Pneumatic Tubes: The 'Futuristic' Transport System That's Over 150-Years-Old
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Did you ever use on of those neat little pneumatic tubes at the drive-through of your local bank? If so, you may be surprised to learn just how far the roots of this technology date back. Join the guys as they explore the bizarre evolution of pneumatic tubes, from transporting parcels to packages, cats and even, once upon a time, people.
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| 0:00.0 | Between April 1971 and September 1972, six young black girls were snatched off the streets |
| 0:07.0 | in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:08.0 | This child was laying on the side of the road. |
| 0:11.0 | The person said, I murdered your daughter. |
| 0:14.0 | The killer believed that he may have been seen. |
| 0:16.0 | I will admit the others when you catch me if you can. |
| 0:20.0 | Sign Freeway Phantom. |
| 0:22.0 | Listen to Freeway Phantom on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | America loves its founding fathers, but that's a tough act to follow as a founding son. |
| 0:36.0 | I am Bob Crawford. |
| 0:37.0 | Join me, Patrick Warburton, and Nick Offerman, as we bring the sixth president to life. |
| 0:42.0 | Was there ever witnessed such a barefaced corruption in any country before? |
| 0:47.0 | Let justice be done, though the heavens fall! |
| 0:51.0 | Listen to Founding Son, a curiosity podcast on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.0 | There are some written rules of rap, like Biggie's 10-Crab Commandments. |
| 1:05.0 | But there's also unspoken rules that only apply to a select few. |
| 1:10.0 | We get this short end of this stick. We just do. |
| 1:13.0 | This is the louder than the Riot Podcasts, and from sexism to homophobia, we're breaking down these rules to explore how the double standard became the standard in rap. |
| 1:22.0 | And how it's affected the genre we love. |
| 1:24.0 | Listen to louder than a Riot Podcasts from NPR, within the I Heart Radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:30.0 | Radiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:55.0 | Welcome to the show Radiculous Historians. |
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