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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Webster, Worcester and the Dictionary Wars, Part 1

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The conflict between Noah Webster and Joseph Emerson Worcester, and their dictionaries came to be known as the Dictionary Wars. To set the scene, part one covers the biographies of the two men.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Alphabet Boys is a podcast that takes you inside undercover investigations.

0:04.3

In the second season, we've got an alphabet soup with the DEA, the CIA, and the FBI all mixed up in the same case.

0:11.8

So you do personal security all over the world and you have somebody call you and say,

0:17.1

can you get grenades and guns for this guy in Colombia?

0:20.5

No, no, no.

0:21.9

It's a mystery wrapped around an international arm's deal.

0:24.8

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0:30.4

So there is a ton of stuff they don't want you to know.

0:36.1

Yeah, like does the US government really have alien technology?

0:39.6

Or what about the future of AI?

0:41.2

What happens when computers actually learn to think?

0:44.1

Could there be a serial killer in your town?

0:47.1

From UFOs to psychic powers and government cover-ups, from unsolved crimes to the bleeding edge of science,

0:53.6

history is riddled with unexplained events.

0:56.4

Listen to stuff they don't want you to know on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

1:00.3

or wherever you find your favorite shows.

1:06.7

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1:10.0

tells the story of the unlikely champions behind the landmark case, Row V Wade,

1:14.8

starring Maya Hawk as 26-year-old lead attorney, Sarah Weddington,

1:18.8

for challenging the Texas abortion laws and federal court.

1:21.6

And Academy Award nominee William H. Macy as Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackman.

1:26.8

Time is not the most important factor, getting it right is.

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