Dirt Nap City - History's Most Interesting Dead People
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Dirt Nap City is the podcast about history's most interesting dead people. In each episode, Alex and Kelly dive into the life of a famous person that you have heard of, but probably don't know much about. Our stories are about actors, entrepreneurs, politicians, musicians, inventors, explorers and more! We also cover things that used to be popular but have fallen out of favor. Things like pet rocks, drive in theaters, Jolt Cola, and many other trends of yesterday make up our "dead ends". But whether we are talking about interesting historical figures or past trends, the show is funny, light-hearted, entertaining, informative and educational. You will definitely learn something new and probably have some laughs along the way. Everyone will eventually move to Dirt Nap City, so why not go ahead and meet the neighbors?
If you love hearing stories from Dirt Nap City, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/DirtNapCityPodcast
If you have comments about the show or suggestions on who we should cover, please email us at not@dirtnapcity.com - we really appreciate you listening!
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The Legend of Bob Hoover – The Pilot's Pilot
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Marathon Dancing - The 1930s Dance Craze That Stepped Too Far
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Captain Outrageous - How Ted Turner Went From Billboards To Media Mogul
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Cassette Culture and the Art of the Mixtape (P.S. Track 5 is About You)
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Less is More - How Les Paul Altered the Path of Rock and Roll
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May 28, 2026 |
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Lean In, Fall Down - The Rise and Stall of the Segway PT
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May 21, 2026 |
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William Wrigley Jr. - The Sultan of Spearmint
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May 14, 2026 |
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Why Pneumatic Tubes Suck
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May 07, 2026 |
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Grigory Potemkin - A Formidable Facade of Russian Power
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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High Heat & Pink Pits - The Sweaty Rise and Rapid Fall of Hypercolor Shirts
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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De Plane, De Fame, De Pain - How Herve Villechaize Struggled to Find His Place in Hollywood
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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My Main Squeeze - How Orange Julius Conquered The Mall & Our Taste Buds
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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From Mayberry to Matlock - What You Don't Know About Andy Griffith
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Hairspray & Hindsight - Why The 1990's Were All About Glamour Shots
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Blood and Wax - The Dark Origin of Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Pinsetters and Pit Rats - The Untold Tales of the Boys That Worked the Bowling Alley
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Rocket Cars & Broken Bones - The Story of "The Mad Canadian" Ken Carter
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Why Banana Candy Doesn't Taste Like Bananas - The Story of Big Mike Bananas
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Heavy Hitters - The Three Greatest Rock Drummers Explained
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Getting Fizzy With It - The Rise and Fall of the Soda Jerk
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The Bewitched King - Spain's Charles II at the End of an Era
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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End of the Road - Why We Stopped Stopping for Tolls
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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The Sinner, The Saint, and The Songs - Unpacking Johnny Cash
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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The Burning Question of the Yule Log - A Dirt Nap City Christmas Special
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Back in the Saddle Again - The Original Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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From "White Christmas" to "God Bless America" - Was Irving Berlin The Greatest Songwriter Of All Time?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Stop Making Cents - The End of the American Penny
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Pink Empire - How Mary Kay Ash Shattered the Glass Ceiling
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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The Sears Catalog - Home Shopping Before The Internet
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Philosophy of Pleasure and Pain - Decoding the Marquis de Sade
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Rise, Roll, and Retreat of Heelys - An Unforgettable Footwear Phenomenon
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Tiny Tim - Weird Before Weird Was Cool
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Curious Case of the Flea Circus - Talent, Trickery, and an Itch to Entertain
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Step Right Up! The Surprisingly Tragic History of Kinney Shoes
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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John Wooden - The Greatest Coach of All Time?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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The Garden Weasel - Small, Spiky, and Only $9.99 If You Order Now!
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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But Wait, There's More - Ron Popeil The Pioneering Infomercial Pitchman
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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The Fax & The Furious - Transmitting Text Over Paper Was The Original DM
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man In The World?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Candy Cigarettes - Sweet, Smokey, and Suspiciously Chalky
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Olive Oatman - Pioneer Woman Kidnapped Then Adopted By Native Americans
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Finger Math - The (Brief) History of Chisanbop
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Grimmly Ever After - The Story of The Brothers Grimm
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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CODs - Venmo Before Venmo Was Venmo
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Charles Schulz - Peanuts Creator, Comic Strip Legend
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Dairy Tales - History of the Milkman
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Rudolf Diesel - Father of the Diesel Engine
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The US Bicentennial and Semiquincentennial Explained
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Mood Rings - 1970's Fashion That Put Your Feelings On Your Finger
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Carl Sagan - Scientist and Astronomer Who Dared To Dream Big
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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ABC After School Specials - Awkward 80's TV At Its Best!
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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George Foreman - Heavyweight Boxer, Entrepreneur and Houston Royalty
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Mel Blanc - Man of A Thousand Voices
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May 22, 2025 |
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Atari 2600 - The Home Gaming Revolution Explained
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May 15, 2025 |
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Celebrating 100 Episodes of Dirt Nap City: Our Favorite Dead People
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May 08, 2025 |
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Enzo Ferrari: The Driving Force Behind Ferrari Motorsports
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May 01, 2025 |
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Jolt Cola - The OG Energy Drink
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Rasputin - Hypnotic Healer or Mad Monk (who smelled like a goat)?
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Wake Up Calls - In Bed With Strangers
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The Wright Brothers - Pioneering Pilots Who Taught Us To Fly
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Zeppelins - The Original Luxury Liners Of The Sky
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Henry Ford - Automotive Pioneer With A Dark Side
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Sundials - Telling Time Before Clocks
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Mata Hari - Exotic Dancer, Spy & Original Social Media Influencer
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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iPods - Thousands of Songs in Your Pocket
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Vidal Sassoon - Original Style & Fashion Influencer
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Vinegar Valentines - For Valentines Day Haters
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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The Flying Wallendas - Families That Fly Together Sometimes Die Together
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Scratch and Sniff - What The Past Smells Like
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Teddy Roosevelt - America's Most Bad-Ass President
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Charles Dickens - From Childhood Poverty to Giant of Literature
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Fade to Black - The Story of Drive-In Movie Theaters
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Chicago's OG - The Rise and Fall of Al Capone
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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America's Hangover - The Failure of Prohibition
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Forever Young - The Dick Clark Story
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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11 Records or Cassettes for a Penny? What Could Possibly Go Wrong? The Columbia House Record Club Explained
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Fast Lane to Nowhere - The John DeLorean Story
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Dead as a Dodo - The Poster Child of Extinction
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Who Was Typhoid Mary?
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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What Were Hippies? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Who Was John Lennon?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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What Was Shag Carpet? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Who Was Marco Polo?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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What Was Goldfish Swallowing? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Who Was Jim Thorpe?
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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What Was Believing What You Hear? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Who Was Davy Crockett?
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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What Was A Pet Rock? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Who Was Dale Carnegie?
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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What Was Writing A Check? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Who Was Neil Armstrong?
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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What Was CB Radio? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Who Was Andy Kaufman? (Featuring Jarret Berenstein)
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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What Was Writing In Cursive? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Who Was Benjamin Franklin?
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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What Was A Synthesizer? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Who Was Casanova?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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What Was Flagpole Sitting? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Who Was Dr. Scholl?
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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What Was A Variety Show? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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May 30, 2024 |
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
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May 23, 2024 |
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What Was A Sony Walkman? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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May 16, 2024 |
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Who Was The Gentleman Pirate?
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May 09, 2024 |
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What Was Riding In The Back Of A Pickup Truck? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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May 02, 2024 |
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Who Was Amelia Earhart?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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What Were Drinking Fountains? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Who Was Napoleon Bonaparte?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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What Was An X-Ray Shoe Fitter? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Who Was Nikola Tesla?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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What Was All You Can Eat? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Who Was Saint Patrick?
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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What Was A Waterbed? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Who Was Howard Hughes?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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What Was A Litter Bug? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Who Were Siskel and Ebert?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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What Were CD-ROMs? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Who Was Bob Marley?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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What Was Fotomat? A Dirt Nap City Dead End
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Who Were Hanna-Barbera?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Who Was Willie Wonka?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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A Holiday Message from Dirt Nap City
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Who Was Saint Nicholas? (Christmas Special)
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Who Was Merv Griffin?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Who Was Julia Child?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Is Rock and Roll Dead? (Part 2 of 2)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Is Rock and Roll Dead? (Part 1 of 2)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Who Was Babe Didrikson Zaharias?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Who Was Satchel Paige?
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Who Was P. T. Barnum?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Who Was John D. Rockefeller?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Who Was Howard Cosell?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Who Was Jerry Springer?
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Who Was Ray Kroc?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Who Was Betsy Ross?
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Who Was Walt Disney?
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Who Was Henry The Eighth?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Who Was Joseph Pilates?
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May 18, 2023 |
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Who Was Mother Teresa? (Mother's Day Special)
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May 04, 2023 |
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Was Thomas Edison the greatest inventor of all time? Despite thousands of failures, his inventions still impact us today.
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Who Was Dr Spock?
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Who Was Albert Einstein?
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Who Was Nostradamus?
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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What Is Dirt Nap City? (Podcast Trailer)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Who Was Saint Valentine?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Who Was Jim Henson?
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Who Was Geronimo?
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Who Was Dr Seuss?
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Who Was Chef Boyardee?
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Who Were The Pilgrims? (Thanksgiving Special)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Who Was Mister Rogers?
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Who Was Evel Knievel?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Who Was Harry Houdini? (Halloween Special)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Who Was Colonel Sanders?
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Who Was Andre The Giant?
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Oct 16, 2022 |