Goff's 3 Minute Histories

What's in a name?   Sources:  http://mentalfloss.com/article/58440/why-do-we-have-middle-names https://www.rd.com/culture/why-do-we-have-middle-names/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Podcast #4 on #2. Pt. 4 of the Turd Trilogy.   SPECIAL GUEST DWIGHT GOFF!!!!! Sources: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html Credit: https:// www.purple-planet.com

It's a crappy job but somebody's gotta do it.   Pt. 3 of the Turd Trilogy Sources: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html https://www.nonfictionminute.org/the-nonfiction-minute/gong-farmers-their-crop-was-crap Credit: https:// www.purple-planet.com

 Corncobs, seashells, moss, hands, we've come a long way in our search for a better way to wipe.   Pt. 2 of the Turd Trilogy Sources: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html https://www.charmin.com/en-us/about-us/history-of-toilet-paper http://mentalfloss.com/article/23210/toilet-paper-history-how-...

Dropping some knowledge on the Porcelain Pony.    Pt. 1 of the Turd Trilogy.   Special Thanks to Tyler Booth for help in recording audio effects for this episode.  Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/turrets-toilets-partial-history-throne-room-180951788/ http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1940525,00.html https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the...

Clan before Klan.      Sources: https://timeline.com/why-does-the-ku-klux-klan-burn-crosses-they-got-the-idea-from-a-movie-75a70f7ab135 https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1213/p25s04-wonq.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_burning https://cranntara.scot/crannta.htm Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

A story about when a city said enough!      Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/guardian-angels-photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/guardian-angels-started-protecting-nyc-subways-article-1.804336 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com  

Shhhh! *whispers* You're listening to a podcast about this history of libraries.    Sources:  https://www.britannica.com/topic/library/The-history-of-libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library http://dorabwoodyard.lib.wv.us/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

The greatest Cold War multinational fleet to never set sail.      Sources:  https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-02-22/there-once-was-a-country-in-the-middle-of-the-suez-canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/09/how-war-marooned-15-ships-in-suez-canal.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Stack 'em. Slam 'em. Repeat. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game) https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-12-31-1994365103-story.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/54202/weird-history-pogs Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  Glass + Gas + Fire = boom.  Bottle bombs coming at ya. Sources: https://www.ozy.com/flashback/how-the-molotov-cocktail-got-its-name/72494 https://newrepublic.com/article/119127/history-molotov-cocktail-nazi-germany-ferguson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  Remember your favorite hoodie you let your girlfriend wear in high school and never got back?  Me neither, check out the history of hoodies. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodie https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-history-of-the-hoodie-237791/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  This local history podcast features the last public hanging in West Virginia.  We miss the 3 minute mark, but I think it's worth it if you hang in there.   FYI: Graphic Content Sources: http://www.wvculture.org/history/crime/hangingofjohnmorgan01.html http://wvmetronews.com/2014/12/16/site-of-last-public-hanging-in-west-virginia-marked-in-jackson-county/ http://www.hurherald....

No matter how you slice it, every boy wants one, every man should carry one, the short history of the pocket knife.      Sources: http://appalachianmagazine.com/2018/10/24/the-kind-of-men-who-carry-pocketknives/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketknife https://gallantry.com/blogs/journal/the-complete-history-of-the-pocket-knife Music:   http://freemusicarchive.org

Christmas Episode!  A unique Christmas tradition sprung from a WWII alliance to bring some cheer to your holidays.  Drink up the goodness!    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square_Christmas_tree https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/12/01/every-year-norway-donates-a-christmas-tree-to-britain-as-a-thank-you-for-their-help-in-wwii/ Music: https://www.purple-planet...

Nobody panic at the title, just give it a listen. How the Mouse House was able to pay the thanks to one of history's most notorious tyrants. Sources: https://blogs.shu.edu/ww2-0/1942/09/12/mickey-mouse-gets-drafted/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney%27s_World_War_II_propaganda_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkc2yAaU3CY https://w...

Hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog. By request, all you never needed to know about meat stuffed intestines. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/break-out-the-buns-the-history-of-the-hot-dog https://nathansfamous.com/about-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest https://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-fast-facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog Music: https://www.pur...

That one time America plotted to take over Canada. https://www.ranker.com/list/what-if-the-united-states-invaded-canada/stephanroget Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

The short history of the world's most versatile piece of clothing. Blue jeans baby! Sources: http://www.historyofjeans.com/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-origin-of-blue-jeans-89612175/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17101768 Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Celebrating the 413th Anniversary of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. A holiday celebrating the man who failed at carrying it out. http://www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free...

This podcast is brought to you by the letter V. This podcast is a story from the book Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson about the graffiti that helped ignite the European resistance movement against the Nazi War Machine in WWII. I know this this may be slightly over 3 minutes, but let’s be honest, most of them will be so ignore the false advertising and get ready for some knowledge bombs about to be...

This Halloween special is a double stuff edition meaning it's double time. This is our first mystery podcast. Hope you enjoy! Show Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_(Attorney_General) https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/08/would-you-be-interested-in-getting-attorney-general-william-wirts-head-back-rebecca-roberts-brings-us-a-tale-from-the-congressional-cemetery/ http://www.washingtonp...

Show Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-frisbee-4072561 https://www.frisbiepie.com/our_story/ Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Show Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=Z7pYu8mlB1g https://money.cnn.com/2015/05/06/smallbusiness/pez-dispenser/index.html http://us.pez.com/pages/history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pez https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/history-of-pez-candy-dispensers/ Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

The inaugural episode. Come get some knowledge.