This week we learn how activist Marion Stokes archived 30 years of television in an effort to protect the truth from fake news. A listener voice memo suggests a novel way to clone Richard Nixon.

Episode Tabs:

The Remarkable Story of a Woman Who Preserved Over 30 Years of TV History

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marion-stokes-television-news-archive

Listener Tabs:

This man has held onto Richard Nixon's half-eaten sandwich for 60 years

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5735767/this-man-has-held-onto-richard-nixon-s-half-eaten-sandwich-for-60-years-1.5737750

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This week we learn about Uncle Sam's predecessor Brother Jonathan, and how America's mascot for itself evolved between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A listener email explains the importance of a finely carved 2000 year old statue of the Buddha recently found in Egypt.

Episode Tabs:

Before America Got Uncle Sam, It Had to Endure Brother Jonathan

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brother-jonathan-uncle-sam

Listener Tabs:

Berenike Buddha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenike_Buddha

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This week we learn how a rejected Belgian inventor's obsession with creating new instruments eventually led to the creation of one of the great American art forms. A listener email explains how bikes were used to smuggle drugs in the Netherlands.

Episode Tabs:

It was banned by the Nazis, Stalin and the Vatican. This is the surprising history of the saxophone

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/saxophone-history-of-musical-instrument-brutal-and-beautiful/11960922

Listener Tabs:

CONTRABAND AND SMUGGLERS’ OBJECTS

https://www.bdmuseum.nl/en/collectie/smokkelobjecten/

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