Best Plant Daddy Podcasts (2026)

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It's in Your Bloodstream: The Nobel-Prize-Winning Bug Killer That Also Kills Plants, Animals, Fish and Even People 2:11

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What Was He Thinking? They're the ultimate buzzkill. Malaria-carrying mosquitoes murder millions of people each year. A Swiss chemist leaps to the rescue. Immediately hailed as the antidote to the scourge of bug-borne diseases, 3.6 billion pounds of his chemical concoction are sprayed across the globe—all without regard for its deadly, long-lasting…

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Long Before the Epstein Scandal, This American President Was Caught Naked in Public 2:07

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What Was He Thinking? Giving "crack of dawn" a whole new meaning, each morning, this President sneaks down to the Potomac, surreptitiously undresses and proceeds to folly about with the local ducks and geese—all the while naked as a jaybird. What happens when a female newspaper reporter witnesses his au naturel aquatic adventures? Listen, laugh and…

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Bad Holiday Gift Idea: Songs from a Hit Singing Group That Can't Really Sing 2:06

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What Were They Thinking? Uber music producer Farian is looking for the "next big thing" in music. Scouring the '80s Berlin club scene, he happens upon a pair of male models models tearing up the dance floor. To most, they're no more than hunky, prancing boy toys. But to Farian, they're ideal front men for a new pop music band. One problem: Neither …

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Bad Hoilday Gift Idea: The Most Dangerous Kid's Game Ever Invented 1:47

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What Were They Thinking? What would you call an outdoor game where one player heaves a weighted, foot-long, metal-tipped dart high into the air, hoping to land it in the middle of a plastic hoop placed at the feet of his opponent some 20 feet away? You'd call it "the most idiotically dangerous kid's game ever invented." Learn all about this stupend…

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Talk About Selfish Politicians, This One Sits at the the Top of the (Exploding) Mountain 1:58

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What Was He Thinking? Sure the nearby Mt. Pelee volcano is rumbling, smoldering and soon to spew 500-degree lava high into the air. Sure snakes, goats and red ants are scurrying down the mountain to seek cover. And sure the residents of St. Pierre, Martinique, at the foot of the ominous peak, are scared to holy hell of the approaching inferno. But …

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Ice, Ice Baby: How the Wintertime Invasion of Russia Became Hitler's SS (Stupidest Strategy) 2:13

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What Was He Thinking? France's nineteenth-century wintertime invasion of Russia gave us Tolstoy's War and Peace, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and Napoleon's worst ass-kicking to date. Yet, evidently, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler doesn't read novels, listen to classical music, or study history. Because he's about to repeat the diminutive French general'…

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Reschedule Thanksgiving? This President's Turkey of an Idea Gets Plucked and Cooked 1:48

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What Was He Thinking? As the Great Depression lingers on, the President and his advisors have a shiny new concept for boosting the lackluster U.S. economy: Reschedule Thanksgiving. That way, they reason, Christmas shoppers will have one more week to buy presents, thereby invigorating moribund retail sales. Instead, an irate populace immediately pla…

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Jurassic Dork: Meet the Bonehead Actor Who Bought a Dinosaur Skull Instead of Paying His Taxes 2:24

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What Was He Thinking? He's bought a jet. Two yachts. Three castles. Two Bahamian islands. A gaggle of mansions. Fifty cars (including a $495,000 Lamborghini). And a comic book collection worth $1.6 million. But it's this actor's quarter-million-dollar purchase of dinosaur bones (instead of paying his income taxes) that has brought the ire of the IR…

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Grammy Announcement Special: The Hit Song So "Secretly Obscene" the FBI Vowed to Ban It 2:22

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What Were They Thinking? It's the early '60s. Irate parents, religious groups and moral leaders are demanding government action. No, they're not railing against the nation's escalating incursion into Vietnam. Or its inertia on the issue of civil rights. They've got more important matters on their minds—like having the FBI find out once and for all …

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Monsanto: The Dudes Who Made This Weed Deal Must Have Been High 1:57

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What Were They Thinking Say you're a farmer. You get all excited in your overalls that there's now a new genetically-altered soy plant destined to eliminate the enormous cost of weeding your fields. As long as you spray your crop with a certain herbicide, you'll never have to weed again. So goes the pitch to the world's soy farmers, conveniently le…

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He Was Dying to Become President -- and 30 Days Later, He Died 2:04

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What Was He Thinking? He's the tough-as-nails Indian fighter who eagerly rises to become the nation's ninth President. At the time the oldest man to be elected to the office, the sixty-seven-year-old decides to demonstrate his robust health by attending inaugural festivities—held outdoors on a cold, wet March day—without wearing an overcoat or hat.…

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The Dumbest Bet on a Horse Race in American History 2:21

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What Were They Thinking? Sure there's speedy electronic messaging via the telegraph. And yes, the nearly-complete transcontinental railroad will transport millions of bags of mail in the coming months. But in 1860 America, a trio of wealthy businessmen believe that the future of rapid communication will be carried on the back of good old-fashioned …

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Ted Danson's Black-Faced Minstrel Cramp 2:28

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What Was He Thinking? With the nation still reeling—and Los Angeles still smoldering—from the 1992 L.A. riots in minority communities, race is a red-hot issue in early 1990s America. Yet former Cheers jokester Ted Danson decides to fete his then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg at a Friars Club Roast with an N-word-laden monologue staged in the decidedly…

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First Came "The Love Boat." Then Came the "Poop Cruise." Now Climb Aboard the "Holy 'Shit-tino' Death Boat" 2:32

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What Was He Thinking? Inebriated Carnival cruise-ship Capt. Francesco Schettino (later to be known as "Capt. Frank Shit-tino"), steers off course toward a rocky Italian shore, just so that the ship's headwaiter can wave to his homies standing on the beach. But amid all the frivolity, disaster, denials, indictments and death follows -- as Shit-tino …

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The Strange Reason Keith Richards Became Known as "Snuff Daddy" 1:34

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What Was He Thinking? Stones (and often "stoned") rocker Keith Richards, by his own admission, has inhaled an elephant's trunk full of illicit substances over the past five decades. But his confession to a British magazine takes getting high to a new low. Find out the crazy concoction the fright-mask-faced guitarist has inhaled in this episode. Mor…

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She Has Six Kids and Just Had Eight More – All at Once: Meet the Modern-Day Baby Machine Called "Octomom" 2:55

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What Was She Thinking? She's an unemployed single mother of six with an idea: To undergo risky fertility treatments in order to birth octuplets -- and does so, becoming only the second American on record to birth eight babies at the same time. Welcome to the oddball, kid-crazy, headline-grabbing, reality-show-creating, wellfare-frauding, "I can't a…

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Now Playing at an Ocean Near You: "Attack of the Frankenfish Monster" 2:10

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What Were They Thinking? In their aquatic laboratory lair, Canadian scientists are playing god: Genetically alterring the genes of a typical 20-pound salmon in the hopes of creating a super salmon -- a 550-pound finned behemoth dubbed "Frankenfish." It's a creature designed to grow faster. Swim faster. Mate prodigiously. And redefine the all-you-ca…

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The Crash Course in Terrorism That Gave the 9/11 Hijackers Their Inspiration 2:55

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What Were They Thinking? If you can't beat 'em, scare 'em. That's the thinking behind the battle-tested terror tactic that convinces young pilots to crash their planes into command-designated enemy targets. When successful, the enemy is made to feel violated and vulnerable -- and the pilot is made to feel, well, dead. That was the calculus bheind t…

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Long Before Beyonce Went Country, Oprah Went West and Kicked Cowboy Butt 2:15

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What Were They Thinking? During a hard-charging, hoof-stomping talk show debate over the cattle industry's cannibalistic practice of feeding cow meat to cows, host Oprah Winfrey declares: "It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" Texas cowboys rope Winfrey into court, claiming that her "false defamation of perishable food" has sent …

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The Lying, Cheating American Tour De France Winner Not Named Lance Armstrong 3:27

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What Was He Thinking? At 2 a.m. each morning, over his devote Mennonite father's objections, he sneaks out of the house to practice his beloved cycling on the frozen hills of Farmersville, Pennsylvania. This dogged determination leads him to a spot on the U.S. Postal Service cycling team -- and to a surprise victory in the heralded Tour de France. …

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WD-40: The Space Rocket Idea That Crashed and Burned for Its Inventor 2:45

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What Was He Thinking? He's the genius inventor (and not-so-bright businessman) who creates a product that eventually appears in four out of five American homes -- yet his poor decisionmaking ensures that he earns next to nothing for his efforts. Learn all about the amazing journey of WD40 in this episode. More Blundering Brainstorms to Come The nex…

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Back to School Special: Bad Ideas Gone Good 5:11

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What Were They Thinking? Sure they stumbled out of the gate -- but slow and steady wins the race for these six flops that turned out to be fabulous successes: An Upchuck of Historic Proportions He Forgets His Underwear and Turns Blue Blind Teen Creates an Awl-some Invention A Golden Moldy A Not-So-Sticky Situation A Forgettable Film Leads to an Unf…

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O.J. Simpson: An All-Time Great Rusher, an All-Time Worst Lover 2:05

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What Were They Thinking? Given O. J. Simpson's combination of looks, charisma, and athletic talent, it's no wonder girls lose their heads (sometimes literally) when the slashing running back is around. But one of the NFL's all-time great rushers is also one of America's all-time worst lovers. In this episdode, learn about the various women who date…

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The Big Mac Smackdown: McDonald's Battles London Couple for Insulting Their Burgers 2:35

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What Were They Thinking? Environmental activists David Morris and Helen Steel camp under London-area golden arches to hand out their pamphlet titled: "What's Wrong with McDonald's? Everything They Don't Want You to Know." McDonald's burger brass (possibly led by an incensed Mayor McCheese) proceeds to flip their collective bun lid, suing the financ…

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It's President Vs. Ex-President in the Fight to Free A Group of Mutinous Imprisoned Slaves 2:12

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What Were They Thinking? Joseph Cinque leads a group of fifty-four Africans aboard the Spanish slave schooner La Amistad in a daring mutiny near Havana, Cuba, demanding that the crew provide them safe passage back home. Instead they're captured, imprisoned and held by the U.S. government on the condition that proceeds from the sale of said slaves a…

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Backyard Steel Plants? China's Great Leap Forward Falls On Its Face 2:09

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What Was He Thinking? The fearless leader commands you to replace your shrub plants with a steel plant. Dutifully, you and over 23,000 of your comrades obey. Using homemade backyard blast furnaces, kitchen utensils, old farm machinery, anything metal that's not nailed down is melted down in a frantic effort to meet ambitious steel-production quotas…

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Independence Day Special: The Midnight Ride of Not Paul Revere 1:50

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What Was He Thinking? Every school kid knows Longfellow's classic poem that begins: "Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." But hold your horses! Historians tell us that Longfellow ignored as many as forty other brave riders, including a young man who rode farther and alerted more Massachusetts colonists to the …

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The Superman of Inventors: Common Sense is His Kryptonite 1:36

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What Was He Thinking? An inventor since his teen years, he's Superman when it comes to conjuring up revolutionary innovations: the safety pin, the sewing machine, the fountain pen and the repeating rifle, among others. But he's kryptonite when it comes to business. Listen and learn how this man's revolutionary innovations made millions for others, …

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Mad Hatters Introduce the Hippest in Urine-Soaked, Mercury-Infused, Camel-Hair Headwear 1:56

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What Were They Thinking? In the race to create fashion-forward, Euro-hip menswear, nineteenth-century hatmakers aren't using their heads. Selecting the finest Turkish camel hair with which to produce hat felt, they discover that soaking the fibers in camel urine greatly enhances quality and manufacturing efficiency. One problem: Yet just as mercury…

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Father's Day Special: 100 Worst Ideas on the Air -- Author Interview with WNFL radio in Green Bay 13:22

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What Were They Thinking? Well, the producers at talk radio station WNFL were thinking that putting "100 of the Worst Ideas in History" on their airwaves might be a good idea -- and they were right. The infotaining repartee ensues as author Michael Smith shares his insights on the ill-fated XFL football league, the fat-free food additive that caused…

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The "Space Western" That Dozens of Movie Studios Hated -- and Millions of Moviegoers Have Loved Ever Since 2:52

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What Were They Thinking? In the sparkling-water-swilling, $3,000-suit- wearing, have-your-masseuse-call-my-masseuse world of Hollywood film production, saying yes to a film concept is fraught with peril. If the movie bombs, you could lose your job (not to mention your masseuse). Saying no, on the other hand, is easy -- except when the movie you and…

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The Cocaine-Laced Dental Care Product That Might Rot Your Teeth 1:53

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What Was He Thinking? John Pemberton is an Atlanta pharmacist. What he's not is a savvy product marketer -- or a particularly smart businessman. So his kooky blend of a dark, sticky, sugary syrup spiced with a pinch of cocaine, specially formulated to help patients with everything from migraines to upset stomachs to toothaches to impotence, alas, g…

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Memorial Day Special: The Double Agent Double Cross That Fooled Hitler and Beat the Nazis 2:03

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What Was He Thinking? German military intelligence learns that an Allied invasion of Europe is imminent. What they don't know is where or when they will attack. So Nazi leader Adolf Hitler turns to his most trusted intelligence advisor, Juan Pujol García. But there's one measly little problem with good old Juan: Unbeknownst to Hitler, García is act…

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The Pubic Hairpiece: The Strangest Coverup in Fashion History (parental advisory) 1:35

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What Were They Thinking? Seventeenth-century hookers have a pubic problem that's gone public. Doing the nasty with numerous lice-ridden sailors, farmers, vagrants, and sundry dirty scoundrels has left parasites o'plenty in the working girls' privates. And that's proving to be bad for business. Yet this old-world invention is still in use today. Lis…

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The Federal Investigation of the Hit Song That Advocates Deviant Teen Sex -- But Does It? 2:22

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What Were They Thinking? This hit song produced for a mere $36 by a bunch of drunken hipsters is the traget of a multimillion-dollar FBI investigation. Does it encorage American teens to have perverse sexual relations? Religious groups say: Yes! Parents say: "Gosh-darn-it, we hope not." The Feds say: "We'll, ah, get back to you on that." Listen, la…

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Is Balloon Boy Trapped Inside an Inflatable 7,000 ft. Aloft -- Or is This Story Full of Hot Air? 2:45

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What was He Thinking? National Guard choppers race to the scene in breakneck aerial pursuit. Local Fort Collins, Colorado, police give frenzied chase on the ground below. Denver airport is hurriedly closed. All while the eyes of a nation are riveted to the strange, saucer-shaped object floating aimlessly overhead. Is a six-year-old Colorado boy pre…

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Superhero Breaks into a Home for a Drug-Induced Kiddie-Bed Sleepover 1:53

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What Was He Thinking? He's the superhero actor who does comething super-strange: Under the influence of heroin and cocaine, he speeds down Sunset Boulevard naked while packing a .357 magnum. He's soon arrested—all the while claiming to officers that his car is filled with rats. Not long after, wearing nothing more than a pair of briefs and a smile,…

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The U.S. Army's Best General Loses a Slap Fight 1:53

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What Was He Thinking? Acknowledged by the Nazis as the most formidable commander in America's military, this U.S. Army general is a brilliant tactician known for his shrewd WWII tank maneuvers—until one decidedly stupid maneuver nearly tanks his career. In this episode, learn how he takes a swing at his own troops, is slapped down by his superiors …

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Britney Spears' Bald-Headed Bare-Crotched Adventure 2:24

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What Was She Thinking? Springboarding to fame on the Disney Channel's New Mickey Mouse Club at age eight, Britney Spears explodes into America's biggest-ever teen pop music sensation with the 25-million-selling "Baby One More Time" in 1999. Yet just as Spears's cumulative album sales top 52 million by 2002, she stumbles through a series of bizarre …

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Sarah Palin's $398,000,000, Golden-Gate-Sized Bridge to Nowhere 2:27

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What Were they Thinking? Hundreds of thousands of wind-whipped, rain-drenched, homeless and hungry Louisiana residents plead for federal assistance in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, Washington power brokers are busy focusing on what is, at the moment, the U.S. government's top priority: Providing about fifty Alaska resid…

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It's Hard to Stomach The Restaurant Chain with a Racist Name 1:59

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What Were They Thinking? OK, so maybe they were naive. Or maybe they were out of touch? Or maybe Santa Barbara, California restaurateurs Sam Battistone and Newell Bohnett were, well, secretly rascists. But when they mashed up their names to form the trademark of what would become a mega-national chain of diners, that's when the pancakes hit the fan…

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"Givers & Takers" 26:08

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Who's Who?By ClearMind Fitness

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This Comedian's Transvestite-Hooker Pickup Was No Laughing Matter 2:32

10M ago2:32

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What Was He thinking? Tossing and turning one sleepless night, one of Hollywood's best-known, best-loved actor/comedians decides to drive his wife's SUV to a nearby L.A. newsstand to browse the latest periodicals. Along the way, he encounters a diminutive damsel stumbling down a tough section of Santa Monica Boulevard at 4 am. In a moment of compas…

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The Weaponized Elephants That Climbed the Alps 1:59

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What Were They Thinking? A pack of elephants can't possibly climb the Alps in order to engage in a life-or-death battle in the valley below, right? Well, that's the logical conclusion ancient Roman generals have come to. Are they correct? Or would this band pugnacious pachyderms wreak stomping, earth-shaking terror on enemy foot soldiers in the Po …

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Ban Baseball's Greatest Home Run Hitter from Playing in the Major Leagues 2:09

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What Were They Thinking? Some insist it's the legendary Babe Ruth. Others say it's Hammering Hank Aaron -- or even that prickly chap named Barry Bonds. Yet the most prolific home run hitter of all time isn't any of them. Rather it's a man who never played in the major leagues—banned by the game's small-minded stewards based on a hatefully-prejudice…

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Special Episode: "And the Oscar Goes to...None of Them." It's 12 of the Worst Movie Ideas in History 13:16

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What Were They Thinking? Here on Hollywood's biggest star-studded night, we honor the "dirty dozen" -- 12 of the worst movie ideas in film history. So get ready to cross dress, buddy cop with your mom, get eaten by a roll of shag carpeting and play the pinao with finger sausages as you listen, laugh and learn all about these cinematic stinkers. Mor…

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"Find Out" 23:56

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Life has handed me some crazy card, but I'm controlling the controllables.By ClearMind Fitness

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Ignorance is Bliss: The Doctor Who Killed the President 2:02

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What Were They Thinking? History tells us that President James Garfield is shot and killed in a Washington railroad station by an irate diplomat-wannabe named Charles J. Guiteau. The part about Guiteau shooting Garfield is unquestionably true. But the part about him killing the President is dead wrong. Listen and learn all about it in this episode.…

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Bob's Wedding-Night High Jinks Leads to the Ford Motor Company Stealing Him Blind 2:26

11M ago2:26

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What Were They Thinking? It's his wedding night. And in a blissful, celebratory moment, Robert Kearns pops a champagne cork—right into his left eye, leaving him partially blind. Fast-forward ten years. Driving home in a rainstorm, the sight-impaired automotive engineer and part-time inventor squints through his car's rapidly oscillating windshield …

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How Do You Stop a Pandemic? Try a Hot Cup of Influenza 2:17

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What Were They Thinking? Early in the last century, in the absence of licensing, almost anyone in America can claim to be a "doctor"—from folk healers to your goofy next-door neighbor Fred. So it should come as no surprise, in the face of the dreaded Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, that the world is ill prepared to fight its symptoms or find a …