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The Hidden History of Candy Canes (02×03)

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

What do Protestant choirmasters, Renaissance pacifiers, mass retailers, and a 700 lb chocolate sculpture of Neil Armstrong have in common? They’re all connected to the history of our favorite Christmas […]

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Food / Holidays / Podcasts / Season 2
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The Baron of Arizona, James Reavis – Part I (02×02)

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Meet James Reavis, the greatest con man you’ve never heard of.  Called the Baron of Arizona, Reavis defrauded thousands of people — scamming them out of more than $150 million in […]

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American History / Podcasts / Season 2
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02X01 Mythbusting Black Friday

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Everything you know about Black Friday is wrong (except the mob-driven violence and greed. You’re definitely right about that).  It has nothing to do with slave markets or retailers’ profits […]

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American History / Holidays / Podcasts / Season 2
Distilling Whiskey Minicast

MINICAST: Distilling Whiskey – Mer Answers Your Questions

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Shouldn’t you always strain your mash before distilling it? What is “on the grain” distilling? Meredith breaks down answers to listener questions in this quick minicast. Our last episode (Ep […]

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American History / Beer / Food / Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1 / Whiskey
S01E48 Whiskey Women Walgreens

Ep 48: Whiskey, Women, and Walgreens

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Emily Geddes

Forget everything you know about whiskey, Prohibition, and the modern liquor industry. The real story is wild ride full of little known tales, plot twists, and unexpected connections that shaped […]

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American History / Beer / Food / Podcasts / Season 1 / Uncategorized / Whiskey / Women Business & Work
S01E45 The Gold Standard MC

Ep 47 – The Gold Standard in 7 Minutes (MINICAST)

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Emily Geddes

Frank breaks down the history, controversies, and basics of the Gold Standard in just 7 minutes. Additional Links and Resources:   Wikipedia is actually a great source to get the […]

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American History / Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1 / Uncategorized
S01E46 Mansu Musa

Ep 46: Mansa Musa- The Richest Person Ever You’ve Never Heard Of

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Emily Geddes

What do large scale sea travel, the Hajj, Parson Weems’s biography of George Washington, and Welsh naming customs have to do with the richest man in history? EVERYTHING, folks! They […]

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Black History / Podcasts / Season 1
S01E45 Whiskey Rebellion (2)

Ep 45: The Whiskey Rebellion

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Emily Geddes

This is the story of why tarring and feathering government employees is not a legitimate form of democratic expression.  Also, booze. (Happy Tax Day! We’re getting this up one day […]

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American History / Beer / Holidays / Podcasts / Season 1
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Ep 44b: 11 Leadership Lessons from Godzilla

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

A few years ago, inspired by the films he watched during his naval training, Frank wrote this funny little blog post about Godzilla and leadership. Years later, it’s still our […]

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Film / Godzilla / Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1
S01E44 Godzilla

Ep 44a: Godzilla’s Hidden History

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Emily Geddes

Godzilla is – and always has been — more than a monster movie. April 27th will be the 60th anniversary of Godzilla’s release in the U.S. Join us as we […]

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Film / Godzilla / Podcasts / Season 1
S01E43 Nana Asma'u

Ep 43: Nana Asma’u: Educational Innovator Extraordinaire

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Emily Geddes

Nana Asma’u is the smartest and most influential women you’ve probably never heard of. She was a teacher, princess, scholar, social reformer, teen mother — and the original glass ceiling […]

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Black History / Podcasts / Season 1 / Women Business & Work
MINICAST 41 The Crimean War

Ep 41: The Crimean War in 7 Minutes (MINICAST)

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Frank explains the Crimean War in 7 minutes. This is a clip from when we recorded Episode 40 on Mary Seacole that we had to edit down for the episode […]

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Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1
S01E40 Mary Seacole

Ep 40: Mary Seacole: Nurse, Doctress & Social Entrepreneur

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Emily Geddes

There’s a reason Mary Seacole was voted the greatest black Briton in history.  Long before Silicon Valley coined the term “social entrepreneurship,” she was using her business savvy to address […]

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Black History / Podcasts / Season 1 / Women Business & Work
S01E42 Irish Beer Alewives and Witches

Ep 42: Irish Beer, Alewives, and Witches

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Emily Geddes

Happy St. Patty’s Day! What do St. Patrick and Irish beer have to do with the Wicked Witch of The West? EVERYTHING! And we really mean EVERYTHING! Learn how competition […]

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Beer / Holidays / Podcasts / Season 1 / Women Business & Work
S01E39 Mary Anning

Ep 39: Mary Anning (Sells Seashells By the Seashore)

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Emily Geddes

Mary Anning had the deck stacked against her from the beginning – not only was her family poor and part of a religious minority, she was a woman in Regency […]

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Podcasts / Season 1 / Women Business & Work
S01E38 Women in the Workforce

Ep 38: Women in the Workforce

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Ever heard people say that “women entered the workforce during World War II?” Meredith, Emily, & Frank address why that belief is incomplete and inaccurate — and how that myth […]

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American History / Black History / Podcasts / Season 1 / Women Business & Work
S01E37 Leap Year (2)

Episode 37: Leap Year & Government Bureaucracy (A Love Story)

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Pirate operettas, misogynistic courtship rituals of uncertain origin, and varying levels of government incompetence? It can only mean one things, folks: We’re talking about Leap Year! Join us as we […]

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Holidays / Podcasts / Season 1
S01E36 Southern Food

Episode 36: Southern Food, Aunt Jemima, & Innovation

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, & Frank as they explore the real story of southern food. They discuss: how a recent episode of the PBS series Mercy Street both illuminated and perpetuated the […]

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American History / Black History / Food / Podcasts / Season 1
S01E35 Nushu

Episode 35: Commercializing History (The Murky Story of Nushu & Chinese Tourism)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith and Emily as they explore the  history of Nushu – a secret language used by Chinese women in Hunan province for centuries. They discuss how Nushu arose out […]

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Podcasts / Season 1 / Uncategorized
S01E34 St Valentine's Day

Episode 34: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre & Organized Crime

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith and Frank as they discuss the darker side of business. They’ll explore what organized crime is (and isn’t!), the real meaning of “mafia,” and how both Al Capone […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
Tipsy History of Honeymoons

Episode 33: The Tipsy History of Honeymoons

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily and Frank as they explore the link between honeymoons and mead, an alcoholic beverage made from – you guessed it – honey! Kidnapping, Valhalla, monastery profit margins, the […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 32: Ben Franklin & Corporate Espionage

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Frank, and Meredith as they explore the sneaky secret Ben Franklin, the Oracle at Delphi, and Hollywood share: they all manipulated the public through corporate espionage, strategically leaked […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
Ep 31 Life Death Butter

Episode 31: Life, Death, & Butter

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith, Emily, and Frank as they explore the history of butter. Like beer, butter’s history tells the story of adaptation, survival, surplus, and innovation. Learn: Why the medieval rich ate […]

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Food / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 30: Spam, Hawaii, & Japanese Internment

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Frank, and Meredith as they explore the hidden history of Spam — including how Japanese internment and martial law made Spam popular in Hawaii. They also discuss why Safeway […]

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Food / Podcasts / Season 1
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Ep 29 Minicast: Beer in Israel & Egypt, Pasta Sauce, & Rotten Fish

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

In this minicast, Emily and Frank discuss the twisty connections between how wine and beer were shared between Ancient Egypt and Israel, why Prego sells so many different varieties, and […]

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Beer / Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1
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Ep 28 Minicast: Pasifika, Beer, & Bias

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank for this minicast as they discuss fermented beverages in the South Pacific and Pacific Islander cultures, and why Google isn’t a substitute for real research. […]

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Beer / Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1
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Ep 27 Minicast: Hitchhiking, Uber, & AirBnB (Disruption III)

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith, Emily, and Frank as they discuss why Uber and Airbnb aren’t as revolutionary as they seem, the real history of the sharing economy, and what tech mags really […]

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Minicasts / Podcasts / Season 1 / Uncategorized
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Episode 26: Mail Order, Catalogs, & Warby Parker (Disruption, Part II)

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss whether companies like Warby Parker and Birchbox really qualify as disruptive innovators, the history of the catalog, how Sears Roebuck & Co […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 25: Disruption – You’re Doing It Wrong

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, & Frank as they discuss disruptive technology – from germ theory to refrigeration, and clocks to computers. We’ll go beyond the buzzwords to explore what the modern tech industry […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 24: Time Within Itself – Interview with Dr. Michael Waldrop

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith as she interviews Dr. Michael Waldrop, Director of Percussion Studies at Eastern Washington University. They explore the history of cymbals and percussion from the late 1800s to the […]

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Interviews / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 23: Bounty Hunters, The Pentagon, & Zildjian Cymbals

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, & Frank as they explore how companies and industries adapt and pivot to survive changing times — including the bail industry and bounty hunters (and other disappearing […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 22: What People in 1900 Thought 2000 Would Look Like

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Frank, Meredith, and Emily as they discuss what artists in the early 1900s thought 2000 would look like, why NASA engineers started hanging out in comic book stores, and […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 21: Ridiculous Regulations & Craft Beer – Interview with Marcus Gall

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith as she interviews Seattle-based beer enthusiast, history geek, and homebrewing expert Marcus Gall. They explore how historical taxation created our modern beers, Prohibition’s effect on U.S. beer culture, […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
Newspaper drawing of the vat from the London Beer flood before it ruptured.

Episode 20: Beer and Industrialization

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith, Emily, and Frank as they discuss corporate espionage in the 19th brewing, the glass drinkware revolution, how Guinness used a pickaxe to protect his beer empire, and some […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
 This is a pen-and-ink sketch of Shakespeare’s coat-of-arms drawn on the October 20, 1596 rough draft of the application to be grant a coat-of-arms to John Shakespeare, William’s father.

Episode 19: Beer & Shakespeare

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss preservatives and Elizabethan beer regulations, including how beer helped build the Shakespeare family’s fortunes. Links and Additional Content: Why Shakespeare liked ale […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 18: Twisted History of Potatoes

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith as she discusses how the potato has built and brought down economies – from the King of France using potato flowers to mitigate flatulence, to the Potato Famine, […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 17: Beer in India

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith and Frank as they discuss the social and economic role of beer in ancient India. Links and Additional Content: Surabhanam – The oldest Indian beer via Beer in India […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 16: Beer & Alcohol in China

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith as she discusses the twisted history of alcohol in Ancient China, from wild excess to strict prohibition.   Links and Additional Content: World’s Earliest Tipple Discovered in China […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 15: Women Business Owners in Pompeii

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith and Frank as they discuss how women in ancient Pompeii built their own business empires, despite cultural and legal biases against them. Links and Additional Content: Explore Pompeii […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
S01E14 Holy Relics

Episode 14: Holy Relics

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily and Meredith as they discuss the business side of relics, religion, and religious tourism in Medieval Europe. Links and Additional Content: A Morbid Taste for Bones (Brother Cadfael […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
Clarified chicha from Peru. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

Episode 13: Beer in the Americas

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss how chicha and other fermented beverages evolved in the Americas. Links and Additional Content: How to Make Chicha via Draft Magazine Chicha […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 12: Vikings – International Business Tycoons

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith as she discusses misperceptions about Viking society, their technology and cities, and how Viking merchants managed their international client bases.   Links and Additional Content:   Vikings were […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 11: Ancient Irrigation in Lima, Peru

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith as she discusses  water — including water restrictions in the California drought, the cost of desalination, and how Lima, Peru is combating its modern drought with ancient pre-Inca […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 10: Fermentation

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily and Frank as they discuss the basics of fermentation and the role it’s played — both historically, and in our kitchens today. Links and Additional Content: ‘Fermentation’ – […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 9b: Beer in Mesopotamia

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss the role of beer in ancient Mesopotamia, including its origins as a woman-dominated industry, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Code of […]

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 9a: Intro to Beer

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith, Emily, and Frank as they discuss why beer is the foundation of civilization, specialization, accounting, and business. Links and Additional Content:

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Beer / Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 8: Hospitality III – St. Peter’s Stiftskeller continued

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they continue discussing St. Peter’s Stiftskeller – the oldest restaurant in the world – and what has kept it open for more than 1,200 […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan

Episode 7: Hospitality Part II – The History of Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith, Frank, and Emily and they discuss celebrity, longevity, and the history of the oldest inn in the world — Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan — which they began discussing in […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 6: The Oldest Hospitality Businesses in the World

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss hospitality – one of the oldest industries in the world – and two of the oldest restaurants in the world: St Peter’s Stiftskeller […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 5: Oldest Companies in the World

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss why most lists of oldest companies in the world are incomplete and biased, Stella Artois, logos, Inca technology, and the salt trade […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 4: Columbus, Turkey, & Christmas KFC

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Meredith and Emily as they discuss branding and exoticism in the food marketing — with topics ranging from Christopher Columbus to Hawaiian pizza, including the spice trade and the […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 3: Biases & History II

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss nixtamilization of corn, the Kentucky long rifle, the Inca Road system, the ancient North American city of Cahokia near modern St. Louis, […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 2: Biases and History I

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they talk about spotting our own biases, the hidden history of women business owners, and more.   Links and Additional Content: Biography of Laurel […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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Episode 1: Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

  Join Emily, Meredith, and Frank as they discuss the USS Plunger submarine, the Venetian Arsenal, logos, sandal labels in Ancient Egypt, and why learning the hidden history of business […]

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Podcasts / Season 1
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It’s All Been Done Before

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

There are no new problems, folks. Sure, we all like to think our industries and issues are special snowflakes. But our problems are nothing new. Over more than 60 years […]

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Listen in Order

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Meredith Hartley

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