Hunting Fireflies for Fun (and Profit)
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
From the 1960s well into the 1990s, thousands of children in the United States were actually paid to hunt fireflies. Join the guys as they explore the strange story of Sigma and firefly hunting — and get surprised by an unexpected guest.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, we are Ben Bullin, Matt Frederick and Noel Brown of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, |
| 0:04.6 | the podcast on I Heart Radio. We're hosting an informative discussion in I Heart Land soon. |
| 0:09.6 | Talking about our favorite teachers, the weird facts we learned in making the show, |
| 0:13.8 | and how important it is to be curious about the world around us. |
| 0:16.8 | Education is important, so join us as we chat all about it, |
| 0:20.5 | straight from State Farm Park in I Heart Land for a limited time, so don't miss it. |
| 0:24.6 | We're going all in, so head to I Heart Radio dot com slash I Heart Land to check it out. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi guys, Nancy Grace here, host a podcast, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:35.1 | I've dedicated my life to finding crime and helping crime victims. |
| 0:40.1 | For a decade, I prosecuted violent felonies. |
| 0:44.2 | Every day is a mission, every day is a chance to stop crime and keep one more person safe. |
| 0:52.6 | Listen to Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War Two? |
| 1:06.2 | An opera singer who burned down an honorary to kidnap her lover, |
| 1:09.8 | and a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, haven't comment. |
| 1:16.0 | They're all real women who were left out of your history books. |
| 1:19.3 | You can hear these stories and more on the Womanica podcast. |
| 1:24.3 | Check it out on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. |
| 1:30.7 | Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:49.7 | Welcome to the show Ridiculous Historians. |
| 2:00.0 | It is a beautiful summer afternoon here in Atlanta in 2019 in the midst of what many |
| 2:06.5 | economists call the gig economy. We're going somewhere with this. I promise, my name is Ben. |
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