From starting out as eye protection against snow blindness to helping pilots navigate the skies without being blinded by the sun, the subject of today’s episode not only protects your eyes but has also been a staple of fashion for centuries, as it turns out.
You’re listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Sunglasses.
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Surfing | History of the Sport, Gidget, California Sound (TSB072)
Hypnosis | Everybody Trance Now! (TSB071)
Subliminal Messages | Conspiracy Theories, Advertising, Paul is Dead (TSB070)
Tattoos | Body Art That's Ink-redible (TSB069)
Ear Piercing | A Hole Lot of History (TSB068)
Bubble Gum | Pop-Notch Chewing Satisfaction (TSB067)
Chewing Gum | Tree Sap Made Tasty (TSB066)
Sporks | KFC Cutlery of Choice (TSB065)
The T-Shirt | How Marlon Brando Made Underwear Outerwear (TSB064)
Lullabies | The Art of Sleeping Like a Baby (TSB063)
Fidget Spinners | The Stress-Relief Toy Fad Teachers Hate (TSB062)
Thank You | Thank You Cards, Gratitude Journals, #Blessed (TSB061)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1964-1989 Part 2: Wheel of Fortune through Rock and Roller Cola Wars (TSB060)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1964-1989 Part 1: Birth Control through Russians in Afghanistan (TSB059)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1961-1963: Hemingway through JFK Blown Away (TSB058)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1959-1960: Buddy Holly through Belgians in the Congo (TSB057)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1957-1958: Little Rock through Children of Thalidomide (TSB056)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1955-1956: Einstein through Trouble in the Suez (TSB055)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1953-1954: Joseph Stalin through Rock Around the Clock (TSB054)
We Didn't Start the Fire 1951-1952: Rosenbergs through Santayana Goodbye (TSB053)
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