Cool Things Podcasts - 2007
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Some people get into Christmas more than others. Louis Glynn spent the whole year, every year, hand-painting 500 cards for friends and family. |
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This luminous relic from the 1950s was used in a western Kansas home. |
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Hear about a ballot box that survived both the Kansas county seat wars and a tornado. Election results were literally up in the air. |
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Four prisons are located in Leavenworth County. This guard uniform was used at the oldest one--the Kansas State Penitentiary. |
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William Allen White's BFF, President Theodore Roosevelt, gave this jaguar rug to the family after a dangerous trip to the Amazon. |
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Edna Ferber inscribed and dedicated these books to renowned Kansas journalist William Allen White. |
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A Kansas City doctor claimed to have found a cure for cancer in the 1920s. Only problem was, it didn't work. |
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Glitzy pistols and a fancy Civil War saber "presented as a token of his soldierly qualities." |
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Naugahyde chaps made by a member of Kansas' rodeo royalty. |
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Golfing hazards in Topeka 100 years ago included cattle and their byproducts. Talk about mashies! |
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In the 1950s, runners from around the globe challenged the four-minute mile barrier. Among them was Wes Santee, a Kansas farm boy who found sure footing in this track shoe. |
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This Kansas baseball story won't put you to sleep! Hear how the Narka team emulated the St. Louis Cardinals. |
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Here's some knockout boxing gear used by world heavyweight champion (and Kansan) Jess Willard. |
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A Topeka woman wore this wool basketball uniform for the Aces in the 1920s. Scratchy clothing wasn't the only difficulty encountered by women in sports, though. |
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Fielding a team is tough when your community's population is in decline. Learn how eight-man football keeps the drive alive. |
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Drafting table on which an engineer helped designed Kansas' best-known sports arenas--Ahearn Fieldhouse at Kansas State University, and Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas. |
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Learn of the amazing connection between Kansas runner Glenn Cunningham, Adolph Hitler, and the 1936 Olympics. |
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A giant wooden bat and silver baseball trophy from an 1860s game in Kansas. |
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Elegant swordplay in Kansas? Believe it. This fencing equipment was used by a German social club in Topeka. |
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Cold War survival kits from the 1950s included cans of granulated synthetic protein--yum! |
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Populist manifesto or just plain fun? Learn the real story behind L. Frank Baum's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." |
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Death stalked the highways in 1870s Kansas. Was this knife used to commit murder, or only to spread butter? |
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What do you get when you combine a cottonwood tree and a chainsaw artist? The state stump! |
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This jug was owned by a frequent visitor to a Kansas sanitarium. He may have been a victim of bizarre water treatments, or a resort playboy who enjoyed a good bath. |
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This memorial card for a fallen World War I soldier is printed in German. Was this Kansas boy a German sympathizer? |
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Moon rocks, or rather gravel, from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Check out our award winning Cool Things podcasts from other years. |
Christmas on a Card
An Aluminum Tree Christmas
War, With a Twist
Prison Town
Teddy's Jag
Autographed Ferber Books
Cure for Cancer Serum
Civil War Saber & Pistols
Hides of Nauga
Golfing With Cows
Lone Shoe
Narkaleptic
45 Rounds
Uncomfortable Socks
Eight is Enough
A Tale of Two Fieldhouses
Iron Horse of Kansas
Give the Ball a Ride
Smacked by Napoleon
Fallout Food
Flying Monkeys
Bloody Benders
State Stump
Something in the Water
Fatherland
Moon Rocks
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Entry: Cool Things Podcasts - 2007
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