Shifting Sands
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
We people put their plans in motion, the results are usually exactly what they were aiming for. But on today's tour, you'll learn about two situations where that certainty was far from reality.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to AirNManky'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. |
| 0:30.0 | If there's one thing that TV sitcoms and films have taught us over the years, it's |
| 0:41.4 | that Get Rich Quick schemes never work. |
| 0:44.2 | Whether it's one of Ralph Cramden's many failed attempts at a fast fortune, or the true |
| 0:48.4 | story of Frank Abagnale Jr.'s millions in fraudulent checks, it's clear that the real |
| 0:53.5 | path to success is hard work and persistence. |
| 0:57.0 | Unless of course, you're Fred Smith. |
| 1:00.5 | Fred came from a successful family that knew the value of a hard day's work. |
| 1:04.6 | His father had been the founder of both a popular restaurant chain in the 30s and the |
| 1:09.0 | Smith Motor Coach Company a few years prior. |
| 1:12.0 | The latter was eventually bought by another company in 1931, who most people have heard |
| 1:16.6 | of. |
| 1:17.6 | Greyhound. |
| 1:18.6 | His son Fred was accepted to Yale in 1962. |
| 1:21.9 | A time when computers were changing the landscape of engineering and business, and he |
| 1:26.4 | took notice of that. |
| 1:27.4 | However, Fred didn't have his eyes on space the way others did at the time. |
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