There's a Sign

Hey gang, sorry for the drop off in production but things got busy and doing all the research necessary to give you guys a fun, good episode wasn't fitting in my schedule too well. But we shall return!! In the mean time, please for the love of all things holy, come to the special taping June 23 at Ukie Club!  

Back with a new episode looking at a great Philadelphia architect, Thomas Ustick Walter. He helped bring Greek revivalism to America and built the friggin' U.S. Capitol dome!! Shoutot Flop Soup podcast for being the first ever human being to ask to be plugged on my humble program. Please rate, review, subscribe, share and tip your waiters. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Oh my lanta it is another guest episode! Indiana's finest Trent Mabry joins me as we take a look at ECW Arena - the birthplace of American hardcore wrestling. I knew very, very little about wrestling so was fun to learn more about a slice of American culture so popular with balding men in their mid-30s. Please review, rate, subscribe and tag me in! Thanks, as always, for listening.

Hoo boy, my laptop froze and I thought that this episode would be lost to the grains of time forever but thank you Lenovo thank you Bill Gates thank you Tom Cruise, it has been saved! Behold, The Christmas Episode, featuring the greatest stretch of Christmas Decorations in the Whole Wide World - The Miracle on South 13th Street. Please rate, review, subscribe and have a holly jolly Christmas. Than...

We are back and finally taking a look at a sign that I walk by nearly ever day - Sarah Josepha Hale! This lady not only edited magazines for 40 years, she also wrote a poem that nearly every one in the whole wide world knows - powerful. Please review, subscribe and put a winter hat on it's cold out there! Thanks, as always, for listening.

There's a Sign's first LIVE episode!! Featuring the artist extraoidrinaire Teddy Hanson, we discuss the Barnes Foundation and it's sordid tale of ending up at it's current location. Thanks to Space 1026 and our lovely audience for a nice, fun, lil' episode. Please rate, review, subscribe and eat some mashed potaters! Thanks, as always, for listening.  

We're back! Season 2 of the pod kicks off with my second favorite place to look at wild animals in the city - The Philadelphia Zoo. From being first in zoodom to being at the forefront of breeding rare critters, this zoo has it all.  Please rate, review, subscribe and go look at the giant river otters. I made a Patreon if you want to tell me signs to do or go on a walking tour feel free to su...

Finally! The long awaited guest episode has arrived! I brought in renowned Philadelphia Eagles expert Blake Wexler to discuss the most iimportant thing to happen in any of our lives - the Eagles winning Super Bowl LII over Touchdown Tom and the despised New England Patriots. I have a few more of these in the pipeline. Will likely start posting some on the ol' Patreon. Please review, rate, share an...

This week we have FIYAHHH episode of the pod as we take a look at Benny Frank's Union Fire Company. Back in the 1700s, fire was like the opposite of Survivor, it was the not your life in this game. It was scary! Please rate, subscribe, share and come on in guys! Thanks, as always, for listening.

It's football season gang, time to talk about Philadelphia icon, NFL Films. The kings of sports highlights used to work out of an office on 13th and Vine! Crazy. I sing a couple times on this episode, apologies in advance. Please subscribe, review, share and go birds. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Gee golly mister, it's another episode of Things I Think Should Have a Sign! This week we learn about every Philadelphian's most loyal companion, The Citywide. Getting your drunk on without breaking the bank, a dream come true! I thought it was hundreds of years old but it's only like 30. Please share, comment, review and if you see something, say something. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Brrr, it's cold in here, there must be 12 listeners in the atmosphere. Today we learn about famed Arctic explorer and Philadelphia's own, Elisha Kent Kane. This bol went on not one but TWO Artictic expeditions just to look for another lost expedition. Then died at 37, rest in power Eli my boy. Please share, review, subscribe and call your mother, she's worried about you. Thanks, as always, for lis...

I am absolutely buzzing about this week's episode, featuring the Father of American Beekeeping - Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth. LL was a true pimp, designing a bee hive that is still in use to this day! Much like how this podcast will be listened to in 2193. Please rate, review, share, stop, drop and roll! Thanks, as always, for listening.

Another edition of "Things I Think Deserve a Sign" with the greatest sports moment I have ever witnessed, the Bryce Harper-induced "Bedlam at the Bank." Coined by the god Scott Franzke, the phrase will live in Philadelphia Phillies lore forever. Please rate, review, share and get stoked Steve, stoked! Thanks, as always, for listening.

A scrumptious episode this week as we learn about Girl Scout Cookies! This tasty tale started in a PGE window and ended up sweeping the nation, much like pickleball. Sorry in advance for my opinions on Lily Bumpus. Please rate, review, share, twist and shout. Thanks, as always, for listening.

This week we take a look at Louis I. Kahn, and I think the "I" stands for Interesting!! The Kahn Man was an architect extraordinaire who loved the two most important things in this world - natural light and brick. His sign was almost destroyed by a SEPTA bus the other week so he moved to the top of the episode list #topical Please share, review, reduce and recycle! Thanks, as always, for listening...

A nice look at a good ol' fashioned Irish family, The Kellys. A rower and a swimmer gave birth to a rower, two other kids and the hottest lady of all time - Grace Kelly. Stay tuned to the end where I admit that I actually don't know something. Will never happen again, hand to The Man! Please rate, review, share and most importantly, VOTE! Thanks, as always, for listening.

Another edition of "Things I Think Should Have a Sign But Don't" this week as we take a look at the Boner 4ever Building. Long a hallmark feature of North Broad, the famous graffiti might not be long for this world so go take a look while you still can! Plesae review, share, pre-heat oven to 350 and bake for 10-12 minutes. Thanks, as always, for listening.

I am sorry in advance for this being a 23 minute episide but the crusade against gansta rap just made me laugh so hard that I got really into it. C. Dolores Tucker, Civil Rights Qween turned into conservative tool? Who knows! I read a friggin' peer-reviewed article about this whole thing, the work I do for you, my 12 Apostles!! Please review, share, lick on these bleep and suck the bleep! Thanks,...

Another week another episode of your favorite Philadelphia history podcast. Today we take a look at one of my top sign names "Oldest Photograph". Wow, how vague. Gotta listen to the whole thing to learn The Ultimate Truth! Please review, share, and listen like no one is watching. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Another episode of the world's premier philadelphia history podcast hath arrived! The Solitude was too boring so instead we take a look at W.C. Fields! Juggler turned comedian who once worked at Strawbridge's on Market Street when he was a kid. This is like if they put a sign outside the Exton Mall to commemorate my time working at Sears. Please review, share, rinse AND repeat. Thanks, as always,...

Lord forgive me, I went over the 20 minute mark with this week's episode about The Curse of Billy Penn. If you get me talking about the 2008 World Series I just can't stop. This one is sports-centric so give it a listen and then try to go connect with your father. Please review, share, transcribe, print out the transcription and paste it on electrical poles near you. Thanks, as always, for listeni...

This week we have a Pride Month Spectacular of an episode - Dewey's Sit In. The Stonewall Inn can go kick rocks, Philly is where LGTBQ activism began!! In a diner by Rittenhouse is where it all began. That also happens to be the first line in my upcoming screenplay, "Step-Brotherly Love" (tentative title). Please review, share, email to your mom or dad so that they may forward it along in an email...

Super stoked for this episode as we take a look at the legendary Sigma Sound Studios - the birthplace of The Sound of Philadelphia. David Bowie was there! He walked on the same sidewalk I pissed on once a long, long time ago. History rules. Please share, review, refinance, regurgiate, all the re's. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Have a neat lil' episode this week about the Royal Historian of Oz, Ruth Plumly Thompson! In West Philadelphia, born and raised, in a fourth floor study is where she spent most of her days - writing 19 books in the Oz extended universe. You're a wizard Ruthie!! Please review, share and most importantly, tithe (venmo @shaneoh) Thanks, as always, for listening.