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The Box of Oddities

BOX206: Lunch During Wartime

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. These are the strange and unusual ways people dealt with food rationing during WWII. And then a twisted tour of some of the craziest oddities to have happened in the last century or so. It's inside BOX206. Remove infant before folding for storage. Offers: Get a free month of unlimited access to the entire library at The Great Courses Plus! Go to TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondering's Podcast American Scandal.

0:04.2

Our newest series looks at the trial of the Chicago Seven, a case involving protests

0:08.6

of the Vietnam War and the legal fight that became a referendum on the soul and future

0:13.1

of America.

0:14.1

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:19.5

In a four-part series, The Generation Why Podcast unravels the story of Calif Browder, a young

0:24.8

boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it records island for three years

0:30.0

without trial.

0:31.4

This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system.

0:35.5

Listen to Generation Why on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.6

What follows may not be suitable for all audiences, listen to discretion as advised.

0:45.4

The world is full of stories, stories of mysteries, of curiosities, of oddities.

0:58.0

Join Pat and Jethro Gilligan-Toth for a strange, the bizarre, the unexpected as they lift

1:07.4

the lid and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities.

1:13.8

This time goes on with this podcast where we are getting stories from you freaks of

1:19.1

bizarre coincidences involving the box of oddities.

1:24.6

And this is a great example of it.

1:26.6

A while ago, we had talked about interesting linguistic quirks and we got an email from

1:34.9

Becky and it said, I love your show.

1:38.5

You guys make me feel like I'm maybe not so odd.

1:41.2

Thank you for that.

1:42.2

I often mess up my words or sentences to the point where my family doesn't even correct

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