The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part One: The Remains of the James
Ridiculous History
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4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex -- but how did it get here? Join Ben, Noel and Max as they welcome Lizzie Peabody, host of Sidedoor, the Smithsonian Institution's own official podcast, to learn the stunning origin story of their favorite museums. In part one of this special two-part episode, we meet a young man named James Smithson.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. The Welcome back to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for |
| 0:30.8 | tuning in. Let's hear for the man the myth legend our super producer |
| 0:34.0 | mr mr mr mx Williams I am here and I am mr mr mx Williams and I am Ben |
| 0:40.6 | is your new thing I like this I new thing? I don't know. |
| 0:43.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:44.0 | I don't know. We go with it. |
| 0:45.0 | And I have Ben Bullen, that's Mr. Noel Brown. |
| 0:47.0 | As always. |
| 0:48.0 | And Noel, a funny thing happened on the way to podcast movement. |
| 0:52.0 | We had an amazing time meeting a lot of our friends, |
| 0:56.4 | new and old, a lot of colleagues, and during one of the panels we did, we connected with a dream team that we've talked the the very Smithsonian Institute. |
| 1:14.4 | We encountered it in its human personified form at podcast movement. |
| 1:20.1 | And it was a delight and we are pleased to inform you ridiculous historians that we have the actual human embodiment of the Smithsonian Institute with us here on the podcast today. |
| 1:32.2 | Ben Tollismore. Yes, the rumors. with us |
| 1:33.3 | here on the podcast today. |
| 1:32.3 | Ben, tell us more. |
| 1:33.3 | Yes, the rumors are true. |
| 1:35.8 | The Smithsonian Institution's podcast, Side Door, |
| 1:39.6 | is held by the audio producers, storyteller, and senior producer, Lizzie Peabody from Washington, D.C. |
| 1:47.0 | and Lizzie, you are here with us today. |
| 1:50.0 | Holy smokes, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:52.7 | Wow, you're welcome. |
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