The Write Stuff
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Everyone likes a good story. Some are inspirational, while others are complete bunk. Care to hear a bit of both today?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm |
| 0:08.7 | and Mild. |
| 0:13.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:16.3 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:22.2 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:30.0 | Baseball great Jackie Robinson, tennis star Alphia Gibson, track and field legend Wilma |
| 0:42.6 | Rudolph. |
| 0:43.6 | These are just some of the men and women who set records and broke barriers. |
| 0:47.3 | They are remembered today as trailblazers for black athletes everywhere. |
| 0:51.1 | But one man isn't as well known as them, though he should be. |
| 0:55.7 | But he was able to accomplish in less than a week was history making, and it happened |
| 0:59.8 | at one of the most famous venues in the world. |
| 1:03.2 | It was 1880 in New York City. |
| 1:05.4 | The skyscraper wouldn't make its debut for another several years. |
| 1:09.3 | Over at Madison Square Garden, a crowd had gathered to see something incredible. |
| 1:14.1 | Before the garden had moved to its permanent home on 34th Street, it was a railroad station |
| 1:18.3 | on the corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue. |
| 1:21.5 | It was then converted into a venue for PT Barnum Circus, and by 1879, it had become a |
| 1:27.1 | major entertainment center of all kinds of events. |
| 1:30.6 | The first Westminster Kennel Club dog show was held there. |
| 1:34.6 | On August 10th of 1880, however, the garden hosted the most popular spectator sport in |
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