The Case of the Hollow Nickel - UI #168

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 1953, paperboy Jimmy Bozart was counting his newspaper subscription money. He dropped the coins and one nickel split open, revealing a piece of microfilm. This led to the arrest of a high-ranking Soviet spy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.9	What does Sputnik have to do with student loans?
0:07.7	How did a set of trembling hands end the Soviet Union?
0:11.8	How did inflation kill moon bases?
0:14.4	And how did a former president decide to run for a second non-consecutive term?
0:19.4	These are some of the topics we deal with on the My History can beat up your politics podcast.
0:24.2	We tell stories of history that relate to today's news events.
0:28.6	Have a listen.
0:29.6	My history can beat up your politics wherever you get podcasts.
0:33.4	The Past and the Curious is perfect for families looking for a history-focused podcast everyone
0:38.4	can enjoy together.
0:39.4	I'm a professional museum educator, author, and musician, Mix Sullivan, and I have been
0:44.3	creating the Past and the Curious for six years.
0:47.5	There's humor, rich context, and surprises in every episode.
0:51.6	There's dozens of stories about survivors and heroes and villains and a lot of underwear.
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1:00.4	The Past and the Curious with Mix Sullivan.
1:03.4	A number of years goes in a local dollar store and I saw they were selling boxes of bazooka
1:08.3	bubblegum.
1:09.3	Now I hadn't had a piece since I was a teenager so I decided to splurge and spend a whole
1:13.9	buck on the box.
1:16.7	And I was incredibly disappointed when I got home.
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