Commute | The Podcast

Thanks to pop culture we’re all familiar with the Tunnel of Love ride. A couple floats into atunnel (riding in a swan-shaped boat), emerging more in love on the other side. But raise your hand if you’ve ever actually seen one. Seeing no hands, we’ll continue...
It’s rare today to find a piece of land that someone doesn’t claim ownership of. Who knew that extended to... the moon?
Podcasts entertain us by covering various topics - everything from personal finance to true crime. One true crime podcast did more than entertain - it solved a decades-old murder.
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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/tunnel-of-love-scandalous-historyhttps://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2019/06/13/space-travel-moon-resources-000899
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62735339

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1) Texas once had a litter problem, one the state government was spending $20 million per year to address. This week we explore how the Texan battle cry, Don’t Mess with Texas, helped turn things around.
2) Crypto Currency has lately taken a dive. While celebrities like Matt Damon were trying to convince you to “be brave” and invest, other industries were going down with the ship.
3) RadioShack was THE go-to electronic store for decades - until the business model failed to adapt to competition from online retailers. After filing for bankruptcy twice the company was thought to be dead. Then the vulgar tweets started.
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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trashy-beginnings-dont-mess-texas-180962490/https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/431074https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/business/radioshack-twitter-account-crypto/index.html

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Companies will try almost anything to get you to notice them - with some things more outlandish than others. So, did Taco Bell really try to purchase the Liberty Bell?
Ted Slauson is like any average person. He gets up, heads to a job, spends time with his family, and has hobbies - it just so happens one of those hobbies is memorizing every prize and price on the long-running game show The Price is Right.
Reality shows can teach us a lot about ourselves. When Scottish TV decided to base a reality show on re-starting human civilization, what could go wrong? Hint: a lot.
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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/taco-bell-bought-liberty-bell-hoax
https://www.thelist.com/935900/what-really-happened-when-a-price-is-right-contestant-made-a-perfect-bid/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/23/eden-reality-show-contestants-year-wilderness-no-one-watching

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It’s estimated that over 150 million Americas consume coffee daily - roughly 50% of the entire U.S. population! The history of coffee, though, is not as straightforward - bans, political unrest, and religious villainization abound!
When the hit Netflix show Stranger Things masterfully utilized the 1985 song “Running up that Hill” from rocker Kate Bush in a season four episode, it did more than perfectly set the mood - it also sent Kate running up the hill to the bank. So what happens when old songs get a new lease on life?
Being an astronaut is about as unique a profession as there is. So what does it take to land the gig? And why do some astronauts have a more difficult time coming home than they did taking off?
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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.mashed.com/650885/why-coffee-has-been-banned-throughout-history/
https://www.theringer.com/music/2022/6/7/23157824/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things-billboard-charts
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1109075568/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things
https://now.northropgrumman.com/effects-of-space-travel-on-the-human-body-before-during-and-after/

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1) Genghis Khan was an awful man - it’s impossible to argue otherwise. But it would also be hard to argue that he’s not your great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.
2) Coming soon to a theater near you - a horror movie about...Winnie The Pooh?! How?!
3) The film “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is a box office darling. But what’s this - teenagers are wearing suits to go see it?
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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/genghis-khan-childrenhttps://www.copyrightlaws.com/what-is-the-public-domain/
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-director-1235278405/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/07/06/minions-nabbed-the-meme-crowd-that-morbius-missed/

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