Tracing The Path
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Episode 60: Roald: The Real Chocolate Spy
The fact that our most beloved children's author was a spy for the British isn't the twist. The t...
Episode 59: Bob's Swedish Candy Canes: 1.76 Billion Sold
Did you know that if it weren't for the Mexicans and the Swedes, our Christmas would look substan...
Episode 58: Who Killed the American Dream?
The "American Dream" was first coined in 1931. In 1971 two things happened on exactly the same da...
Episode 57: 1848: The Year Halloween Began
Have you ever heard the origin of Halloween? Perhaps you've heard about the Irish holiday Samhain...
Episode 56: Criminals, Oak Trees and the Resolute Desk
The Resolute Desk was a gift to the President as the movie National Treasure says. But did you kn...
Episode 55: Is Crayola Responsible for American Gothic?
When the Industrial Revolution came to town, it inspired an opposite movement that may have chang...
Episode 54: When Rural America was Cancelled
The Louisiana Purchase kicked off Westward Expansion in the United States. Then came the transcon...
Episode 53: Robert Smalls & the Death of Lincoln: A Civil War Story
Robert Smalls was the defiant slave who decided freedom was a better choice. That is when his and...
Episode 52: Francis Scott Key Bridge & the Chinese Spy Balloon
Did you know the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the Chinese Spy Balloon and the...
Episode 51: What Happens in French Lick, Indiana Spreads Around the Globe
French Lick, Indiana was once the top resort town in the U.S. Famous people like Bing Crosby, Al ...