#162 - Mini-Myth: The Great Escape
The Great Escape (1963) is in the pantheon of World War II films, and deservedly so. Generations of Buzzkillers have grown up watching Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and other film stars try to ...
15 Dec 201618min
#161 - Christian Relics
Christian churches and institutions, especially Catholic ones, keep a lot of relics. In some churches or reliquaries, you may see a small piece of the true cross, or a lock of St. John’s hair, or even...
13 Dec 201641min
#160 - Mini-Myth: Candy Canes
Candy canes are a well-known symbol of the holiday season, but what is the origin and meaning of this peculiar candy? Some say it was invented by a German choirmaster in the 17th century. Others say i...
8 Dec 20165min
#159 - Pearl Harbor
Professor Phil Nash joins us to explain the myths and misconceptions about the December 7th, 1941, as well as the complexities of the cultural importance of the attack since then. Did FDR know about t...
6 Dec 201652min
#158 - Mini-Myth: Battle of New Orleans
In 1814 we took a little trip, along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp’. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans. And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.” ...
1 Dec 20165min
#157 - Lincoln’s Civil War Letter to Mrs. Bixby
President Lincoln comforted Lydia Bixby over the loss of her five sons during the Civil War in the one of the most famous letters in American history. But what really happened to Mrs. Bixby’s five son...
29 Nov 201611min
#156 - Mini-Myth: Ben Franklin’s Turkey
One of the legendary stories that re-appear during Thanksgiving season is that no less a luminary and Founding Father than Ben Franklin thought that the bald eagle was an improper choice as national b...
24 Nov 20168min
#155 - American Thanksgiving
The Pilgrims and Indians 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 to Norman ...
22 Nov 201613min
