Patented: History of Inventions
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When does spaghetti grow on trees? When can you milk a duck? When does Google read your brainwaves? On April Fool’s Day!
Come with us into the chaotic world of April 1st as we explore where the tradition originated and how many kinds of hilarious pranks there are.
Dallas’s guest today is Moira Marsh, a folklorist at Indiana University and author of Practically Joking.
Edited and Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long
The Bicycle with Tim Harford
Prozac
LSD
Small Inventions, Big Impact
Robots
Wheeled Suitcase
Tanks
The Origin of Zero
The First Motion Picture: Conspiracy, Murder, and Movies
The Treadmill
The Ear Trumpet
Monks: Medieval Masters of Invention
Spacesuits
Breakfast Cereal
The Atomic Bomb
Condoms
Military Drones
Steam Engines and Transport Innovators
Genetic Engineering
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Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra