The Roots of Johnny Cash
Long-time Buzzkiller, Dr. Colin Woodward, discusses his new book, Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash. Woodward dispels many myths about Cash, but also about the culture he grew up in, as well as th...
20 Sep 202234min
Martin Niemöller "First They Came..." Encore: Wisdom Wednesday!
Comedian Gary Gulman uses “empathy” as a theme in his new show “Born on Third Base.” Among other things, he discussed Pastor Martin Niemöller famous quote “First they came for the socialists, and I di...
14 Sep 202214min
Early Baseball: History and Myth
Professor Buzzkill gets schooled on the early history of baseball! Noted baseball historian, Richard Hershberger, corrects the mistakes that Professor Buzzkill made in his earlier show on Abner Double...
13 Sep 202237min
Hatshepsut: the Female Egyptian Pharaoh. Woman Crush Wednesday Encore!
Egyptologists consider Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, one of the most powerful pharaohs in Egyptian history. Join us as we have a Woman Crush Wednesday about the Egy...
7 Sep 20224min
Heather Cox Richardson explains Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech
Did Abraham Lincoln actually say “a house divided against itself cannot stand”? We place that quote in its historical context. And Dr. Heather Cox Richardson gives us a wonderful analysis of its meani...
5 Sep 202211min
Did Abner Doubleday Invent Baseball?
It's baseball season and time for a myth about the national pastime. Once again, a second- or third-hand story created a persistent myth. Did Abner Doubleday invent baseball in Cooperstown in 1839? If...
29 Aug 20223min
Dog Poop and Social Order in Recent History
Dr. Tim Newburn explains how modern societies (especially Britain) have organized themselves since the 1970s. He uses the new practice of cleaning up after dogs to bust myths about the orderliness of ...
23 Aug 202231min
Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan for the Lead Parts in Casablanca?
Warner Bros Studios pumped out this myth, Buzzkillers, before production had even started on the movie. Reagan was too genial to play a world-weary, hard-drinking, cynical American who left occupied F...
22 Aug 20222min
