Episodes

  • The Story of the NS Savannah the Worlds First Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship

    The Story of the NS Savannah the Worlds First Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship
    Aug 18 2023
    Ever wonder why Cargo Ships are not Nuclear Powered? The story of the NS Savannah might be the answer.
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    21 mins
  • Jet Powered Trains? Yes they have been built.

    Jet Powered Trains? Yes they have been built.
    Aug 1 2023
    In what can only be described as the locomotive equivalent of a Wiley Coyote ACME product, we explore what happens when you strap a jet engine to the roof of a train car.
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    13 mins
  • Nuclear Powered Aircraft? Yes, we really did try that!

    Nuclear Powered Aircraft? Yes, we really did try that!
    Jul 19 2023
    What ways can you power an aircraft? Turbine power, yes, piston power yes, Air Cooled Nuclear Reactor...........OH HELL NO!
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    11 mins
  • Silver Thursday, Market Manipulation or Currency Paranoia?

    Silver Thursday, Market Manipulation or Currency Paranoia?
    Jun 28 2023

    In 1980 the Hunt Brothers controlled 2/3rds of the world's privately held Silver Bullion Market. was it market manipulation or fear of the us economy crashing?
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    31 mins
  • The Crash at Crush what passed for entertianment in 1896

    The Crash at Crush what passed for entertianment in 1896
    Jun 21 2023

    Have you ever used the term "It's like watching a train wreck?" Well in the late 19th century people paid good money to do exactly that. in 1896 People paid the equivalent of $130 do watch two locomotives crash
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    19 mins
  • Sports Promotions That Really Missed Their Mark

    Sports Promotions That Really Missed Their Mark
    Jun 14 2023
    Promoting Sports can be hard, sport are unpredictable, bit then a lot of human behavior is predictable, Follow along as I discuss a few.
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    19 mins
  • The Hollywood Origins of Big League Chew

    The Hollywood Origins of Big League Chew
    Jun 6 2023
    Hollywood, Single A Baseball, people who defied Authority and Chewing Tobacco, all adds up to over 1 billion pouches of gum sold.
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    9 mins
  • Disco Demolition Night. Another Night of CHaos at a Major League Baseball Game

    Disco Demolition Night. Another Night of CHaos at a Major League Baseball Game
    May 30 2023
    50,000 angry rock and roll fans, explosives and baseball, what could go right?
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    13 mins