The greatest themepark in the United States isn't Disneyworld.  It isn't Cedar Point.  It's Dollywood, a family run passion project born from the remains of a defunct railway.  

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In the wake of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish citizens found a new way to make their voices heard:  Cinema.  Despite extreme poverty in a nation that was cut off from the rest of the world, Turkish filmmakers found a way to make movies using what they had on hand.  

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We've still got ducks on the brain it seems.  This week, Host Brenda tells the long story of Duck, or Donald, or Puddles, the Oregon University Mascot.  It has something to do with Nerd Stuff we swear!  Walt Disney is involved!  

"I Found Oregon's Lost Mascot RoboDuck" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GziJMqZKXts

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Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

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The tween sitcom is something that came and went in the blink of an eye.  But how did this genre get started, and what happened to it?  

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Michigan was experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world this week, so here is a rerun of a classic SHONM episode for your enjoyment!

In 1976, disgraced wallstreet investor Eugene Mullvihill opened the infamous Action Park in Vernon New Jersey.  It would turn out to be a lawless place full of drunken poorly trained teens, a deadly wave pool, and the world's first, and last, looping waterslide.  

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CLAMP is an absolutely legendary group of all female Manga creators known for classics such as Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits and xxxHolic.  But how did this group of women come together?  And what the hell does "CLAMP" even mean?

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In the modern day, we're so used to being advertised to, that an ad in our favorite films doesn't even phase us anymore.  However, the history of product placement and film might be more intertwined than you think, and while it wasn't the first, the film, E.T. definitely played important part in shaping advertising in movies as we know it today.  

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What if I told you that there was a manga in Japan that not only revolutionized the genre of sports manga, but inspired a plane Hijacking?  Today, Host Austin talks about the famous boxing manga, Ashita no Joe and how this series, though still relatively unknown in the west, has influenced so much of our favorite anime and manga.   

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When the Walt Disney company set out to open a new international theme park under their umbrella, they had no idea that they were entering into a venture that would result in millions of dollars in debt, a graveyard of cancelled projects, and the company teetering on total collapse.  It's just one little theme park in Paris.  What could possibly go wrong?

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