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This week Joshua and Briana discuss Pong and the Pet Rock.

Time Stamps:
Pong: 9:34
Pet Rock: 32:47

Sources:

Pong:

FrameRater

Ahoy

Atari timeline

Alan Alcorn interview

Tennis for Two

Wiki

Ralph Baer’s magnavox

More atari timeline stuff

Pet Rock:

npr

the vintage news

real clear

today i found out

abc news

mental floss

ny times

I’m In Love With My Pet Rock

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This week Briana and Joshua discuss Bananas and Durian.

Time Stamps:
Banana- 11:17
Durian- 29:20

Sources:

Banana:

national geographic

wired

wikipedia

ted

Durian:

Science daily

Smithsonian mag

Good overview.

Durian history

Wiki

Horticulture info

Britannica

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This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Oscar and the Tony.

Time Stamps:
Oscar: 7:11
Tony: 32:11

Sources:

Oscar:

Britannica- history

Oscars.org

Architectural digest

DW

History

NBC

Most diverse nominations

Wiki

Tony:

playbill

tony awards

fun facts

trivia

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This week Briana and Joshua discuss the Bat Bomb and Masamune.

Time Stamps:
Bat Bomb- 10:02
Masamune- 25:21

Sources:

Bat Bomb:

bat bomb development

bomb inner workings

weird weapons of WWII

bat bomb book

Masamune:

Masamune sword

History collection

Ancient origins

Hi consumption

History documentary 

Mystery of hanjo

Wiki

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This week Joshua and Briana discuss Rubik's Cube and MTV.

Time Stamps:
Rubik's Cube- 13:02
MTV- 33:42

Sources:

Rubik's Cube:

New York Times

Smithsonian mag

Rubiks

Rubik's cube timeline

Crazy ways people have solved it. 

wiki

MTV:

I Want my MTV, A&E

Michael Nesmith

MTV history lite

fun facts

more fun facts

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This week Briana and Joshua discuss Tattoos and Body Piercings.

Time Stamps:
Tattoos- 7:57
Body Piercing- 45:06

Sources:

Tattoo:

tattoo origins

otzi the iceman

Tatau

Explained, “Tattoo”, on Netflix

medicinal tattoos

How tattoos are performed

maori tattoos

improvements on the tattoo gun

tattoo facts

tattoo stats

most popular designs

Body Piercing:

General info

Grazia Daily- cultural appropriation

Marie claire

Kolo piercing

Tribu

Guinness- Elaine Davidson

Guinness- Rolf

WebMD- Belly Button Healing

Lip Plates

Piercing Gun

Suspension

Fakir Musafar

Critique on Modern Primitivism

New York Times- Fakir

Huffington Post- Prince Albert

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This week Joshua and Briana discuss the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Hindenburg Crash.

Time Stamps:
Atomic bombing- 11:17
Hindenburg- 41:00

Sources:

Atomic Bombing:

New York Times 3d video

NBC signing on the Missouri

Obama speech

Information about the radiation

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor

Manhattan project

Atomic bomb overview

Was it justified?

Detailed atomic bomb people

Washington post about how people learn

Nuclear energy explained

Potsdam Conference

Why the second bomb

WWII Timeline

Hindenburg:

Zeppelin history

Hindenburg history

ignition cause

crash details

fun facts

travel details

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This week Briana and Joshua discuss Alexander McQueen and Gucci.

Time Stamps:
Alexander McQueen- 10:17
Gucci- 40:17

Sources:

Alexander McQueen:

Highland Rape, 1995

Search for the Golden Fleece, Givenchy, 1997

No.13 graffiti dress, 1999

VOSS, 2001

Widows of Culloden, Kate Moss Hologram, 2006

Plato’s Atlantis ft. Lady Gaga, 2009

McQueen (2018), directed by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui 

career highlights

McQueen overview

McQueen wiki

McQueen biography

Sarah Burton

Gucci:

Gucci Spring Summer 2017

Gucci Fall Winter 2020

CR Fashion Book- History

Instyle

bagista

Maurizio Gucci

Harry Style Vogue Cover

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This week Joshua and Briana discuss Cedar Point and Action Park.

Time Stamps:
Cedar Point- 11:54
Action Park- 34:23

Sources:

Cedar Point:

Ohio history-cedar point

Tallest coasters in the world

History 1870-1969

History 1970-1999

History 2000-2021

Theme parks- love to know

Fun facts

Vertigo fall

Cleveland- history

150th

wiki

Action Park:

Class Action Park, A documentary by Chris Charles Scott and Seth Porges

park ownership

park fatalities

Cannonball Loop quotes

Action Park personal accounts

Action Park history

The Man In the Ball In the Ball

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This week Briana and Joshua discuss Furbies and the Super Soaker.

Time Stamps:
Furby- 8:46
Super Soaker- 34:28

Sources:

Furby:

David Hampton public lives piece

Furby history/models

Furby language explained

 Furby dictionary

Furby autopsy

internal optics

Furby myths

furby organ

furby horror stories

Furby Internal Tech

Super Soaker:

biography

Tech insider

Toy hall of fame

Isoaker history

Larami uzi

Smithsonian mag

Ny times about toy guns

Cps 2000 wiki

Submachine guns- uzi

Josh NBC tweet

Mental floss overview

Interview with Forbes

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