Waldorf Astoria: An Astor Feud, Track 61 and a Dead Sea Scrolls Sale
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Waldorf Astoria began as two rival hotels on Fifth Avenue, where the Empire State Building n...
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USS Nimitz: The 1981 Prowler Crash, the Tic Tac UFO and a 2027 Farewell
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!USS Nimitz, CVN-68, was commissioned in 1975 by President Gerald Ford and is the only carrier of...
19 Okt 21min
Teamsters: Paper Locals, Casino Pension Loans and the Master Freight Deal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The International Brotherhood of Teamsters formed in 1903 when the American Federation of Labor ...
19 Okt 18min
Plaza Hotel: A $3 Million Cash Deal, Depression Widows and Eloise
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When the Plaza Hotel opened on October 1, 1907, about 90 percent of its occupants lived there fu...
19 Okt 18min
Panzer IV: An Offset Turret, a 25-Ton Overload and a Golan Heights Encore
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Panzer IV began in 1934 under the cover name Begleitwagen, or escort vehicle, because the Tr...
19 Okt 24min
Panzer III: A Three-Man Turret, a 23-Ton Limit and the StuG III Pivot
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Panzer III was built by Daimler-Benz to the doctrine Heinz Guderian pushed in 1934: a dedica...
19 Okt 24min
Leopard 2: MBT-70 Leftovers, a Disputed Abrams Shootout and Ukraine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Leopard 2 rose from the collapse of the MBT-70, a joint US and West German tank that died by...
19 Okt 21min
KV-1 Tank: 135 Hits at Krasnogvardeysk and a Sledgehammer Gearbox
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The KV heavy tank replaced the five-turret T-35, a land battleship whose thin armor the Spanish ...
19 Okt 23min
