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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

The Backstory: Radiant heat & working toilets 2,000 years ago

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, News, Entertainment News, Music History, Comedy, Music

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

We think the world just keeps evolving. But what happens when a civilization like Rome collapses and all that technology disappears? 

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0:00.0

You know what I'm talking about. There's like this attitude that the world will just keep progressing.

0:05.5

Technological and social developments will keep evolving.

0:09.5

But think again, 2,000 years ago, ancient Rome had central heat, thousands of miles of paved roads, clean safe running

0:17.9

water, and toilets hooked up to effective sewers.

0:21.9

Five hundred years later, it had all vanished, not to return for

0:25.8

over a thousand years. I'm Patty Steele. What happens when the world stops

0:30.7

advancing? That's next on the backstory.

0:36.4

Hey girlfriends, it's me Carol Fisher. I'm so excited to tell you about the

0:40.9

brand new series of the girlfriends.

0:43.0

In season one, we told you about the murder of Gail Katz at the hands of my ex-boyfriend Bob.

0:49.0

At one point a woman's torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail.

0:55.0

She spent nine years in Gail's grave and then she just disappeared.

1:00.0

It's almost like it's become this moral obligation to find her.

1:05.0

And that's what we're going to do.

1:08.0

Find this missing girlfriend and tell her story.

1:11.0

With the help of some of your favorite girlfriends from season one, like my producer Anna.

1:16.0

Oh my God. My friend Dr. Mindy Shapiro.

1:19.0

Hi, it's Dr. Shapiro and I'd like to speak with the deputy medical examiner.

1:25.0

And of course, Gail's sister Elaine Katz.

1:28.0

Having no closure, it kills you.

1:37.0

Join us as we try to solve a 35 year old cold case. It's not going to be easy, but it's going to be one hell of a ride.

1:42.0

What?

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