Thingamabob

Thingamabob

By Joshua Steckelberg and Briana FoglemanComedyArtsHistory
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  • Just "Extreme Sports" Things

    This week Joshua and Briana discuss Parkour and Wing Suit Jumping.

    https://www.patreon.com/thingamabobpod

    Time Stamps:
    Parkour- 10:50
    Wing Suit Jumping- 31:19

    Sources:

    Parkour:

    Gameranx

    Britannica

    WFPF

    The Movement Park

    New Yorker

    Wiki

    Wing Suit Jumping:

    How Stuff Works

    BBC

    Skydiving Adventures

    Wikipedia


    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman , and Joshua Steckelberg

    59 min
  • Just "Gendered" Things

    This week Briana and Joshua discuss Tampons and Men's beauty products like Dude wipes, Dove Men and Hero

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    Time Stamps:
    Tampons- 9:26
    Men's bath 33:27

    Sources:

    Tampons:

    thought co.
     
    The Atlantic

    Bustle

    Clue

    Global Citizen


    Men's Bath:

    The Hustle

    DUDE

    Hero Clean

    Unilever USA

    Blade Creative Branding

    Essential Homme Mag

    Manscaped

    Booty


    Theme Song
    by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg


    56 min
  • Just "Cookie" Things

    This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Gingerbread Man and Chocolate Chip cookies.

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    Time Stamps:
    Gingerbread Man- 13:58
    Chocolate Chip- 25:02

    Sources:

    Gingerbread Man:

    Spruce Eats

    PBS

    Always the Holidays

    TIME

    Wiki


    Chocolate Chip:


    NY Times

    CNN

    The New Yorker

    Epicurious



    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg


    37 min
  • Just "Drug" Things

    This week Briana and Joshua discuss LSD and Cocaine.

    THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT DRUGS. LISTEN AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.

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    Time Stamps:
    LSD- 12:12
    Cocaine- 31:52

    Sources:

    LSD:

    Psychedelics and the History of LSD, World Science Festival 

    The Atlantic

    History.com

    Drug Policy Alliance

    Wikipedia


    Cocaine:

    History

    Drug free world

    Addiction Center

    WebMD

    OIG Justice


    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg

    51 min
  • Just “Movie Prop” Things

    This week Joshua and Briana discuss Wilson and Bruce.

    Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/thingamabobpod/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=taste%20test

    Sources:

    Wilson:

    Bruce the Shark:
    NPR

    npr.org

    Bold Entrance

     The Atlantic

     Jaws: Behind the Classic Effects, Universal Pictures All-Access

    44 min
  • Just "Condiment" Things

    This week Briana and Joshua discuss Ranch and Marmite.

    Patreon:
    patreon.com/thingamabobpod

    Time Stamps:
    Ranch- 12:55
    Marmite- 29:30

    Sources:

    Ranch:

    Thrillist

    NY Times

     Mashed

    Jillian Fae


    Marmite:

    Marmite Museum

    BBC

    BBC

    Pubmed- Vitamins

    Marmarati Twitter

    Campaign live- Marmarati info

    Wales Online

    Marmarati 

    wiki


    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg

    51 min
  • Just "Medieval" Things

    This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Knightly Sword and Crakows.

    Time Stamps:
    Knightly Sword-  7:14
    Crakow- 24:02

    Sources:

    Knightly Sword:

    Wiki

    Britannica

    Medieval Britain

    World History

    Britannica- knight

    Strongblade


    Crakow:

    Historical Shoe Trends

    Atlas Obscura
     
    CNN

    The Met Museum 

    History Hustle

    Encyclopedia Britannica 


    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg

    41 min
  • Just "Forensic" Things

    This week Briana and Joshua discuss the Polygraph Test and SA Kits.

    PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thingamabobpod

    TRIGGER WARNING!
    This episode discusses SA and if that is a trigger for you, listen to the first half where Bri talks about the Polygraph and then stop when you hear the warning before my topic. You can see time stamps below.

    Time Stamps:

    Polygraph- 17:20
    SA Kit- 35:30

    Sources:


    Polygraph:

    America Comes Alive

     BBC

    Wikipedia

     A review of the polygraph: history, methodology and current status; by John Synnott

    Spectrum 


    SA Kits:

    Important information about what to do and who to contact:

    Rainn.org

    Michigan.gov

    Rainn


    Other Sources:

    Jane Doe Kit Info

    Michigan radio

    Wayne county

    CSI Effect

    End the backlog

    End the backlog

    CNN

    New York Times

    Kym Worthy Ted Talk

    Rainn Statistics

    The Atlantic





    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg


    1 hr 10 min
  • Just "Cocktail" Things

    This week Joshua and Briana talk about the Bloody Mary and the Long Island Iced Tea.

    Time Stamps:
    Bloody Mary- 7:18
    Long Island Iced Tea- 21:14

    Sources:

    Bloody Mary:

    Marriott

    Today I Fount Out

    Esquire

    Epicurious

    Best Bloody Mary


    Long Island Iced Tea:

    ABC News

    The Culture Trip 

    The Back Label

    Thrillist

     Wikipedia 


    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg

    37 min
  • Just "Halloween" Things PART 2

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    This week Briana and Joshua discuss Dia De Los Muertos and the Scythe.

    Time Stamps:
    Dia De Los Muertos- 11:01
    Scythe- 33:54

    Sources:

    Dia De Los Muertos:

    national geographic

    PBS

    national geographic 2

    History.com 


    Scythe:

    Science- how stuff works

    NAU

    Britannica-Scythe

    Medium

    Britannica

    NCBI

    Wiki- Oscar


    Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg


    49 min

About Thingamabob

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Your new favorite podcast about the history of things, whether that's the fork in your hand or the 1996 Happy Holidays Special Edition Barbie doll in your closet. Every Wednesday