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Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad

The 1920s were just absolutely nuts. People got into weird fads really intensely and one of the strangest of all was flagpole sitting. It’s just what it sounds like – sitting on top of a flagpole for as long as you can. One man sat above them all. Learn all about him and many of these wild fads in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Fall of the USSR, Pt II

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  SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?

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  Short Stuff: Cyclospora

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  The Fall of the USSR, Pt I

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  Selects: How Narcolepsy Works

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  Rope, yeah ROPE!

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  Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States?

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  Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think?

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  Selects: The Manhattan Grid

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  Who was Robert Maxwell?

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  Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

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  Bonnie and Clyde

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

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

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  Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World