Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 1: Tesla, Square Tomatoes and Pseudosteak
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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It's the first Ridiculous History episode of the New Year! Ben, Noel and Casey are ringing it in with some predictions--not their own predictions, mind you. Instead the guys are diving into the predictions of luminaries from ages past, exploring how much (or how little) these historical figures got right about the 21st century.
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| 0:00.0 | In 1968, five black girls were picked up by police |
| 0:03.9 | after running away from a reform school in Mount Meg's Alabama. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm writer and reporter Josie Defi Rice, |
| 0:10.3 | and in a new podcast, I investigate the abuse |
| 0:13.1 | that thousands of black children suffered |
| 0:15.3 | at the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children |
| 0:18.8 | and how those five girls changed everything. |
| 0:22.6 | Listen to Unreformed on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:26.5 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.2 | In 1980, cocaine was captivating and corrupting Miami. |
| 0:34.3 | The car kills, they just killed everybody, it was hell. |
| 0:37.2 | Setting an aspiring private investigator |
| 0:39.2 | on a collision course with corruption and multiple murders. |
| 0:42.4 | The detective agency would turn out to be a front for a drug pilot, |
| 0:45.7 | would claim he did it all for this CIA. |
| 0:47.8 | I'm Lauren Bright-Pacheco, join me for murder in Miami. |
| 0:51.4 | Check my walking into the devil's den. |
| 0:53.8 | Listen to Murder in Miami on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:57.6 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.4 | The Warren Drugs is the excuse our government uses |
| 1:03.5 | to get away with absolutely insane stuff. |
| 1:05.9 | Stuff that'll piss you off. |
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