“It’s a Wonderful Life” Myths and Urban Legends: Encore 2021
One of the most popular movies of all time, “It’s a Wonderful Life” (starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed) is a holiday classic. It has also given us a cornucopia of history myths and urban legends. ...
30 Nov 202141min
Ben Franklin and the Turkey - Thanksgiving Myths!
One of the legendary stories that re-appear during Thanksgiving season is that no less a luminary and Founder than Ben Franklin thought that the bald eagle was an improper choice as the national bird ...
24 Nov 20218min
American Thanksgiving - Encore!
The Pilgrims and Native Americans sat down on the fourth Thursday of November in 16-something and started the first Thanksgiving dinner, right? You guessed it. Wrong! It took almost 300 years to get t...
23 Nov 202113min
Richard Tregaskis: Reporting under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam
Historian Ray Boomhower, one of our most popular guests, tells us the story of war correspondent Richard Tregaskis, who put his life on the line many times to bring Americans the stories of World War ...
17 Nov 202128min
Bonus! Original 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Drama
Buzzkillers have asked us to play the original 1938 radio drama, War of the Worlds, that allegedly caused such a panic. Here it is, in all its historic glory, with a short introduction from Professor ...
31 Okt 20211h 1min
1938 "War of the Worlds" Panic
A 1938 radio play based on H.G. Wells' novel, The War of the Worlds, supposedly panicked America. The Martians were invading! People went hysterical and ran for their lives! Or did they? Listen to Pro...
30 Okt 202143min
Americans "Bailing Out" the French Myth
Did the United States really “bail the French out in two world wars,” or is it a blustering, bigoted myth? Professor Phil Nash joins us to discuss what actually happened in World Wars I and II, and wh...
19 Okt 202145min
The Myth of Colorblind Christians
Dr. Jesse Curtis shows us how white evangelicals in the 20th century US grew their own institutions and created an evangelical form of whiteness, infusing the politics of colorblindness with sacred fe...
13 Okt 202132min
