Offbeat History: The Crash at Crush and Other Train Wreck Spectacles

Offbeat History: The Crash at Crush and Other Train Wreck Spectacles

In fall 2017, we talked about a strange cultural phenomenon. For a brief window from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, people in the United States were watching train wrecks for fun.

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Audre Lorde Pt. 2

Audre Lorde Pt. 2

In addition to being a poet, Audre was a teacher, speaker, wife and mother, and become an influential presence in the feminist movement. She also wrote candidly about her battle with cancer in her gro...

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Audre Lorde Pt. 1

Audre Lorde Pt. 1

Audre Lorde called herself a "black feminist lesbian mother poet warrior," but for a lot of people, she's best known for the "poet" part. She was way ahead of her time on a lot of social fronts, inclu...

4 Nov 201326min

Sophie Blanchard and Balloonomania

Sophie Blanchard and Balloonomania

From timid girl to trailblazer, Sophie Blanchard became famous in the early 1800s as the first woman to become a career balloonist. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwor...

30 Okt 201325min

Encephalitis Lethargica

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From 1916 to about 1927, a strange epidemic spread around the world. It caused unusual symptoms, from drastic behavior changes to a deep, prolonged sleep that could last for months. Between 20 and 40 ...

28 Okt 201329min

Building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, Pt. 2

Building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, Pt. 2

The second installment in the story of the Haunted Mansion going from concept to fully-realized theme park attraction covers the reboot the team went through after the World's Fair and the loss of the...

23 Okt 201336min

Building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, Pt. 1

Building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, Pt. 1

One of the most iconic Disney park attractions -- the Haunted Mansion -- had a development process that was anything but smooth. Budget and scheduling issues and creative differences dogged the projec...

21 Okt 201327min

Elsa Lanchester: Becoming the Bride Pt. 2

Elsa Lanchester: Becoming the Bride Pt. 2

After her unconventional upbringing, Elsa's career as a performer began to take off in the late 1920s, around the same time she met her husband. But the role that would define her image came in 1935. ...

16 Okt 201329min

Elsa Lanchester: Becoming the Bride Pt. 1

Elsa Lanchester: Becoming the Bride Pt. 1

You may not know her name, but her image is famous. As the love interest for Dr. Frankenstein's monster in "The Bride of Frankenstein," Elsa Lanchester became a film icon, but her life story is as int...

14 Okt 201327min

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