Tinker the Toad - UI Podcast #051

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2012

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A toad is found alive beneath a concrete floor poured 9 years earlier. Find out if and how Tinker survived this long entombment. Also learn about the best-selling coffee in the United States, a judge named Valentine that divorced the Valentines on Valentine's Day, Hedda Hopper's stinky Valentine's Day gift, and a Valentine that was just a hunk of slate sent through the mail. Retrosponsor: Maxwell House coffee. Audio and Transcript: https://uselessinformation.org/tinker-the-toad/ 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	This is Michael Medved.
0:07.0	Atovon Bismarck, the Chancellor of Germany, once said that God offers special protection to drunkards, lost dogs, children, and the United
0:17.1	States of America.
0:19.2	We'll explore that special protection and what it means in the American miracle.
0:26.0	Subscribe to the American miracle on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.4	My name is Greg Jackson.
0:37.0	I'm a PhD holding historian, a professor, and the creator of history that doesn't suck.
0:41.3	A podcast that makes legit, seriously researched American history come to life through entertaining stories.
0:46.4	Join me for a chronological telling of the United States story. From the revolution to
0:50.4	fractious civil war, tenacious inventors, brave reformers, and more.
0:54.0	With more than 100 episodes, you can already binge listen your way from 1776 to the early 20th century.
0:59.0	Listen to history that doesn't suck on Spotify.
1:07.0	Useless information.
1:15.0	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the Useless Information Podcast.
1:17.0	Kued up next for listening pleasure is the story of Tinker the Toad which I
1:21.8	recorded and released on February 13th of 2012.
1:27.0	Now this is a type of story that I've always enjoyed telling most.
1:30.0	It's a little odd, offbeat, and long forgotten. It's just the fun little true tale of a croaking
1:35.7	amphibian who have been supposedly sealed in a concrete floor for nearly a decade.
1:41.6	Enjoy.
1:44.0	Welcome to the Useless Information Podcast, my collection of fascinating true stories from the flip side of history. My name is Steve Silverman and today's story is titled
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