HeyJaredTake On the World Podcast
Get ready to Take On the World! Join John and Mike D along with other hosts Deb Doughtery, Lexi, and Nathan Blaze for an exciting podcast that covers conventional historical topics as well as the unique and odd ones.
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Reading’s Industrial Art Revival: Inside Goggle Works #GoggleWorks #ReadingPA (opens the original)
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Before Goggle Works became a place where people melt glass, throw pottery, and discover that clay has a personal grudge against beginners, it was one of Reading’s great industrial success stories. This episode follows the 130-year journey of Thomas A. Willson & Co.—from early optical lenses and shatterproof safety glass to wartime pilot sunglasses, gas masks, and a factory workforce of 1,300 people—before its old brick home was reborn as the Goggle Works Center for the Arts. We also wander beyon
Episode # 155 The Day Philadelphia Bombed Its Own Neighborhood #MOVEBombing #Philadelphia #MOVE (opens the original)
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On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia became the site of one of the most disturbing events in American urban history when police dropped a bomb on a residential rowhouse occupied by the radical group MOVE. What followed was a fire that raged out of control, destroying over 60 homes and killing 11 people, including five children. In this episode, we trace the origins of MOVE, the deadly 1978 Powelton Village shootout, the escalating standoff on Osage Avenue, and the catastrophic decisions that turned a p
Episode 154: Hot Rods vs. Rat Rods: Chrome, Rust, and a Whole Lot of Attitude! #hotrod #ratrods (opens the original)
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Hot rods were born from speed, backyard ingenuity, and young gearheads turning cheap old cars into fast, rebellious machines—but rat rods took that same spirit, dragged it through a junkyard, and gave it a punk-rock attitude. In this episode, we dig into the Southern California roots of hot rodding, dry-lake racing, postwar car culture, and how the rat rod scene turned rust, exposed welds, mismatched parts, and “unfinished” into a badge of honor. From Model As and ’32 Fords to chopped pickups an
Take On The World Ep. 153: The Coolest and Hottest Places in Pennsylvania #PennsylvaniaMysteries (opens the original)
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What kind of state gives you underground ice in July and a town that’s been on fire since the Kennedy administration? In this episode, Mike D and John travel into the weird side of Pennsylvania, where summer heat somehow creates giant icicles inside the legendary Coudersport Ice Mine — a 40-foot hole in the ground that acts less like a cave and more like nature’s broken air conditioner. The guys also head to Trough Creek State Park, home to a tiny hillside opening that stays cold enough to grow
TOTW Episode 152 : Ghosts in the Thornbush: The Real Tsavo Lion Story (opens the original)
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In this episode, we dive into the chilling true story of the man‑eating lions of Tsavo, the infamous pair of maneless males that stalked railway camps in Kenya in 1898 and dragged workers from their tents at night. We walk through the Uganda Railway project, John Henry Patterson’s desperate hunt, and why the death toll remains disputed, with estimates ranging from 28 to 135 victims while modern research points closer to 35. Along the way, we unpack how prey shortages, disease, injury, and “easy
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