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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Politics and poetry don't have a lot in common. But the two stories on today's tour might leave you wondering where inspiration truly comes from.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm |
| 0:08.7 | and Mild. |
| 0:13.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:16.3 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:22.2 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:36.7 | Nobody likes being told to do something. |
| 0:39.2 | Today's avid readers might recall the agony of struggling through books assigned on their |
| 0:43.3 | high school reading list, it's even worse when the person giving the orders has no intention |
| 0:48.2 | of participating themselves. |
| 0:51.2 | For example, the Vietnam War draft of the 1960s and 70s instilled resentment toward the |
| 0:56.6 | war effort in those being called to serve. |
| 0:59.2 | They hadn't volunteered. |
| 1:00.6 | They had been pulled into something they never wanted to be part of. |
| 1:04.3 | Those who have voluntarily enlisted in the military understand that they may be sent |
| 1:08.0 | anywhere in the world as part of their service. |
| 1:10.9 | Soldiers have an oath to defend their country from all enemies, foreign and domestic, but |
| 1:15.3 | the lawmakers voting to enter such conflicts aren't going to see the front lines. |
| 1:19.4 | They'll be safe and warm in their own beds at night, while the men and women of the |
| 1:23.8 | military carry out their demands. |
| 1:27.2 | In the years before the United States entered World War I, a petition was circulated by |
| 1:31.7 | the people of Nebraska to amend the Constitution. |
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