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Petty Revenge: Warren Beatty and Dick Tracy
In 2009 and again in 2023, Warren Beatty shows up on TV in the middle of the night on an obscure interview-style show. He’s dressed as his 1990 Dick Tracy […]
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Cooping, Election Fraud & Edgar Allan Poe
The cause of death of famed American Author Edgar Allan Poe has been a mystery for 174 years. But could it have been the result of a form of election […]
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The Guy Who Invented Hand Washing
Ignaz Semmelweis was a Hungarian Physician who hypothesized about the importance of washing hands for hygiene. It was a very particular case study in Vienna that led him to his […]
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Miraculous Sniffers: Smelling Parkinsons
Joy Milne found that her husband had a particular smell. Something she couldn’t place, but something that was off. It turns out that Joy could actually smell his Parkinson’s Disease long […]
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New Atlantis and the Other Hemingway
Imagine tying a bunch of rafts together, floating it in the ocean, and then claiming it was an independent island nation. That’s exactly what Ernest Hemingway’s youngest brother, Leicester did […]
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BONUS EPISODE! Annual Patron Drive Episode 3
As a thank you to our listeners, and as part of a patron drive, we’re releasing excerpts from Joke/Story/Trick, a live web show with amazing guests telling incredible stories. In […]
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Where’s Tom Browning? The Missing Pitcher
During game 2 of the 1990 World Series, the Cincinnati Reds faced an unusual problem. They couldn’t find one of their pitchers. In this episode, we tell the story of […]
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BONUS EPISODE! Annual Patron Drive Episode 2
As a thank you to our listeners, and as part of a patron drive, we’re releasing excerpts from Joke/Story/Trick, a live web show with amazing guests telling incredible stories. In […]
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Unsinkable: The Man Who Wouldn’t Die
Imagine living through one disaster at sea, only to suffer another disaster months later, then again…and again, again and again. Arthur John Priest survived as many as 4 sinking ships […]
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BONUS EPISODE! Annual Patron Drive Episode 1
As a thank you to our listeners, and as part of a patron drive, we’re releasing excerpts from Joke/Story/Trick, a live web show with amazing guests telling incredible stories. In […]
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