Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century

By Dan R. Morris - 20th Century HistorianHistory

Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century episodes

December 29, 2022 Episode 43: Concluding The Canon of Santa Claus - Chapter 6
From the beginning of time Santa's task has been to create the spirit of giving and spread it around the globe. Is it possible, however, to build the spirit of St. Nicholas so the energy powers Santa's Village and Santa's Village helps it grow? In today's episode Elf, Arthur Christmas, Fred Claus, Get Santa, Spirited, Polar Express, Tim Allen, Papa Elf, Bumble and NORAD collide. Welcome to the conclusion of The Canon of Santa Claus.
44 min
December 22, 2022 Episode 42: Norman Rockwell's Canon of Santa Claus - Chapter 5
The Story of Santa Claus during the 20th Century includes navigating two World Wars, modernizing the mail system, rebuilding Santa's Village and seeing Christmas Carols change the world. In this episode we encounter John Duvall Gluck, A.C. Gilbert, Norman Rockwell, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Salvador Dali and the Spanish Flu.
37 min
December 15, 2022 Episode 41: Yes, Virginia: The Canon of Santa Claus - Chapter 4
Thomas Nast, Charles Dickens and Francis Pharcellus Church were all important figures in the most important 53 years of Santa Claus. While Christmas Spirit was rising, the new addition of "Letters to Santa" and "Christmas Cards" changed the way Santa handled toys. Also Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, and even Galileo played a part.
35 min
December 09, 2022 Episode 40: 'Twas the Canon of Santa Claus - Chapter 3
Is Santa Real? That's the question that plagues every parent. We'll show you have every story you've ever heard about Santa are just stories from his life. In today's episode we track Clement Clark Moore, the Scottish Kirk, snowglobes, Ak the Master Woodsman, Little Saint Nick, Rudolph, Bumble the Abominable Snowman, Prince Albert and more.
28 min
December 01, 2022 Episode 39: The Canon of Santa Claus - Chapter 2
Imagine if every story you've ever known about Santa was put together into one story. In Chapter 2 we encounter facts from Elf, the reformer Martin Luther, L. Frank Baum, Frosty the Snowman, Lion King Moonracer, the Winter Warlock, Tim Allen, Ogden Nash and the history of Riga, Latvia. Welcome to the complete Canon of Santa Claus.
29 min
November 24, 2022 Episode 38: The Complete Canon of Santa Claus: Chapter 1
Imagine if every story you've ever known about Santa was put together into one story. Rudolph and Elf and St. Nick and The Polar Express and Frosty the Snowman. And even stories about Santa you probably don't know, stories written by people like C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, Well this is that. Chapter 1.
24 min
October 22, 2022 Episode 37: The Cropduster, The Military Plot & Lindbergh's 322 Bones
Charles Lindbergh is the connecting rod between Delta Air Lines and Pan Am. But how they came to be involves a military plot, some crop dusters, the Skull & Bones society, the Lusitania, a name change and a boll weevil. It's an amazing story when you hear it all together.
41 min
September 21, 2022 Episode 36: When 26 Million Teens Waited for The Beatles
While many think The Beatles took the world by storm, in reality the world was patiently waiting for them. In this episode we explore Brylcreem, Marlon Brando, the Queen of England, Brian Epstein, Elvis Presley, World War II, JFK, Martin Guitars, the Ed Sullivan Show, the British class system, Liverpool England, Disney, Davy Jones, Hamburg Germany, John, Paul, George and Ringo.
35 min
August 23, 2022 Episode 34: Rolex and the Hands that Changed the World
Did you know that a town in Norway wanted to abolish time? They decided to get rid of all the clocks because "shouldn't people eat when they are hungry and sleep when they are tired?" You'll be amazed at how we got here in the first place. Today we connect Rolex, Galileo, Christiaan Huygens, The Golden Spike, Benedictine Monks, the US Naval Observatory, John Harrison and the Boer War.
33 min
July 20, 2022 Episode 35: The Fairy Tale of Sixto Rodriquez
Have you heard of Sixto Rodriguez? At one time he was more popular than the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The Story of Sixto Rodriguez doesn't start in 1971, it starts with Ghandi and apartheid. In today's episode we look at Paul Simon, Harry Belafonte, The Beatles, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Bob Dylan, the United Nations, Coca-Cola, Ghandi, The Sugarman Sixto Rodriquez and even Rosa Parks.
26 min

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Tracing The Path is a 20th Century History podcast exploring how ordinary people, products, ideas, events, and places unexpectedly shaped the modern world.

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