Tracing The Path
By Dan R Morris
Let us tell you the story of the 20th Century, by tracing each event back to the original decisions that shaped it. You'll quickly find out that everybody and everything is connected. If you thought you understood the 20th Century, you're in for a treat. Tracing the Path is inspired by storytellers like Paul Harvey, Charles Kuralt, and Andy Rooney.
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Episode 66: The America of Tarzan and Buck vs Bell
The 1890 closing of the Frontier by the US Census Bureau is a major milestone in the history of t... -
Episode 65: When Osama Bin Laden Wrinkled FDR's Plans
This is the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Henrietta Lacks, Jonas Salk, the March of Dimes, ... -
Episode 64: Civil War Sutler's to Bob Hope's USO
In today's episode we look at all the people and plans it took to create the United Service Organ... -
Episode 63: Classified: How the Library Built the FBI
It all started in the 1500s with Sir Francis Bacon, and then in the 1700s with Carl Linnaeus. And... -
Episode 62: The Cheesy Results of WW II
One of the greatest products of World War II was "cheesy". And it's all Wisconsin's fault. ... -
Episode 61: Every Episode Has 4
This is episode 61, the end of the first era and beginning of the second. In fielding your hundre... -
Episode 60: Roald: The Real Chocolate Spy
The fact that our most beloved children's author was a spy for the British isn't the twist. The t... -
Episode 59: Bob's Swedish Candy Canes: 1.76 Billion Sold
Did you know that if it weren't for the Mexicans and the Swedes, our Christmas would look substan... -
Episode 58: Who Killed the American Dream?
The "American Dream" was first coined in 1931. In 1971 two things happened on exactly the same da... -
Episode 57: 1848: The Year Halloween Began
Have you ever heard the origin of Halloween? Perhaps you've heard about the Irish holiday Samhain...
