Tracing The Path

Written by: Dan R Morris
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  • Let us tell you the story of the 20th Century, by tracing each event back to the original decisions that shaped it. You'll quickly find out that everybody and everything is connected. If you thought you understood the 20th Century, you're in for a treat. Tracing the Path is inspired by storytellers like Paul Harvey, Charles Kuralt, and Andy Rooney.
    Copyright 2024 Dan R Morris
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Episodes
  • Episode 59: Bob's Swedish Candy Canes: 1.76 Billion Sold

    Episode 59: Bob's Swedish Candy Canes: 1.76 Billion Sold
    Nov 22 2024

    Did you know that if it weren't for the Mexicans and the Swedes, our Christmas would look substantially different? Yep, today we trace the world of Peppermint back to Santa Anna, Bob, Amalia Erickson, William Wrigley, the American Chicle Company, the Erie Canal, some French cellophane and maybe even Elvis
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    35 mins
  • Episode 58: Who Killed the American Dream?

    Episode 58: Who Killed the American Dream?
    Oct 23 2024

    The "American Dream" was first coined in 1931. In 1971 two things happened on exactly the same day . . . the world's biggest song was released lamenting the end of the American Dream. And the world's biggest dreamer opened the most amazing American institution. In today's episode we cross paths with Apple Pie, James Truslow Adams, Buddy Holly, Billy McGuigan, Pat Hazell, Don McLean, Richard Valenzuela, Johnny Appleseed and Walt Disney among others.

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    32 mins
  • Episode 57: 1848: The Year Halloween Began

    Episode 57: 1848: The Year Halloween Began
    Sep 26 2024

    Have you ever heard the origin of Halloween? Perhaps you've heard about the Irish holiday Samhain, but there's more. And all of it converges on one year, 1848. In this episode learn about Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, the most powerful volcano ever recorded, Yellow Fever, premature burial, Galvanism, John William Polidori and vampires. You're about to hear the true origin of Halloween.

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    33 mins

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