The Off Ramp with Bob & Marcia Smith

What two times of your life do you age the most? And when the Titanic sank, killing 1,500 people, what OTHER precious cargo was lost? Hear the Off Ramp Podcast. Hear the Off Ramp Podcast.

What everyday food terrified movie director Alfred Hitchcock? And what U.S. President’s ancestor once owned the land under the Empire State Building? Hear the Off Ramp Podcast. (AI Image RASmith)

How can a plane exceed the speed of sound without creating sonic booms? What is a portable super-regenerative receiver and transmitter? And if Elon Musk wanted to build the world’s biggest house, how many rooms would he need?

What country eats the most ice cream? And what are four unique distinctions of Washington, DC.? (Art Netha Hussein)

What country’s tallest building is a 105 story hotel, a “tower of doom” that’s never hosted a single guest? (Photo: Roman Harak, Wikimedia Commons)

Microwaves, Lungs & Olympic Gold - How much gold is in an Olympic Gold Medal? Why is your right lung larger than your left? And how heavy was the first Microwave oven?

Who won Olympic Gold wearing mismatched running shoes? And what was the Plunge for Distance Olympic event? Hear the Off Ramp Podcast.

What’s the most unusual way the Olympic Flame has been relayed from Athens to the modern games? And whose face was on the best-selling U.S. commemorative stamp of all time?

What word suggesting a fondness for the past was once a medical condition known as "Immigrant Psychosis?" And how many primates have eyebrows? Hear the Off Ramp!

The original clear food wrap was actually made of wood! What’s the story? And what’s considered the #1 TV show of all time.