Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

Did Nero play his fiddle while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 CE? Absolutely not. Find out how we know when Chuck and Josh bust a two thousand year-old myth.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Bonnie and Clyde

You've probably seen the movie, but what else do you know about this legendary crime couple? Listen in to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2

As the operation expands it also begins to unravel. Word starts to leak out of the illegal stuff the Reagan administration was up to, Congress and the press investigate and people start to point fingers. Spoiler alert – they all got off scot free. Find out how it all wraps up in part 2 of this classic story. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1

When Ronald Reagan was president, America got involved in some deeply shady stuff, not the least of which was the Iran-Contra scandal – a convoluted operation that managed to combine an illegal covert war in Nicaragua with secretly selling arms to Iran. Learn all about it with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World

Although it was built atop some musical styles that came before, reggae is mostly its own thing. It evolved as local music in the Trenchtown neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica but after Bob Marley and the Wailers came along, it became a global phenomenon. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.