Short Stuff: History of Spring Break

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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If you think Spring Break started with northern college kids heading to Florida to party, you'd be correct. But there's slightly more to it than that.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:08.1	Hey, and welcome to the short stuff.
0:09.9	I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and everybody else is present in spirit.
0:13.4	And this is step.
0:14.2	You should know short stuff.
0:16.6	Where the boys are.
0:19.5	Is that the song?
0:21.3	I think so.
0:22.3	Oh, I always think of that Book of Love song.
0:26.2	I want to be where the boys are.
0:28.6	What, wait, you say yours.
0:31.0	I want to hear it.
0:31.8	Oh, I want to be where the boys are, but I'm not allowed.
0:41.1	You've not heard that song? I didn't know Lou Reed sang a song like that. Do I sound like Lou Reed? I'll take that. You kind of speak singing, which is Lou
0:46.5	Reid's deal. Yeah, I do speak sing. I can't put my all into it. Hey, man, a lot of people have made
0:52.3	great careers out of speak singing. No shame. That's right. All right. I might take you up on that and become a speak singer. That's right. I mean, that's the gateway to being a white male rapper. So just be careful. Okay. I will be careful. If you see me with like three lines cut into my side, the side of my hair, maybe take me out for some drinks and give me some talking to.
1:17.2	I've done that accidentally.
1:19.3	Oh, I have too.
1:20.2	Well, Yumi did it accidentally to me, but not, I'm talking intentional.
1:24.7	Okay.
1:25.3	Yeah.
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