That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier
Ridiculous History
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4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Nowadays airships are seen as historical relics or novelties meant to fly overhead during sports games. However, not so long ago, the US military thought airships might be the future of warfare. Today the guys delve into the strange history of the USS Akron, an airship designed not just to carry human beings -- but to carry planes as well. Learn more about the construction of the Akron (and why it's not aloft today).
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| 0:00.0 | Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie Books. |
| 0:04.0 | She's one of the most important American children's authors of the 20th century. |
| 0:10.0 | Inspiration for a hit television show. |
| 0:12.0 | Women will come up to me crying saying, |
| 0:14.0 | Little House on the Prairie was my escape. |
| 0:16.0 | As a kid, I idolized Laura. |
| 0:18.0 | And last summer, I went on the road in search of the real Laura. |
| 0:22.0 | What I found is a complicated person alongside the complicated country she represents. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Glinnis McNickel, and this is Wilder. |
| 0:30.0 | Listen to Wilder on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.0 | What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War II? |
| 0:42.0 | An opera singer who burned down an honorary to Kidnap her lover. |
| 0:46.0 | And a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, have in common. |
| 0:50.0 | They're all real women who were left out of your history books. |
| 0:57.0 | You can hear these stories and more on the Womanica podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | Check it out on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. |
| 1:07.0 | Hello, this is Christina Hutchinson. |
| 1:09.0 | And Corinne Fisher. |
| 1:11.0 | We are co-hosts of Guys We F*** the Anti-Flux Shaving Podcast. |
| 1:15.0 | We have a lot of really exciting guests coming up on Guys We F*** including Viral Joshi, |
| 1:19.0 | who was a contestant on Indian matchmaking. |
| 1:22.0 | We have Esther Pavitski and Kalayla, and then of course we have the legendary actor Michael Rapaport. |
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