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What Were They Thinking? is a podcast about the brilliant, bizarre, and often untold stories behind the world’s most famous inventions. From the sparks of genius to the quirks of fate, we uncover how ideas turned into the things we can’t live without.
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In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day. Is America doomed? Has liberalism failed? And will mankind ever invent something better than ‘90s-era “Simpsons?” Mixing political history, pop culture, rank punditry, and shameless book-plugging, Goldberg and guests will have the kinds of conversations we wish they featured on TV. And the nudity will (almost) always be tasteful. Brace yo ...
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Founders

David Senra

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Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For v ...
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Beyond Yacht Rock 2000

Dixon Denim Cutoffs, LLC

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From the guys who brought you Yacht Rock comes a deeper dive into the ocean of arbitrary genres. Hosts Steve Huey, JD Ryznar, David B Lyons, and Hunter Stair invent a new musical genre and count down its top ten songs. Now upgraded for the brand new millennium.
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Inventing America

EX OBSCURITATE Productions

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Inventing America is a micro-documentary style podcast that uncovers the untold stories of forgotten inventors who quietly shaped the modern world. Each episode brings to life the minds behind everyday tools, life-saving technologies, and groundbreaking ideas—figures whose names were lost to history, but whose work still powers our lives today. From rocket fuel to hybrid cars, respirators to bulletproof vests, Inventing America goes beyond the headlines to explore invention, obscurity, and l ...
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Why do some inventions that have become products fail, while others succeed? Tune in once a week and discover, over time, the answer to that question and the ingredients required to move your idea from your "mind to market". Tune in and share the discussion that the co-hosts have with their inventor guests and experienced industry specialists. Learn what it takes to turn any invention into a successful product. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Based on a true story. Ben Casper has tried and failed for years to invent a life-changing product and now, he's finally done it. But it can only change his life if he can get his invention to a big trade show in Reno in time. To do it, he'll have to overcome being flat broke, nearly getting himself killed multiple times along the journey, and sneaking past his long-suffering wife. This comedy fiction podcast is based on Ben's memoir of the same name, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon. ...
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Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
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Eliances Heroes

Producer Glue

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Unmask secrets of amazing inventors, investors, politicians, startups, athletes and celebrities. Eliances is the destination "Where Entrepreneurs Align," and the Heroes Show reveals the keys. Treasured discussions , superpowers and opportunities of Eliances Heroes in business are yours as interviewed by celebrity host David Cogan, the founder of Eliances, a serial entrepreneur, community trailblazer, master of ceremonies for events, tv and radio.
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Full Pelican

The Full Pelican Cast

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A degenerate cast talks about current events make fun of each other and makes light of things most people take seriously. Filthy humor, crap inventions, and sheer stupidity, it's not for the faint of heart or kids. We are releasing episodes from the season 1 collection. These were recorded from 2021 to 2022 and never previously released. We will release two episodes of season 1 with every season 2 release until they have all been released.
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The LaunchPad

Carmine Denisco

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The LaunchPad is all things Business, invention, patents, licensing, product launching and manufacturing. Hosted by Carmine Denisco whom has changed the face of Business and the Product development industry and looks forward to helping people from all over the world move their ideas in the right direction.Google Play Users Click Here to Listen iTunes Users Click Here to Listen
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Create/Invent Podcast

Create/Invent Podcast

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Create/Invent Podcast: Talking to creators, inventors, and everyone in between. Go create/invent something! Hosted by Jeremy Cook and Pat Regan Graphics by: Lets Make Something Awesome Together bit.ly/2fcl3Ot
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Invent: Health. Each episode, we're joined by the top scientists, engineers, and academics working at the vanguard of this vital industry, to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the world of health.
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What’s it like to set a world record? To invent a new product? To survive an extremely rare illness? On Tell Me What It’s Like, host Stacy Raine sits down with people who’ve lived through powerful and uncommon experiences. Each conversation explores how it happened, why it matters, and what it truly felt like to live through it.
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The Serial Inventing Podcast

Courtney Laschkewitsch

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Offering you byte-sized mind-bending episodes to help you become the serial inventor you never thought you could be! A serial inventor has many product ideas they want to bring to market, and has the passion to do so. Award-winning entrepreneur and serial inventor, Courtney Laschkewitsch, will take you on an exploratory interactive journey through the product licensing industry. Whether you are new to serial inventing, or are looking for tips and tricks to up your licensing game, topics incl ...
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Patenting for Inventors

Adam L. Diament, J.D., Ph.D.: Registered Patent Attorney

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Learn the steps of how to patent your invention, from initial concept to issued patent. Host and registered patent attorney, Adam L. Diament, J.D., Ph.D., guides you through the complicated process of patenting your invention. This podcast starts from the beginning of what to do when you first have an idea, all the way through the steps that lead to an issued patent. Other intellectual property areas will also be covered, such as trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing. Adam Dia ...
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The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the country, every week from The Free Press, hosted by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal journalist Bari Weiss.
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Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives ...
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Twinnovation

Headgum

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A podcast for the schemers and dreamers. Identical twins Dave and Jeff Rosenberg, along with Queen Ana come up with true hustles and make billions so you don't have to.
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Ever travel to Europe in the summer and suddenly feel very “ra ra ra” about America? It’s not because of American culture, or food, or architecture. The thing people miss first and foremost is AC. Yes, air-conditioning. It’s an American treasure and of course, fodder for many dad jokes. But beyond the jokes, this invention has been politically and …
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The possible contenders for the title of inventor of spray paint were actually working across decades. And really, all those people contributed pieces of the story. Research: Abplanalp, R.H. “Valve mechanism for dispensing gases and liquids under pressure.” U.S. Patent Office. March 17, 1953. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e2/65/be/710…
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Magician Blake Vogt sits down for one hour with the incredibly talented Hokuto Konishi to try and invent a new magic trick. Hok is a Japanese-British breakdancer, choreographer, and television personality. He is a member of the American hip-hop dance crew, Quest Crew and he was also a finalist on the Third Season of the American reality television …
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Alan interviews Dale Crook. As a general contractor, Dale Crook always looked for time-saving ways to get work done. He invented ways to improve flexible ducting, wire splicing and more. Today, his inventions are sold to wholesale and retail stores that serve consumers and contractors across the U.S. and online. Make sure to subscribe to the podcas…
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This week on Invent America TV, Michael King and I are thrilled to introduce two new sponsors to our Invent America Radio, Podcast, and TV shows. In our first session, we unveil exciting details about the new Radio and Podcast Sponsors to our dedicated audience during today's broadcast. Moving on to Session 2, we feature inventor Mike Wood, the mas…
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Inventing America – Season 4, Episode 5 Josephine Cochrane – The Mechanical Dishwasher Episode Summary Progress often begins with a broken plate. In the Gilded Age, where servants handled endless chores and fragile china was easily chipped, one Illinois widow decided to build a better way. This episode explores the story of Josephine Cochrane, who …
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Identical twins Matthew and Michael Youlden invented their own private language as toddlers. They’ve gone on to become accomplished multi-linguists, but kept up their childhood invented language and still use it today. Matthew Syed explores the extraordinary human capacity to invent new systems of communication and considers whether language can pe…
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Imagine you're an ancient traveler, visiting Rhodes for the first time in 280 BCE. As you approach the famed city, a singular object dominates the horizon: a huge statue of the Greek sun god Helios, popularly known as the "Colossus of Rhodes." In the fourth part of this series on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Ben, Noel and Max explore how…
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Robert takes us up to Heinrich Himmler's adolescence and frustrating wait through the war years, which leads him into the world of far-right politics and eventually the welcoming arms of the Nazi party itself. LIVE SHOW ALERT: We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! All perform…
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Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan asks you a question, as an inventor, "Are You Wishing and Hoping?" Alan explores why wishing and hoping for success gives your power to others, makes you a victim. Instead become a victor - who's resilient and resourceful in facing challenges - like the Apollo 13 example. Be sure to subscribe to th…
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Vice week continues with Charles Fain Lehman, Manhattan Institute fellow and Dispatch contributing writer, joining Jonah Goldberg for a discussion on drug addiction, legalized gambling, and porn. Show Notes: —Charles for The Dispatch: “The Sports Gambling Backlash Is Here” —Charles for The Dispatch: “It’s Time to Prosecute Pornhub” Learn more about…
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The initial time period where a TV remote control was developed was pretty short. And it shows how two different people perceive their work, and how that work is perceived differently over time by their employer. Research: Adler, R. “Control System.” Dec. 17, 1957. U.S. Patent Office. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/9a/fb/1a/619d2580b08…
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More than 3,000 years ago, a Native American community in what is now Northeast Louisiana built monumental earthworks - such as mounds, ridges, and a vast plaza - at Poverty Point, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For nearly two decades, Dr. Diana Greenlee, station archaeologist at Poverty Point, has worked to uncover what life was like for the pe…
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Tim Carney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to unpack his latest investigative reporting on a local brothel, and they discuss the cronyism lurking behind tariffs as well as misconceptions common on both the left and the right about encouraging Americans to have more children. Show Notes: —Read Tim's book: Fa…
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Anna Go-Go has always defied expectations - she was a drummer (still rare for a woman), then a comedian and now a mass Go-Go dance instructor - always with her beloved cats by her side. But when she turned 40, she noticed people’s attitudes changed towards her. They saw her as an older woman living alone with cats and really began to treat her like…
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Do you have a number you love, or a number you hate? As Ben, Noel and Max discover in today's episode, people have always assigned symbolic meaning to the everpresent existence of math -- and created some frankly ridiculous associations along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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This week on What the Folklore, we read FOUR different explanations for where the heck all these god-dang mosquitos came from. As is our want, we take a more...buffet approach to the answer. Suggested talking points: Label Maker x Spooktralizer Slash Fic, Panera Bread Crime Aura, Wandering Around with a Mosquito Sack and a Grude, Petty Revenge Rave…
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In 1964, the future for children born with Cystic Fibrosis was grim - most faced a life cut tragically short. Today, the majority of people living with CF in the UK are adults, a testament to extraordinary medical progress. We meet Annabelle who lives with Cystic Fibrosis, and once believed she might not see her 18th birthday. And we hear from Dr I…
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Everyone wants the war in Gaza to end. The reason the war is not over is because about 50 people are still being held hostage by Hamas. Twenty of them are alive, but on the brink of death. About 30 of them have already been killed, and their bodies remain in Hamas captivity. There are differing opinions on the best way to bring them home: continue …
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Robert sits down with Prop to discuss the early life of Heinrich Himmler, the man who built the SS into Hitler's engine of genocide. (6 part series) LIVE SHOW ALERT: We are doing a new Behind the Bastards Live show! In the Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, September 25th at 8pm! All performer proceeds go to support the Portland Defense Fund. Tickets:…
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Send us a text The 8th Season of the Launchpad Podcast is in Full Swing, we have had some great guests and many many more planned for the future months. Stay tuned and thank you so very much for sticking with us through the many segments. If you have a guest suggestion or would like some info on a specific topic make sure to send this in and we wil…
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Jane Cunningham Croly, who wrote under the pen name Jennie June, was a journalist who advocated for equality for women. She is most well known for founding one of the earliest clubs for women in the U.S. Research: Croly, Jennie June. “Jennie June's American Cookery Book, Containing Upwards of Twelve Hundred Choice and Carefully Tested Receipts.” Ex…
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Alan interviews Moti Margalit. Moti Margalit is an Israeli inventor highly trained in electro-optics to improve tiny speakers using MEMS technology. Moti recognized that those who wear hearing aids found they were uncomfortable and suffered from low sound quality. He invented the solution to both with SonicEdge - his company. Make sure to subscribe…
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Howie Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Airtable, the no-code platform valued at around $12 billion. After a viral tweet declared “Airtable is dead” based on incorrect data, Howie led a radical transformation: reorganizing the entire company around AI, becoming an “IC CEO” who codes daily, and achieving over $100 million in free cash flow. What you’…
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In today's Classic episode, Ben and Noel reluctantly sing the praises of poop research. You see, folks, before Lewis and Clark set out to explore the western side of the continent, they tried to prepare for every possible contingency — including medical conditions like constipation. Join the guys as they explore how a dangerous laxative didn’t just…
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Jonah Goldberg addresses the ‘thoughts and prayers’ backlash following the tragic school shooting in Minneapolis, examines fractures within the Trump coalition, and continues the Dispatch Roundtable’s discussion of how bad Franklin D. Roosevelt was as a president. Show Notes: —In Defense of Thoughts and Prayers —Michael Brendon Doughtery's article …
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Idea: A business that you can hire to perform a prank on someone (like in the Norm MacDonald movie "Dirty Work"). Also: prank examples such as fish in cars, "Zoombombing", faking charitable donations on someone's behalf, tricking a public figure like in the movie "Borat", etc.; brainstorming a business name, such as "Leach's Pranks For Hire: For Pe…
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Newsom’s Posting Through It - Palestine and the American University feat. Dana El Kurd - How Democrats Passed North Carolina's New Anti-trans Laws, Part One - How Democrats Passed North Carolina's New Anti-trans Laws, Part Two - Executive Disorder: White House Wee…
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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We learn why the Mount Pleasant riots erupted in Washington DC in 1991, and hear from our guest, Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, a public historian of the US capital. Plus, more on John Lennon’s benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York, his fin…
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Not all intellectual property rights are automatic. Some appear the moment you create, others only when you use, file, or keep them locked away. Join me in the latest episode of "The Patenting for Inventors Podcast," as we explore the hidden logic of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, and why the law treats your poem, your logo, yo…
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