The Nebraska Episode

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Let's be honest: when many Americans think of Nebraska, we immediately think of corn. Yet there's much more to the Cornhusker State than a single crop. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into several ridiculous bits of Nebraska history, from an epic barn move to the surprising, silly origin story of how Lincoln, Nebraska ended up with its name.

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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 it the the myth the legend our super producer Mr. Max Williams.
0:36.5	A preemptive isa.
0:39.2	I love it.
0:40.2	I'm a little early today.
0:41.4	I guess I get really excited when we're talking about corn-filled flat states.
0:45.0	Oh yeah, it's definitely a trigger for you in a positive way.
0:48.0	Have an oddly large amount of power in electoral college votes now?
0:53.7	It's weird.
0:54.7	We'll get to it.
0:55.7	It's you, Ben as well, right?
0:58.3	Yes, that's our super producer, Mr Max Williams, you were Noel Brown.
1:02.4	I am Ben Boland. We are not currently in Nebraska. The
1:07.5	transparency invisibility is important for us. Have you guys been to Nebraska?
1:12.3	I have been through it and I think I've mentioned this on our other podcast stuff.
1:17.0	They don't want you to know that once when I was younger and in a band I was traveling through
1:22.0	the flat corn laden lands of Nebraska and I swear to you guys I saw
1:28.0	UFO.
1:29.0	I have never been to Nebraska, But yeah, I mean, can we just go to Kansas and say we went to Nebraska?
1:37.8	That's what a lot of people do.
1:40.0	I find great, great easy mistake to me.
1:42.3	I find great peace in Nebraska and Kansas because with that amount of agriculture if you get in the right spot in the state it looks like an ocean you know at the right time of year and it's just beautiful.
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