362: Douglas Brunt—Don't Forget the Footnotes

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The New York Times bestselling author and podcaster discusses great writing, the power of storytelling, his newest book, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel, and how he solved a 110-year-old whodunnit.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, guess who?
0:05.0	Spoiler alert, it's me, Mike Rowe.
0:07.0	With another episode of the way I heard it, specifically episode number 362, this one is called
0:13.0	Don't Forget the Footnotes with our new and good friend, Doug Brunt.
0:20.0	Chuck, do I sound as bad outside of my head as I do inside of my head?
0:25.9	I can only imagine how it sounds inside your head.
0:28.7	But outside your head, I can hear a little congestion, but it's not terribly bad.
0:33.2	I'm not one to make excuses, friends, but I will right now.
0:36.8	I'm filled with a weird mix of
0:39.1	day quill, some lingering NyQuil, some afrin, which is extraordinary, and some noble Tennessee
0:46.1	whiskey, which is, I'm not advising any of this. I'm just saying that a lot of pharmacology had
0:52.8	to come together to keep this cold at bay for an hour or so,
0:58.1	as I had the conversation you're about to hear, already, Chuck, it's slipping into oblivion as the drugs wear off.
1:05.2	Was it a good conversation?
1:06.5	It sure seemed like it when it was happening.
1:08.8	I thought it was a great conversation.
1:10.5	I knew it was going to be the book that this guy has written is just stellar, just a really,
1:15.9	really good read.
1:17.2	It's a mystery.
1:18.1	It's a history book that's got mystery to it, and I was shocked by the ending.
1:24.0	Yeah.
1:24.7	It's terrific.
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