128: Coney Island Amusement Park Wars
This week we conclude the Coney Island summer series with the story of how 3 rival entrepreneurs pushed each other to the limit in a battle for the public's attention and how, in true Coney Island fas...
29 Juli 1h 1min
127: Elephantine Colossus of Coney Island
This week we continue the Coney Island summer series as we learn about the gigantic Elephant shaped building that quickly devolved from hotel to brothel and then promptly caught fire. A listener emai...
22 Juli 55min
126: Coney Island Infantoriums
This week we learn how a non-doctor doctor named Martin Couney leveraged the crowds at Coney Island's fascination with freak shows into giving birth to the modern NICU. A listener voicemail combines e...
15 Juli 55min
125: KUMIT۵B (500 Open Stabs Round 5)
The ancient tournament of Kumitab returns as we pit some of our craziest subjects against one another including Colonel Sanders, Kaveh the Blacksmith, and the Magic Eye turtle wearing a bowler hat.Ema...
8 Juli 1h 19min
124: The Battle of Santiago
This week we slide tackle into learning about the infamously bloody 1962 World Cup match between Chile and Italy that was preceded by new goal rules, a warring international press, and the largest ear...
1 Juli 49min
123: Beanie Babies (feat Alyssa Cooper)
This week we are joined by special guest co-host Alyssa Cooper as she walks us through the insane Beanie Baby craze of the late 90s. A listener email explains the Mr. Trashwheel phenomenon that has ta...
24 Juni 1h 4min
122: Narodniks (feat Josie Azzam)
This week we are joined by special guest co-host Josie Azzam as she tells us about when Russian rich kids called the Narodniks tried and failed horribly to convince the newly freed Serfs to join them ...
17 Juni 45min
121: Colonel Sanders pt 2
This week we conclude the insane life story of KFC founder Harland Sanders as he fries chicken for Oppenheimer and publicly beefs (chickens?) with his corporate overlords. A listener email explains th...
10 Juni 58min
