Scattered Curiosities
Summary: What if we told you Bartholomew Columbus, Jerome Bonaparte and Kermit Roosevelt were all real people? Did you know that there is a direct link between Napoleon Bonaparte and tin cans? Thomas Jefferson and barbed wire? John Travolta and Forrest Gump? Dive into the rabbit hole of history's obscure facts and unique narratives with host Albort Einstone as he connects the dots between past and present. Join us for a hearty dose of Scattered Curiosities.
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What do Chewbacca, Igor, Flo, Barney Rubble, Sancho Panza, Doctor Watson, John Oates, Art Garfunkel and the Pips all have in common? They all get second billing, just like all of the Vice Presidents of America. Learn about the second-hand men who held the title of “Veep” and find out which of them wrote a hit song, which one introducte the bill that would abolish slavery and which two VPs shot a man while still in office. Get to know the Silver Foxes.
It is our 4th of July special, Ooooo, Ahh! “Oval Officers One’s, One by One. A Hunka Head Honchos” Celebrate the presidential firsts of our country’s commanders in chief. Find out some obscure facts they never taught you in school and improve your Jeopardy game instantly! Which owned a bar, which was a hangman and which was a model for Cosmopolitan? Find out now.
Part II picks up where Albort left off, discussing the Monopolies of the late 1800s and early 1900s, which include the steel, railroad and barbed wire industries. Hear how Teddy Roosevelt went after corporate America, why Thomas Edison never patented the Kinetoscope internationally and discover why you have heard of Casey Jones.
Did you ever notice that football, soccer, volleyball and basketball all have coaches and referees but baseball has managers and umpires? Take ten to discover more ways the American pastime is unique. Albort is Taking You Out To The Ballgame.
This week Albort discusses some superstitions and superstitious customs we have adopted from our ancestors. Why do people cross their fingers when they lie? Why do people in mourning wear black? Why throw spilled salt over your left shoulder? And what’s wrong with black cats?!
Albort goes behind the meanings of the phrases, “Balls to the Wall”, “Get Your Goat”, “Let the Cat Out of the Bag” and much more.
Albort starts this first of two episodes with a half-hour long crash course introduction to Jerome, Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte and their hand in giving us the tin can before illustrating how the French Indian War, The Rosetta Stone, The War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson, The Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, The Seminole Wars, Theatre Riots, The Pony Express, Oklahoma, John Deere, Scalawags and Carpet Baggers gave us the invention of barbed wire. Don’t get fooled by the late theme song, this is our longest episode yet.
Albort gives you pointers for your first visit to New York City in the first Scattered Curiosities Tinysode. Tinysodes are short episodes that will be released between the full length episodes every month.
In this first episode of Scattered Curiosities, Albort Einstone takes you to the Netherlands and makes poignant connections between Amsterdam and New Amsterdam (New York City), all while weaving in and out of the Eighty Years War.
Albort shares with you some of the unbelievable laws that exist across America. For instance, did you know its illegal to give a fifty pound box of chocolate to someone in Idaho?
Did you know that John Travolta was almost Forrest Gump? And Molly Ringwald, Pretty Woman? Find out some others near miss film castings in this week's Tinysode.