From a colony of insects on a tree branch in India, to your fingernails, food, medicine, artwork, and furniture, shellac undergoes a 3000 year journey to become a worldwide industry. Myths, inventions, the delta blues, and apples are all touched upon along the way.

Music:
Lee Roosevere - multiple songs
Franz Schubert - String Trio in B Flat Major (1811)
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt.1 (1929)

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Episode 2.3: Shellac of All Trades

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

The story of how two industries, a bunch of scientists, the leading electronics companies of the 80, and even Billy Joel worked together to change the future of audio recording... and possibly the entire physical makeup of the planet.

Thanks to Lee Rosevere for the music in this episode.
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and to Prusa Woodworks (https://prusawoodworks.com/)

CDs! Nuts!

Ever wonder why they call it a 2x4 when it's actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2? Why the edges are all rounded over? Why it exists in the first place? Delve into the history of the world's most famous block of wood in this episode of FTGU 

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Music by Lee Roosevere

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Episode 4.1: A 2 By Any Other 4

Every now and then an invention comes along that is made of inventions. A merging of technologies that pushes the worlds of design and manufacturing to their limits, and changes them irreversibly. 

Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic represents one of those leaps. Here's the tale of how a few scrappy entrepreneurs were able to bring FRP to the forefront of automotive design.

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Music by Lee Rosevere

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Episode 3.3: You Down With FRP? (Yeah, You Know Me)

Whether it's sitting in the back of your junk drawer, being used to lift a 14,000 lb car into the air, or holding a wound closed on the battlefield, CA Glue, also known as Superglue, is certainly one of the world's most useful adhesives that was almost never discovered... twice.

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Music for this episode by Lee Rosevere

Episode 3.2: Sticking with Us, the Accidental History of Superglue

A beer company CEO walking on a beach comes up with a plan that could change the world.

Music provided by:
Lee Rosevere

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Episode 2.3: Shellac of All Trades

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