4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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We've all been there -- you're calling a bank, a loan company, you name it, and boom: you're put on hold. But where does that music come from? In today's episode, Ben and Noel dive into the strange origin story of telephone holding music.
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0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Joel Stein. I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch. |
0:05.6 | It's moving from side to side. You're getting very sleepy. |
0:11.6 | Great. Now that I've hypnotized you against your will, you're going to start liking long-form journalism. |
0:16.2 | Like so much. You're going to listen to a podcast where the host interviews a writer about their long-form story every week. |
0:23.6 | I'm that host. |
0:25.0 | Listen to Story of the Week on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. |
0:30.3 | Hi, it's Bethany Frankel. My time on the Real Housewives of New York is a few years behind me. |
0:35.5 | And now I'm ready to put the real back into the Real Housewives. |
0:38.8 | That's where my new podcast Rewives comes in. This isn't your typical rewatch podcast. |
0:43.6 | I'm bringing on unexpected thought leaders and celebrities to give their take on the chaos. |
0:48.3 | In my first episode, I dig into the scary island, Rooney Episode with Elizabeth Moss. |
0:53.6 | It's one of my favorite shows I've ever done, so don't miss it. |
0:57.1 | Listen to Rewives with Bethany Frankel on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your favorite podcasts. |
1:05.6 | The world of chocolate has been turned upside down. |
1:08.0 | A very unusual situation. You saw this taxocasian in our office. |
1:11.5 | Chocolate comes from the cacao tree. And recently, variety of cacao, |
1:14.6 | thought to have been lost centuries ago, were rediscovered in the Amazon. |
1:17.6 | There is no chocolate on Earth like this. |
1:20.3 | Now some chocolate makers are racing deep into the jungle to find the next game-changing chocolate. |
1:25.4 | And I'm coming along. |
1:27.1 | Okay, that was a very large crack it up. |
1:31.6 | Listen to obsessions while chocolate on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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