Touring History 6-10-25

TOURING HISTORY PODCAST SCRIPT

June 10th, 2025 - Episode 47

 

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LANE: Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast where we discover that every day in history was somehow both more boring and more insane than you'd expect. I'm Lane.

DAVE: And I'm Dave, and before we dive into today's buffet of historical chaos, we need to talk about something that actually matters—good food. Today's episode is brought to you by BAVA Brothers at bavabrothers.com.

LANE: Now, Dave and I have been doing this show for a while now, and we've learned that literally every day in history, someone somewhere was dealing with political upheaval, war, or existential dread. You know what helps with that? Authentic Italian sopressata made by people who actually know what they're doing.

DAVE: The BAVA Brothers aren't just selling you processed meat—they're carrying on a family tradition that probably started around the time half the events we're about to discuss were happening. Their sopressata is made with traditional methods, quality ingredients, and the kind of care that makes you remember why humans invented civilization in the first place.

LANE: Which is perfect timing, because today we're talking about June 10th, and let me tell you, this date has seen some things. So grab your favorite cured meat—preferably from bavabrothers.com—and let's get weird.

 

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BIRTHDAYS: THE PEOPLE WHO MADE JUNE 10TH MEMORABLE

DAVE: Alright, let's start with birthdays, because June 10th apparently decided to be the day when the universe just threw a bunch of interesting people at the wall to see what would stick.

LANE: We've got Judy Garland, born 1922. You know, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz? But here's the thing that gets me—she was born Frances Gumm, which sounds like a name you'd make up if you were trying to be a 1920s gangster but weren't very good at it.

DAVE: "Hey, it's Frances Gumm here, see? I'm gonna... gum up your works!" But seriously, Garland's story is one of those Hollywood tragedies that makes you realize the entertainment industry has been systematically destroying talented people for literally decades.

LANE: Right, and then we jump to Prince Philip, born 1921. Now, there's a guy who lived through basically everything we're about to talk about today. World War II, the Cold War, the invention of the internet, probably the rise and fall of seventeen different boy bands.

DAVE: Prince Philip was also born into Greek and Danish royalty but ended up as a British royal, which is like... imagine if you were born in Ohio but somehow ended up running a Dairy Queen in Alaska. European royalty is just geography with extra steps.

LANE: Oh, and Elizabeth Hurley, born 1965. You know that reminds me of a story, Dave. I was reading about how she became famous, and apparently she got attention at a movie premiere by wearing a safety pin dress. In 1994. Just... safety pins. Holding fabric together.

DAVE: That's the most British approach to fashion I've ever heard. "Well, I haven't got proper fasteners, but I've got these sharp metal things." It's like when you're moving and you run out of tape, so you just start stapling boxes shut.

LANE: And then there's Sasha Obama, born 2001, which means she's now 24 and has probably never known a world without social media, which is either incredibly depressing or incredibly liberating, depending on how you look at it.

DAVE: Can you imagine being the president's daughter in the age of TikTok? Like, your dad's making foreign policy decisions, and you're trying to figure out if your dance moves are going to accidentally cause an international incident.

 

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