Goff's 3 Minute Histories
91 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsOne topic. 3-"ish" minutes. No reason not to check it out. Knowledge is power.
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40 T Shirts
October 25, 2019 18:04 - 5 minutes - 6.71 MBTake a journey of the history of the T shirt from underwear to icon. Sources: https://www.realthread.com/blog/history-of-the-tshirt-2014-01-30 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/magazine/who-made-that-t-shirt.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
39. French Fries
October 15, 2019 17:29 - 4 minutes - 5.6 MBPotato Potato, regardless of how you say it French Fries aren't French. Check it out. Sources: https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/belgian-fries http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/the-history-of-french-fries/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 38 G.I. Joe
October 04, 2019 17:08 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MBYooooo JOE! (Apologies for the hot mess of an intro on this one. Will try to fix and resubmit when I get a chance.) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_(1985_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe https://www.history.com/news/why-are-american-soldiers-called-gis https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/gi-joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaFgT4Slyc Sources: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
ep 37 Area 51
September 20, 2019 17:12 - 5 minutes - 5.92 MBA brief history about that place out in the desert where they keep "them aliens". Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49568127 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_and_Training_Range https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atomic-Energy-Commission-United-States-organization https://www.britannica.com/place/Area-51 Sources: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 36 The Conch Republic
August 29, 2019 17:08 - 5 minutes - 5.81 MBThat one time Key West broke up with America..... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-conch-republic-key-west-florida https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/14 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4x9n8d/that-time-the-florida-keys-tried-to-secede-from-the-us-by-dropping-conch-fritter-bombs Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 35 Ritchie Mines (extended)
August 22, 2019 17:19 - 11 minutes - 13.3 MBExtended local history episode from my neck of the woods. The Ritchie Mines produced asphalt to pave some of the biggest cities in the world. Check it out. (Warning: This one misses the 3 minute mark by a bit.) Sources: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/ritchmin.txt https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/86 http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2017/11/look-back-ritchie-county-mines-railroad-fade-into-history/ http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-col...
Ep 34 Uncle Sam
August 07, 2019 22:07 - 4 minutes - 4.65 MBThe man, the myth, the Uncle. Sources: https://historydaily.org/who-was-the-inspiration-for-uncle-sam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wilson https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 33 Baseball Mud
July 29, 2019 21:25 - 5 minutes - 6.36 MBJoin myself and special guest Grayson as we delve into the story of Lena Blackburne's famous mud and how it has shaped the game of baseball for 80 years. Sources: http://baseballrubbingmud.com/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/baseballs-secret-ingredient-mud/2017/03/31/af56eeaa-14c7-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 32 Fireworks
July 03, 2019 23:09 - 7 minutes - 7.47 MBParty like it's 1777. Sources: https://www.americanpyro.com/history-of-fireworks https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html https://time.com/4828701/first-fireworks-history-july-4th/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw7ajsKmbd4 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 31 Crocs
June 18, 2019 02:12 - 5 minutes - 6.17 MBCrikey! A history of Crocs f/Rylee Copeland. Sources: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/07/how-crocs-conquered-the-world.html https://careers.crocs.com/about-us/default.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocs Rylee Copeland Brooklyn Smith https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2007/07/how-the-croc-go.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 30 Times New Roman
May 29, 2019 12:48 - 3 minutes - 3.34 MBEverything you didn't need to know about the most famous font in history. Sources: https://typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-history-of-times-new-roman.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 29 Summer Break
May 24, 2019 12:38 - 6 minutes - 7.1 MBSumma Summa Summa Time! Sources: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/debunking-myth-summer-vacation http://mentalfloss.com/article/56901/why-do-students-get-summers Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 28 Play Doh
May 09, 2019 17:14 - 3 minutes - 4.4 MBFun to play with, not to eat. Sources: https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/play-stuff/2016/11/the-history-of-play-doh-good-clean-fun https://playdoh.hasbro.com/en-us/faq http://mentalfloss.com/article/52727/10-fun-facts-about-play-doh Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 27 The Norwegian Butter Crisis
May 07, 2019 17:38 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MBRain -> Grass -> Cows -> Milk -> Butter Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_butter_crisis https://nowiknow.com/the-great-norwegian-butter-crisis-of-2011/ https://slate.com/business/2011/12/norwegian-butter-battle-an-absurd-dairy-shortage-and-its-very-valuable-economic-lessons.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 26 How Carrots Defeated the Luftwaffe
May 03, 2019 18:38 - 5 minutes - 6.34 MBRadar, Rumors, and Root Vegetables Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/ https://www.allaboutvision.com/nutrition/vitamin_a.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/carrots-are-orange-for-an-entirely-political-reason/2011/09/09/gIQAfayiFK_blog.html?utm_term=.dbc78e548b31 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 25 Orange
April 30, 2019 17:30 - 2 minutes - 3.39 MBOrange Oranges and which was first. Sources: https://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-you-know-is-wrong-oranges-aren-t-orange-1097312640 http://mentalfloss.com/article/29942/which-came-first-orange-color-or-orange-fruit https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/8345477/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-orange.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
24 Middle Names
April 18, 2019 17:13 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBWhat's in a name? Sources: http://mentalfloss.com/article/58440/why-do-we-have-middle-names https://www.rd.com/culture/why-do-we-have-middle-names/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 23 Outhouses
April 08, 2019 17:48 - 6 minutes - 7.66 MBPodcast #4 on #2. Pt. 4 of the Turd Trilogy. SPECIAL GUEST DWIGHT GOFF!!!!! Sources: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com
22 Gong Farmers
April 05, 2019 18:42 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MBIt's a crappy job but somebody's gotta do it. Pt. 3 of the Turd Trilogy Sources: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html https://www.nonfictionminute.org/the-nonfiction-minute/gong-farmers-their-crop-was-crap Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 21 Toiler Paper
March 22, 2019 17:19 - 5 minutes - 5.67 MBCorncobs, seashells, moss, hands, we've come a long way in our search for a better way to wipe. Pt. 2 of the Turd Trilogy Sources: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html https://www.charmin.com/en-us/about-us/history-of-toilet-paper http://mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-how-america-convinced-world-wipe http://www.toiletpaperhistory.net/toilet-paper-history/history-of-toilet-pape...
Ep 20 Toilets
March 20, 2019 17:07 - 6 minutes - 6.88 MBDropping some knowledge on the Porcelain Pony. Pt. 1 of the Turd Trilogy. Special Thanks to Tyler Booth for help in recording audio effects for this episode. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/turrets-toilets-partial-history-throne-room-180951788/ http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1940525,00.html https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html https://phys.org/news/2015-11...
19 Cross Burnings
March 02, 2019 00:44 - 2 minutes - 3.02 MBClan before Klan. Sources: https://timeline.com/why-does-the-ku-klux-klan-burn-crosses-they-got-the-idea-from-a-movie-75a70f7ab135 https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1213/p25s04-wonq.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_burning https://cranntara.scot/crannta.htm Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 18 Guardian Angels
February 12, 2019 18:37 - 5 minutes - 5.85 MBA story about when a city said enough! Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/guardian-angels-photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/guardian-angels-started-protecting-nyc-subways-article-1.804336 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 17 Libraries
February 03, 2019 20:29 - 5 minutes - 6.86 MBShhhh! *whispers* You're listening to a podcast about this history of libraries. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/library/The-history-of-libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library http://dorabwoodyard.lib.wv.us/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 16 The Yellow Fleet
January 31, 2019 19:59 - 5 minutes - 6.29 MBThe greatest Cold War multinational fleet to never set sail. Sources: https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-02-22/there-once-was-a-country-in-the-middle-of-the-suez-canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/09/how-war-marooned-15-ships-in-suez-canal.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 15 POGs
January 29, 2019 19:00 - 3 minutes - 4.02 MBStack 'em. Slam 'em. Repeat. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game) https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-12-31-1994365103-story.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/54202/weird-history-pogs Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 14 Molotov Cocktails
January 24, 2019 19:33 - 5 minutes - 6.76 MBGlass + Gas + Fire = boom. Bottle bombs coming at ya. Sources: https://www.ozy.com/flashback/how-the-molotov-cocktail-got-its-name/72494 https://newrepublic.com/article/119127/history-molotov-cocktail-nazi-germany-ferguson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 13 Hoodies
January 13, 2019 00:05 - 4 minutes - 4.79 MBRemember your favorite hoodie you let your girlfriend wear in high school and never got back? Me neither, check out the history of hoodies. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodie https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-history-of-the-hoodie-237791/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 12 The Hanging of John Morgan
January 11, 2019 00:40 - 8 minutes - 9 MBThis local history podcast features the last public hanging in West Virginia. We miss the 3 minute mark, but I think it's worth it if you hang in there. FYI: Graphic Content Sources: http://www.wvculture.org/history/crime/hangingofjohnmorgan01.html http://wvmetronews.com/2014/12/16/site-of-last-public-hanging-in-west-virginia-marked-in-jackson-county/ http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=hurheral_articles&id=51378 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
Ep 11 Peasant Knives
December 31, 2018 21:21 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MBNo matter how you slice it, every boy wants one, every man should carry one, the short history of the pocket knife. Sources: http://appalachianmagazine.com/2018/10/24/the-kind-of-men-who-carry-pocketknives/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketknife https://gallantry.com/blogs/journal/the-complete-history-of-the-pocket-knife Music: http://freemusicarchive.org
Ep 10 The Queen of the Forest
December 24, 2018 20:36 - 2 minutes - 3.17 MBChristmas Episode! A unique Christmas tradition sprung from a WWII alliance to bring some cheer to your holidays. Drink up the goodness! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square_Christmas_tree https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/12/01/every-year-norway-donates-a-christmas-tree-to-britain-as-a-thank-you-for-their-help-in-wwii/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 9 How Hitler Saved Disney
December 15, 2018 15:08 - 5 minutes - 5.84 MBNobody panic at the title, just give it a listen. How the Mouse House was able to pay the thanks to one of history's most notorious tyrants. Sources: https://blogs.shu.edu/ww2-0/1942/09/12/mickey-mouse-gets-drafted/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney%27s_World_War_II_propaganda_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkc2yAaU3CY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn20oXFrxxg&t=142s Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 8 Hot Dogs
December 12, 2018 14:23 - 4 minutes - 4.9 MBHot dog hot dog hot diggity dog. By request, all you never needed to know about meat stuffed intestines. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/break-out-the-buns-the-history-of-the-hot-dog https://nathansfamous.com/about-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest https://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-fast-facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
Ep 7 War Plan Red
November 14, 2018 19:31 - 4 minutes - 4.75 MBThat one time America plotted to take over Canada. https://www.ranker.com/list/what-if-the-united-states-invaded-canada/stephanroget Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Ep 6 Blue Jeans
November 09, 2018 19:13 - 3 minutes - 4.18 MBThe short history of the world's most versatile piece of clothing. Blue jeans baby! Sources: http://www.historyofjeans.com/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-origin-of-blue-jeans-89612175/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17101768 Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Ep 5 Gunpowder Plot
November 05, 2018 18:19 - 4 minutes - 4.9 MBRemember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Celebrating the 413th Anniversary of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. A holiday celebrating the man who failed at carrying it out. http://www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Ep 4 The V Campaign
November 01, 2018 23:02 - 5 minutes - 6.41 MBThis podcast is brought to you by the letter V. This podcast is a story from the book Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson about the graffiti that helped ignite the European resistance movement against the Nazi War Machine in WWII. I know this this may be slightly over 3 minutes, but let’s be honest, most of them will be so ignore the false advertising and get ready for some knowledge bombs about to be dropped. Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood that Helped Turn the T...
Ep 3 The Skull of William Wirt (Halloween Special)
October 29, 2018 20:54 - 6 minutes - 7.8 MBThis Halloween special is a double stuff edition meaning it's double time. This is our first mystery podcast. Hope you enjoy! Show Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_(Attorney_General) https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/08/would-you-be-interested-in-getting-attorney-general-william-wirts-head-back-rebecca-roberts-brings-us-a-tale-from-the-congressional-cemetery/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101902374.html Music: https://www.bensound.com/r...
Ep 2 Frisbie
October 23, 2018 16:11 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBShow Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-frisbee-4072561 https://www.frisbiepie.com/our_story/ Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Ep 1 PEZ
October 23, 2018 15:12 - 2 minutes - 2.81 MBShow Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=Z7pYu8mlB1g https://money.cnn.com/2015/05/06/smallbusiness/pez-dispenser/index.html http://us.pez.com/pages/history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pez https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/history-of-pez-candy-dispensers/ Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Ep 0 Introduction
October 23, 2018 15:09 - 2 minutes - 2.61 MBThe inaugural episode. Come get some knowledge.