Adventures in Research – The Immigrant Inventor. ep9, 430330
Michael Popien was a Cerbian shepherd boy some 80 years prior to this recording. His early experience taught him how to use the hardened ground to communicate with sound waves.…
Adventures In Research – The Man Who Found A Continent. ep8, 430323 (retro428)
In 1823 an expedition to the center of the earth was proposed. The idea was that the earth was hollow, and that people could be liing in it's interior region.…
Adventures in Research – Mariah Coventry. ep7, 430316
A womans life has been made one of comparative ease. Time was the only kitchen utensils were her own two hands. No refridgerator, no gas stove, no washing machine. Listen…
Retrro OTRDiary 19 Interview Donnie Pitchford Part 2. (retro519)
In the style of a Retro OTRDiary, to stand in for where the usual installment of Lum and Abner is missing, I present another mashed together collection of classic clips…
Adventures in Research – Yesterdays Secret Weapon. ep6, 430309
The most commonplace tool of a man in uniform was once yesterday's secret weapon. Learn how a German inventor used black powder to propel arrows through space. With it, many…
Adventures in Research – I Scream You Scream. ep5, 430302
One of the most popular people on the Summertime streets is the ice cream man. Todays story tells the story behind ice cream. Dispelling a popular myth about it's origin…
Case Dismissed – Installment Buying. ep5, 540227
Carl Bolton is a man who has found himself in financial trouble. He goes to the law office of Mr Donneley to tell how he got behind on the loans…
Interview: Kate Schweikle – Plus Snooks, George, and Gracie (retro517)
hRecently I asked for response from listeners who wanted to talk to me about old time radio. Kate is the first to contact me, and we had a nice, long…
Case Dismissed – Child Support. ep4, 540220
A lawyer, Elliot Roose, takes a look at the matter of a friend of his in need of collecting child support from her derelect husband. Shouldn't this be a matter…
Adventures in Research – The King of Ice. ep3, 430216.
Modern conveniences were unheard of in times before the 19th century. For instance, ice was only a seasonal feature, and an unimaginable luxury in the tropics, until the Ice King.…