They Named a Disease After Him (It’s Okay, it’s a Good Thing)

BONUS: But Wait, There's More!

THIRTY Cambridge-area stories to brag about? Nope. How about FORTY?! Or more! In this bonus episode you'll hear about ten more impressive local stories. You'll also learn how the many Cambridge-area contributions span eleven different categories, all at remarkable levels. Indeed, the Cambridge area has made contributions to our community, our nation, and our world vastly disproportionate to our modest population. This is the ultimate episode for Cambridge-area bragging.

They Named a Disease After Him (It’s Okay, it’s a Good Thing)

The dude was short, real short. A runt. A pipsqueak. Shorty-short-stuff. Diminutive. And he was sickly to boot. Only five-feet three-inches tall with what’s now called Trigeminal Neuralgia. And yet, this guy fully earned the title, “Giant”. His is this season’s final episode, the capstone episode, for a reason. This Cambridge short-guy was as BIG as it gets.

Hey! That Storyteller is Writing Stories . . . With a Paintbrush!

Movie kingpins George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg are two of the greatest storytellers of all-time. They tell stories through thousands of frames of film. Star Wars. Jaws. Indiana Jones. But there's one storyteller Lucas and Spielberg look up to as THE greatest because he told great stories in just ONE frame. He was local. So were some of the faces in his famous frames.

Thank Goodness You Didn’t Decide to Raise Chickens!

Seventy-eight years old and what to do, what to do? Raise chickens? Nah. Pancake dinners? Nope. I know! I'll order that paint set from the Sears catalog, hang a painting in the White House, put some on postage stamps, and get my mug on the covers of Time and Life magazines. Yah, that's what I'll do!

Finally! A Big-Pharma Global Business We Can Love!

Big global pharma companies do NOT illegally exaggerate claims about the efficacy of their products, right? RIGHT?? Get your bragging pants on because here's a fun story about one of the world's first global drug businesses, one that made big claims but always kept it legal.