Chasing History Radio
211 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsChasing History Radio is a show about everything that lies in the past and we mean EVERYTHING! From Really Cool unknown stories throughout human history to Fossil life & geological events, we cover it ALL! Recorded Live weekly on East Tennessee's Mixx/Mountain Morning Show with Steve & Jay, Chasing History host Chase Pipes brings the audience a fun & easy to digest stories about something awesome in the past.
Chasing History Radio is the official podcast of the Smoky Mountain Relic Room, home to the Largest Diversity of History for sale in North America. Chasing History is the Educational Arm of the Relic Room that includes an Educational YouTube Channel: "Chasing History" where the audience is brought into the field to meet the Men & Women who discover history every day & learn how history is found & what it can teach us.
Chasing History Radio does a monthly episode that dives deep with the people who are bringing history to life with their discoveries or research all in a format that makes you feel like you are apart of the team.
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Episodes
Chasing History Radio: Titanic Part 1
April 04, 2024 15:54 - 14 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this episode, we bring in Ryan Fisher who is one of the managers at the Relic Room and a Titanic historian to discuss some of the history of the famous ship. Ryan will be taking over some of the hosting duties of Chasing History Radio while Chase is off on dig Trips so be looking for more great history from Ryan on and off over the next year! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and revie...
Chasing History Radio: Geologic Forces are Insane!
April 03, 2024 15:15 - 14 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss the power of erosion and the geologic forces that rule this planet! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: A Bankers Gunfight
March 21, 2024 16:14 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode, we tell the story of a gunfight between the president of a Bank and a prominent local citizen that took place in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1882 and now that led us to dig a hole in a yard in that town 142 years later. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who d...
Chasing History Radio: Back from the Tucson Show
March 07, 2024 15:16 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBIn this episode, we discuss the Largest Fossil and Mineral show in the World! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show
January 15, 2024 18:14 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss the madness that is the Tucson Gem Show. For the past 20 years, the Smoky Mountain Relic Room has set up at that show & it's hard to describe this type of gathering, but we do our best in this episode. We will be taking a break from the podcast for the next month and a half but will be back after the show with all kinds of Great topics! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave u...
Chasing History Radio: Civil War Postal Service, Its Cool!
January 02, 2024 14:52 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWe promise that you will find this interesting! The confederacy had a postal service, so did the United States, but how it all worked is very interesting!.... We promise this won't suck! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Wait, there is more than 1 type of Mammoth?
December 18, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode, we take a deeper dive into one of the most popular Genre of extinct elephants: the Mammoths! Did you know there was more than one species... including Pigmy Mammoths? ... What???.... Pigmy Mammoths!!,,, YES! and they are Super cool! .... We packed a lot into this episode! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" wher...
Chasing History Radio: 1804 US Travel Guide
December 13, 2023 21:06 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode, we explore a book that was written in 1804 with the descriptions of each of the 15 US states (it's 1804) and several selected countries. These books are really interesting because they worked as proto travel guides. As new immigrants were coming to the US, books like this one were very influential in where these new immigrants would settle. These books laid out the description of the state, some statistical data, the geography, climate and even the temper and manner of the i...
Chasing History Radio: What are Meteorites & how are they found?
December 06, 2023 14:26 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBIn this episode, we discuss the fascinating world of meteorites: their various types, how they are found, and how you can collect your own bits of outer space! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: We put a Phonograph on the Radio!
November 02, 2023 14:15 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBAs far as we can tell this is the first time in over 90 years that a phonograph has been broadcast on the radio. In this episode, we bring a newly restored phonograph Chase picked up in a collection and we Broadcast it LIVE over the airways. As far as we can tell this hasn't been done since the 1930's because no one is crazy enough to do this........ Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and...
Chasing History Radio: The History of the Phonograph
October 27, 2023 16:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThe music you listen to today started as a new technology just over 100 years ago. It's not as old as you think. So, in this episode, we explore the history of capturing sound and the story of the evolution of this technology. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover hi...
Chasing History Radio: What does Mammoth Meat Taste Like?
October 27, 2023 12:50 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode, Chase brings some mammoth meat to share with the guys... not all of whom are excited about this. hahaha.... Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Settlement Across the United States
October 09, 2023 14:19 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBIn this episode, we discuss the intricacies and challenges of Settlement across the United States through history.... Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Can you Eat Mammoth Meat?
September 29, 2023 12:42 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBCan you eat Mammoth Meat? How is that possible they are Extinct? Well, it turns out it is possable and in this episode, we explain how Chase now knows what woolly mammoth meat tastes like. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: What gives a Fossil its Color?
September 12, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBSome fossils are Red, some are Black, Some are Brilliantly colored... But they are all fossils? ... So what gives a fossil its color? In this episode, we discuss the fossilization process and how different minerals gives color to the past. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women wh...
Chasing History Radio: Hunting Ammolite, The worlds most Brilliant Fossil.
September 06, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss the world's most brilliant and colorful fossil, the Ammolite. We recently went into Canada to hunt for this rare fossil and what we learned will blow your mind! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: 10,000 Miles Hunting History
September 04, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this episode, we discuss our month-long 10,000 Mile Trip across the country and into Canada hunting Dinosaurs for the Smoky Mountain Relic Room and all the of Amazing History we discovered! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: How to Preserve your family's history
September 01, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBIn this episode, we talk about the largest collection we ever acquired and the importance of keeping the information with an artifact. We also discuss how that can preserve your family's history. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Brief History of the Smoky Mountain Relic Room & Smoky Mountain Knife Works
August 31, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode, we talk about how the Smoky Mountain Relic Room grew from Smoky Mountain Knife Works, and the Relic Room's Mission to get people inspired about the past! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: The Robber Barron Castle!
August 29, 2023 14:45 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBWhat is a Robber Barron? What is a Robber Barron Castle? Was this a Real Thing? It sure was and in this episode, we dive into that fascinating history. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Early Science, Tennessee Fossils & a German Book
June 02, 2023 18:01 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss why a famous German Paleontologist was looking at the rocks in 1860 a year before the civil war in Tennessee that leads us to the birth of science & Tennessee fossils. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: History of Medical Science
May 23, 2023 13:42 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode, we cover the History of the Medical Arts from the Ancient World until the Modern Era. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Why Build Castles?
May 15, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this episode, we look at the rise and fall of European Castles and answer the age-old question: why are there no more Castles? Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Chasing History goes to Germany
May 10, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this episode, we cover our recent trip to Germany and all of the content that will be coming soon to Chasing History! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Early Man, Different species of Human!
May 08, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBIn this episode, we look at the different species and their tools of upright walking tool-making hominids that once existed but are now extinct. It's hard for most people to understand that there were once different species of human beings that once existed on this planet... & that we are all that is left. It is interesting to look at this fascinating era of the past. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & lea...
Chasing History Radio: The Importance of Photography in History
May 05, 2023 13:16 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this episode, we discuss how photography has affected our perception of the past. For the first time in human history, we are able to capture the past for the future to see. It's an incredible concept that is still affecting our lives today Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & wome...
Chasing History Radio: Chaos in Early WW2 France
March 31, 2023 12:00 - 4 minutes - 2.02 MBIn this episode, we look at an artifact that has quite a story to tell about the very beginning of WW2 in France and the fear that gripped its citizenry. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Native American Tribes in Pre-History
March 24, 2023 18:58 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, we look at what we know about Native American Tribes in pre-recorded history. Have they always been where they were at contact? Or, did native groups move, overrun, and take over lands belonging to other native peoples? We discuss the limited evidence available that shows massive tribal movement across the landscape. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also ...
Chasing History Radio: Contraband Spanish Gold
March 16, 2023 20:11 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode, we look into the history behind a very rare type of shipwreck artifact: contraband gold ingots! This particular artifact was discovered on the wreck of the most famous shipwreck in American waters the Spanish treasure Galleon Atocha, discovered by Mel Fisher. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you i...
Chasing History Radio: Tucson Fossil Show
March 07, 2023 17:20 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBIn this episode, we discuss all of the great artifacts, fossils & minerals that were picked up at the Tucson Fossil and Mineral show! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Hunting the Triassic
December 16, 2022 22:03 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this episode, we discuss the in's and out's of hunting fossils in the First Era of the Dinosaurs. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: What is Trench Art?
November 18, 2022 22:59 - 14 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode, we discuss one of the more interesting Artifact Types.... Trench Art. Trench Art is objects, usually excess ammunition, made by soldiers with too much time on their hands. These items were usually kept as a memento of their service, every major war had its own form of trench art, and today those pcs are quite collectible. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. ...
Chasing History Radio: Dig History Anywhere
November 11, 2022 18:03 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, we discuss how you don't have to travel to some far-flung dig site to discover the past. History is literally everywhere. It just takes a little research to see what can be found in your area and a little door-knocking to get permission. The Best history you will find is right in your own backyard. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Chan...
Chasing History Radio: Battlefield Pickups, How the Civil war got Reused
October 27, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode, we talk about a type of artifact called "Battlefield pickups." These are items, related to a specific battle, that were discarded by the participants, collected by the locals, and repurposed into some other tool or use by the locals scouring the aftermath of the battle for things they could use. This is a pretty rare genre of artifact, but we have several examples we have and will discuss. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Do...
Chasing History Radio: History of Transportation
October 20, 2022 17:53 - 16 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this episode, we look at the importance and story of transportation, and how it has affected our species throughout history. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: The Secret City of WW2
October 12, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBThis episode is a little closer to our hearts since it is about the secret city of World War II: Oak Ridge Tennessee. During the Manhattan Project this entire city was constructed, in secret, in the rural mountains of East Tennessee to develop the most devastating weapon humanity has ever constructed. That construction led to the creation of a mineral which we will discuss in this episode. Happy 80th anniversary Oak Ridge National Laboratory! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sh...
Chasing History Radio: Denver Fossil & Mineral Show
October 10, 2022 15:04 - 14 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode, we discuss all of the great and wonderful things that were gathered at the Denver Fossil and Mineral Show, the 2nd largest show of its kind anywhere in the world. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Back to the Moon
September 13, 2022 19:22 - 13 minutes - 4.77 MBIn this episode, we are looking at NASA's new Artemis Mission: humanity's journey back to the moon. It's been over 50 years since the final moon mission, and we dive deep into humanity's journey. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: Meteorites, how does that work?
September 06, 2022 13:53 - 15 minutes - 6.2 MBIn this episode, we cover the stuff that slams into Earth every day: Meteorites! how are they found? Why do they happen? And, exactly what is going on with all this stuff hitting Earth? Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: The Yellowstone Super Volcano & Dinosaurs
August 26, 2022 13:25 - 18 minutes - 7.58 MBIn this episode, we look at an unusual triceratops fossil that has volcanic debris adhered to it, this leads us down the geologic trail to one of the World's Deadliest Volcanos. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: How to Preserve and Protect Artifacts
August 23, 2022 12:13 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode, we tell the story of a WW2 Pearl Harbor Survivors collection we just picked up and the sad condition it was in. We were able to save and stabilize a lot of the papers and documents, but we should have never had to in the first place. Here are some ways and ideas that you can use to protect the history that you have to ensure its safe travel through history. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment...
Chasing History Radio: Back from the West
August 08, 2022 13:49 - 14 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode, we cover what was found in this year's digging season & all of the Great history heading back to the Smoky Mountain Relic Room. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!
Chasing History Radio: History of Memorial Day
August 02, 2022 14:52 - 17 minutes - 6.89 MBIn this episode, we briefly cover the origins of this most iconic American holiday & discuss how the Relic Room acquires all the diversity it has to offer.
Chasing History Radio: Moundville Prehistoric Native Complex
June 02, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode, we discuss the history of one of America's most impressive Archaeological Parks: Moundville. Moundville is a Prehistoric Native American Mississippian era ceremonial complex located in central Alabama. As a joint trip with the Seven Ages Audio Journal podcast, we visited the site and filmed a documentary for our YouTube channel Chasing History. In this episode, we cover the history of the site and why you need to get down to see it! Please help us out by taking 20 seconds a...
Chasing History Radio: Prehistoric America, Spiro Mounds w/ The Seven Ages Audio Journal
June 01, 2022 13:00 - 14 minutes - 5.97 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Jason Pentrail & James Waldo of the Seven Ages Audio Journal Podcast to explore the history of Spiro Mounds one of prehistoric North America's most important yet forgotten sites. A center of artistic excellence unseen in other sites, Spiro stands out because of the quality of artifacts discovered in the 1930's by looters. There is so much to this site and we did our best to cover the basics... the seven ages team recorded an in-depth interview with Spiros Sit...
Chasing History Radio: Poverty Point, Native American World Heritage Site
May 26, 2022 17:44 - 18 minutes - 7.28 MBIn this episode, we cover one of the greatest hunter-gatherer sites in the World: Poverty Point. Poverty Point is the only place on earth where a hunter-gatherer society built large monuments, which is why this site is a World Heritage Site. As a part of our Chasing History/Seven Ages Audio Journal series on the mound building cultures of North America, this Louisiana site is one of the most impressive we have seen with a culture that is totally unique to this place with its own art, and too...
Chasing History Radio: Spiro Mound: America's Lost Tomb
May 18, 2022 14:11 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBAs a part of our joint Seven Ages audio Journal/Chasing History Radio trip, we discuss the history of Spiro Mound the only true tomb ever discovered north of Mexico. Spiro is one of if not the most important Mississippian era sites and prehistoric Native America sites rivaling the importance of Cahokia. In this episode, we discuss what makes Spiro such an important site in prehistoric Native America. Please help us out by taking 20 seconds and giving us a rate and review or tell us how we ...
Chasing History Radio: Prehistoric America, Pinson Mounds w/ The Seven Ages Audio Journal
May 08, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 12.2 MBAs a part of our joint adventure with The Seven Ages Audio Journal Archaeology podcast, we traveled to four prehistoric Native American mound builder sites. We sit down with Seven Ages audio Journal host Jason Pentrail and James Waldo to discuss the first site on our trip - Pinson Mounds. Now an archaeological park for the state of Tennessee, this is a middle woodlands site that has a long history of occupation. A full interview with park ranger Dedra Irwin will be available on the 7 ages au...
Chasing History Radio: Prehistoric America, Pinson Mounds State Park
May 05, 2022 15:18 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode, we introduce you to Pinson Mounds, a woodland-era Native American Mound complex in West Tennessee. We are exploring its history as a part of our joint Chasing History/Seven Ages audio Journal archeology podcast cross country Adventure! Please help us out by taking 20 seconds and giving us a rate and review or tell us how we can make a better show. We Appreciate Youz Guyz! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget t...
Chasing History Radio: Prehistoric Native American Sites
April 28, 2022 15:08 - 12 minutes - 11 MBIn this episode, we do a brief overview of several prehistoric Native American sites we visited on our recent joint project with the Seven Ages Audio Journal Archaeology Podcast. We spent a week traveling to several different sites conducting interviews with archaeologists and site managers as well as recording episodes for our YouTube channel Chasing History. We captured a lot of content about some incredible sites which will be available on this podcast as well as on the seven ages audio...