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Goff's 3 Minute Histories

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90 RMS Carmania

December 06, 2023 14:23 - 5 minutes - 12.2 MB

The ship that sunk itself. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/rms-carmania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905) Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

89 The Fatal Flush of U-1206

November 30, 2023 15:04 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MB

The most embarrassing bathroom break of WWII. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/poop-sank-wwii-german-u-boat https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/education/educational-resources/history-of-submarines/submarine-development--a-short-history.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

88 Two Sleeps

May 01, 2023 19:08 - 4 minutes - 10.5 MB

Midnight snack anyone? Sources: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep?xtor=CS3-32-%5BFuture_C__GNL_Q4_22-23%5D-%5BFacebook%5D-%5B23853368466520273%5D-%5B%7B%7Bcreative.id%7D%7D%5D  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

87 The Broom Method

February 06, 2023 20:16 - 3 minutes - 8.74 MB

NASA: experts at space exploration, zero gravity, and broom combustion. Sources: https://www.iflscience.com/the-broom-test-one-of-the-stupidest-things-that-ever-took-place-at-nasa-67319 https://www.nasa.gov/content/liquid-hydrogen-the-fuel-of-choice-for-space-exploration Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

86 Fruitcake

December 16, 2022 17:38 - 4 minutes - 10.7 MB

Hero or Zero? The Holiday Fruitcake. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fruitcake-101-a-concise-cultural-history-of-this-loved-and-loathed-loaf-26428035/#:~:text=The%20ancient%20Romans%20made%20a,breads%20entered%20Western%20European%20cuisine. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-misunderstood-fruitcake-has-a-magnificent-shelf-life-and-history#:~:text=Fruitcake%20is%20an%20ancient%20goody,dried%20fruit%2C%20often%20pomegranate%20seeds. https://manitousprings.org/event...

85 The Aswang (Halloween Extended Episode)

October 31, 2022 12:35 - 10 minutes - 23.7 MB

Things that go bump in the night.... Sources: https://greydynamics.com/cia-vampires-us-meddling-in-the-philippines/ https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/cia-aswang-war-a00304-a2416-20191019-lfrm Music: www.purple-planet.com

84 The Fall of Roxburgh

October 25, 2022 17:18 - 5 minutes - 12.8 MB

Moooooooo......Attack!!  Sources: https://weavingthetapestry.tumblr.com/post/89195829575/1314-1-4-the-fall-of-roxburgh https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-AngloScottish-Wars-or-Wars-of-Scottish-Independence/#:~:text=The%20Anglo%2DScottish%20Wars%20were,the%20years%20of%201296%20%E2%80%93%201346. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

83 Proud Prophet

October 21, 2022 16:49 - 4 minutes - 10.5 MB

War Games Gone M.A.D. Sources: https://timeline.com/proud-prophet-nuclear-strike-1d4ee88fdbe2

82 Drive Thrus

October 04, 2022 17:31 - 5 minutes - 12.2 MB

Can I Take Your Order? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/drive-thru-dining-history-in-n-out-burger https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/romans-loved-fast-food-much-we-do-180971845/

81 The Soldier Bear

September 23, 2022 16:27 - 5 minutes - 11.5 MB

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.   Sources: https://time.com/4731787/wojtek-the-bear-history/ Music: Vivek Abhishek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLByBt4wYTQ

80 Baby Mail

August 31, 2022 17:26 - 3 minutes - 7.56 MB

If it fits it ships.... Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/when-it-was-legal-mail-babies-3321266#:~:text=Yes%2C%20%22baby%20mail%22%20was,Service%20%E2%80%94%20first%20started%20delivering%20packages. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-mail-1992142 https://www.redbookmag.com/life/g26258673/facts-about-the-postal-service/ Music:  www.purple-planet.com 

79 The Churchill Club

May 05, 2022 16:08 - 9 minutes - 21.5 MB

When Hitler pushed into Denmark in 1940 he felt little resistance until a group of teenage boys refused to give in.  Sources: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Peterson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose Music: purple-planet.com

78 KMart

April 21, 2022 15:57 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MB

The end of an empire... Sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/once-retail-giant-kmart-down-054545661.html https://transformco.com/about/kmart/kmart-history Music: purple-planet.com

77 The Green Jacket

April 13, 2022 18:52 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MB

A tradition unlike any other....The Masters.  Sources: https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/about.html#:~:text=The%20name%20Augusta%20National%20Invitation,first%20full%20week%20in%20April. https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/us-masters/masters-history-records/masters-green-jacket-126753 https://golf.com/news/features/this-baltimore-man-owns-a-green-jacket-and-augusta-national-desperately-wants-it/ Music: purple-planet.com

76 Fortune Cookies

February 17, 2022 16:37 - 4 minutes - 10.8 MB

Fortune favors the listener. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/fortune-cookies-invented-chinese-japanese https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882 Music: 'Awake' by @Sappheiros

75 Operation Acoustic Kitty

January 12, 2022 14:50 - 3 minutes - 9.15 MB

Secret Agent Cyborg Cats....what could go wrong? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/cia-spy-cat-espionage-fail https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty Music: www.purple-planet.com

74 Clue

January 11, 2022 18:05 - 4 minutes - 10.4 MB

Who? What? Where? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/clue-game-origin-wwii Music: www.purple-planet.com

73 Cocaine Hippos

December 21, 2021 15:02 - 3 minutes - 8.33 MB

There is only one place in the world that hippos can be found in the wild outside of Africa.....Pablo Escobar's house.  Sources: https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pablo-escobar/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/584514-pablo-escobars-80-cocaine-hippos-are-wreaking https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/538196-pablo-escobars-hippos-breeding-out-of-control-and https://www.nathab.com/blog/six-surprising-facts-about...

72 Sporks

December 13, 2021 20:12 - 3 minutes - 8.14 MB

From turtle spoon to Hollywood icon, the culinary journey of the spork. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/magazine/who-made-that-spork.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/invented-spork1.htm https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-chopsticks-forks-spoons-and-sporks-who-invented-the-spoon-who-invented-the-fork Music: www.purple-planet.com

71 The Great Emu War

November 01, 2021 14:47 - 6 minutes - 7.97 MB

They say history is written by the victors....but I've never seen an emu write before. Sources: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ https://nomadsworld.com/great-emu-war/ Music: The Red Soil · Saira Ridley

70 Pheasant Island

October 29, 2021 14:28 - 3 minutes - 5.15 MB

France and Spain proving that you can share even 350 years later. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42817859 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659) Music: purple-planet.com

69 The Pepsi Navy

October 28, 2021 13:07 - 4 minutes - 6.03 MB

Pepsi would have decidedly won the Cola Wars of the 80s if the battle had gone to sea.  Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/pepsi-once-had-the-6th-largest-navy-in-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR3gpkdL5iPu-qzv1qtoce2tiCdKXN3voR65uvbTwTlcykCG8BwzOFwoTD0 Music: purple-planet.com

68 The Battle of Pelusium

October 08, 2021 18:38 - 6 minutes - 8.16 MB

Weaponizing cats to capture a kingdom. Sources: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/ https://www.purina.com.au/fancyfeast/thelounge/articles/joy/history-of-cats-in-egypt#:~:text=From%20everyday%20people%20to%20the,symbol%20and%20source%20of%20worship. Music: https://bit.ly/3fgvmOB

67 Project X-Ray

September 15, 2021 15:57 - 6 minutes - 8.1 MB

Bats and Napalm....what could go wrong?  Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/01/26/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082803/http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/1090bat.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

66 The Wilhelm Scream

September 01, 2021 17:02 - 4 minutes - 5.49 MB

The most famous scream in cinema. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-wilhelm-scream-sound-effect/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/ Music: purple-planet.com

65 Pack Horse Library Project

April 07, 2021 16:10 - 7 minutes - 9.42 MB

It's like the pony express, except the library version.  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project#:~:text=The%20Pack%20Horse%20Library%20Project%20was%20headed%20by%20Ellen%20Woodward,individual%20homes%20and%20to%20schoolhouses. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horse-riding-librarians-were-great-depression-bookmobiles-180963786/ Music: purple-planet.com

64 Vulgar Latin

March 15, 2021 19:25 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MB

Latin, the language to get famous after it died.  Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/why-late-latin-was-called-vulgar-119475 https://allthatsinteresting.com/height-roman-empire-map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://www.th egreatcoursesdaily.com/language-evolution-one-language-became-five-languages/ https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2015/02/11/whats-in-a-name/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

63 The Worst Sandwich in NYC

February 22, 2021 18:39 - 6 minutes - 8.57 MB

Everyone has an opinion on who has the best sandwich they've ever eaten, but hands down the worst had to be the Raines Sandwich, check out why....... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich Music: www.purple-planet.com

62 The Loyal Wives of Weinsberg

January 11, 2021 18:39 - 2 minutes - 3.76 MB

Talk about carrying a marriage on your back.... Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-wise-wives-of-weinsberg-cce96e3a1d79 https://www.technewsiit.com/hidden-history-loyal-wives-weinsberg Music: www.purple-planet.com

61 A Spoonful Of Sugar

January 08, 2021 19:11 - 6 minutes - 8.59 MB

Mary Poppins and the Polio Vaccine. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954413533/his-vaccine-story-inspired-his-father-to-write-a-disney-classic https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/index.html#:~:text=Inactivated%20polio%20vaccine%20(IPV)%20is,four%20doses%20of%20polio%20vaccine. https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=12744 https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/polio-20th-century-epidemic Music: www.purple-planet.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4u...

60 The Christmas Pickle

December 14, 2020 18:57 - 4 minutes - 5.82 MB

Who needs to put out milk and cookies when you can play hide and seek with the Christmas Pickle.  Sources: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaspickle.shtml https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/20/whats-christmas-pickle-tradition-youll-want-start-now/2341958002/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mysterious-christmas-pickle-tradition-hiding-german https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/christmas/the-christmas-pickle-ornamen...

59 SPAM

December 09, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 6.41 MB

Cold or hot....SPAM hits the spot.  Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/food/how-spam-went-canned-necessity-american-icon-180963916/ https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

58 Liberty or Death: George Washington and the Smallpox Vaccine

December 08, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MB

In 1775, as the American Colonies began their revolt against the British Crown, General Washington's biggest battle would be against disease not redcoats. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623428/george-washington-won-american-revolution-with-smallpox-vaccine https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-smallpox?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history Music: www.purple-planet.com

57 War Is For The Birds

December 02, 2020 20:00 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MB

Pigeons save lives.  Sources: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/geologist-has-probably-figured-out-how-homing-pigeons-find-their-way-home/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226203/Skeleton-hero-World-War-II-carrier-pigeon-chimney-secret-coded-message-attached-leg.html https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415#:~:text=Cher%20Ami%20was%20later%20inducted,service%20during%20World%20War%20I. https://prolog...

56 Cannibal Island

October 30, 2020 16:00 - 10 minutes - 13 MB

Communism. Chaos. Cannibals  This episode does have some explicit descriptions of cannibalism and may not be suited for all listeners.  Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/cannibal-island?fbclid=IwAR10gLfpQ73c6VwCPSrzTf9RKRrkSOSiPU9XGKNZlIW8kk6gDxqZSZiF0-o https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html Music: purple-planet.com

55 Jack O'Lanterns

October 29, 2020 15:00 - 4 minutes - 6.27 MB

The Legend of Stingy Jack. Apologies for the nasal factor on this one. Happy Halloween!!  Sources: https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12865/whats-origin-jack-o-lanterns Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

54 The Map That Saved London

October 26, 2020 14:32 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MB

John Snow (not that John Snow) and the cholera map that saved London and changed the way we view pandemics forever.  Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/john-snow-cholera-map/genevieve-carlton https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#cholera Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

53 America's 24 Hour President

October 23, 2020 14:43 - 4 minutes - 6.45 MB

Ever want to be President for a day?  This guy was. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/the-24-hour-president Music: purple-planet.com

52 Super Soaker

October 08, 2020 17:32 - 4 minutes - 6.42 MB

How a rocket scientist invented a squirt gun that is out of this world.  Sources: https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/super-soaker https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28991/wet-and-wild-history-super-soaker https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-super-soaker-180972428/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

51 Pop Tarts

September 25, 2020 18:23 - 5 minutes - 6.58 MB

Everything you never knew about your favorite toaster accessory.  Sources: https://www.mashed.com/117295/untold-truth-pop-tarts/ https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/pop-tarts-brief-history https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/6-skills-you-should-master-this-summer https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-selling-poptarts-flavors_n_5836520 Music: purple-planet.com

50 Vandalia

September 21, 2020 14:27 - 3 minutes - 4.87 MB

All you need to know about West Virginia 1.0. Sources: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/857 http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/vandalia.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-4.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031vKBPk5eA

49 The Statue of Liberty

September 03, 2020 15:42 - 9 minutes - 12.3 MB

The wait is over! We're back! And I got the missus to join me on this one for some voice work! Everything you needed to know about the Lady of the Harbor.  Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21932675 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/statue-of-liberty https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51521/10-statue-of-liberty-facts Music: purple-planet.com

48 The 1918 Spanish Flu

March 21, 2020 13:51 - 5 minutes - 8.18 MB

We've been here before, we will be here again.  Let's check out our response last time.  Stay safe team.   Sources: https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/1918-flu-pandemic https://tedium.co/2017/10/16/american-samoa-spanish-flu/ Music: purple-planet.com

47 The Great White Fleet

February 27, 2020 20:13 - 6 minutes - 8.53 MB

That one time President Teddy Roosevelt flexed on the world with the U.S. Navy. Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/cruise-great-white-fleet-mckinley.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

46 Iowa Caucuses

February 04, 2020 19:54 - 5 minutes - 7.06 MB

Election 2020.  Whats up with Iowa?  All you need to know about the Iowa Caucuses featuring guest Jenn McCallister.   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses https://www.foxnews.com/politics/when-was-the-first-iowa-caucus-history-of-americas-kickoff-presidential-contest Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

45 The Singularity: Rise of the Machines

January 29, 2020 17:07 - 4 minutes - 6.34 MB

What if the machines will not only one day take over, but have already begun their revolution?  Check it out.... Sources: https://futurism.com/singularity-explain-it-to-me-like-im-5-years-old https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Technological_singularity_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_(robot_fatality) Music: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlE75w2JRxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZ2NShfCE8&t=128s

44. Birthdays

January 17, 2020 14:31 - 5 minutes - 6.98 MB

Birthdays are about more than cake and ice cream.  Check out the history of birthdays now.   Sources: https://www.pumpitupparty.com/blog/how-did-the-tradition-of-birthdays-begin/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com And my 2nd period World History Class

43 The Pledge of Allegiance

December 13, 2019 18:08 - 5 minutes - 7.19 MB

We discussed it every day in school but learned nothing about it.  Take a few minutes to hear about the pledge of allegiance.   Sources: https://www.ushistory.org/DOCUMENTS/pledge.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

42 Greek Fire

November 21, 2019 14:33 - 7 minutes - 9.4 MB

The fear of the Ancient World.  The hope of the Byzantine Empire.  Greek Fire.  Check it out.   Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/greek-fire Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

41 Candy Corn

October 30, 2019 17:21 - 4 minutes - 5.61 MB

Celebrate National Candy Corn Day by investing in some history on the candy, then go grab a bag and make yourself sick.   Sources: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/an-oral-history-of-candy-corn-the-most-polarizing-confection-of-them-all/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/10/where-our-love-hate-relationship-with-candy-corn-comes-from/65428/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com