Dead Ringers - UI Podcast #058

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2012

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Akron, Ohio citizen Larry Bader and Omaha, Nebraska sportscaster Fritz Johnson were complete opposites of one other. Yet, the two men looked like they could have been twins. Find out what happened when one was thought to be the other. Also, learn about Robert Recorde's contribution to mathematics, a girl shot dead by a military gunner, boys who found gold in the sewer, and the guy who thought his house was stolen. Retrosponsor: ENNDS Chlorophyll Tablets. Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/larry-bader-dead-ringers/ You can follow the Useless Information Podcast on these platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uselessinformationpodcast X (Twitter): https://t.co/7pV2H8iXJV Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlipSideofHistory/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:05.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:08.7	Down time can be just fine, plain bangers from the 90s.
0:12.9	Tea break.
0:13.9	Lunch break.
0:14.8	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:16.8	Sometimes it's not time for some tombole, right?
0:19.7	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time.
0:25.5	Go on.
0:26.1	Play some other time.
0:27.4	Put your phone down.
0:28.6	Tombola.
0:29.5	Open for fun.
0:31.2	Terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org.
0:35.8	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman, and you're listening to a classic episode of the useless information
0:40.5	podcast.
0:43.0	Useless information.
0:48.5	I really think you're going to enjoy this story, which I titled Dead Ringers.
0:53.6	It was released back on November 24th
0:56.0	of 2012. Now, as I was searching through my computer for the original audio file, I realized
1:03.3	I had forgotten nearly all of the specifics of what had happened. I really couldn't recall.
1:09.8	I'd have to say, it really was fun to hear the details of the story
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