Just your typical day at the ballpark: First you see a pitcher smoke a fastball down the middle of the plate. Then you watch a speedy runner burn up the base paths. Finally, you see center field explode in a fireball!

Okay, so it’s not exactly your average trip to the old ball game. But that’s the whole, record-breaking idea behind “Disco Demolition Night" -- the ill-concevied event that saw vinyl records detontated, liquered-up fans riot, Comiskey Park decend into smoldering shambles, the Chicago White Sox dealt an automatic loss and the demise of dico hastened. Listen, laugh and learn all about it.

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Nearly a half century after George Washington dons a three-cornered hat, courageously crosses the Delaware River, and defeats the British Army redcoats, President John Quincy Adams strips down to his birthday suit, swims naked in the Potomac River, and leaves America red faced.

Giving “crack of dawn” a whole new meaning, each morning, Adams sneaks down to the riverbank, surreptitiously undresses, and proceeds to folly about with the local ducks and geese—all the while naked as a jaybird.

What happens when word get out on his au naturel aquatic adventures? Listen, laugh and learn all about it.

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Uber music producer Farian is looking for the “next big thing” in music. Scouring the ’80s Berlin club scene, he happens upon models Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus tearing up the dance floor. To most, they’re no more than hunky, prancing boy toys. But to Farian, they’re ideal front men for a new band.

One problem: Neither Rob nor Fab can sing. To cover that rather glaring deficiency, Farian secretly hires professional vocalists to record all their songs—and directs Rob and Fab to lip-synch to these recordings whenever performing live. What could go wrong? Listen, laugh and learn all about it in this podcast.

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