Episode 64: The Story of Cape Cod's Target Ship; Layne Staley's Death 20 Years Later; Bangor Maine; 1980's Product Flops(4-7-2022)

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Episode 64 begins with the story of Cape Cod's oddest tourist attraction.  For more than fifty years the SS James Longstreet sat in Cape Cod Bay, off of Eastham.  It was a former Liberty Ship turned target ship.  Routinely bombed for decades the Longstreet was also a popular photography subject as well as boating adventure.  What ever became of Cape Cod's target ship?
This week's Road Trip heads into Central Maine and the little big town of Bangor.  Though it maintains much of the quintessential Maine charm Bangor is also home to an international airport.  What is there to see and do in Bangor?  You'll find out!
20 years ago this week Grunge/Alternative music lost a vocal giant.  Alice In Chains was at the forefront of the Seattle sound.  Singer Layne Staley was a major part of that with his truly unique voice and hauntingly personal lyrics hat depicted his drug addiction.  Hear more about his life, the impact his music left, and his sad ending that left a big hole in alternative music.
This week's Top 5 dives into some of the biggest product flops of the 1980's.  Did you use any of these, or remember any of them? 
There's a brand new This Week In History and Time Capsule as well centering around the birthday of one of comedy's biggest icons, Eddie Murphy.
Be sure to watch for my livestreams called Without A Map Friday's at 8pm on Instagram which serve as a sort of postgame show for the podcast. Find them on IGTV after they've finished.

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