beard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://time.com/3462545/abraham-lincoln-beard/</a> <a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/some-people-use-urine-and-chemistry-to-whiten-their-t-1662270403" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://io9.gizmodo.com/some-people-use-urine-and-chemistry-to-whiten-their-t-1662270403</a> <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unusual-origins-pink-lemonade-180960145/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unusual-origins-pink-lemonade-180960145/</a>

The Story Behind 30 Random Things | Trivia and History Galore! (TSB030)

Ever wonder why actors say “Break a leg” instead of “Good luck?” Or why Macbeth is supposedly cursed? Or why you shouldn’t whistle backstage? For the month of March, I’ll be looking at the stories behind common superstitions and symbols of luck. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Theater Superstitions. Love this series? GET THE CD! The entire Luck &amp; Superstitions series is available on CD -- the perfect gift for people who love trivia but aren't into podcasts (yet). http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5 Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Got a favorite podcast? Use the hashtag #TryPod to let others know about it through the month of March. Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers Sources:  http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/11/origin-of-the-phrase-break-a-leg/  http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/glossary-of-technical-theatre-terms/more-about-break-a-leg/  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/macbeth/scottish_play_curse/  http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-do-actors-avoid-the-word-macbeth  https://www.santacruzshakespeare.org/the-macbeth-curse-myth-or-reality/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/28/macbeth-curse-of-the-stage/b80659e4-369d-4ef4-b772-edee79d75d5a/?utm_term=.f12b6f731d40  https://www.backstage.com/news/9-serious-theatrical-superstitions/  http://www.playbill.com/article/8-rules-every-theatre-person-must-follow-do-you-know-all-of-them-com-373336

Ever wonder why actors say “Break a leg” instead of “Good luck?” Or why Macbeth is supposedly cursed? Or why you shouldn’t whistle backstage? For the month of March, I’ll be looking at the stories behind common superstitions and symbols of luck. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Theater Superstitions. Love this series? <a href="http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GET THE CD!</a> The entire Luck &amp; Superstitions series is available on CD -- the perfect gift for people who love trivia but aren't into podcasts (yet). <a href="http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZI65G5</a> Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Got a favorite podcast? Use the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TryPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#TryPod</a> to let others know about it through the month of March. Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/11/origin-of-the-phrase-break-a-leg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/11/origin-of-the-phrase-break-a-leg/</a> <a href="http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/glossary-of-technical-theatre-terms/more-about-break-a-leg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/glossary-of-technical-theatre-terms/more-about-break-a-leg/</a> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/macbeth/scottish_play_curse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/macbeth/scottish_play_curse/</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-do-actors-avoid-the-word-macbeth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-do-actors-avoid-the-word-macbeth</a> <a href="https://www.santacruzshakespeare.org/the-macbeth-curse-myth-or-reality/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.santacruzshakespeare.org/the-macbeth-curse-myth-or-reality/</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/28/macbeth-curse-of-the-stage/b80659e4-369d-4ef4-b772-edee79d75d5a/?utm_term=.f12b6f731d40" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/28/macbeth-curse-of-the-stage/b80659e4-369d-4ef4-b772-edee79d75d5a/?utm_term=.f12b6f731d40</a> <a href="https://www.backstage.com/news/9-serious-theatrical-superstitions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.backstage.com/news/9-serious-theatrical-superstitions/</a> <a href="http://www.playbill.com/article/8-rules-every-theatre-person-must-follow-do-you-know-all-of-them-com-373336" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.playbill.com/article/8-rules-every-theatre-person-must-follow-do-you-know-all-of-them-com-373336</a>

Theater Superstitions | Break a Leg, The Curse of Macbeth, Whistling Backstage (TSB040)

I’ve only done one other episode of The Story Behind about a song, and that was The Story Behind Imagine by John Lennon. And if you’ve been in the Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook, you probably would think I would be doing The Story Behind Arica by Toto. Well, not yet. Usually, I get ideas for topics from stumbling into a piece of trivia I find fascinating during the week. However, this week, my son has been not only working on walking, but working on his first words, and his favorite one lately kept getting a particular song in my head. Want a hint? “Mama” I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Help Support Livestream for the Cure! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Learn about Podcast Share at PodcastShare.net or by following @PodcastShare on Twitter. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Stargate Pioneer from GonnaGeek.com, Mat from the One Word, Go! Show, Linguist Sam, Diane and Denise from History Goes Bump, Dan Brenic from Netflix N’ Swill, Jarrod Dunham from TheHistoryphile.net, Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts, Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online, Gerald and Andy from Two Peas on a Podcast, Bandrew Scott from The Bandrew Says Podcast and  Podcastage YouTube Channel, Adam from Everyone Has a Podcast, and Barry G, Jim Collison from The Average Guy Network, the North Omaha History Podcast and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting. If you’re interested in freshening up your own show or starting a podcast, visit EPodcastProductions.com and use the promo code STORYBEHIND for $25 off a Strategy Session. Hope to talk to you soon! Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts &amp; #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:  Queen’s Official Site Inside the Rhapsody - Queen  Smashed Hits: What is a Bohemian Rhapsody? - BBC Brian May on 40 years of Bohemian Rhapsody: 'I still listen to it in the car' - BBC  10 Operatic Facts About “Bohemian Rhapsody” - Mental Floss  Bohemian Rhapsody - This Day in Music  Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” - Performing Songwriter  Readers' Poll: The Best Vocal Performances in Rock History - Rolling Stone  Party On: Queen's Brian May Remembers 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on 40th Anniversary - Rolling Stone  Rock Critics Really Blew Their Reviews of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - TIME  The Oral History of the 'Wayne's World' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Scene - Rolling Stone  Queen Biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' 'Is Finally Happening,' Band Confirms - Rolling Stone  Freddie approved Wayne's World Rhapsody scene - Louder Sound  How Do I Make Siri Sing Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody?' What Is The Sentence To Say To My iPhone? - WXERFM Bohemian Rhapsody - Song Facts  8 things you didn’t know about ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ - PBS  Ten of the best 'Bohemian Rhapsody' covers for its 40th anniversary - SFGate  The Story Behind Imagine by John Lennon - The Story Behind Podcast  The Story Behind Clowns - The Story Behind Podcast 

I’ve only done one other episode of The Story Behind about a song, and that was The Story Behind Imagine by John Lennon. And if you’ve been in the Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook, you probably would think I would be doing The Story Behind Arica by Toto. Well, not yet. Usually, I get ideas for topics from stumbling into a piece of trivia I find fascinating during the week. However, this week, my son has been not only working on walking, but working on his first words, and his favorite one lately kept getting a particular song in my head. Want a hint? “Mama” I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. <a href="http://www.livestreamforthecure.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Help Support Livestream for the Cure!</a> Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a> Learn about Podcast Share at <a href="http://podcastshare.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PodcastShare.net</a> or by following <a href="http://twitter.com/podcastshare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PodcastShare</a> on Twitter. 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Media: <ul> <li><a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.queenonline.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queen’s Official Site</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4qYBqIieEk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside the Rhapsody - Queen</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13761091" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Smashed Hits: What is a Bohemian Rhapsody? - BBC</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34651067" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian May on 40 years of Bohemian Rhapsody: 'I still listen to it in the car' - BBC</a></li> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/70634/10-operatic-facts-about-bohemian-rhapsody" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 10 Operatic Facts About “Bohemian Rhapsody” - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/bohemian_rhapsody" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bohemian Rhapsody - This Day in Music</a></li> <li><a href="http://performingsongwriter.com/freddie-mercury-queen-bohemian-rhapsody/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” - Performing Songwriter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-best-vocal-performances-in-rock-history-20120905/1-queen-bohemian-rhapsody-0846043" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Readers' Poll: The Best Vocal Performances in Rock History - Rolling Stone</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/party-on-queens-brian-may-remembers-bohemian-rhapsody-on-40th-anniversary-20151030" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Party On: Queen's Brian May Remembers 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on 40th Anniversary - Rolling Stone</a></li> <li><a href="http://time.com/4083880/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-1975/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Rock Critics Really Blew Their Reviews of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - TIME</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-oral-history-of-the-wayne-s-world-bohemian-rhapsody-scene-20151130" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Oral History of the 'Wayne's World' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Scene - Rolling Stone</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-biopic-bohemian-rhapsody-is-finally-happening-w492530" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Queen Biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' 'Is Finally Happening,' Band Confirms - Rolling Stone</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/freddie-approved-wayne-s-world-rhapsody-scene" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Freddie approved Wayne's World Rhapsody scene - Louder Sound</a></li> <li><a href="http://wxerfm.com/blogs/monkey-see-monkey-blog/146/how-do-i-make-siri-sing-queens-bohemian-rhapsody-what-is-the-sentence-to-say-to-my-iphone/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How Do I Make Siri Sing Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody?' What Is The Sentence To Say To My iPhone? - WXERFM</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=685" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bohemian Rhapsody - Song Facts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/8-things-didnt-know-bohemian-rhapsody" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 8 things you didn’t know about ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ - PBS</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Ten-of-the-best-Bohemian-Rhapsody-covers-for-6596266.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ten of the best 'Bohemian Rhapsody' covers for its 40th anniversary - SFGate</a></li> <li><a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/imagine-by-john-lennon-forrest-gump-february-tsb035" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Imagine by John Lennon - The Story Behind Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/clowns-send-them-in-but-dont-expect-everyone-to-laugh-tsb087" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Clowns - The Story Behind Podcast</a></li> </ul>

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen | Freddie Mercury, The Music Video, Wayne's World (TSB1112)

This week’s theme was inspired by the title of my favorite song from Elton John, which is Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters. You don’t have to be familiar with the song to listen to the episodes, but if you haven’t, it’s one of the more underrated of his songs. On Monday, we talked about how the da Vinci painting wasn’t as famous until it was stolen in 1911 and how our mind tricks us into seeing Mona Lisa’s smile sometimes and other times, not as much. In this episode, I’m getting into the second part of the Elton John song title. From unknown mercury poisoning in hat factories to the man known for inspiring the character in Lewis Carroll’s book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and through today, even though the actual occupational disease doesn’t occur anymore. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Mad Hatters. The role of Johnny Depp was played by Nick from The Epic Film Guys podcast. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers Sources:  http://www.cas.org/news/insights/science-connections/mad-hatter  http://www.medicinenet.com/mercury_poisoning/article.htm  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550196/?page=1 http://www.naturalnews.com/016544.html  http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/where-did-the-phrase-mad-as-a-hatter-come-from  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/weekinreview/07ryan.html  http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/the-real-mad-hatter/  http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/johnny-depp-explains-how-he-picked-his-poison-with-the-mad-hatter/

This week’s theme was inspired by the title of my favorite song from Elton John, which is Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters. You don’t have to be familiar with the song to listen to the episodes, but if you haven’t, it’s one of the more underrated of his songs. On Monday, we talked about how the da Vinci painting wasn’t as famous until it was stolen in 1911 and how our mind tricks us into seeing Mona Lisa’s smile sometimes and other times, not as much. In this episode, I’m getting into the second part of the Elton John song title. From unknown mercury poisoning in hat factories to the man known for inspiring the character in Lewis Carroll’s book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and through today, even though the actual occupational disease doesn’t occur anymore. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Mad Hatters. The role of Johnny Depp was played by Nick from <a href="http://www.epicfilmguys.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Epic Film Guys</a> podcast. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.cas.org/news/insights/science-connections/mad-hatter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.cas.org/news/insights/science-connections/mad-hatter</a> <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/mercury_poisoning/article.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.medicinenet.com/mercury_poisoning/article.htm</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550196/?page=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550196/?page=1</a> <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/016544.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/016544.html</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/where-did-the-phrase-mad-as-a-hatter-come-from" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/where-did-the-phrase-mad-as-a-hatter-come-from</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/weekinreview/07ryan.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/weekinreview/07ryan.html</a> <a href="http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/the-real-mad-hatter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/the-real-mad-hatter/</a> <a href="http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/johnny-depp-explains-how-he-picked-his-poison-with-the-mad-hatter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/johnny-depp-explains-how-he-picked-his-poison-with-the-mad-hatter/</a>

Mad Hatters | From Mercury Poisoning to Johnny Depp (TSB029)

Nathan Bedford Forrest

In 1994, a story came along about a man of low intelligence who happens to hit a few lucky breaks, weaving himself in and out of the timeline of American history, and into the hearts of millions of movie-goers. That man is Forrest. Forrest Gump. For the month of February, I’ll be focusing episode topics on historical and pop culture references in the movie. Ones you may have missed when watching the film because of the overwhelming emotion attached to every scene, or ones you may only be familiar with on the surface. In this episode, we’re starting at the beginning of the movie, with the man Forrest Gump was named after. Some of the content may not be suitable for all listeners. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Nathan Bedford Forrest. The role of General Sherman was played by Mark from the Unskippable podcast and the band And Robots. And Mat from The One Word, Go! Show played the role of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVFzZZLp3A  Music for Makers Sources:  http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/nathan-bedford-forrest  http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/nathan-bedford-forrest.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0713.html  http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1875-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/  https://books.google.com/books?id=0MvlfHVwVNwC&amp;pg=PA474&amp;lpg=PA474&amp;dq=nathan+bedford+forrest+offers+services+to+sherman&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=bCih0lmWwh&amp;sig=OSMtiIFWsrpFQlrT1EVieUXyRvQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=_AXDU7-0DZSlyASm-IDwBQ&amp;ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nathan%20bedford%20forrest%20klan&amp;f=false  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-a-tures/general-nathan-bedford-fo_b_7734444.html

In 1994, a story came along about a man of low intelligence who happens to hit a few lucky breaks, weaving himself in and out of the timeline of American history, and into the hearts of millions of movie-goers. That man is Forrest. Forrest Gump. For the month of February, I’ll be focusing episode topics on historical and pop culture references in the movie. Ones you may have missed when watching the film because of the overwhelming emotion attached to every scene, or ones you may only be familiar with on the surface. In this episode, we’re starting at the beginning of the movie, with the man Forrest Gump was named after. Some of the content may not be suitable for all listeners. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Nathan Bedford Forrest. The role of General Sherman was played by Mark from the <a href="unskippablepod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unskippable</a> podcast and the band <a href="and-robots.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">And Robots</a>. And Mat from <a href="https://www.onewordgoshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The One Word, Go! Show</a> played the role of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVFzZZLp3A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVFzZZLp3A</a> <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/nathan-bedford-forrest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/nathan-bedford-forrest</a> <a href="http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/nathan-bedford-forrest.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/nathan-bedford-forrest.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0713.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0713.html</a> <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1875-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1875-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/</a> <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0MvlfHVwVNwC&amp;pg=PA474&amp;lpg=PA474&amp;dq=nathan+bedford+forrest+offers+services+to+sherman&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=bCih0lmWwh&amp;sig=OSMtiIFWsrpFQlrT1EVieUXyRvQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=_AXDU7-0DZSlyASm-IDwBQ&amp;ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nathan%20bedford%20forrest%20klan&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://books.google.com/books?id=0MvlfHVwVNwC&amp;pg=PA474&amp;lpg=PA474&amp;dq=nathan+bedford+forrest+offers+services+to+sherman&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=bCih0lmWwh&amp;sig=OSMtiIFWsrpFQlrT1EVieUXyRvQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=_AXDU7-0DZSlyASm-IDwBQ&amp;ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=nathan%20bedford%20forrest%20klan&amp;f=false</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-a-tures/general-nathan-bedford-fo_b_7734444.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-a-tures/general-nathan-bedford-fo_b_7734444.html</a>

Nathan Bedford Forrest | Forrest Gump February (TSB031)

In 1994, a movie came along about a man of low intelligence who happens to hit a few lucky breaks, weaving himself in and out of the timeline of American history, and into the hearts of millions of movie-goers. That man was Forrest. Forrest Gump. For the month of February, I focused episode topics on historical and pop culture references in the movie. This is the last episode of the series, in which we talk about the book that inspired the movie, the soundtrack everyone in my high school had and wore out, and the cultural impact of this modern-day classic. And, because I couldn’t just talk about this film by myself, I have a special guest with me for this episode. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, with Nick from the Epic Film Guys, and this is The Story Behind Forrest Gump. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers Alan Silvestri - The Feather Theme from the "Forrest Gump" Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEY3o00LRHI  Sources: http://www.mtv.com/news/1922408/forrest-gump-trivia/  http://mentalfloss.com/node/31001&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;utm_medium=Partner&amp;utm_campaign=allthatisinteresting  http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-03-27/features/1995086082_1_forrest-gump-man-forrest-book-and-movie http://www.mtv.com/news/1922456/forrest-gump-sequel/  http://www.slashfilm.com/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/  http://www.npr.org/2016/10/03/496412606/why-it-took-forrest-gump-author-nearly-20-years-to-write-a-new-novel  https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/03/10-songs-inspired-by-movie-characters.html http://www.alansilvestri.com/movie-clips.htm  http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/alan-silvestri-back-future-forrest-gump-and-his-hollywood-break/  http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/gumpisms-wit-and-wisdom-forrest-gump/  http://www.laweekly.com/arts/we-need-to-talk-about-forrest-gump-5045629  http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/gumpisms-wit-and-wisdom-forrest-gump/  http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/01/movies/following-the-star-of-a-winsome-idiot.html?scp=28&amp;sq=Forrest%20Gump&amp;st=cse

In 1994, a movie came along about a man of low intelligence who happens to hit a few lucky breaks, weaving himself in and out of the timeline of American history, and into the hearts of millions of movie-goers. That man was Forrest. Forrest Gump. For the month of February, I focused episode topics on historical and pop culture references in the movie. This is the last episode of the series, in which we talk about the book that inspired the movie, the soundtrack everyone in my high school had and wore out, and the cultural impact of this modern-day classic. And, because I couldn’t just talk about this film by myself, I have a special guest with me for this episode. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, with Nick from the <a href="http://www.epicfilmguys.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Epic Film Guys</a>, and this is The Story Behind Forrest Gump. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Alan Silvestri - The Feather Theme from the "Forrest Gump" Soundtrack: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEY3o00LRHI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEY3o00LRHI</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1922408/forrest-gump-trivia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mtv.com/news/1922408/forrest-gump-trivia/</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/node/31001&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;utm_medium=Partner&amp;utm_campaign=allthatisinteresting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mentalfloss.com/node/31001&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;utm_medium=Partner&amp;utm_campaign=allthatisinteresting</a> <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-03-27/features/1995086082_1_forrest-gump-man-forrest-book-and-movie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-03-27/features/1995086082_1_forrest-gump-man-forrest-book-and-movie</a> <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1922456/forrest-gump-sequel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mtv.com/news/1922456/forrest-gump-sequel/</a> <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.slashfilm.com/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/</a> <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/10/03/496412606/why-it-took-forrest-gump-author-nearly-20-years-to-write-a-new-novel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.npr.org/2016/10/03/496412606/why-it-took-forrest-gump-author-nearly-20-years-to-write-a-new-novel</a> <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/03/10-songs-inspired-by-movie-characters.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/03/10-songs-inspired-by-movie-characters.html</a> <a href="http://www.alansilvestri.com/movie-clips.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.alansilvestri.com/movie-clips.htm</a> <a href="http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/alan-silvestri-back-future-forrest-gump-and-his-hollywood-break/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/alan-silvestri-back-future-forrest-gump-and-his-hollywood-break/</a> <a href="http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/gumpisms-wit-and-wisdom-forrest-gump/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/gumpisms-wit-and-wisdom-forrest-gump/</a> <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/arts/we-need-to-talk-about-forrest-gump-5045629" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.laweekly.com/arts/we-need-to-talk-about-forrest-gump-5045629</a> <a href="http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/gumpisms-wit-and-wisdom-forrest-gump/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/gumpisms-wit-and-wisdom-forrest-gump/</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/01/movies/following-the-star-of-a-winsome-idiot.html?scp=28&amp;sq=Forrest%20Gump&amp;st=cse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/01/movies/following-the-star-of-a-winsome-idiot.html?scp=28&amp;sq=Forrest%20Gump&amp;st=cse</a>

Forrest Gump (With Nick from The Epic Film Guys) | Forrest Gump February (TSB038)

I honestly didn’t think I would be as interested in the history of today’s topic when I first started reading about it. There was a lot of chemistry involved and anyone who knew me in high school knows that was the worst subject for me. When you listen to the episode, you’ll notice I kept the chemistry aspect to a minimum. But as I kept researching, what intrigued me the most was when the chemistry switched to biology and women’s studies toward the end, when working conditions for those making today’s subject resulted in a serious epidemic and women went on strike to protect themselves and other workers. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Matches.  Find out more about The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Jonathan Bloom, Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:   A History of the Match - The Museum of Everyday Life  History of Chemical Matches - ToughtCo.com  John Walker's Friction Light - BBC History of Matches and Lighters - HistoryofMatches.com Phosphorus Element Facts - Chemicool  Friction Matches Were a Boon to Those Lighting Fires–Not So Much to Matchmakers - Smithsonian.mag Today in Science History - Nov. 27 - TodayInSci.com Uncovering the cause of "phossy jaw" Circa 1858 to 1906 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov  Meet the matchstick women — the hidden victims of the industrial revolution - The Conversation  The return of the dreaded 'Phossy Jaw' - Destistryiq.com White slavery in London by Annie Besant - mernick.org.uk  Annie Besant (1847 - 1933) - BBC  Matchsticks Once Sickened and Deformed Women and Children - Mental Floss  Matchgirls Strike - BBC America  Referenced:  Cutting Class Podcast: Body by Calvin Coolidge 

I honestly didn’t think I would be as interested in the history of today’s topic when I first started reading about it. There was a lot of chemistry involved and anyone who knew me in high school knows that was the worst subject for me. When you listen to the episode, you’ll notice I kept the chemistry aspect to a minimum. But as I kept researching, what intrigued me the most was when the chemistry switched to biology and women’s studies toward the end, when working conditions for those making today’s subject resulted in a serious epidemic and women went on strike to protect themselves and other workers. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Matches. <ul> <li>Find out more about <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a></li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at <a href="https://patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thestorybehind</a>: Jonathan Bloom, Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer.</li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="http://museumofeverydaylife.org/exhibitions-collections/current-exhibitions/history-of-the-match" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A History of the Match - The Museum of Everyday Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-chemical-matches-606805" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> History of Chemical Matches - ToughtCo.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/hQR9oN5LTeCLcuKfPDMJ9A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> John Walker's Friction Light - BBC</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.historyofmatches.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History of Matches and Lighters - HistoryofMatches.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chemicool.com/elements/phosphorus.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phosphorus Element Facts - Chemicool</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/friction-matches-were-boon-those-lighting-firesnot-so-much-matchmakers-180967318/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Friction Matches Were a Boon to Those Lighting Fires–Not So Much to Matchmakers - Smithsonian.mag</a></li> <li><a href="https://todayinsci.com/11/11_27.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Today in Science History - Nov. 27 - TodayInSci.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18940506" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uncovering the cause of "phossy jaw" Circa 1858 to 1906 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov</a></li> <li><a href="http://theconversation.com/meet-the-matchstick-women-the-hidden-victims-of-the-industrial-revolution-87453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Meet the matchstick women — the hidden victims of the industrial revolution - The Conversation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dentistryiq.com/articles/rdh/2009/06/the-return-of-the-dreaded-phossy-jaw.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The return of the dreaded 'Phossy Jaw' - Destistryiq.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/thelink.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">White slavery in London by Annie Besant - mernick.org.uk</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/history/historic_figures/besant_annie.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Annie Besant (1847 - 1933) - BBC</a></li> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/79545/matchsticks-once-sickened-and-deformed-women-and-children" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Matchsticks Once Sickened and Deformed Women and Children - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/ripper-street/extras/matchstick-girls-strike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Matchgirls Strike - BBC America</a></li> </ul> Referenced: <ul> <li><a href="http://cuttingclasspodcast.com/body-by-calvin-coolidge-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cutting Class Podcast: Body by Calvin Coolidge</a></li> </ul>

Matches | Alchemy, Phossy Jaw, and the Matchstick Girls Strike (TSB124)

This episode is a bit different from regular episodes of The Story Behind. Instead of one topic, I explore the story behind five different Christmas traditions, some from history and some more modern. This was originally recorded for a guest segment I did on the Triple X-Mas Special episode of Everyone Has a Podcast, a comedy show hosted by my friends Adam and Bryon. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Christmas Traditions. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: FreeXmasMP3.com Sources: Snopes.com Alltogetherchristmas.com Gizmodo.com Achristmasstoryhouse.com

This episode is a bit different from regular episodes of The Story Behind. Instead of one topic, I explore the story behind five different Christmas traditions, some from history and some more modern. This was originally recorded for a guest segment I did on the <a href="https://t.co/enCJ1Ak162" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Triple X-Mas Special episode</a> of <a href="http://www.ehappodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everyone Has a Podcast</a>, a comedy show hosted by my friends Adam and Bryon. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Christmas Traditions. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="http://www.freexmasmp3.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeXmasMP3.com</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snopes.com</a> <a href="http://www.altogetherchristmas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alltogetherchristmas.com</a> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gizmodo.com</a> <a href="http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Achristmasstoryhouse.com</a>

Christmas Traditions | Santa,  Reindeer, Christmas Lights, Candy Canes, A Christmas Story (TSB019)

If you follow @StoryBehindPod on Instagram, you may have seen that I went to Boston last weekend for the Sound Education conference at Harvard University to be on a panel with other history podcasters that included Liz Covart from Ben Franklin’s World, Patrick Wyman from Tides of History, and David Stenhouse from BackStory. I respect these podcasters greatly and it was such an honor to be in the same room as them. Because my travel schedule is pretty hectic this month, I only stayed in Boston for one day so I didn’t get to experience anything outside of Harvard and the train station, but if you’ve ever been to Boston, you know that it seems there’s history on every street. I got to hang out with Chris Nesi from The House of #EdTech podcast while I was there and he suggested I do an episode relating to Boston. Since any history regarding Boston would be a huge undertaking, I wanted to pick something a little more obscure, but still very much Boston-related. And food is always one of my favorite topics to research. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Boston Baked Beans.  Find out more about The Story Behind Book! Are you a member of The Podcast Brunch Club? I’m coordinating with them for a book giveaway with them, as well! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website   This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Jeffrey Seguritan, Podcasts We Listen to, Dan Gallagher, Jonathan Bloom, Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer.   Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.  Media:  Music for Makers  Sources:   The Great Molasses Flood - Boston Discovery Guide  Boston Baked Beans: Recipes and Lore - Trip Savvy Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston - Smithsonian What Was the Triangle Trade? - ThoughtCo.com  History shows Boston curse full of beans - Chicago Tribune  Was Boston once literally flooded with molasses? - The Straight Dope  The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 - History.com  Remembering Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 - Mental Floss  Solving a Mystery Behind the Deadly ‘Tsunami of Molasses’ of 1919 - The New York Times  Boston Baked Beans - Old Time Candy A Selective History of Beans - Republic of Beans  Boston Baked Beans, and Other Foods Named After Different Foods - Serious Eats  Bean Town Origin - Celebrate Boston  Confectioners' and Bakers' Gazette, Volume 21 - Google Books  Other References in the Show  Sound Education Ben Franklin’s World Tides of History Backstory House of #EdTech 

If you follow <a href="instagram.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@StoryBehindPod</a> on Instagram, you may have seen that I went to Boston last weekend for the Sound Education conference at Harvard University to be on a panel with other history podcasters that included Liz Covart from Ben Franklin’s World, Patrick Wyman from Tides of History, and David Stenhouse from BackStory. I respect these podcasters greatly and it was such an honor to be in the same room as them. Because my travel schedule is pretty hectic this month, I only stayed in Boston for one day so I didn’t get to experience anything outside of Harvard and the train station, but if you’ve ever been to Boston, you know that it seems there’s history on every street. I got to hang out with Chris Nesi from The House of #EdTech podcast while I was there and he suggested I do an episode relating to Boston. Since any history regarding Boston would be a huge undertaking, I wanted to pick something a little more obscure, but still very much Boston-related. And food is always one of my favorite topics to research. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Boston Baked Beans. <ul> <li>Find out more about <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Book</a>!</li> <li>Are you a member of <a href="http://podcastbrunchclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Podcast Brunch Club</a>? I’m coordinating with them for a book giveaway with them, as well!</li> <li>Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>!</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a></li> <li>Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at <a href="https://patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thestorybehind</a>: Jeffrey Seguritan, Podcasts We Listen to, Dan Gallagher, Jonathan Bloom, Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a></li> </ul> Media: <ul> <li><a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a></li> </ul> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/great-molasses-flood.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Great Molasses Flood - Boston Discovery Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tripsavvy.com/boston-baked-beans-recipes-and-lore-1599071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Boston Baked Beans: Recipes and Lore - Trip Savvy</a></li> <li><a href="https://edp.org/molpark.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston - Smithsonian</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/triangle-trade-104592" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Was the Triangle Trade? - ThoughtCo.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-10-08-0510080124-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> History shows Boston curse full of beans - Chicago Tribune</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2577/was-boston-once-literally-flooded-with-molasses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Was Boston once literally flooded with molasses? - The Straight Dope</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 - History.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/27366/bostons-great-molasses-flood-1919" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Remembering Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/science/boston-molasses-flood-science.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Solving a Mystery Behind the Deadly ‘Tsunami of Molasses’ of 1919 - The New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.oldtimecandy.com/collections/walk-the-candy-aisle-boston-baked-beans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Boston Baked Beans - Old Time Candy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.republicofbeans.com/history.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Selective History of Beans - Republic of Beans</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/2011/07/the-sweet-nutty-mystery-of-boston-baked-beans.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Boston Baked Beans, and Other Foods Named After Different Foods - Serious Eats</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.celebrateboston.com/culture/bean-town-origin.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bean Town Origin - Celebrate Boston</a></li> <li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nXVPAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=confectioners+and+bakers+gazette+volume+21&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiAvOO1-sTeAhWQZd8KHc3lCtgQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&amp;q=confectioners%20and%20bakers%20gazette%20volume%2021&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Confectioners' and Bakers' Gazette, Volume 21 - Google Books</a></li> </ul> Other References in the Show <ul> <li><a href="https://www.soundeducation.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sound Education</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Franklin’s World</a></li> <li><a href="https://wondery.com/shows/tides-of-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tides of History</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.backstoryradio.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Backstory</a></li> <li><a href="https://chrisnesi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">House of #EdTech</a></li> </ul>

Boston Baked Beans | Traditional New England Fare (TSB130)

When you sign up for a social media account, once you’ve established your username and profile, what’s one of the first things you do? Choose a profile picture. Well, in 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was signed, what was one of the first things the founding fathers wanted to do? Establish a national seal -- basically the profile picture of the United States.  But it’s not like they could just grab ye olde selfie stick and pose for one, they wanted something strong, a symbol of America’s fortitude and pride.  I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind America’s Bald Eagle. The role of Benjamin Franklin was played by Paul Csomo, co-host of the Varmints podcast at BlazingCaribouStudios.com. Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest *NEW* | Website *NEW* Get Gear from The Story Behind at our TeePublic Store! Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Looking for more female-hosted podcasts? Find them by searching #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers VIDEO - Sesame Street: The National Bird Sources:  Ben Franklin And The Great Seal Of America - The New York Times Benjamin Franklin on the Rattlesnake as a Symbol of America - GreatSeal.com Charles Thomson - NNDB  Did Benjamin Franklin Really Say the National Symbol Should Be the Turkey? - Slate  Eagle vs. Turkey: America's First Bird Controversy - National Wildlife Federation  How Did The Bald Eagle Become America’s National Bird? - History.com Eagle on the U.S. Presidential Seal - Snopes.com  Samuel Adams - History.com  The Debunker: Does the Presidential Eagle Ever Turn Its Head? - Woot.com  American Myths: Benjamin Franklin’s Turkey and the Presidential Seal - Smithsonian.com

When you sign up for a social media account, once you’ve established your username and profile, what’s one of the first things you do? Choose a profile picture. Well, in 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was signed, what was one of the first things the founding fathers wanted to do? Establish a national seal -- basically the profile picture of the United States. But it’s not like they could just grab ye olde selfie stick and pose for one, they wanted something strong, a symbol of America’s fortitude and pride. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind America’s Bald Eagle. The role of Benjamin Franklin was played by Paul Csomo, co-host of the <a href="http://www.blazingcariboustudios.com/shows/varmints/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Varmints</a> podcast at <a href="BlazingCaribouStudios.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BlazingCaribouStudios.com</a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a> Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest *NEW*</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/user/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">*NEW* Get Gear from The Story Behind at our TeePublic Store!</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Looking for more female-hosted podcasts? Find them by searching <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ladypodsquad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#LadyPodSquad</a> on Twitter. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdM7fJAgXHI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VIDEO - Sesame Street: The National Bird</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/04/opinion/l-ben-franklin-and-the-great-seal-of-america-251570.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ben Franklin And The Great Seal Of America - The New York Times</a> <a href="http://greatseal.com/symbols/rattlesnake.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin on the Rattlesnake as a Symbol of America - GreatSeal.com</a> <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/018/000050865/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Thomson - NNDB</a> <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/holidays/2013/11/benjamin_franklin_turkey_symbol_why_he_hated_the_bald_eagle_for_the_great.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Did Benjamin Franklin Really Say the National Symbol Should Be the Turkey? - Slate</a> <a href="http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/birds/archives/2007/americas-first-bird-controversy.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Eagle vs. Turkey: America's First Bird Controversy - National Wildlife Federation</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/how-did-the-bald-eagle-become-americas-national-bird" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How Did The Bald Eagle Become America’s National Bird? - History.com</a> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/history/american/turnhead.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eagle on the U.S. Presidential Seal - Snopes.com</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/samuel-adams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Samuel Adams - History.com</a> <a href="https://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-does-the-presidential-eagle-ever-turn-its-head" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Debunker: Does the Presidential Eagle Ever Turn Its Head? - Woot.com</a> <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/american-myths-benjamin-franklins-turkey-and-the-presidential-seal-6623414/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> American Myths: Benjamin Franklin’s Turkey and the Presidential Seal - Smithsonian.com</a>

America's Bald Eagle | Lies from Sesame Street and The West Wing (TSB075)

Milton Hershey

This episode will be told in layers. The tasty summer treat I’m talking about has three ingredients, and while they’re all delicious on their own, together they are incredible. And this episode will be set up similarly, with different stories smushed together into one show. This episode has just a little mature subject matter in the first section that refers to the birds and the bees, just a heads up. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind S’mores. Find out more about  The Story Behind Book at TheStoryBehindBook.com! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Epic Film Guy Nick, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer. If you’re interested in freshening up your own show or starting a podcast, visit EPodcastProductions.com and use the promo code STORYBEHIND for $25 off a Strategy Session. Hope to talk to you soon! Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts &amp; #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Media: Music for Makers Sources:   The Origin of Graham Crackers - Snopes  Looking to Quell Sexual Urges? Consider the Graham Cracker - The Atlantic Historical development of vegetarianism - US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health  Graham Crackers Were Originally Meant To Be Part Of A Diet Thought To Curb Sexual Urges - Today I Found Out  Who Invented Graham Crackers? - ThoughtCo Our History - Honey Maid Marshmallows - National Confectioners Association  The Long, Sweet History of Marshmallows - Mental Floss  A Brief History of Marshmallows - Headstuff.org  The History of Marshmallows - ThoughtCo  Stay Puft Marshmallows from Ghostbusters Made Real - Eater.com Who Was Milton S. Hershey? - The Hershey Story  History of Hershey's Chocolate and Milton Hershey - ThoughtCo  Milton Hershey - Biography.com  Who Made That Hershey Bar? - The New York Times  The History of S'mores: Ancient Greeks, Girl Scouts and One Very Puritanical Minister - Food &amp; Wine  A brief history of the s'more, America’s favorite campfire snack - The Conversation 

This episode will be told in layers. The tasty summer treat I’m talking about has three ingredients, and while they’re all delicious on their own, together they are incredible. And this episode will be set up similarly, with different stories smushed together into one show. This episode has just a little mature subject matter in the first section that refers to the birds and the bees, just a heads up. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind S’mores. Find out more about <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Book</a> at <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindBook.com</a>! Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a> Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at <a href="https://patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thestorybehind</a>: Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Epic Film Guy Nick, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer. If you’re interested in freshening up your own show or starting a podcast, visit <a href="https://www.epodcastproductions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPodcastProductions.com</a> and use the promo code STORYBEHIND for $25 off a Strategy Session. Hope to talk to you soon! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Proud supporter of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ladypodsquad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#LadyPodSquad</a> on Twitter. Media: <a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polly-adler-want-a-cracker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Origin of Graham Crackers - Snopes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/looking-to-quell-sexual-urges-consider-the-graham-cracker/282769/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Looking to Quell Sexual Urges? Consider the Graham Cracker - The Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8172109" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Historical development of vegetarianism - US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/03/graham-crackers-were-originally-meant-to-be-part-of-a-diet-thought-to-curb-sexual-urges/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Graham Crackers Were Originally Meant To Be Part Of A Diet Thought To Curb Sexual Urges - Today I Found Out</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-graham-crackers-1991697" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Who Invented Graham Crackers? - ThoughtCo</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.honeymaid.com/history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our History - Honey Maid</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.candyusa.com/candy-types/marshmallows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marshmallows - National Confectioners Association</a></li> <li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/86346/long-sweet-history-marshmallows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Long, Sweet History of Marshmallows - Mental Floss</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.headstuff.org/culture/food-drink/brief-history-of-marshmallows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Brief History of Marshmallows - Headstuff.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-marshmallows-1991773" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History of Marshmallows - ThoughtCo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eater.com/2010/8/27/6721355/stay-puft-marshmallows-from-ghostbusters-made-real-19-99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stay Puft Marshmallows from Ghostbusters Made Real - Eater.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://hersheystory.org/milton-hershey-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Was Milton S. Hershey? - The Hershey Story</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/milton-hershey-and-hersheys-chocolate-history-1991911" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> History of Hershey's Chocolate and Milton Hershey - ThoughtCo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.biography.com/people/milton-hershey-9337133" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Milton Hershey - Biography.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/magazine/who-made-that-hershey-bar.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Who Made That Hershey Bar? - The New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/desserts/give-me-some-more-history-about-smore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History of S'mores: Ancient Greeks, Girl Scouts and One Very Puritanical Minister - Food &amp; Wine</a></li> <li><a href="http://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-the-smore-americas-favorite-campfire-snack-98750" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A brief history of the s'more, America’s favorite campfire snack - The Conversation</a></li> </ul>

S'mores | The (Awkward) History of Graham Crackers, The Medicinal Marshmallows, and All About Milton Hershey (TSB121)

 The Story Behind Lullabies Spotify Playlist As you can imagine, much of my baby break was spent getting used to having a newborn in the house again and learning what he likes and dislikes. Turns out, my son is a fan of music, which should come to no surprise to those who know me and my semi-secret love of musicals or my husband and his collection of musical instruments and his band.  One day when nothing else was working to put him to sleep, I began humming to him and it was like I flipped a switch and he instantly closed his eyes and settled down. While I kept humming to him, I began looking up how and why the singing worked, which brings us to today’s topic.  I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Lullabies. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers https://youtu.be/QsvfS0lnCYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zYEBMFS-U Sources: https://rockabyebabymusic.com/  http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/baby-health/infant-health/why-do-lullabies-work.htm  http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&amp;item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Fblogs%2F85%2F%3Fuuid%3D56163  http://www.livestrong.com/article/157461-how-music-affects-the-human-brain/  https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/benefits-of-music/do-lullabies-really-work/ http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21035103 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010z9yc  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-babies-ex/  https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/benefits-of-music/singing-to-young-children-supports-early-language-development/  https://curiosity.com/topics/theres-a-reason-babies-respond-to-high-pitched-baby-talk-curiosity/  http://mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes  http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/actual-true-meanings-classic-nursery-rhymes  https://www.thoughtco.com/mozart-origin-twinkle-twinkle-little-star-723916 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=22849 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4848  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_(Inez_%26_Charlie_Foxx_song)

<a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/storybehindpod/playlist/1YUKhdxIUMAeVhumM3Cxq0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Lullabies Spotify Playlist</a> As you can imagine, much of my baby break was spent getting used to having a newborn in the house again and learning what he likes and dislikes. Turns out, my son is a fan of music, which should come to no surprise to those who know me and my semi-secret love of musicals or my husband and his collection of musical instruments and his <a href="and-robots.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">band</a>. One day when nothing else was working to put him to sleep, I began humming to him and it was like I flipped a switch and he instantly closed his eyes and settled down. While I kept humming to him, I began looking up how and why the singing worked, which brings us to today’s topic. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Lullabies. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/QsvfS0lnCYU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/QsvfS0lnCYU</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zYEBMFS-U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zYEBMFS-U</a> Sources: <a href="https://rockabyebabymusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rockabyebabymusic.com/</a> <a href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/baby-health/infant-health/why-do-lullabies-work.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/baby-health/infant-health/why-do-lullabies-work.htm</a> <a href="http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&amp;item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Fblogs%2F85%2F%3Fuuid%3D56163" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&amp;item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Fblogs%2F85%2F%3Fuuid%3D56163</a> <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/157461-how-music-affects-the-human-brain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.livestrong.com/article/157461-how-music-affects-the-human-brain/</a> <a href="https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/benefits-of-music/do-lullabies-really-work/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/benefits-of-music/do-lullabies-really-work/</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21035103" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21035103</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010z9yc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010z9yc</a> <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-babies-ex/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-babies-ex/</a> <a href="https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/benefits-of-music/singing-to-young-children-supports-early-language-development/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/benefits-of-music/singing-to-young-children-supports-early-language-development/</a> <a href="https://curiosity.com/topics/theres-a-reason-babies-respond-to-high-pitched-baby-talk-curiosity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://curiosity.com/topics/theres-a-reason-babies-respond-to-high-pitched-baby-talk-curiosity/</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes</a> <a href="http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/actual-true-meanings-classic-nursery-rhymes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/actual-true-meanings-classic-nursery-rhymes</a> <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/mozart-origin-twinkle-twinkle-little-star-723916" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.thoughtco.com/mozart-origin-twinkle-twinkle-little-star-723916</a> <a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=22849" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=22849</a> <a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4848" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4848</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_(Inez_%26_Charlie_Foxx_song)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_(Inez_%26_Charlie_Foxx_song)</a>

Lullabies | The Art of Sleeping Like a Baby (TSB063)

If you’re listening to this the week it comes out, I’m going to break away from the usual format of the show to editorialize that this was a tough week, no? Sunday night, 59 people were killed and more than 520 people were injured when a gunman shot at a group of 22,000 concert-goers from 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is now the deadliest mass shooting in recent history. Monday morning was not only a day of somber mourning, head shaking, anger, and grief. But breaking through all the bleakness, were people like Chris who hosts Faces and Aces Las Vegas, Tweeting updates and how others can help. And in The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook, I wanted to thank everyone who shared their stories and memories they have from Vegas: Scott, Jarrod, Hannah, Mona, Ro, Glenn and Jessica. It may seem weird to try to do an episode about a whole city, and I will be the first to admit that I can never fully do it justice. But the more I thought about this bright, bustling city in the middle of a desert, the more interested I became in its history. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Las Vegas. Listen to Faces &amp; Aces LV's most recent episode #VegasStrong: http://www.facesandaceslv.com/vegasstrong/ Learn more about Podcast Share at PodcastShare.net or by following @PodcastShare on Twitter. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Stargate Pioneer from GonnaGeek.com, Mat from the One Word, Go! Show, Sam Dunn, Diane and Denise from History Goes Bump, Scott Smith from Recovering from Religion, Dan Brenic from Netflix N’ Swill, Jarrod Dunham from TheHistoryphile.net, Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts, and Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online, Gerald and Andy from Two Peas on a Podcast, Bandrew Scott from The Bandrew Says Podcast and  Podcastage YouTube Channel, and newest Executive Producer, Adam from Everyone Has a Podcast. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts &amp; #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Media: Music for Makers Sources: Las Vegas - History.com  BOOK: Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society By William N. Thompson Ph.D. DOCUMENTARY: The Real History of Las Vegas : Documentary on Las Vegas's Unconventional History  9 Things You May Not Know About Bugsy Siegel - History.com Las Vegas Records and Firsts - Vegas Today and Tomorrow  Divorce Capital: Six-week Split Spurred Nevada Economy - Las Vegas Review Journal  Atomic Tests Were a Tourist Draw in 1950s Las Vegas - CityLab.com How Did Las Vegas Get Its Name? - San Diego State University History of Las Vegas - lvol.com  LAS VEGAS THEN &amp; NOW - LasVegasNevada.gov  What is the Wash? - lvwash.org  Designer Who Created the Iconic 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' Sign Has Died - TIME  To Betty Willis, Las Vegas was forever ‘Fabulous’ - Las Vegas Sun  Do’s and Don’ts for the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign - LasVegas.Com

If you’re listening to this the week it comes out, I’m going to break away from the usual format of the show to editorialize that this was a tough week, no? Sunday night, 59 people were killed and more than 520 people were injured when a gunman shot at a group of 22,000 concert-goers from 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is now the deadliest mass shooting in recent history. Monday morning was not only a day of somber mourning, head shaking, anger, and grief. But breaking through all the bleakness, were people like Chris who hosts <a href="http://www.facesandaceslv.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faces and Aces Las Vegas</a>, Tweeting updates and how others can help. And in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story Behind Discussion Group</a> on Facebook, I wanted to thank everyone who shared their stories and memories they have from Vegas: Scott, Jarrod, Hannah, Mona, Ro, Glenn and Jessica. It may seem weird to try to do an episode about a whole city, and I will be the first to admit that I can never fully do it justice. But the more I thought about this bright, bustling city in the middle of a desert, the more interested I became in its history. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Las Vegas. Listen to Faces &amp; Aces LV's most recent episode <a href="http://www.facesandaceslv.com/vegasstrong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#VegasStrong</a>: <a href="http://www.facesandaceslv.com/vegasstrong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facesandaceslv.com/vegasstrong/</a> Learn more about Podcast Share at <a href="http://podcastshare.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PodcastShare.net</a> or by following <a href="http://twitter.com/podcastshare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PodcastShare</a> on Twitter. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at <a href="https://patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thestorybehind</a>: Stargate Pioneer from <a href="https://www.gonnageek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GonnaGeek.com</a>, Mat from the <a href="https://www.onewordgoshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Word, Go! Show</a>, Sam Dunn, Diane and Denise from <a href="http://historygoesbump.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History Goes Bump</a>, Scott Smith from <a href="https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recovering from Religion</a>, Dan Brenic from <a href="http://netflixnswill.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix N’ Swill</a>, Jarrod Dunham from <a href="https://thehistoryphile.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheHistoryphile.net</a>, Heather Welch from <a href="https://www.sunshineandpowercuts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunshine and PowerCuts</a>, and Jason Bryant from <a href="https://www.mattalkonline.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mat Talk Online</a>, Gerald and Andy from <a href="http://www.twopeasonapod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two Peas on a Podcast</a>, Bandrew Scott from <a href="http://www.geeksrising.com/bandrewsays/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bandrew Says Podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvOU-zTlankT-JjN3ZzvuKA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Podcastage</a> YouTube Channel, and newest Executive Producer, Adam from <a href="https://www.ehappodcast.com/poddy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everyone Has a Podcast</a>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Proud supporter of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ladypodsquad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#LadyPodSquad</a> on Twitter. Media: <a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/las-vegas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Las Vegas - History.com</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gambling-America-Encyclopedia-History-Society/dp/1610699793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> BOOK: Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society By William N. Thompson Ph.D.</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0511741/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DOCUMENTARY: The Real History of Las Vegas : Documentary on Las Vegas's Unconventional History</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-bugsy-siegel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 9 Things You May Not Know About Bugsy Siegel - History.com</a> <a href="http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/records.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Las Vegas Records and Firsts - Vegas Today and Tomorrow</a> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/divorce-capital-six-week-split-spurred-nevada-economy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Divorce Capital: Six-week Split Spurred Nevada Economy - Las Vegas Review Journal</a> <a href="https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/08/atomic-tests-were-a-tourist-draw-in-1950s-las-vegas/375802/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Atomic Tests Were a Tourist Draw in 1950s Las Vegas - CityLab.com</a> <a href="http://lasvegas.sdsu.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Did Las Vegas Get Its Name? - San Diego State University</a> <a href="http://www.lvol.com/lvoleg/hist/lvhist.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History of Las Vegas - lvol.com</a> <a href="https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/portal/faces/home/our-city/oc-then-now?_adf.ctrl-state=wxy3bdmjv_4&amp;_afrLoop=4216157431835032" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> LAS VEGAS THEN &amp; NOW - LasVegasNevada.gov</a> <a href="https://www.lvwash.org/html/important_history_explorers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What is the Wash? - lvwash.org</a> <a href="http://time.com/3829207/welcome-to-fabulous-las-vegas-sign-betty-willis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Designer Who Created the Iconic 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' Sign Has Died - TIME</a> <a href="http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2015/apr/20/betty-willis-las-vegas-was-forever-fabulous/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> To Betty Willis, Las Vegas was forever ‘Fabulous’ - Las Vegas Sun</a> <a href="https://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-attractions/dos-and-donts-for-the-welcome-to-las-vegas-sign-65051/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Do’s and Don’ts for the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign - LasVegas.Com</a>

Las Vegas | Early Settlers, Quickie Divorces and Weddings, Casinos, and the Fabulous Sign (TSB092)

I made the mistake of researching and writing this episode with my 6-year-old daughter next to me. And at 8:30 in the morning, the pictures of the familiar orange and yellow wrappers on screen proved to be the catalyst for a 20-minute session of her begging to have the subject of today’s episode for breakfast. And, really, as someone who has made her share of bad breakfast decisions, it seemed hypocritical of me to deny her. Besides, it has 5 grams of protein, so it’s basically healthy, right? I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Related Episode:  The Story Behind Peanut Butter | Cheap, Easy and Worth Fighting For (TSB006) Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Learn about Podcast Share at PodcastShare.net or by following @PodcastShare on Twitter. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Stargate Pioneer from GonnaGeek.com, Mat from the One Word, Go! Show, Sam Dunn, Diane and Denise from History Goes Bump, Scott Smith from Recovering from Religion, Dan Brenic from Netflix N’ Swill, Jarrod Dunham from TheHistoryphile.net, Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts, and Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online, Gerald and Andy from Two Peas on a Podcast, Bandrew Scott from The Bandrew Says Podcast and  Podcastage YouTube Channel, Adam from Everyone Has a Podcast. and Barry G, Nick and Justin from Epic Film Guys, and newest Executive Producer, Jeremy Collins from Podcasts We Listen To. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts &amp; #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Media: VIDEO: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Commercial (1972) VIDEO: Family Guy - Officer Reeses Music for Makers Sources:  The History Of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups - Today I Found Out Reese's Peanut Butter Cups To Be Discontinued? - Snopes.Com  Watch Gal Gadot Try A Reese's Peanut Butter Cup For Her Very First Time - Today.Com  The Fascinating Rise Of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - Businessinsider.Com  11 Delicious Facts About Reese’s - Mental Floss  King Kup Candies v. HB Reese Candy Company, 134 F. Supp. 463 (M.D. Pa. 1955) - Law.Justia.com  Was It Hershey Or Reese That Made Peanut Butter Cups Great? - Atlasobscura.Com  7 Things You Need To Know Before Eating Reese's Pieces - Delish.com Officer Reeses - Family Guy Wikia

I made the mistake of researching and writing this episode with my 6-year-old daughter next to me. And at 8:30 in the morning, the pictures of the familiar orange and yellow wrappers on screen proved to be the catalyst for a 20-minute session of her begging to have the subject of today’s episode for breakfast. And, really, as someone who has made her share of bad breakfast decisions, it seemed hypocritical of me to deny her. Besides, it has 5 grams of protein, so it’s basically healthy, right? I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Related Episode: <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/peanut-butter-cheap-easy-and-worth-fighting-for-tsb006" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Peanut Butter | Cheap, Easy and Worth Fighting For (TSB006)</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a> Learn about Podcast Share at <a href="http://podcastshare.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PodcastShare.net</a> or by following <a href="http://twitter.com/podcastshare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PodcastShare</a> on Twitter. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at <a href="https://patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thestorybehind</a>: Stargate Pioneer from <a href="https://www.gonnageek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GonnaGeek.com</a>, Mat from the <a href="https://www.onewordgoshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Word, Go! Show</a>, Sam Dunn, Diane and Denise from <a href="http://historygoesbump.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History Goes Bump</a>, Scott Smith from <a href="https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recovering from Religion</a>, Dan Brenic from <a href="http://netflixnswill.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix N’ Swill</a>, Jarrod Dunham from <a href="https://thehistoryphile.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheHistoryphile.net</a>, Heather Welch from <a href="https://www.sunshineandpowercuts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunshine and PowerCuts</a>, and Jason Bryant from <a href="https://www.mattalkonline.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mat Talk Online</a>, Gerald and Andy from <a href="http://www.twopeasonapod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two Peas on a Podcast</a>, Bandrew Scott from <a href="http://www.geeksrising.com/bandrewsays/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bandrew Says Podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvOU-zTlankT-JjN3ZzvuKA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Podcastage</a> YouTube Channel, Adam from <a href="https://www.ehappodcast.com/poddy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everyone Has a Podcast</a>. and Barry G, Nick and Justin from <a href="http://www.epicfilmguys.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Epic Film Guys</a>, and newest Executive Producer, Jeremy Collins from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PodcastsWeListenTo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcasts We Listen To</a>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Proud supporter of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ladypodsquad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#LadyPodSquad</a> on Twitter. Media: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuENAWds5B0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VIDEO: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Commercial (1972)</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7et6-nByfw8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VIDEO: Family Guy - Officer Reeses</a> <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/the-history-of-reeses-peanut-butter-cups/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History Of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups - Today I Found Out</a> <a href="https://www.snopes.com/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reese's Peanut Butter Cups To Be Discontinued? - Snopes.Com</a> <a href="https://www.today.com/food/gal-gadot-tries-reese-s-peanut-butter-cup-first-time-t117183" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch Gal Gadot Try A Reese's Peanut Butter Cup For Her Very First Time - Today.Com</a> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fascinating-rise-of-reeses-peanut-butter-cups-2013-6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Fascinating Rise Of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - Businessinsider.Com</a> <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/68724/11-delicious-facts-about-reeses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 11 Delicious Facts About Reese’s - Mental Floss</a> <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/134/463/1431319/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> King Kup Candies v. HB Reese Candy Company, 134 F. Supp. 463 (M.D. Pa. 1955) - Law.Justia.com</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/was-it-hershey-or-reese-that-made-peanut-butter-cups-great" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Was It Hershey Or Reese That Made Peanut Butter Cups Great? - Atlasobscura.Com</a> <a href="http://www.delish.com/food/a49797/things-you-didnt-know-about-reeses-pieces/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 7 Things You Need To Know Before Eating Reese's Pieces - Delish.com</a> <a href="http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Officer_Reeses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Officer Reeses - Family Guy Wikia</a>

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups | A Combination of Epic Proportions (TSB099)

For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer is pretty much reaching the end. And, as a parent, I’m pretty happy about that because it means my daughter is back in school. But before we start talking about Pumpkin Spice-everything and the holiday season, here’s one last hurrah. And, for many like me, no summer is complete without having ridden the topic of today’s episode at least once. Although, you might be surprised to learn its origins actually began as a winter recreational activity. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Roller Coasters. ---- It's less than two months until The Story Behind Book releases and I am so super excited and it still doesn’t seem real yet. If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, you can find the book on Amazon.com and  BarnesandNoble.com. Now, believe it or not, there are a lot of books with “The Story Behind” in the title, so people have said searching The Story Behind with my name works well. Or, the super easy way is to go to TheStoryBehindBook.com and click the links over there. By the way, the more people order the book, the more the price will go down, and when you pre-order on Amazon, you won’t be charged until the day it releases, so the more people you share this news with, the more the price will go down. And, one more thing, I was told by my publisher to let people know that if you are an Amazon Associates member, you can make an affiliate link to the book on Amazon and share the link with your audience on your blog or website to receive a little kickback when people purchase it using your link. Anyway, thank you to everyone who has been promoting the book so far. You are all amazing and it’s meant the world to me that fellow podcasters and listeners have been some of my biggest supporters. This really is one of the best communities in the world. So, thank you! ---- Find out more about  The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily’s other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Jonathan Bloom, Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Epic Film Guy Nick, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer. If you’re interested in freshening up your own show or starting a podcast, visit EPodcastProductions.com and use the promo code STORYBEHIND for $25 off a Strategy Session. Hope to talk to you soon! Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts &amp; #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Media: Music for Makers Sources:   A Brief History of the Roller Coaster - The Washington Post  1884 - First roller coaster in America opens - History.com  From Death Traps to Disneyland: The 600-Year History of the Roller Coaster - Popular Mechanics  The Psychology of Roller Coasters - Scientific American  The History and Psychology of Roller Coasters - Smithsonian.com  Ups and Downs: The History of Roller Coasters - USA Today  How Roller Coasters Work - How Roller Coasters Work  Coasting Through History: The Golden Age - Coaster101.com  Catherine the Great Put Rollers on the World’s First Coaster - Wired.com  Design and Techology - IAAPA Rollercoasters - Explain That Stuff!  The Science Behind Why We Love Terrifying Ourselves on Rollercoasters - Science Alert  Horror At The Amusement Park: 13 Gruesome Roller-Coaster Deaths - Thought Catalog  10 Deadliest Roller Coaster Accidents - How Stuff Works  15 Dangerous Roller Coasters You Can't Ride Anymore - The Richest  Roller Coaster Blackouts: Safe or Scary? - U.S. News Frequently Asked Questions About ACE - American Coaster Enthusiasts 

For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer is pretty much reaching the end. And, as a parent, I’m pretty happy about that because it means my daughter is back in school. But before we start talking about Pumpkin Spice-everything and the holiday season, here’s one last hurrah. And, for many like me, no summer is complete without having ridden the topic of today’s episode at least once. Although, you might be surprised to learn its origins actually began as a winter recreational activity. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Roller Coasters. ---- It's less than two months until The Story Behind Book releases and I am so super excited and it still doesn’t seem real yet. If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, you can find the book on <a href="https://amzn.to/2LnB9pu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> and <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-story-behind-emily-prokop/1128379014?ean=9781633538283" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> BarnesandNoble.com</a>. Now, believe it or not, there are a lot of books with “The Story Behind” in the title, so people have said searching The Story Behind with my name works well. Or, the super easy way is to go to <a href="thestorybehindbook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheStoryBehindBook.com</a> and click the links over there. By the way, the more people order the book, the more the price will go down, and when you pre-order on Amazon, you won’t be charged until the day it releases, so the more people you share this news with, the more the price will go down. And, one more thing, I was told by my publisher to let people know that if you are an Amazon Associates member, you can make an affiliate link to the book on Amazon and share the link with your audience on your blog or website to receive a little kickback when people purchase it using your link. Anyway, thank you to everyone who has been promoting the book so far. You are all amazing and it’s meant the world to me that fellow podcasters and listeners have been some of my biggest supporters. This really is one of the best communities in the world. So, thank you! ---- Find out more about <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/book-updates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Story Behind Book</a>! Check out Emily’s other podcast, <a href="http://www.hatetoweight.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hate to Weight</a>! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/312989255824599/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!</a> Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thestorybehindpod/pins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at <a href="https://patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thestorybehind</a>: Jonathan Bloom, Ryan P. Jackson, Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Epic Film Guy Nick, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine &amp; PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer. If you’re interested in freshening up your own show or starting a podcast, visit <a href="https://www.epodcastproductions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPodcastProductions.com</a> and use the promo code STORYBEHIND for $25 off a Strategy Session. Hope to talk to you soon! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Proud supporter of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ladypodsquad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#LadyPodSquad</a> on Twitter. Media: <a href="../item_id/musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1997/08/13/a-brief-history-of-the-roller-coaster/4490a0f9-6a82-451d-86b7-f36a7bc0fbbf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Brief History of the Roller Coaster - The Washington Post</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-roller-coaster-in-america-opens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 1884 - First roller coaster in America opens - History.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/a22687390/history-of-roller-coasters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> From Death Traps to Disneyland: The 600-Year History of the Roller Coaster - Popular Mechanics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-psychology-of-roller-coasters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Psychology of Roller Coasters - Scientific American</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/psychology-roller-coasters-180969607/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The History and Psychology of Roller Coasters - Smithsonian.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/theme-parks/2017/07/28/history-roller-coasters/518356001/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ups and Downs: The History of Roller Coasters - USA Today</a></li> <li><a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/roller-coaster.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How Roller Coasters Work - How Roller Coasters Work</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coaster101.com/2015/04/14/coasting-through-history-the-golden-age/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Coasting Through History: The Golden Age - Coaster101.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2011/12/pl-prototyperollercoaster/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Catherine the Great Put Rollers on the World’s First Coaster - Wired.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.iaapa.org/safety-and-advocacy/safety/amusement-ride-safety/design-techology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Design and Techology - IAAPA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.explainthatstuff.com/rollercoasters.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rollercoasters - Explain That Stuff!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/the-science-behind-why-we-love-terrifying-ourselves-on-rollercoasters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Science Behind Why We Love Terrifying Ourselves on Rollercoasters - Science Alert</a></li> <li><a href="https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2015/07/horror-at-the-amusement-park-13-gruesome-roller-coaster-deaths/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Horror At The Amusement Park: 13 Gruesome Roller-Coaster Deaths - Thought Catalog</a></li> <li><a href="https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/destinations/theme-parks/10-deadliest-roller-coaster-accidents.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 10 Deadliest Roller Coaster Accidents - How Stuff Works</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-dangerous-roller-coasters-you-cant-ride-anymore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 15 Dangerous Roller Coasters You Can't Ride Anymore - The Richest</a></li> <li><a href="https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2014/10/08/roller-coaster-blackouts-safe-or-scary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Roller Coaster Blackouts: Safe or Scary? - U.S. News</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.aceonline.org/aboutACE/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frequently Asked Questions About ACE - American Coaster Enthusiasts</a></li> </ul>

Roller Coasters | From Russian Ice Slides to Disneyland to the Psychology Behind Thrill Seekers (TSB122)

In 1994, a movie came along about a man of low intelligence who happens to hit a few lucky breaks, weaving himself in and out of the timeline of American history, and into the hearts of millions of movie-goers. That man is Forrest. Forrest Gump. For the month of February, I’ll be focusing episode topics on historical and pop culture references in the movie. Ones you may have missed when watching the film because of the overwhelming emotion attached to every scene, or ones you may only be familiar with on the surface. In this episode, we’ll be talking about the popular victorian parlor sport and how it led to the first Americans visiting China in 20 years, breaking what was known as the bamboo curtain. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Ping-Pong. The role of Premier Zhou En-lai was played by Fear from Fearcast and FYFCast. Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Check out #PodernFamily on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag #HumanitiesPodcasts on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJ4wh1kwR8 Music for Makers Sources:  https://www.killerspin.com/blog/table-tennis-through-time-a-brief-history-of-ping-pong/  https://www.killerspin.com/the-history-of-table-tennis  http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-table-tennis.htm  https://www.olympic.org/table-tennis-equipment-and-history http://www.pongworld.com/more/history.shtml  http://www.businessinsider.com/dartmouth-beer-pong-guide-2013-11  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/drinking-games-beer-pong_n_4855917.html  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/peopleevents/pande07.html http://www.history.com/news/ping-pong-diplomacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOiJOqrHlI  http://www.avclub.com/article/tom-hanks-had-some-cgi-help-his-forrest-gump-ping--235793  http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/ca-14048_1_gary-sinise  https://storify.com/kendrakahn/how-cgi-technology-allowed-forrest-gump-meet-john

In 1994, a movie came along about a man of low intelligence who happens to hit a few lucky breaks, weaving himself in and out of the timeline of American history, and into the hearts of millions of movie-goers. That man is Forrest. Forrest Gump. For the month of February, I’ll be focusing episode topics on historical and pop culture references in the movie. Ones you may have missed when watching the film because of the overwhelming emotion attached to every scene, or ones you may only be familiar with on the surface. In this episode, we’ll be talking about the popular victorian parlor sport and how it led to the first Americans visiting China in 20 years, breaking what was known as the bamboo curtain. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Ping-Pong. The role of Premier Zhou En-lai was played by Fear from <a href="http://www.fyfcstudios.com/category/fearcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fearcast</a> and <a href="http://www.fyfcstudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FYFCast</a>. Follow The Story Behind: <a href="https://twitter.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/storybehindpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storybehindpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/podernfamily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#PodernFamily</a> on Twitter to find other great indie podcasts like this one. If you enjoy podcasts about history, literature, archeology, and the arts, check out the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanitiespodcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HumanitiesPodcasts</a> on Twitter to find more podcasts like this one. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thestorybehind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.</a> Media: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJ4wh1kwR8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJ4wh1kwR8</a> <a href="musicformakers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Makers</a> Sources: <a href="https://www.killerspin.com/blog/table-tennis-through-time-a-brief-history-of-ping-pong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.killerspin.com/blog/table-tennis-through-time-a-brief-history-of-ping-pong/</a> <a href="https://www.killerspin.com/the-history-of-table-tennis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.killerspin.com/the-history-of-table-tennis</a> <a href="http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-table-tennis.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-table-tennis.htm</a> <a href="https://www.olympic.org/table-tennis-equipment-and-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.olympic.org/table-tennis-equipment-and-history</a> <a href="http://www.pongworld.com/more/history.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pongworld.com/more/history.shtml</a> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dartmouth-beer-pong-guide-2013-11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.businessinsider.com/dartmouth-beer-pong-guide-2013-11</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/drinking-games-beer-pong_n_4855917.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/drinking-games-beer-pong_n_4855917.html</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/peopleevents/pande07.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/peopleevents/pande07.html</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/news/ping-pong-diplomacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.history.com/news/ping-pong-diplomacy</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOiJOqrHlI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOiJOqrHlI</a> <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/tom-hanks-had-some-cgi-help-his-forrest-gump-ping--235793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.avclub.com/article/tom-hanks-had-some-cgi-help-his-forrest-gump-ping--235793</a> <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/ca-14048_1_gary-sinise" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/ca-14048_1_gary-sinise</a> <a href="https://storify.com/kendrakahn/how-cgi-technology-allowed-forrest-gump-meet-john" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://storify.com/kendrakahn/how-cgi-technology-allowed-forrest-gump-meet-john</a>

Ping-Pong | Forrest Gump February (TSB034)

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