In this episode of the Out Of My Mind podcast, host Jay Douglas got Eugene and Tom together for a lively discussion of Shepherd, his art, his frustrations and his battle with his own ego over A Christmas Story.

Little did Albert J. Parkhouse know when he twisted a pair of wires into a fancy hook to hang up his winter coat the frustration he was about to unleash.

Jay Douglas tells the story of how the bankruptcy of Hansom cab inventor James Hansom, and a crooked cab driver in New York brought motorized cabs to the city.

In Episode 061, Jay Douglas throws a party to explain how coincidences are the results of science and math and not some glitch in the Matrix.

What started out as a simple story - the history of Bac*Os, the bacon substitute - went awry. And then there's this guy who doesn't belong in a story about food.

In the 1960s six DJs, the WMCA Good Guys, ruled the New York City airwaves. But, the real story is the unlikely person who made that happen.

In Episode 58, Out Of My Mind podcast host Jay Douglas traces the rise and fall of an American icon and symbol of the freedom of the open road.

That the familiar heart shape looks nothing like a human heart is obvious to anyone who's ever taken high school biology. But why? In Episode 57, Jay Douglas digs through 2500 years of history to find out what went wrong.

It's hard to believe that people singing he third most-often sung song in the country don't know its words. In this episode, Out Of My Mind podcast host Jay Douglas tells the story of what may be America's most misunderstood song.

As Baby Boomers return to marijuana, Out Of My Mind podcast host Jay Douglas tells the story of why getting high in your sixties won't be the same as getting high in the sixties. With guest Patti Gordon.