InfoBotts

Zoos and Menageries have been around for thousands of years. Both children and adults love them. They are the closest we will all ever get to the wild animals world.

The Infobotts Podcast will be your daily dose of podcast data, information, and fascinating facts. We will talk about what you have always been curious about or questions you might have had about Science, Entertainment, Education, Travel Health, Wealth, Dieting, News, or hot topics of the moment. You will also have thrown into the mix a few "sound rich" audio clips from around the world to either calm you down or pique your interest. A different subject will be presented everyday, new and fresh. And we promise not to take up more than three to five minutes of your precious time. So, please join us for the Infobotts Podcast.

In several plants around the country the B-29 pressurized cabin, high-capacity, high-altitude, and long range WWII bombers were built.

This is their story.

Audio Clip: B-29 Engine Start-up

Sometime, whatever the time, you just want to turn it all off and listen...relax...daydream...or shut down.

Audio Clip: Late Afternoon Rain, with a bit of thunder.

Bankruptcy, mismanagement, and technological change has caused over the last few years a stunning and steady stream of retail store closings.

We will look at the phenomena and go down the list of some of your favorites stores that are now gone and almost forgotten.

Sad but True.

CNN recently ran a one-hour special about the probable causes of the current Coronavirus pandemic. Again, it looks like the bats sold in the Wuhan Wet Market where the disease through zoonotic transmission occurred from bat to human is the cause for Covid-19.

A detailed look at the possibilities for transmission and a fascinating description of these strange looking creatures.

Just yesterday my wife and I were in our local Safeway. There was a limit of two packages of chicken per customer.

Those shortages are occurring around the world as farmyard and factory processing workers have been stricken by the current Covid-19 virus. We'll discuss the impact of how the current pandemic is having on the meat, pork, and poultry food chain.

There has been and is much speculation about the origin of the current pandemic sweeping the world.

We will explore the possibilities of Pangolins or maybe Bats from the Wet Markets of Wuhan, China as the beginnings of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Planet Earth is bombarded by over 1500 of these strange Fast Radio Bursts from space, deep space. They have been detected by radio telescopes from around the world.

Their origin, alien-made or naturally-occurring remain a mystery. But there is some speculation as to where they come from and what they are. Just fascinating stuff.

Audio File: Samples of FRB recordings.

Sharks and Dolphins do not like each other. And no matter how much a shark wants to take down a healthy Dolphin in its pod of many other dolphins, sharks are not equipped to do the job. Physically or mentally, the Dolphin has the upper hand...er...fin.

Walter Winchell was part of a panoply of well-known and popular radio broadcasters during the 1930's, 40's, and 50's. A listening audience of over 20 million per day tuned into his daily broadcasts.

With his staccato style and powerful voice he had people glued to their radio sets waiting for the next bit of hot news or gossip.

Sound Clip: Intro to us news show and his first stories for that day.