Everyone in our country has a voice. It's something that says not just where you come from,

but who you are. Welcome to MPR's Black Stories Black Truths, a collection of podcasts

and a celebration of the host and journalism who've always spoken truth to power.

Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience,

and stories should never be about us without us. Find MPR Black Stories Black Truths

on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

The last archive is a show about the history of truth in America.

Each episode, we tell a story about people coming up with some new way of understanding the world,

histories of science, technology, democracy. This season, we've got stories on everything from mid-century

songwriting machines to social network theory and plenty of mad inventors.

Of course I go, oh my god. Well it's Dr. Frankenstein's Monstersman.

Listen to the last archive on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be

instructive too, from efforts to control the weather that went disastrously awry to the untimely

death of the Segway boss. History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us all.

I'm Tim Halford, host of cautionary tales, the podcast that minds the greatest fiascoes of the

past for their most valuable lessons. Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you haven't heard the loser line before it works like this, let's say someone approaches

you while you're out at the club and uses this charming pickup line on you.

Hi there sweet ums, I hope you don't mind me saying this but you're much more attractive

in person than you are through my telescope, you don't like the giggles terrifying.

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