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Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Unearthed! USS Indianapolis

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This 2017 episode covers the U.S.S. Indianapolis, known today for its crew's horrifying wait for rescue after being torpedoed following a secret mission at the end of World War II. But the ship's history goes back much farther than that.

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0:00.0

My name is Joshua Topolsky and I have a new podcast called What Future.

0:04.5

But I want to tell you that I'm being forced by my producer to record a promo telling you about my show.

0:10.1

And I'm not trying to force you to listen to it.

0:12.6

And maybe you're not interested in internet culture and the future of life on planet Earth.

0:18.1

And why John Carpenter movies are so good.

0:20.6

You may just want to listen to a podcast about, I don't know, sports or whatever Joe Rogan talks about.

0:26.6

And that's fine, you know, no judgment.

0:28.4

But if you like what you're hearing and I know that you do, you can listen to all of what future on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:58.4

The podcast and that's what you really missed brings you back to the choir room for a gloriously gleeky rewatch of all six masterfully musical seasons of Glee.

1:19.4

Join cast members Kevin MacKale and Jenna Uschkewitz for never before heard stories from the cast, crew, celebrities and you, the fans from McKinley High to New York City, from the choir room to nationals and from the Super Bowl to a world tour.

1:32.9

Listen to and that's what you really missed on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:39.4

Happy Saturday. Today's the anniversary of the USS Indianapolis being struck by a torpedo during World War II that happened on July 30th, 1945.

1:52.4

So we're bringing out our episode on the Indianapolises our Saturday classic today.

1:58.4

We originally released this on December 27th, 2017 as part of our unearthed series because the wreck of the Indianapolis had just been found. You can hear from our discussion of that how the number of unearthed episodes has increased since then.

2:14.4

And just in case that name doesn't immediately ring a bell, this is the incident that comes up during the movie, JAWS, in which the ship survivors wound up waiting for rescue for days in shark-infested waters.

2:27.4

So just FYI, if that's a little too heavy for your Saturday, we're not going to begrudge anybody who saves it for later.

2:33.4

No, it's a wrenching story in a lot of ways, but here it goes.

2:41.4

Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History class, a production of I Heart Radio.

2:46.4

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.

2:56.4

It is time to kick off unearthed season on the show.

2:59.4

So a lot of people's favorite season. The things people tell us are their favorites are pretty much Halloween and unearthed.

3:06.4

So as we do every year, and now also once in the summer, we're going to spend a couple of upcoming episodes recapping things that were either literally or figuratively unearthed in 2017.

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