Are The Wright Brothers Underrated?

Softcore History

History, Comedy, Improv

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Everyone is familiar with the names Wilbur and Orville Wright, but is it possible they are actually overlooked and don't get enough props for their insane accomplishments? We dig a little deeper into these strange men obsessed with conquering the skies, their often unmentioned sister Katharine, everything that led up to that fateful day at Kitty Hawk, and the aftermath of their success.

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Dan Regester
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0:00.0	Welcome to Softcore History.
0:08.0	Welcome back to SoftCore History.
0:10.8	I'm your host for the week.
0:12.1	Dan Rajester joined, as always, by a beautiful Rob Fox today.
0:16.7	What makes me so pretty today?
0:18.3	He's not wearing a hat.
0:19.8	Get the hair out.
0:21.1	Get on the YouTube. YouTube.com slash softcore history, and check this shit out.
0:26.8	People don't think this is working.
0:29.6	They don't know why I'm wearing a hat all the time.
0:30.9	It's because I'm lazy.
0:32.3	That's all it is.
0:33.4	Yeah, but that's a hat hair.
0:34.5	It still looks great.
0:35.6	Just take the hat off.
0:36.9	The hat?
0:39.5	The reason we're not a big show.
0:41.0	It's because I'm not taking the hat off.
0:44.7	And the reason you got cancer is because you always wear your hat backwards.
0:48.2	Well, if I didn't wear it at all, I would have you even more cancer, I imagine.
0:50.4	I think you just let it go.
0:50.8	Yeah. The flow covers it up.
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