Germans, Sausages and Dachshunds: Oh, My!
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
From baseball games to picnics, from street vendors to haute cuisine, the humble hot dog is an American icon. But where did it come from, and how did it get so popular? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the origins of the infamous dog, how it got its name -- and why so many people have so strong opinions about what should or should not go it.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians. |
| 0:29.6 | Thank you, as always so much for tuning in. |
| 0:32.5 | Hot Dog, who is that? |
| 0:34.0 | Our super producer, Mr. Max Williams. |
| 0:39.3 | Hot diggedy dog. |
| 0:41.2 | Chocolate starfish. |
| 0:42.5 | Chocolate starfish. |
| 0:44.5 | And the hot dog flavor water. |
| 0:47.8 | That's none other than Mr. Noel Brown. |
| 0:49.2 | No digity. |
| 0:50.0 | Wonderful. No doubt. |
| 0:51.0 | Co-host, brother and podcast arms, also the research associate for today's episode. |
| 0:56.9 | And the front person of Olympus get cover band. |
| 1:02.1 | I've been keeping that from you guys. |
| 1:04.3 | That's what I do on the weekends when no one's looking. |
| 1:08.0 | I be rolling. |
| 1:09.3 | They hate him. |
| 1:10.4 | Well, no, that's different. I roll in, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling. And you're Ben Bowling, bowling, bowling, bowling. You already said that. You did say that. I'm just fitting it into the whole limp biscuit motif. We're rocking at the top here. Because we are indeed talking about, we're talking sausage. Mm-hmm. Yes, yes. |
| 1:28.3 | Hot dogs, indeed, as you may, as you may recall, they're a pretty big deal in the U.S. culture. |
| 1:37.6 | But the story doesn't really start there, does it, no. |
| 1:41.9 | Does it ever? |
| 1:42.9 | You know, maybe, maybe sometimes. Maybe sometimes. Maybe sometimes. Maybe sometimes. But it, no. Does it ever? You know? Maybe, maybe sometimes. |
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