March 29, 2025 • 47 mins
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes! Some hold communities together when tragedy strikes - while others flex their 24 inch biceps! Either way, our world would be a whole lot different without the heroics that took place on March 27th. Today’s stories prove that strength and staying power come from the most unexpected places!
- When North America’s biggest earthquake struck, Genie Chance transformed from a part-time radio reporter into Alaska's beating heart during chaos and uncertainty.
- Would you believe that the infamous sleeper hold is actually real? And that it was used by one of Professional Wrestling’s biggest heroes to actually knock a TV host unconscious - live on air!
- Finally, we’ll help you solve this fun little riddle:
I'm needed at the ends but not in the middle, Solving my purpose isn't much of a riddle.
I'm handled each day, yet ignored in plain sight. Without me a simple act becomes quite a fight.
Kings had me made of gold to flaunt royal flair, But I’m usually quite plain and paired with a pair.
When I’m broken or missing, things start to fray, and I’m called by a word that you never did say.
If it's a special day for you or for someone you care about, why not learn a little more about today by listening to some fun, engaging tales of the past. You’ll find yourself a little smarter and have some great stories you can tell while waiting for that sunrise service to finally get going. If you need some great gift ideas, we have those too (along with links to where you can find them on Amazon).
Fun links from today’s stories (these links worked in early-2025 - not sure how long the links will be available):
- Link to the Thunderlips scene from the Rocky III movie
- Link to the Sleeper Hold scene from the Richard Belzer show
The rest is under construction!
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Speaker 02 (00:02):
Welcome, Seeker.
It's March 27th, and we'regoing to kick today off with a
riddle.
So put your thinking cap on andturn up the volume just a bit.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
I'm needed at the ends, but notin the middle.
Solving my purpose isn't muchof a riddle.
(00:22):
I'm handled each day, yetignored in plain sight.
Without me, a simple actbecomes quite a fight.
Kings had me made of gold toflaunt royal flair, but I'm
usually quite plain and pairedwith a pair.
When I'm broken or missing,things start to fray, and I'm
(00:42):
called by a word that you neverdid say.
You want to hear that again?
Well, just hit the back buttona couple times and give it
another listen, because it'stricky.
And if you can't get it, I'lldrop some hints between the
segments and then reveal theanswer and why it's connected
with March 27th.
All right, well, let's get toit.
(01:05):
Today's journey begins inAlaska, where North America's
most powerful earthquakeshattered a city.
We'll meet the heroic mother ofthree who stepped up to become
the voice that held the entirecommunity together.
Then we're going to flashforward to the 80s pro wrestling
scene and meet an entirelydifferent kind of hero, one
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whose mania is going to run wildon you.
And finally, we'll answer thatriddle as we zoom in on one of
history's tiniest heroes, asimple invention that's been
saving us from frustration forthousands of years, even though
you probably didn't evenremember what it's called.
(01:50):
The portal's humming, history'ssecrets are waiting, and our
Daystriding adventure beginsnow.
Grab your curiosity, and let'sflex our way into the past.
Welcome, seekers, to theenchanting world of Daystrider,
(02:14):
the podcast where we embark on adaily journey through history.
I'm your travel guide, TrumanPastworthy, and together we'll
explore some fascinating storiesthat happened on this exact
day, but from some time in thepast.
From groundbreaking inventionsto remarkable birthdays and
extraordinary events to quirkynational holidays, we've got it
(02:35):
all.
So kick back, relax, and openyour mind for some lighthearted
stories that'll leave yousaying, huh, I never knew that
happened on this day.
Alrighty then, let's get to it.
Heroes come in many fascinatingvarieties.
There are those larger thanlife figures who bend ordinary
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moments to their will.
And then there are theaccidental heroes where everyday
people are running an errandwith their son in one minute and
holding an entire communitytogether in the next.
Today's hero was a part-timeradio reporter and mother of
three when she woke up.
But 59 hours later, she was thedarling of Alaska.
(03:22):
Proving that sometimes disasterfinds the hero the world didn't
know it needed.
Tragedy struck Anchorage,Alaska on this day in 1964.
The most powerful earthquakeever recorded in North America
shook the city and thesurrounding area for almost five
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minutes, laying waste to thecity, knocking down buildings,
splitting apart roads, andshaking its citizens literally
and figuratively, plunging theminto a snowy darkness that would
last for days.
On the scene that long weekendwas part-time radio reporter
Jeannie Chance, and she becameAlaska's voice of calm in the
(04:06):
chaos, broadcasting from adamaged public safety building
using car batteries for power.
As you can imagine, that daystarted off like many other in
Anchorage.
It was actually Good Friday, soit was more special than
others.
People had taken off work toget their Easter weekend
started.
Folks were prepping for bigSunday meals.
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Churches were getting theirfinal rehearsals in for their
big Easter ceremonies.
And Jeannie was actuallydriving into town on an errand
with her 13-year-old son whenthe earthquake hit.
And that was around 5.30 in theevening.
She was stopped at anintersection, and at first when
the car jolted up and slammeddown, Jeannie thought a tire
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must have blown.
But then she realized that theentire roadway ahead of her was
rolling up and down, and thebuildings lining the street,
they were literally swaying asglass windows shadowed and
cracks began to form everywhere.
She couldn't put her headaround it.
And you've seen how this looksin movies, right?
(05:12):
You've seen what happens withthe buildings and the chaos.
But the folks living throughthe quake also describe feelings
of panic and helplessness.
Of not being able to walk ormove because the ground was
undulating up and down andbeneath you and knocking you
over.
And the fear and panicstreaking through your body as
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you tried to escape the basementof a building for fear that
it's going to collapse on you.
Or wondering, where's yourloved one?
What's happening to them rightnow?
Are they safe?
Crazy, right?
Imagine what Jeannie and herson must have felt when minutes
after the quake ended, the fronthalf of the brand new
five-story JCPenney buildingcollapsed.
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the one they were headed to ontheir errand, literally broke
off from the rest of thebuilding and fell and crumbled
to the ground, smashing the carsthat were lining the street out
front.
That's where they would haveparked.
And in these moments, Jeannie'sradio reporting instincts took
over.
Her mind was racing with whatto do next.
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How do I report on this event?
And even as chaos was unfoldingright in front of her eyes, she
grabbed Winston Jr.
and headed to the public safetybuilding just blocks away.
And thankfully, it wasundamaged from the quake.
She knew that this would be theepicenter of activity as the
city began the major effort torecover.
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To restore power, control waterdamage, keep the streets safe
from looters.
Yes, city officials wereworried about looters even back
in 1964.
And most importantly, therescue missions to find anyone
and everyone who may be buriedin the rubble somewhere.
It took her about an hour, butJeannie got her son home,
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changed into her cold gear,hugged and kissed her family
goodbye, and then got back tothe public safety building ready
to start broadcasting.
And in the meantime, the KENIradio engineers got their
antenna tower working again.
It was only moderately damaged,lucky for them, and running on
generator power, and she startedto broadcast.
(07:17):
She found a desk at the publicsafety building that was
unoccupied and just begantalking.
She addressed the public in asteady and calm voice because
her mission was to keep everyoneelse from panicking, even
though, in her own mind, it wasracing in a hundred different
directions.
And she was trying to processthis disaster herself.
(07:39):
And she was in a position whereshe had to make snap decisions
about what she would say on airversus what she should keep to
herself at that moment in timefor the good of the listeners.
For example, while making herway to the public safety
building, she witnessed awoman's body had been severed in
half.
Probably not something tomention at that moment on air.
(08:02):
However, she also observedstrangers struggling to heave a
crumbling building off of a carto rescue someone trapped
inside.
A great story to share abouther fellow citizens working
together as heroes.
Yeah, Argenie was now acting asa public servant, as well as
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the community mom during thesechaotic hours.
And city officials, they wouldbe hurrying to their next thing.
They'd stop and hand her sheetsof paper with messages that
they wanted to get out, as wellas orders that they might have
had for their rescue teams ortheir engineering teams.
And at the same time, concernedcitizens looking for lost
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family members would track herdown and beg her to announce
their concerns.
And guess what?
We actually have recordings ofher broadcast that someone was
able to dig up.
So you can hear thoseinstructions in her own words.
Speaker 01 (09:00):
We have a very important message for all
electricians and plumbers ofFort Richardson.
All electricians and plumbersof Fort Richardson, please go to
building 700 immediately.
All electricians and plumbersof Fort Rich, go to building 700
immediately.
Speaker 02 (09:13):
As well as some of the community messages.
I'll just run a string of themfor you here.
Speaker 01 (09:18):
Howard Forbes would like it be known that he will be
at Mike Whitmore's.
A message to Kenneth Sadler.
Mrs.
Sadler is fine.
Kenneth Sadler is out in thebush and listens on a transistor
radio.
Mrs.
Sadler is fine.
A message to Walter Hart atKenai.
A message to Walter Hart atKenai.
Lee Hart is fine.
(09:39):
Jim Murphy and Bill Somervilleat Point Hope.
Your families are A-O-K.
Mr.
and Mrs.
R.W.
Fisher...
That's pretty neat stuff,right?
Now, of
Speaker 02 (10:12):
course, at this time, Jeannie's husband was very
supportive of her efforts andencouraged her to go out and do
a great job.
which was notable for that timein America's history.
You're probably thinking, duh,he better be supportive.
But that's not the mainstreamthinking in the mid-60s.
I'd like to give you a littleperspective.
(10:33):
So a few years before thisfateful day, There happened to
be a harrowing shipwreck, andJeannie raced up the coast to
cover it and interviewed thesurvivors and provided amazing
coverage for her fellowAlaskans.
The rest of America wanted thisscoop too, but when a New York
news anchor received the tapesto share the story, he actually
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called back to Alaska and askedif a male could redo the
interviews Jeannie had done andretell the story.
Because, you know...
News like this just wouldn'tsound right coming from a woman.
Really?
Yeah, I know.
It's hard to swallow.
But that's how things were backthen.
(11:18):
Jeannie was a woman and a momtrying to make her way in a
man's world as a radiojournalist.
But her family knew she had thegoods.
I found this fun little quotethat her daughter Jan, who was
then eight, reportedly told aneighborhood boy.
You see, my mother is not likeyours.
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She doesn't stay at home andbake cookies.
She works.
She's Jeannie Chance.
That's pretty impressive for aneight-year-old girl.
Anyway, the rest of the stateand even the rest of the nation
got to know Jeannie Chance.
For 59 hours, she broadcastfrom that public safety
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building.
The KENI sister stations inFairbanks had picked up our
broadcasts and then relayed themout to their surrounding areas.
And same thing happened inJuneau.
And some of the radio wavesmade their way to the lower 48,
where they were relayed out to agood bit of the rest of
America.
One radio journalist fromNebraska said, picked up some of
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the story, and then calledJeannie once the telephones were
restored.
And she gave him the scoopright there over the phone.
And he had the presence of mindto broadcast that live on the
air as they talked.
And his broadcast was recordedand shared with other radio
stations.
And eventually it was played on111 different stations all
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around the world.
Yeah, and different newsagencies, they sent reporters to
Alaska to cover the story.
And once the airport wasrepaired enough to allow planes
to land, the very first wave ofreporters would head straight to
the public safety building andtrack down Jeannie Chance,
asking for her by name.
She was stunned.
(13:05):
Yeah, over that weekend, shebecame the voice of Alaska.
In those three days, shecommunicated thousands of
messages and reunited hundredsof families by broadcasting
their desperate notes.
She coordinated rescue effortsthrough her microphone when all
other communications had failed.
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And perhaps most remarkably,she restored calm to a city that
had literally been ripped apartat its seams.
When the aftershocks finallysubsided and Jeannie signed off
for her final time, she had noidea that she'd just catapulted
herself into Alaska's historybooks.
(13:46):
The Alaska legislature passed aspecial citation honoring her
work.
She was named Alaskan of theYear, and her broadcasting
efforts during the disaster wererecognized by a number of
journalism organizations acrossthe country.
Yeah.
Jeannie's measured approach insuch a volatile time made her
one of the most trusted publicfigures in Alaska.
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So much so that four yearslater, she was elected to the
House of Representatives, andseveral years after that, to the
State Senate, where shechampioned education and women's
rights.
You go, Jeannie.
Her legacy reminds us of theimportance of doing what is
right in times of upheaval.
(14:30):
And you can ask anyone who washuddled around their
battery-powered radios duringthose terrifying days, and
they'll tell you Jeannie's realachievement wasn't measured in
all those accolades.
It was measured in thecollective sigh of relief.
In those dark hours, when theearth wouldn't stop moving and
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families couldn't find eachother, they clung to Jeannie's
words like a lifeline thrownacross the chaos.
They tell you, if Jeannie sayswe'll be okay, then by God,
we'll be okay.
And years later, when askedabout her marathon broadcast,
Jeannie simply said, I was justdoing my job.
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And that's the thing aboutaccidental heroes.
They never see themselvescoming.
They just show up when theworld needs them the most.
Roses are red and boots arebrown.
Did my riddle cause you toscowl or frown?
If you went with shoelace,nope, that's not it.
(15:35):
A hint's coming your way in ashort little bit.
I want you to join me on adate.
That's right.
And we're going to the movies.
And all you need is five bucks.
What?
Yeah, because it's 1982 andschool's out for the summer and
(15:58):
we're going to the movies.
Yeah, the Eye of the Tiger.
It's been playing on the radioand it's a great song.
And the Rocky franchise justcame out with its third
installment.
And we've got to go.
I heard it was awesome.
Much different than those firsttwo movies.
Are you ready?
Yeah, let's go.
The ticket's only going to costus $2.50.
(16:19):
Our bag of popcorn, $2.
And guess what?
We'll have two quarters leftover.
So we'll pop over to the arcadeafter the flick.
And fill the time while we'rewaiting for mom to come pick us
up.
It's going to be awesome.
Unknown (16:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 02 (16:36):
And 20 minutes into the movie, we meet the ultimate
male.
That's right.
Rocky is doing a charity eventwith pro wrestling's heavyweight
champion of the world, ThunderLips.
And the six foot seven chiseledmonster of a man towers over
Rocky, who's actually only fivefeet eight.
It's an awesome show ofintimidation.
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And Thunderlips makes animmediate impression.
He's taunting the crowd,flexing his massive biceps,
kissing the sky, and posing withhis posse of ladies in the
corner.
It's such a great scene, I'mgoing to leave a link to it in
the show notes.
And at the ding of the bell,Thunderlips goes ballistic on
Rocky.
Body slams and leg drops andthrowing him off the ropes and
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all kinds of crazy wrestlingmoves.
And eventually, he picks him uphigh in the air and holds him
above his head like he's usingRocky for a workout.
And then he literally throwshim out of the ring into the
crowd.
You can hear Rocky shouting,catch me.
And just like that, in a mereseven minutes, the incredible
Hulk Hogan, who played ThunderLips in the movie, catapulted
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professional wrestling from anobscure regional wannabe form of
entertainment into nationwidefame.
Basically, the sport ofprofessional wrestling went
viral thanks to Hogan'sperformance.
Now, when Stallone was workingon the script for this scene in
the movie, he went to VinceMcMahon.
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You recognize that name, don'tyou?
Well, today you do.
Back in 1982, very few of youmight have ever even heard of
Vince McMahon.
Anyway, Stallone asked for thebiggest and boldest wrestler in
the business.
And it was easy to point toHulk Hogan, who was an
up-and-comer learning to commandattention in the ring and get
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crowds on their feet.
But here's the crazy part.
McMahon didn't actually wantHogan to do the scene because of
kayfabe.
What did you say?
Kayfabe?
Yeah, I'll explain that in asecond.
So Hogan was faced with adecision.
Hollywood or pro wrestling?
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And he picked Hollywood.
And at the time, this got himfired.
But in the end, the WWF, whichis now the WWE, is so glad he
made this move to the tune ofhundreds of millions of dollars.
And that's awesome for them,right?
But what's the deal with thiskayfabe thing?
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Well, pro wrestling followed astrict code called kayfabe,
which meant that no one wouldever reveal that it was fake.
Pro wrestlers were supposed tostay in character at all times
and tell everyone thateverything was real.
And McMahon enforced thisespecially.
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He would fire people anddiscredit them if they broke the
code.
Yeah, he and everyone elseworried that the code would be
broken when Hogan made itobvious in the movie that it
actually wasn't real and insteadwas entertainment.
Unknown (19:46):
Ha ha ha.
Speaker 02 (19:46):
But what really happened that day was literally
millions of people who were justlike me, who already thought
pro wrestling was fake and neverreally paid much attention, we
tuned in.
We wanted to see what this HulkHogan thing was all about.
And we got hooked by the heroesas well as the villains at that
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time.
And pro wrestling's popularitysoared and the sport entered its
golden era in the mid-80s withHulkamania leading the way.
Yes, that's right.
The Hulk was quickly rehired,and he led the way, brother.
Let me try one of Hogan'scatchphrases here.
What you gonna do whenHulkamania runs wild on you?
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That hurt my throat a little.
Yep, and Hulkamania took off,and it was so incredibly popular
that in April of 1985, HulkHogan actually made the cover of
Sports Illustrated magazine.
In fact, he's the only activepro wrestler to have ever had
that honor.
which is pretty amazing.
But 1985 was a crazy year forthe Hulkster for a very
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different reason.
And it happened on this day inhistory.
Hulk Hogan and Mr.
T were traipsing across thenation, promoting the first ever
WrestleMania.
WrestleMania I, that's right.
And one of their stops was on acomedy show hosted by Richard
Belzer.
And backstage, Belzer wastrying to get the two to admit
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to him that wrestling wasn'treal.
But they weren't taking thebait.
Instead, they were gettingfrustrated as Belzer needled
them and asked them questionsand they just wouldn't answer.
And actually, they broughttheir frustration with them out
onto the stage when they got infront of the cameras.
And Mr.
T basically shut down and wentsilent and just scowled at
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Belzer.
And of course, Hogan'sfrustration was mounting right
up to the point where Belzerchallenged him by saying, hey,
put a move on me.
Let's see if it's real.
Go ahead.
Try it.
Put a move on me.
And Hogan refused at first.
He didn't want to becauseBelzer wasn't trained.
But the crowd was taunting himand Belzer was chirping away
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like a tough guy.
So Hogan got talked into it.
What he should have done, hejust walked off the set.
But what happened?
was Hogan put him in a sleeperhold.
And when you re-watch thevideo, it appears that it
actually worked and knockedBelzer out.
And when you listen to Hogan'sautobiography, you learn that he
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actually did apply enoughpressure in the right spots to
make the sleeper hold work.
Belzer actually passed out, andHogan let him drop to the
floor.
On the video, you can tell thatBelzer was out cold, and you
can hear the thunk as his headhits the ground.
And what's fun about this sceneis Mr.
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T, he remained calm, sittingthere saying, oh, he's going to
be fine.
He's just asleep.
He'll wake up in a second.
Just give him one more second.
He'll be fine.
And eventually, Belzer pops upoff the floor and after an
awkward pause, sends the show toa commercial break.
And then, as he turns to headoff stage, you can actually see
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blood running down the back ofhis head onto his jacket.
He definitely got injured whenhe fell.
Hogan took the kayfabe stuffseriously that day, much to his
regret.
Because even though Belzer blewthe incident off that day, I
guess the popularity ofWrestleMania the following week
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and his greed got the best ofhim, and he sued Hogan for $5
million.
What?
Yeah, $5 million.
Of course, they settled, but Istill think it was a big
settlement.
That's crazy, right?
We have a minute, so before Ilet you go, I wanted to share
how Hogan got the name Hulk.
Because at this time inhistory, the Hulk was actually a
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green monster played by LouFerrigno on the TV show The
Incredible Hulk.
That's right, you youngstersout there, there's an OG Hulk
way before today's Marvelversion of the character.
Anyway, so this is a coupleyears before the Rocky movie,
when Hogan was actually calledTerry Boulder.
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His birth name was Terry Bolea,but that was too boring, so he
went by the name Terry Boulder.
And he was on a talk show withLou Ferrigno, who I just
mentioned, and the host of theshow commented that Terry was
much bigger than Lou.
He actually was a littletaller, and his arms were a bit
bigger.
And Terry responded...
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That's because I'm the realHulk.
And when that show aired, thename stuck.
People began to call him Terrythe Hulk Boulder.
And eventually, Vince McMahonhad a spark of alliteration and
started billing him as HulkHogan.
Yeah, so let me try myHulkamania voice here to wrap us
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up.
All right, here we go.
Listen up, Daystrider Nation.
What you just heard wasn't whatyou wanted.
It was what you needed,brother.
Thunderlips didn't just shakeRocky Balboa, he shook America
to its core.
So tell me, littleHulkamaniacs, what you gonna do
when this podcast runs wild onyou?
A time traveler's delight andfood for your mind.
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Are you ready for your hint?
I promise, it's kind.
When threading your boots, youperform a draglet, and that word
you see, it rhymes with baglet.
So we opened today's show witha riddle.
And then, between our heroes,Genie and the Hulkster, there
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was a fun little hint.
And then just now, we gave youthe remaining bit you needed to
remember the name of that littleplastic covering at the end of
your shoelaces.
because it was escaping you allalong, right?
Well, if you've watched Phineasand Ferb with your kids, or as
a kid, you might remember themfeaturing the aglet in one of
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their episodes.
Yeah, they did a Tip of the Daysong, belting out A-G-L-E-T,
don't forget it, as a concertsong.
Yeah.
What makes this tiny inventionso worthy of its own musical
number?
Well, it's because we've allexperienced that moment of
frustration when an aglet breaksand suddenly threading those
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shoelaces becomes nearlyimpossible.
Yeah.
And today we're going to learnwhat our tiny plastic hero has
been hiding right under ournoses.
It won't surprise you to learnthat its origins are French.
Oh, way the word.
Aguillette means needle tip.
So let's shine some light onthis overlooked and often
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unthought of invention.
In just a few millimeters ofmaterial, the aglet embodies the
perfect marriage of form andfunction.
And we've collectively agreedto forget it even exists at all.
That is until one breaks, likeI said before, and suddenly
you're stabbing those eyeletswith what looks like the
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business end of a miniaturewitch's broom.
Yeah, if you have a tall pairof boots with a half a dozen
eyelets and you need to run yourlaces through and they fray
apart at the end, well, itdoesn't take long until you're
invoking your inner sailor'svocabulary.
Yeah, the aglet is a perfectexample of you don't know what
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you've got until it's gone.
So let's bounce from the riddleto trivia time.
Any guesses as to how oldshoelaces are?
Go ahead, grab a number.
500 years?
Nope.
2,000 years?
Nope.
There's actual evidence thatmankind has been using shoelaces
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for much longer.
So when hikers discovered Otzithe Iceman back in 1991, who was
frozen for 5,000 years in theAlps, archaeologists were
stunned to find that he woreprimitive leather boots with
laces.
Imagine that.
Back when woolly mammoths stillroamed the Earth, our ancestors
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were already dealing with thesame shoelace problems we have
today.
The only difference, poor Otzididn't have aglets.
which probably made gettingdressed in the Ice Age that much
more challenging.
By the way, we're actuallygoing to meet Otzi on September
19th.
But for now, know thatshoelaces actually predate the
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pyramids.
The aglet officially came to beonly 230 years ago when on this
day, Harvey Kennedy is creditedwith patenting the modern metal
tip shoelace.
But unofficially, people havebeen using lace coverings long
before the Age of Enlightenment.
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Yeah, humanity's relationshipwith aglets is like a love story
spanning millennia.
First came the awkward datingphase, where Egyptians were
experimenting with wax and resin3,000 years ago.
Then the Romans got fancy withbronze tips, showing off a
little to keep interest up.
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But the real commitmentceremony happened when the
European royalty turned agletsinto literal jewelry with gold
and silver tips that becamecoveted status symbols.
Now, to be fair, the kings andqueens needed their ornate
aglets for more than just shoes.
Because remember, back then,before the zipper, clothes were
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held together by buttons orstring laces.
And so tunics and breeches andcloaks were all in need of
laces.
adorned with fancy aglets, ofcourse.
And during my research onaglets, I came across the fact
that King Louis XIV had a ratherlarge collection of aglets for
his clothing, and many werequite ornate.
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And we know from other readingsthat the Sun King had a very
large staff to maintain hispomp, each with specialized
duties.
So it's plausible that at onepoint in time, someone had the
title of Keeper of the RoyalAglets.
Imagine having that job.
Yeah.
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I also came across the mentionabout a duel in the 1500s
because one nobleman copied theunique aglets of another
nobleman.
That's crazy.
But what I couldn't find wasthe details on this one.
So I thought, hey, why notglorify today's unsung hero with
a fun little tall tale?
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So here we go.
We're in London.
The year is 1568.
The fashionable but hot-headedLord Fitzwilliam Fancy Pants
strutted through the court,sporting revolutionary
spiral-patterned gold agletsthat caught the light with every
step.
And the lovely Lady JoannaGlitterlove couldn't tear her
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eyes from his dazzlingadornments.
although she didn't care aboutFancy Pants himself.
She'd been known to fawn overparticularly sparkly nobles, a
fact that Fancy Pants mistookfor personal admiration.
But then enter Sir SmugworthCoppington, blessed with
chiseled features and the moralcompass of a weathervane.
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Noticing Glitterlove's agletfascination, he commissioned
identical sparklers, but withone crucial difference.
Later, when Coppingtonsauntered into the court, on the
day Glitterlove was inattendance, disaster struck
faster than a fraying shoelace.
Fancy pants roared across thebanquet hall as Glitterlove
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drifted towards Coppington, likea moth to a flame.
Nonsense, replied Coppingtonwith a smirk.
Mind spiral clockwise, farsuperior to the counterclockwise
twist in your pedestrianwardrobe.
Well, they got into an argumentthat spiraled out of control
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from there.
Gloves were slapped, honor wasquestioned, and swords were
drawn over what the courtchronicler dubbed the most
ridiculous reason two men everattempted murder.
The duel left both men withmatching scars, but empty arms.
For in all the fracas,Glitterlove quite literally
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bumped into master jewelerBartholomew Brighteyes, whose
eyes sparkled like perfectly cutdiamonds whenever he gazed upon
her.
And they made a perfect match.
All right, let's wrap thisthing up, shall we?
So the next time you're tyingyour shoes, take a second.
to appreciate those tinyplastic tips.
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These unsung heroes that haveliterally kept it together
throughout all of human history.
From Ice Age adventurers todueling noblemen to cartoon
characters, the humble agletreminds us of a powerful truth.
Sometimes the smallest thingsmake the biggest difference.
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And maybe that's the reallesson here.
In a world obsessed withdisruption and the next big
thing...
Perhaps true genius lies insimply making what already
exists work a little better.
After all, Harvey actually madequite a bit of money from his
improvement.
The interwebs say it was over$2.5 million in today's money.
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So I guess the question is,what small, overlooked problem
could you solve that just mightchange the world?
What a ride through time today,folks.
We got to meet three totallydifferent kinds of heroes.
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We witnessed how JeannieChance's steady voice blossomed
into Alaska's lifeline during 59hours of chaos.
Then we learned how aseven-minute movie scene and one
ill-advised sleeper holdchanged the trajectory of
professional wrestling and itsbiggest hero.
And don't forget that practicalhero, that little tiny plastic
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thingy that keeps your shoelacesfrom unraveling.
It's easy to see that withoutMarch 27th, our world just
wouldn't be the same.
Whether it's how communitiescome together during disasters,
how we entertain ourselves onweekend nights, or how we manage
to tie our shoes without losingour minds.
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And who knew that shoelacespredated the pyramids or that
the Hulkster's biceps werebigger than the Incredible Hulk
himself?
From accidental heroes to tinyplastic saviors, history's
greatest stories come in allsizes.
Why not share these storieswith someone who appreciates the
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little things?
And remember, when life'sground starts shaking beneath
your feet, just ask yourself,What you gonna do when
Daystrider runs wild on you,brother?
Oh, goodness.
And you know what else?
If today's stories made yougrin, there are dozens of other
stories waiting for you in ourback catalog.
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Yeah, if you love hearing aboutamazing women and their
accomplishments, then you gottameet Clara Barton on May 21st
and Ella Grasso on January 8th.
If larger-than-lifesensationalism feel better to
you than watching the regularnews, you gotta check out Ice
Skating's Biggest Scandal, whichalso happens to be on January
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8th.
And if you like hearing cluesto try to guess what the main
story's all about, then you'llenjoy the very first segment of
the December 9th episode, whichremains our most popular episode
of all, where you get to try tofigure out the company that I'm
talking about.
It's a good one.
Every day has a story, andthey're so much fun.
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And guess what?
We're going to stride throughthem all until we're done.
If you enjoyed the bonusepisode about Bailey Vitello and
his dog mushing team, thenyou'll be proud to know that he
finished fifth in the 2025Iditarod.
But sadly, Senator, his leaddog, suffered some injuries and
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had to be pulled from the race.
I've heard from Breonna thatSenator recovered fully, so
that's awesome.
But great work, Team Bailey, onthat fifth place finish.
After you share today's specialstories, you can also mention
the following famous folks whocelebrate their birthdays today.
Mariah Carey leads the way forus on March 27th, and I was
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shocked to learn that she's inher mid-50s.
She's hitting that age verywell.
No offense, Mariah.
She's a singer and songwriterwho's famous for her vocal
range.
But I'd throw out that she'smost famous for her 1994
rendition of All I Want forChristmas is You.
It's a good one.
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Quentin Tarantino crashestoday's party with Blood
Splattered Style.
The former video store clerkturned cult director
revolutionized cinema with hisnon-linear storytelling in Pulp
Fiction and Kill Bill.
And in true Tarantino fashion,he's promised his upcoming 10th
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film will be his grand finale.
Though, like his movie endings,I'm betting there's a twist
coming.
And Fergie brings today someBoom Boom Pow! Before conquering
charts with the Black Eyed Peasand that iconic gotta get get
earworm, she was a child star onKids Incorporated and later
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struggled with crystal methaddiction.
I didn't know that.
The Fergalicious solo artistreinvented herself multiple
times, proving that when itcomes to pop culture staying
power, she's still got it.
Gotta get, get, boom, boom,pow.
All right, Wilhelm Renschenilluminates our historical
birthdays with a discovery thatlets us see right through you.
(38:36):
Yeah, this German physiciststumbled upon what he called
x-rays in 1895 andrevolutionized medicine
overnight.
And guess what?
We'll explore his accidentaldiscovery on November 8th.
Stay tuned.
And the 50th most famous personborn today, according to
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famousbirthdays.com, is CarlyJoy.
She's described on the websiteas a selfie and self-portrait
picture taker who has earned afollowing of more than 450,000
people on Instagram.
Come on now, really?
Yeah, so I went and looked, andshe pretty much is a selfie
picture taker.
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Mostly she's in workout clothesand skimpy bathing suits.
Maybe what I should do is takea selfie this summer in my
bathing suit after I work on mybase tan and lose a few pounds.
Or maybe I won't do that.
Thank you, Truman.
You don't want to see thatanyway.
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March 27th is InternationalWhiskey Day.
So that's pretty obvious of aday where everyone gathers
around to celebrate theirfavorite whiskey or try a new
whiskey.
There's Irish, Scotch,Canadian, and Japanese whiskeys.
And then there's a corn-basedvariety called bourbon whiskey.
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And hiding in there is alsoTennessee whiskey, separate
because of some kind offiltering.
But plenty of varieties toexplore, so cheers to that.
Today is also Viagra Day.
On this day in 1998, Viagra wasapproved by the FDA for use in
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America.
Now, we all know what thatlittle blue pill is and what it
does, but did you know that itwas discovered by accident?
Yeah, the effects of the pillwere actually side effects from
what the original drug wasintended to do.
Imagine being in a room with abunch of folks all testing some
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new blood pressure medicine, andsuddenly, 30 minutes into the
wait, All the men suddenly startto get aroused for no apparent
reason at all, and some to muchembarrassment, I bet.
Yeah, that had to be a funnyday.
Today is Scribble Day, and it'smeant to enjoy the simplicity
of scribbling, especiallybecause everyone can do it.
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And on a deeper level, it'scelebrating art and showing that
anyone can be an artist.
All right.
So, you need a great gift ideafor your loved one?
Well, in addition to retellingthe stories that you just heard
about this day in history, youcan have them open up a gift
that's customized to theirbirthday.
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And I have several great ideasfor you, and as always, you can
find links to these in the giftidea section of the show notes.
Now, I know I always say thatthese gift ideas are so unique,
there's no way your loved onewon't have one of these.
And today...
Definitely lives up to thatstandard.
Pay attention.
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Now for sure, the books aboutthe Great Alaskan Earthquake are
great reads.
But since that event was solong ago, there's really no
great Jeannie Chance stuffavailable out there.
But you could bend it a littleand just go with her first name
and check out The magic genielamps that I found.
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They come in all differentcolors and sizes.
And yes, it's a stretch, buthey, make some magic happen here
on March 27th.
The Hulk Hogan gift ideas, nowthese are endless.
He's got bobbleheads and actionfigures and t-shirts and
posters and plush toys and more.
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But what was really cool, youcan get a shadow box that
contains that Sports Illustratedmagazine cover that he had from
1985.
That's pretty neat.
And then there's a reallypractical gift for the someone
who has everything.
I bet they don't have ashoelace repair kit with aglets
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and an aglet crimping tool.
Uh-huh, how about that?
The famous folks that were borntoday all have some great
books, CDs, or wall hangingsthat are nice.
But I found something reallyinteresting for you.
Now I know you put yourChristmas stuff away months ago,
but you could still get yourloved one a Mariah Carey
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Christmas tree ornament.
Yeah, that'd be a fun littlething to have and then a little
trivia event for them to have ontheir tree.
Similarly, today's specialholidays have unique gift ideas.
The whiskey-related gifts arenearly endless.
There's actual whiskey and thenwhiskey smoker kits and special
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ice cube kits for whiskeydrinkers and whiskey glasses and
decanters and books and on andon.
So pretty much anythingwhiskey.
And then there's alsoViagra-related gift ideas.
Some prescription and some not.
But be careful if you're atwork and you're flipping through
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those links because there'ssome interesting things there.
So anyway, my point is, no morehemming and hawing about the
person who has everything.
Because if they celebrate March27th, they do not have some of
these things.
I am sure of it.
And as always, if none of thosecustomized gifts for folks who
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adore March 27th work for you,well...
You can up your gift-givinggame and make someone's birthday
really special.
How's that?
Well, you could dedicate ashout-out right here on this
podcast, and they'll bememorialized forever.
I can do the shout-out for youif you send me an email, give me
their name and something funyou want to share, or you can do
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your own shout-out by using theSpeakPipe link that's available
in the show notes.
Now, today's shout-out is froma daughter to her mom, who's a
regular listener, so she'llrecognize the voice.
Speaker 00 (45:00):
Hi, Mom.
I love you.
Happy birthday.
You're the best mom ever.
I appreciate everything you doand all you do for me.
I love you so much.
Speaker 02 (45:10):
Oh, that's cute, right?
And yes, happy 29th birthdaythere, Mom.
This is what, your dozenth 29thbirthday?
Something close to that.
Anyway, as I mentioned, you canfind the link to do that in the
show notes.
And as always, if you have astory that just needs to be told
about any day in the past, sendme an email and let's connect.
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All right, ding, ding, ding.
Time to actually put WhiskeyDay to good use and say cheers
to, well, to all of you.
Thanks to you, my faithfullisteners, we've eclipsed 2,000
downloads.
That is a fantastic achievementand one I'm really happy about.
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So thank you, the wonderfullisteners, for this achievement.
We're on our way to 3,000.
Also, I watch and listen tocontent about podcasting, and I
was surprised to learn how wellwe're doing.
But not only that, how muchupside for us remains.
Thanks to all of you out there,the Daystrider podcast is in
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the top half of all activepodcasts on the Buzzsprout
platform.
That's pretty cool.
But what's scary is...
According to one stat site,there are four and a half
million podcasts in the wholeworld.
Four and a half million.
That's a lot of podcasts.
And the site that I use for mybonus episode interviews, they
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say that in the last three days,85,000 new shows were launched.
Speaker 03 (46:43):
What?
Speaker 02 (46:44):
Yeah, you heard that right.
85,000 shows seems insane tome.
We'll have to see how many ofthose new shows gutted out and
produced 24 regular episodesalong with 9 bonus episodes,
huh?
Yeah, that's right.
I'm about to get my Hulkamaniavoice back out, brother.
But the main point here is,thank you so much for listening.
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And if you share this episodeor any of them with a friend or
family member, you willdefinitely make a difference.
So please get out there andshare away.
Or I'm gonna come find you,brother.
Thanks so much for listening.
Until next time, this is TrumanPastworthy, reminding you that
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every day has a great story.
And we'll be striding throughthem all to find some more
goodies for you.
Now get out there and make yourown great story today.
Welcome, Seeker.
It's March 27th, and we'regoing to kick today off with a
riddle.
So put your thinking cap on andturn up the volume just a bit.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
I'm needed at the ends, but notin the middle.
Solving my purpose isn't muchof a riddle.
(00:22):
I'm handled each day, yetignored in plain sight.
Without me, a simple actbecomes quite a fight.
Kings had me made of gold toflaunt royal flair, but I'm
usually quite plain and pairedwith a pair.
When I'm broken or missing,things start to fray, and I'm
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called by a word that you neverdid say.
You want to hear that again?
Well, just hit the back buttona couple times and give it
another listen, because it'stricky.
And if you can't get it, I'lldrop some hints between the
segments and then reveal theanswer and why it's connected
with March 27th.
All right, well, let's get toit.
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Today's journey begins inAlaska, where North America's
most powerful earthquakeshattered a city.
We'll meet the heroic mother ofthree who stepped up to become
the voice that held the entirecommunity together.
Then we're going to flashforward to the 80s pro wrestling
scene and meet an entirelydifferent kind of hero, one
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whose mania is going to run wildon you.
And finally, we'll answer thatriddle as we zoom in on one of
history's tiniest heroes, asimple invention that's been
saving us from frustration forthousands of years, even though
you probably didn't evenremember what it's called.
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The portal's humming, history'ssecrets are waiting, and our
Daystriding adventure beginsnow.
Grab your curiosity, and let'sflex our way into the past.
Welcome, seekers, to theenchanting world of Daystrider,
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the podcast where we embark on adaily journey through history.
I'm your travel guide, TrumanPastworthy, and together we'll
explore some fascinating storiesthat happened on this exact
day, but from some time in thepast.
From groundbreaking inventionsto remarkable birthdays and
extraordinary events to quirkynational holidays, we've got it
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all.
So kick back, relax, and openyour mind for some lighthearted
stories that'll leave yousaying, huh, I never knew that
happened on this day.
Alrighty then, let's get to it.
Heroes come in many fascinatingvarieties.
There are those larger thanlife figures who bend ordinary
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moments to their will.
And then there are theaccidental heroes where everyday
people are running an errandwith their son in one minute and
holding an entire communitytogether in the next.
Today's hero was a part-timeradio reporter and mother of
three when she woke up.
But 59 hours later, she was thedarling of Alaska.
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Proving that sometimes disasterfinds the hero the world didn't
know it needed.
Tragedy struck Anchorage,Alaska on this day in 1964.
The most powerful earthquakeever recorded in North America
shook the city and thesurrounding area for almost five
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minutes, laying waste to thecity, knocking down buildings,
splitting apart roads, andshaking its citizens literally
and figuratively, plunging theminto a snowy darkness that would
last for days.
On the scene that long weekendwas part-time radio reporter
Jeannie Chance, and she becameAlaska's voice of calm in the
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chaos, broadcasting from adamaged public safety building
using car batteries for power.
As you can imagine, that daystarted off like many other in
Anchorage.
It was actually Good Friday, soit was more special than
others.
People had taken off work toget their Easter weekend
started.
Folks were prepping for bigSunday meals.
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Churches were getting theirfinal rehearsals in for their
big Easter ceremonies.
And Jeannie was actuallydriving into town on an errand
with her 13-year-old son whenthe earthquake hit.
And that was around 5.30 in theevening.
She was stopped at anintersection, and at first when
the car jolted up and slammeddown, Jeannie thought a tire
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must have blown.
But then she realized that theentire roadway ahead of her was
rolling up and down, and thebuildings lining the street,
they were literally swaying asglass windows shadowed and
cracks began to form everywhere.
She couldn't put her headaround it.
And you've seen how this looksin movies, right?
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You've seen what happens withthe buildings and the chaos.
But the folks living throughthe quake also describe feelings
of panic and helplessness.
Of not being able to walk ormove because the ground was
undulating up and down andbeneath you and knocking you
over.
And the fear and panicstreaking through your body as
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you tried to escape the basementof a building for fear that
it's going to collapse on you.
Or wondering, where's yourloved one?
What's happening to them rightnow?
Are they safe?
Crazy, right?
Imagine what Jeannie and herson must have felt when minutes
after the quake ended, the fronthalf of the brand new
five-story JCPenney buildingcollapsed.
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the one they were headed to ontheir errand, literally broke
off from the rest of thebuilding and fell and crumbled
to the ground, smashing the carsthat were lining the street out
front.
That's where they would haveparked.
And in these moments, Jeannie'sradio reporting instincts took
over.
Her mind was racing with whatto do next.
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How do I report on this event?
And even as chaos was unfoldingright in front of her eyes, she
grabbed Winston Jr.
and headed to the public safetybuilding just blocks away.
And thankfully, it wasundamaged from the quake.
She knew that this would be theepicenter of activity as the
city began the major effort torecover.
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To restore power, control waterdamage, keep the streets safe
from looters.
Yes, city officials wereworried about looters even back
in 1964.
And most importantly, therescue missions to find anyone
and everyone who may be buriedin the rubble somewhere.
It took her about an hour, butJeannie got her son home,
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changed into her cold gear,hugged and kissed her family
goodbye, and then got back tothe public safety building ready
to start broadcasting.
And in the meantime, the KENIradio engineers got their
antenna tower working again.
It was only moderately damaged,lucky for them, and running on
generator power, and she startedto broadcast.
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She found a desk at the publicsafety building that was
unoccupied and just begantalking.
She addressed the public in asteady and calm voice because
her mission was to keep everyoneelse from panicking, even
though, in her own mind, it wasracing in a hundred different
directions.
And she was trying to processthis disaster herself.
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And she was in a position whereshe had to make snap decisions
about what she would say on airversus what she should keep to
herself at that moment in timefor the good of the listeners.
For example, while making herway to the public safety
building, she witnessed awoman's body had been severed in
half.
Probably not something tomention at that moment on air.
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However, she also observedstrangers struggling to heave a
crumbling building off of a carto rescue someone trapped
inside.
A great story to share abouther fellow citizens working
together as heroes.
Yeah, Argenie was now acting asa public servant, as well as
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the community mom during thesechaotic hours.
And city officials, they wouldbe hurrying to their next thing.
They'd stop and hand her sheetsof paper with messages that
they wanted to get out, as wellas orders that they might have
had for their rescue teams ortheir engineering teams.
And at the same time, concernedcitizens looking for lost
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family members would track herdown and beg her to announce
their concerns.
And guess what?
We actually have recordings ofher broadcast that someone was
able to dig up.
So you can hear thoseinstructions in her own words.
Speaker 01 (09:00):
We have a very important message for all
electricians and plumbers ofFort Richardson.
All electricians and plumbersof Fort Richardson, please go to
building 700 immediately.
All electricians and plumbersof Fort Rich, go to building 700
immediately.
Speaker 02 (09:13):
As well as some of the community messages.
I'll just run a string of themfor you here.
Speaker 01 (09:18):
Howard Forbes would like it be known that he will be
at Mike Whitmore's.
A message to Kenneth Sadler.
Mrs.
Sadler is fine.
Kenneth Sadler is out in thebush and listens on a transistor
radio.
Mrs.
Sadler is fine.
A message to Walter Hart atKenai.
A message to Walter Hart atKenai.
Lee Hart is fine.
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Jim Murphy and Bill Somervilleat Point Hope.
Your families are A-O-K.
Mr.
and Mrs.
R.W.
Fisher...
That's pretty neat stuff,right?
Now, of
Speaker 02 (10:12):
course, at this time, Jeannie's husband was very
supportive of her efforts andencouraged her to go out and do
a great job.
which was notable for that timein America's history.
You're probably thinking, duh,he better be supportive.
But that's not the mainstreamthinking in the mid-60s.
I'd like to give you a littleperspective.
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So a few years before thisfateful day, There happened to
be a harrowing shipwreck, andJeannie raced up the coast to
cover it and interviewed thesurvivors and provided amazing
coverage for her fellowAlaskans.
The rest of America wanted thisscoop too, but when a New York
news anchor received the tapesto share the story, he actually
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called back to Alaska and askedif a male could redo the
interviews Jeannie had done andretell the story.
Because, you know...
News like this just wouldn'tsound right coming from a woman.
Really?
Yeah, I know.
It's hard to swallow.
But that's how things were backthen.
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Jeannie was a woman and a momtrying to make her way in a
man's world as a radiojournalist.
But her family knew she had thegoods.
I found this fun little quotethat her daughter Jan, who was
then eight, reportedly told aneighborhood boy.
You see, my mother is not likeyours.
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She doesn't stay at home andbake cookies.
She works.
She's Jeannie Chance.
That's pretty impressive for aneight-year-old girl.
Anyway, the rest of the stateand even the rest of the nation
got to know Jeannie Chance.
For 59 hours, she broadcastfrom that public safety
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building.
The KENI sister stations inFairbanks had picked up our
broadcasts and then relayed themout to their surrounding areas.
And same thing happened inJuneau.
And some of the radio wavesmade their way to the lower 48,
where they were relayed out to agood bit of the rest of
America.
One radio journalist fromNebraska said, picked up some of
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the story, and then calledJeannie once the telephones were
restored.
And she gave him the scoopright there over the phone.
And he had the presence of mindto broadcast that live on the
air as they talked.
And his broadcast was recordedand shared with other radio
stations.
And eventually it was played on111 different stations all
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around the world.
Yeah, and different newsagencies, they sent reporters to
Alaska to cover the story.
And once the airport wasrepaired enough to allow planes
to land, the very first wave ofreporters would head straight to
the public safety building andtrack down Jeannie Chance,
asking for her by name.
She was stunned.
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Yeah, over that weekend, shebecame the voice of Alaska.
In those three days, shecommunicated thousands of
messages and reunited hundredsof families by broadcasting
their desperate notes.
She coordinated rescue effortsthrough her microphone when all
other communications had failed.
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And perhaps most remarkably,she restored calm to a city that
had literally been ripped apartat its seams.
When the aftershocks finallysubsided and Jeannie signed off
for her final time, she had noidea that she'd just catapulted
herself into Alaska's historybooks.
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The Alaska legislature passed aspecial citation honoring her
work.
She was named Alaskan of theYear, and her broadcasting
efforts during the disaster wererecognized by a number of
journalism organizations acrossthe country.
Yeah.
Jeannie's measured approach insuch a volatile time made her
one of the most trusted publicfigures in Alaska.
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So much so that four yearslater, she was elected to the
House of Representatives, andseveral years after that, to the
State Senate, where shechampioned education and women's
rights.
You go, Jeannie.
Her legacy reminds us of theimportance of doing what is
right in times of upheaval.
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And you can ask anyone who washuddled around their
battery-powered radios duringthose terrifying days, and
they'll tell you Jeannie's realachievement wasn't measured in
all those accolades.
It was measured in thecollective sigh of relief.
In those dark hours, when theearth wouldn't stop moving and
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families couldn't find eachother, they clung to Jeannie's
words like a lifeline thrownacross the chaos.
They tell you, if Jeannie sayswe'll be okay, then by God,
we'll be okay.
And years later, when askedabout her marathon broadcast,
Jeannie simply said, I was justdoing my job.
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And that's the thing aboutaccidental heroes.
They never see themselvescoming.
They just show up when theworld needs them the most.
Roses are red and boots arebrown.
Did my riddle cause you toscowl or frown?
If you went with shoelace,nope, that's not it.
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A hint's coming your way in ashort little bit.
I want you to join me on adate.
That's right.
And we're going to the movies.
And all you need is five bucks.
What?
Yeah, because it's 1982 andschool's out for the summer and
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we're going to the movies.
Yeah, the Eye of the Tiger.
It's been playing on the radioand it's a great song.
And the Rocky franchise justcame out with its third
installment.
And we've got to go.
I heard it was awesome.
Much different than those firsttwo movies.
Are you ready?
Yeah, let's go.
The ticket's only going to costus $2.50.
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Our bag of popcorn, $2.
And guess what?
We'll have two quarters leftover.
So we'll pop over to the arcadeafter the flick.
And fill the time while we'rewaiting for mom to come pick us
up.
It's going to be awesome.
Unknown (16:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 02 (16:36):
And 20 minutes into the movie, we meet the ultimate
male.
That's right.
Rocky is doing a charity eventwith pro wrestling's heavyweight
champion of the world, ThunderLips.
And the six foot seven chiseledmonster of a man towers over
Rocky, who's actually only fivefeet eight.
It's an awesome show ofintimidation.
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And Thunderlips makes animmediate impression.
He's taunting the crowd,flexing his massive biceps,
kissing the sky, and posing withhis posse of ladies in the
corner.
It's such a great scene, I'mgoing to leave a link to it in
the show notes.
And at the ding of the bell,Thunderlips goes ballistic on
Rocky.
Body slams and leg drops andthrowing him off the ropes and
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all kinds of crazy wrestlingmoves.
And eventually, he picks him uphigh in the air and holds him
above his head like he's usingRocky for a workout.
And then he literally throwshim out of the ring into the
crowd.
You can hear Rocky shouting,catch me.
And just like that, in a mereseven minutes, the incredible
Hulk Hogan, who played ThunderLips in the movie, catapulted
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professional wrestling from anobscure regional wannabe form of
entertainment into nationwidefame.
Basically, the sport ofprofessional wrestling went
viral thanks to Hogan'sperformance.
Now, when Stallone was workingon the script for this scene in
the movie, he went to VinceMcMahon.
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You recognize that name, don'tyou?
Well, today you do.
Back in 1982, very few of youmight have ever even heard of
Vince McMahon.
Anyway, Stallone asked for thebiggest and boldest wrestler in
the business.
And it was easy to point toHulk Hogan, who was an
up-and-comer learning to commandattention in the ring and get
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crowds on their feet.
But here's the crazy part.
McMahon didn't actually wantHogan to do the scene because of
kayfabe.
What did you say?
Kayfabe?
Yeah, I'll explain that in asecond.
So Hogan was faced with adecision.
Hollywood or pro wrestling?
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And he picked Hollywood.
And at the time, this got himfired.
But in the end, the WWF, whichis now the WWE, is so glad he
made this move to the tune ofhundreds of millions of dollars.
And that's awesome for them,right?
But what's the deal with thiskayfabe thing?
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Well, pro wrestling followed astrict code called kayfabe,
which meant that no one wouldever reveal that it was fake.
Pro wrestlers were supposed tostay in character at all times
and tell everyone thateverything was real.
And McMahon enforced thisespecially.
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He would fire people anddiscredit them if they broke the
code.
Yeah, he and everyone elseworried that the code would be
broken when Hogan made itobvious in the movie that it
actually wasn't real and insteadwas entertainment.
Unknown (19:46):
Ha ha ha.
Speaker 02 (19:46):
But what really happened that day was literally
millions of people who were justlike me, who already thought
pro wrestling was fake and neverreally paid much attention, we
tuned in.
We wanted to see what this HulkHogan thing was all about.
And we got hooked by the heroesas well as the villains at that
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time.
And pro wrestling's popularitysoared and the sport entered its
golden era in the mid-80s withHulkamania leading the way.
Yes, that's right.
The Hulk was quickly rehired,and he led the way, brother.
Let me try one of Hogan'scatchphrases here.
What you gonna do whenHulkamania runs wild on you?
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That hurt my throat a little.
Yep, and Hulkamania took off,and it was so incredibly popular
that in April of 1985, HulkHogan actually made the cover of
Sports Illustrated magazine.
In fact, he's the only activepro wrestler to have ever had
that honor.
which is pretty amazing.
But 1985 was a crazy year forthe Hulkster for a very
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different reason.
And it happened on this day inhistory.
Hulk Hogan and Mr.
T were traipsing across thenation, promoting the first ever
WrestleMania.
WrestleMania I, that's right.
And one of their stops was on acomedy show hosted by Richard
Belzer.
And backstage, Belzer wastrying to get the two to admit
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to him that wrestling wasn'treal.
But they weren't taking thebait.
Instead, they were gettingfrustrated as Belzer needled
them and asked them questionsand they just wouldn't answer.
And actually, they broughttheir frustration with them out
onto the stage when they got infront of the cameras.
And Mr.
T basically shut down and wentsilent and just scowled at
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Belzer.
And of course, Hogan'sfrustration was mounting right
up to the point where Belzerchallenged him by saying, hey,
put a move on me.
Let's see if it's real.
Go ahead.
Try it.
Put a move on me.
And Hogan refused at first.
He didn't want to becauseBelzer wasn't trained.
But the crowd was taunting himand Belzer was chirping away
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like a tough guy.
So Hogan got talked into it.
What he should have done, hejust walked off the set.
But what happened?
was Hogan put him in a sleeperhold.
And when you re-watch thevideo, it appears that it
actually worked and knockedBelzer out.
And when you listen to Hogan'sautobiography, you learn that he
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actually did apply enoughpressure in the right spots to
make the sleeper hold work.
Belzer actually passed out, andHogan let him drop to the
floor.
On the video, you can tell thatBelzer was out cold, and you
can hear the thunk as his headhits the ground.
And what's fun about this sceneis Mr.
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T, he remained calm, sittingthere saying, oh, he's going to
be fine.
He's just asleep.
He'll wake up in a second.
Just give him one more second.
He'll be fine.
And eventually, Belzer pops upoff the floor and after an
awkward pause, sends the show toa commercial break.
And then, as he turns to headoff stage, you can actually see
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blood running down the back ofhis head onto his jacket.
He definitely got injured whenhe fell.
Hogan took the kayfabe stuffseriously that day, much to his
regret.
Because even though Belzer blewthe incident off that day, I
guess the popularity ofWrestleMania the following week
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and his greed got the best ofhim, and he sued Hogan for $5
million.
What?
Yeah, $5 million.
Of course, they settled, but Istill think it was a big
settlement.
That's crazy, right?
We have a minute, so before Ilet you go, I wanted to share
how Hogan got the name Hulk.
Because at this time inhistory, the Hulk was actually a
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green monster played by LouFerrigno on the TV show The
Incredible Hulk.
That's right, you youngstersout there, there's an OG Hulk
way before today's Marvelversion of the character.
Anyway, so this is a coupleyears before the Rocky movie,
when Hogan was actually calledTerry Boulder.
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His birth name was Terry Bolea,but that was too boring, so he
went by the name Terry Boulder.
And he was on a talk show withLou Ferrigno, who I just
mentioned, and the host of theshow commented that Terry was
much bigger than Lou.
He actually was a littletaller, and his arms were a bit
bigger.
And Terry responded...
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That's because I'm the realHulk.
And when that show aired, thename stuck.
People began to call him Terrythe Hulk Boulder.
And eventually, Vince McMahonhad a spark of alliteration and
started billing him as HulkHogan.
Yeah, so let me try myHulkamania voice here to wrap us
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up.
All right, here we go.
Listen up, Daystrider Nation.
What you just heard wasn't whatyou wanted.
It was what you needed,brother.
Thunderlips didn't just shakeRocky Balboa, he shook America
to its core.
So tell me, littleHulkamaniacs, what you gonna do
when this podcast runs wild onyou?
A time traveler's delight andfood for your mind.
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Are you ready for your hint?
I promise, it's kind.
When threading your boots, youperform a draglet, and that word
you see, it rhymes with baglet.
So we opened today's show witha riddle.
And then, between our heroes,Genie and the Hulkster, there
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was a fun little hint.
And then just now, we gave youthe remaining bit you needed to
remember the name of that littleplastic covering at the end of
your shoelaces.
because it was escaping you allalong, right?
Well, if you've watched Phineasand Ferb with your kids, or as
a kid, you might remember themfeaturing the aglet in one of
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their episodes.
Yeah, they did a Tip of the Daysong, belting out A-G-L-E-T,
don't forget it, as a concertsong.
Yeah.
What makes this tiny inventionso worthy of its own musical
number?
Well, it's because we've allexperienced that moment of
frustration when an aglet breaksand suddenly threading those
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shoelaces becomes nearlyimpossible.
Yeah.
And today we're going to learnwhat our tiny plastic hero has
been hiding right under ournoses.
It won't surprise you to learnthat its origins are French.
Oh, way the word.
Aguillette means needle tip.
So let's shine some light onthis overlooked and often
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unthought of invention.
In just a few millimeters ofmaterial, the aglet embodies the
perfect marriage of form andfunction.
And we've collectively agreedto forget it even exists at all.
That is until one breaks, likeI said before, and suddenly
you're stabbing those eyeletswith what looks like the
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business end of a miniaturewitch's broom.
Yeah, if you have a tall pairof boots with a half a dozen
eyelets and you need to run yourlaces through and they fray
apart at the end, well, itdoesn't take long until you're
invoking your inner sailor'svocabulary.
Yeah, the aglet is a perfectexample of you don't know what
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you've got until it's gone.
So let's bounce from the riddleto trivia time.
Any guesses as to how oldshoelaces are?
Go ahead, grab a number.
500 years?
Nope.
2,000 years?
Nope.
There's actual evidence thatmankind has been using shoelaces
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for much longer.
So when hikers discovered Otzithe Iceman back in 1991, who was
frozen for 5,000 years in theAlps, archaeologists were
stunned to find that he woreprimitive leather boots with
laces.
Imagine that.
Back when woolly mammoths stillroamed the Earth, our ancestors
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were already dealing with thesame shoelace problems we have
today.
The only difference, poor Otzididn't have aglets.
which probably made gettingdressed in the Ice Age that much
more challenging.
By the way, we're actuallygoing to meet Otzi on September
19th.
But for now, know thatshoelaces actually predate the
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pyramids.
The aglet officially came to beonly 230 years ago when on this
day, Harvey Kennedy is creditedwith patenting the modern metal
tip shoelace.
But unofficially, people havebeen using lace coverings long
before the Age of Enlightenment.
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Yeah, humanity's relationshipwith aglets is like a love story
spanning millennia.
First came the awkward datingphase, where Egyptians were
experimenting with wax and resin3,000 years ago.
Then the Romans got fancy withbronze tips, showing off a
little to keep interest up.
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But the real commitmentceremony happened when the
European royalty turned agletsinto literal jewelry with gold
and silver tips that becamecoveted status symbols.
Now, to be fair, the kings andqueens needed their ornate
aglets for more than just shoes.
Because remember, back then,before the zipper, clothes were
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held together by buttons orstring laces.
And so tunics and breeches andcloaks were all in need of
laces.
adorned with fancy aglets, ofcourse.
And during my research onaglets, I came across the fact
that King Louis XIV had a ratherlarge collection of aglets for
his clothing, and many werequite ornate.
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And we know from other readingsthat the Sun King had a very
large staff to maintain hispomp, each with specialized
duties.
So it's plausible that at onepoint in time, someone had the
title of Keeper of the RoyalAglets.
Imagine having that job.
Yeah.
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I also came across the mentionabout a duel in the 1500s
because one nobleman copied theunique aglets of another
nobleman.
That's crazy.
But what I couldn't find wasthe details on this one.
So I thought, hey, why notglorify today's unsung hero with
a fun little tall tale?
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So here we go.
We're in London.
The year is 1568.
The fashionable but hot-headedLord Fitzwilliam Fancy Pants
strutted through the court,sporting revolutionary
spiral-patterned gold agletsthat caught the light with every
step.
And the lovely Lady JoannaGlitterlove couldn't tear her
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eyes from his dazzlingadornments.
although she didn't care aboutFancy Pants himself.
She'd been known to fawn overparticularly sparkly nobles, a
fact that Fancy Pants mistookfor personal admiration.
But then enter Sir SmugworthCoppington, blessed with
chiseled features and the moralcompass of a weathervane.
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Noticing Glitterlove's agletfascination, he commissioned
identical sparklers, but withone crucial difference.
Later, when Coppingtonsauntered into the court, on the
day Glitterlove was inattendance, disaster struck
faster than a fraying shoelace.
Fancy pants roared across thebanquet hall as Glitterlove
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drifted towards Coppington, likea moth to a flame.
Nonsense, replied Coppingtonwith a smirk.
Mind spiral clockwise, farsuperior to the counterclockwise
twist in your pedestrianwardrobe.
Well, they got into an argumentthat spiraled out of control
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from there.
Gloves were slapped, honor wasquestioned, and swords were
drawn over what the courtchronicler dubbed the most
ridiculous reason two men everattempted murder.
The duel left both men withmatching scars, but empty arms.
For in all the fracas,Glitterlove quite literally
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bumped into master jewelerBartholomew Brighteyes, whose
eyes sparkled like perfectly cutdiamonds whenever he gazed upon
her.
And they made a perfect match.
All right, let's wrap thisthing up, shall we?
So the next time you're tyingyour shoes, take a second.
to appreciate those tinyplastic tips.
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These unsung heroes that haveliterally kept it together
throughout all of human history.
From Ice Age adventurers todueling noblemen to cartoon
characters, the humble agletreminds us of a powerful truth.
Sometimes the smallest thingsmake the biggest difference.
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And maybe that's the reallesson here.
In a world obsessed withdisruption and the next big
thing...
Perhaps true genius lies insimply making what already
exists work a little better.
After all, Harvey actually madequite a bit of money from his
improvement.
The interwebs say it was over$2.5 million in today's money.
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So I guess the question is,what small, overlooked problem
could you solve that just mightchange the world?
What a ride through time today,folks.
We got to meet three totallydifferent kinds of heroes.
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We witnessed how JeannieChance's steady voice blossomed
into Alaska's lifeline during 59hours of chaos.
Then we learned how aseven-minute movie scene and one
ill-advised sleeper holdchanged the trajectory of
professional wrestling and itsbiggest hero.
And don't forget that practicalhero, that little tiny plastic
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thingy that keeps your shoelacesfrom unraveling.
It's easy to see that withoutMarch 27th, our world just
wouldn't be the same.
Whether it's how communitiescome together during disasters,
how we entertain ourselves onweekend nights, or how we manage
to tie our shoes without losingour minds.
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And who knew that shoelacespredated the pyramids or that
the Hulkster's biceps werebigger than the Incredible Hulk
himself?
From accidental heroes to tinyplastic saviors, history's
greatest stories come in allsizes.
Why not share these storieswith someone who appreciates the
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little things?
And remember, when life'sground starts shaking beneath
your feet, just ask yourself,What you gonna do when
Daystrider runs wild on you,brother?
Oh, goodness.
And you know what else?
If today's stories made yougrin, there are dozens of other
stories waiting for you in ourback catalog.
(35:39):
Yeah, if you love hearing aboutamazing women and their
accomplishments, then you gottameet Clara Barton on May 21st
and Ella Grasso on January 8th.
If larger-than-lifesensationalism feel better to
you than watching the regularnews, you gotta check out Ice
Skating's Biggest Scandal, whichalso happens to be on January
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8th.
And if you like hearing cluesto try to guess what the main
story's all about, then you'llenjoy the very first segment of
the December 9th episode, whichremains our most popular episode
of all, where you get to try tofigure out the company that I'm
talking about.
It's a good one.
Every day has a story, andthey're so much fun.
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And guess what?
We're going to stride throughthem all until we're done.
If you enjoyed the bonusepisode about Bailey Vitello and
his dog mushing team, thenyou'll be proud to know that he
finished fifth in the 2025Iditarod.
But sadly, Senator, his leaddog, suffered some injuries and
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had to be pulled from the race.
I've heard from Breonna thatSenator recovered fully, so
that's awesome.
But great work, Team Bailey, onthat fifth place finish.
After you share today's specialstories, you can also mention
the following famous folks whocelebrate their birthdays today.
Mariah Carey leads the way forus on March 27th, and I was
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shocked to learn that she's inher mid-50s.
She's hitting that age verywell.
No offense, Mariah.
She's a singer and songwriterwho's famous for her vocal
range.
But I'd throw out that she'smost famous for her 1994
rendition of All I Want forChristmas is You.
It's a good one.
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Quentin Tarantino crashestoday's party with Blood
Splattered Style.
The former video store clerkturned cult director
revolutionized cinema with hisnon-linear storytelling in Pulp
Fiction and Kill Bill.
And in true Tarantino fashion,he's promised his upcoming 10th
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film will be his grand finale.
Though, like his movie endings,I'm betting there's a twist
coming.
And Fergie brings today someBoom Boom Pow! Before conquering
charts with the Black Eyed Peasand that iconic gotta get get
earworm, she was a child star onKids Incorporated and later
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struggled with crystal methaddiction.
I didn't know that.
The Fergalicious solo artistreinvented herself multiple
times, proving that when itcomes to pop culture staying
power, she's still got it.
Gotta get, get, boom, boom,pow.
All right, Wilhelm Renschenilluminates our historical
birthdays with a discovery thatlets us see right through you.
(38:36):
Yeah, this German physiciststumbled upon what he called
x-rays in 1895 andrevolutionized medicine
overnight.
And guess what?
We'll explore his accidentaldiscovery on November 8th.
Stay tuned.
And the 50th most famous personborn today, according to
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famousbirthdays.com, is CarlyJoy.
She's described on the websiteas a selfie and self-portrait
picture taker who has earned afollowing of more than 450,000
people on Instagram.
Come on now, really?
Yeah, so I went and looked, andshe pretty much is a selfie
picture taker.
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Mostly she's in workout clothesand skimpy bathing suits.
Maybe what I should do is takea selfie this summer in my
bathing suit after I work on mybase tan and lose a few pounds.
Or maybe I won't do that.
Thank you, Truman.
You don't want to see thatanyway.
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March 27th is InternationalWhiskey Day.
So that's pretty obvious of aday where everyone gathers
around to celebrate theirfavorite whiskey or try a new
whiskey.
There's Irish, Scotch,Canadian, and Japanese whiskeys.
And then there's a corn-basedvariety called bourbon whiskey.
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And hiding in there is alsoTennessee whiskey, separate
because of some kind offiltering.
But plenty of varieties toexplore, so cheers to that.
Today is also Viagra Day.
On this day in 1998, Viagra wasapproved by the FDA for use in
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America.
Now, we all know what thatlittle blue pill is and what it
does, but did you know that itwas discovered by accident?
Yeah, the effects of the pillwere actually side effects from
what the original drug wasintended to do.
Imagine being in a room with abunch of folks all testing some
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new blood pressure medicine, andsuddenly, 30 minutes into the
wait, All the men suddenly startto get aroused for no apparent
reason at all, and some to muchembarrassment, I bet.
Yeah, that had to be a funnyday.
Today is Scribble Day, and it'smeant to enjoy the simplicity
of scribbling, especiallybecause everyone can do it.
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And on a deeper level, it'scelebrating art and showing that
anyone can be an artist.
All right.
So, you need a great gift ideafor your loved one?
Well, in addition to retellingthe stories that you just heard
about this day in history, youcan have them open up a gift
that's customized to theirbirthday.
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And I have several great ideasfor you, and as always, you can
find links to these in the giftidea section of the show notes.
Now, I know I always say thatthese gift ideas are so unique,
there's no way your loved onewon't have one of these.
And today...
Definitely lives up to thatstandard.
Pay attention.
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Now for sure, the books aboutthe Great Alaskan Earthquake are
great reads.
But since that event was solong ago, there's really no
great Jeannie Chance stuffavailable out there.
But you could bend it a littleand just go with her first name
and check out The magic genielamps that I found.
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They come in all differentcolors and sizes.
And yes, it's a stretch, buthey, make some magic happen here
on March 27th.
The Hulk Hogan gift ideas, nowthese are endless.
He's got bobbleheads and actionfigures and t-shirts and
posters and plush toys and more.
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But what was really cool, youcan get a shadow box that
contains that Sports Illustratedmagazine cover that he had from
1985.
That's pretty neat.
And then there's a reallypractical gift for the someone
who has everything.
I bet they don't have ashoelace repair kit with aglets
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and an aglet crimping tool.
Uh-huh, how about that?
The famous folks that were borntoday all have some great
books, CDs, or wall hangingsthat are nice.
But I found something reallyinteresting for you.
Now I know you put yourChristmas stuff away months ago,
but you could still get yourloved one a Mariah Carey
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Christmas tree ornament.
Yeah, that'd be a fun littlething to have and then a little
trivia event for them to have ontheir tree.
Similarly, today's specialholidays have unique gift ideas.
The whiskey-related gifts arenearly endless.
There's actual whiskey and thenwhiskey smoker kits and special
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ice cube kits for whiskeydrinkers and whiskey glasses and
decanters and books and on andon.
So pretty much anythingwhiskey.
And then there's alsoViagra-related gift ideas.
Some prescription and some not.
But be careful if you're atwork and you're flipping through
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those links because there'ssome interesting things there.
So anyway, my point is, no morehemming and hawing about the
person who has everything.
Because if they celebrate March27th, they do not have some of
these things.
I am sure of it.
And as always, if none of thosecustomized gifts for folks who
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adore March 27th work for you,well...
You can up your gift-givinggame and make someone's birthday
really special.
How's that?
Well, you could dedicate ashout-out right here on this
podcast, and they'll bememorialized forever.
I can do the shout-out for youif you send me an email, give me
their name and something funyou want to share, or you can do
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your own shout-out by using theSpeakPipe link that's available
in the show notes.
Now, today's shout-out is froma daughter to her mom, who's a
regular listener, so she'llrecognize the voice.
Speaker 00 (45:00):
Hi, Mom.
I love you.
Happy birthday.
You're the best mom ever.
I appreciate everything you doand all you do for me.
I love you so much.
Speaker 02 (45:10):
Oh, that's cute, right?
And yes, happy 29th birthdaythere, Mom.
This is what, your dozenth 29thbirthday?
Something close to that.
Anyway, as I mentioned, you canfind the link to do that in the
show notes.
And as always, if you have astory that just needs to be told
about any day in the past, sendme an email and let's connect.
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All right, ding, ding, ding.
Time to actually put WhiskeyDay to good use and say cheers
to, well, to all of you.
Thanks to you, my faithfullisteners, we've eclipsed 2,000
downloads.
That is a fantastic achievementand one I'm really happy about.
(45:53):
So thank you, the wonderfullisteners, for this achievement.
We're on our way to 3,000.
Also, I watch and listen tocontent about podcasting, and I
was surprised to learn how wellwe're doing.
But not only that, how muchupside for us remains.
Thanks to all of you out there,the Daystrider podcast is in
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the top half of all activepodcasts on the Buzzsprout
platform.
That's pretty cool.
But what's scary is...
According to one stat site,there are four and a half
million podcasts in the wholeworld.
Four and a half million.
That's a lot of podcasts.
And the site that I use for mybonus episode interviews, they
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say that in the last three days,85,000 new shows were launched.
Speaker 03 (46:43):
What?
Speaker 02 (46:44):
Yeah, you heard that right.
85,000 shows seems insane tome.
We'll have to see how many ofthose new shows gutted out and
produced 24 regular episodesalong with 9 bonus episodes,
huh?
Yeah, that's right.
I'm about to get my Hulkamaniavoice back out, brother.
But the main point here is,thank you so much for listening.
(47:05):
And if you share this episodeor any of them with a friend or
family member, you willdefinitely make a difference.
So please get out there andshare away.
Or I'm gonna come find you,brother.
Thanks so much for listening.
Until next time, this is TrumanPastworthy, reminding you that
(47:28):
every day has a great story.
And we'll be striding throughthem all to find some more
goodies for you.
Now get out there and make yourown great story today.
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