Ooh, hello, and welcome to episode 34 of Curiosityness with me, the host, Travis DeRos,

and I think you're going to like this episode a lot. It's pretty freaking fun and interesting.

I have on Jeff Schumacher, hope I pronounce that last name right, sorry Jeff, but he is the author

of Sunson and Suburbia,

the history of modern Las Vegas. So essentially he just kind of walks us through the whole

history of Las Vegas and how it began. And I've always been curious about how this weird

city in the middle of the desert began that attracts so many people and has so much money

and has the biggest entertainment acts and allows gambling and all this stuff like how do that

even begin and start and why do we go there um so that's what we talk about this episode jeff

knows so much about las Vegas it's it's crazy he works at the Ma Museum, which I'm dying to go to soon.

But yeah, it's just a really fun episode. I think you'll really enjoy this history lesson. It's incredible.

And something I think we have all been curious about driving into Vegas and something that you're going to learn about right now.

And we are going. How are you doing, Jeff?

I'm doing well, thanks.

Cool. Well, thanks for being on the show.

You are, where are you at right now?

I'm in my office near the Mob Museum in Las Vegas.

In Las Vegas, cool.

And is that where you grew up?

I've spent a lot of my life in Las Vegas,

although I'm originally from Wisconsin.

Oh, okay.

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