The Iconic, Complicated VW Beetle
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 79.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The VW Beetle is the best selling car of all time. The story behind its creation is a bit complicated though.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey, this is Robert Lamb. |
| 0:07.8 | And this is Joe McCormick, and we're the hosts of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | We've got an exciting week ahead for you on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. |
| 0:15.1 | It's Cat Week. |
| 0:16.2 | That's right, to coincide with International Cat Day on August 8th, we're dedicating every episode in the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast feed to your cute, mysterious feline companions. |
| 0:26.9 | So tune in for core stuff to blow your mind episodes on the earliest archaeological evidence for domesticated cats and the folkloric cats of the British Isles. |
| 0:35.8 | The Week's Monster Fact will focus on a popular cat creature and you better believe |
| 0:39.6 | Weird House Cinema will cover some kind of head scratching cat movie. |
| 0:43.4 | So tune in, August 5th through 8th, for stuff to blow your mind's cat week. |
| 0:47.4 | Find us on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:56.6 | In 1920, a magazine article announced something incredible. |
| 1:01.6 | Two young girls had photographed real fairies. |
| 1:05.3 | But even more incredible, that article was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, |
| 1:10.0 | the man who invented Sherlock Holmes. |
| 1:12.9 | How did he fall for that? |
| 1:15.3 | Hoax is a new podcast from me, Dana Schwartz, the host of Noble Blood. |
| 1:19.3 | And me, Lizzie Logan. |
| 1:20.8 | Every episode, we'll explore one of the most audacious and ambitious tricks in history |
| 1:24.8 | and try to answer the question why we believe, what we believe. |
| 1:28.6 | Listen to hoax on the IHeart Radio app, |
| 1:30.8 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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