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Episode 30: Gary Hustwit, Krakatoa and Foraging
This week: Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has designs on Honeybaked ham... Krakatoa bursts without pride... and Brendan breaks the two-second rule with a professional forager. Read more...
Blood & Ashes
Krakatoa and the "Blood & Ashes". This week in 1883, the island of Krakatoa unleashed one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in history -- an explosion so loud it could be heard 2,000 miles away. Read more...
Episode 29: Josie Long, the King of Albania, Saltado
This week: British comedian Josie Long speaks positively...we supposedly meet the King of Albania...and Rico eats Peruvian and asks "Why fries with that?" Read more...
King of Albania
Otto Witte and the "King of Albania" This week in 1959 Otto Witte, an illiterate circus magician who impersonated the King of Albania, died. We celebrate his con -- or at least his imagination -- with a "Ranglum" cocktail dressed up in King's clothing. Read more...
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