IDKMYDE: The Man Who Made the Light Stay On

The Breakfast Club

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Comedy

4.4 • 14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The story of innovation that illuminated the world—yet the inventor's name remains in
shadow.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.3	The man who made the light stay on.
0:07.6	I didn't know.
0:09.1	Welcome back, know it all.
0:11.5	To another episode of the most anticipated podcast where on the Black Effect Podcast Network, entitled.
0:20.3	I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.
0:23.4	Who is you? I'm your host, BDOT, and I hope you're sharing this content because myself,
0:29.6	along with the team, put a lot of work in making sure we came up with fresh ideas this February.
0:35.3	Wanted to talk about people they don't normally talk about during Black History Month.
0:39.5	You know, they give us the same old Civil Rights stories every year.
0:43.7	Well, Rosa Parks wouldn't sit on the back of the bus.
0:46.6	And Martin Luther King, he had a dream.
0:49.0	And if you like peanut butter, you should thank George Washington Culver,
0:52.5	because he helped with the peanuts.
0:54.5	Man, this season is to introduce new Black History heroes.
0:58.3	And some of the names, even if you've heard them, we've dug even deeper into folks to give
1:03.4	you even more things that I didn't know.
1:05.7	Maybe you didn't either about them.
1:07.7	Like episode one.
1:09.1	I knew Carter G. Woodson invented Black History Week
1:12.5	February of 1926,
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