You should tell the people who we are and what our new show is.

I'm Robert Smith, and this is Jacob Goldstein, and we used to host a show called Planet Money.

And now we're back making this new podcast about the best ideas and people and businesses in history.

And some of the worst people, horrible ideas, and destructive companies in the history of business.

We struggled to come up with a name, decided to call it, business history.

You know why?

Why?

Does this show about the history of business?

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Are you interested in the parts of history that remain a mystery?

Do you want to learn more about the historical myths and

misconceptions used to prop up false belief today? I'm Nathaniel Lloyd. In my podcast,

historical blindness, I delve into all of these topics, sharing puzzling tales from the past,

and examining hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and misremembered events that provide

insight into modern politics and religion. New episodes every two weeks, find historical

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Music Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast, episode

58, Operation Ladbrook.

Last time, the plan to invade Sicily came together. It had not been a smooth

process, nor one that everyone agreed on. In war, action, however, haphazard, is normally better than

trying to calculate for every contingency while taking no action. Well, the day had come. All the Allied deception operations would either work

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