The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson - UI #021

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2009

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Jackie Robinson is best remembered for being the first African American to play for one of the Major League Baseball teams, but his 1944 court-martial for his refusal to "go to the back of the bus" nearly derailed his career. Also find out about the first UPC barcode, a trained squirrel, the world's longest beard, and twins marrying twins. Retrosponsor: Listen to the first singing radio commercial - one that saved Wheaties from extinction. 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.
0:05.0	Hello all, Eric Rivenus with the most notorious
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0:09.0	Each week I interview an author or historian about a historical true crime, tragedy, or disaster.
0:16.1	Subject matter ranges from gun slingers to gilded age murder to gangsters to to pirates, to wild prison breaks.
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0:34.8	Hi, I'm Neil and I'm Ken and we are from the Triviality
0:38.3	Podcast, a pub trivia style game show where a lack of seriousness meets a
0:42.1	little bit of knowledge.
0:43.2	Join us each week for an hour long game of general knowledge trivia
0:46.9	featuring special guests from around the world. Plus, tons of extra themed episodes.
0:51.6	If you want to improve your trivia game or you just want to
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1:08.9	Hi I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the
1:15.6	Useless Information Podcast. Back in the early days of the podcast, there's a bit
1:20.8	disorganized and that's mainly because I never expected to be recording so many years later.
1:27.0	But at some point I began to create a physical file folder for each episode.
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