Episode 8

Written By Aaron Mahnke

Recent News

1. Amy, Jeff. “The Big Peanut Once Again Reigns at the Roadside in Georgia, after Hurricane Felled Earlier Goober.” AP News, 25 July 2023, apnews.com/article/big-peanut-georgia-2e4223a96d328d9d8eb9f2fe0c69b1e1#:~:text=Georgia’s%20Big%20Peanut%20is%20back,of%20sheet%20metal%2C%20not%20fiberglass

2. Chappell, Bill. “An 11-Year-Old Boy Caught a Fish with ‘human-like Teeth’ in an Oklahoma Pond.” NPR, 19 July 2023, www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188377962/pacu-fish-piranha-human-teeth-boy-oklahoma

3. Hooper, Ben. “Look: National Weather Service Bakes Cookies in Hot Car in Texas.” UPI, 20 July 2023, www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/20/National-Weather-Service-heat-wave-cookies-baked-hot-car/3291689865403/

4. “ Is It Possible to Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk If It’s Hot Enough?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/physics/item/is-it-possible-to-fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk-if-its-hot-enough

Old News

  1. Aggie Horticulture. “The Tomato Had to go Abroad to Make Good.” Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Texas A&M System. https://aggie-hort.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/tomato.html

  2. Atimian. “Bimini Road.” Atlas Obscura. 7/19/2016. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bimini-road

  3. Barnett, Engrid. “America’s Alleged Trial Against Tomatoes, Not Witches, in Salem.” Ripley’s Believe it or Not! 3/2/2022. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/americas-alleged-trial-against-tomatoes-not-witches-in-salem/

  4. Biakolo, Kovie. “A Brief History of the TV Dinner.” Smithsonian Magazine. November 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-tv-dinner-180976039/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20most%20widely,in%20ten%20refrigerated%20railroad%20cars.

  5. Bite Sized Britain. “The First Submarine—Rowed Along the Thames in 1624!” https://www.bitesizedbritain.co.uk/the-first-submarine11/

  6. Cocking, Susan. “Divers Seeking Atlantis in Bahamas.” The Bahamas Weekly. Miami Herald. 12/24/2009. http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/international/Divers_seeking_Atlantis_in_Bahamas8991.shtml

  7. Elvery, Martin. “The Incredible First Ever Submarine that was Launched on the River Thames.” MyLondon. 3/31/2022. https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/incredible-first-ever-submarine-launched-23558006

  8. Fuller, John. “Sept. 10 1953: Swanson Sells First TV Dinner.” How Stuff Works. https://people.howstuffworks.com/swanson-dinner.htm

  9. Hirsch, Michele Lent. “Step Inside a Famous Submarine.” Smithsonian Magazine. 5/26/2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Step-inside-a-famous-submarine-180955042/

  10. History.com Editors. “Atlantis.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 10/7/2010. https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/atlantis

  11. Mappen, Marc. “Jerseyana.” The New York Times. 9/12/1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/nyregion/jerseyana.html

  12. Randle, Aaron. “Who Invented the TV Dinner?” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 2/24/2021. https://www.history.com/news/tv-dinner-history-inventor

  13. Sabrina. “Is the Lost City of Atlantis Revealing Itself Off the Coast of the Bahamas?” Cool Stuff Strange Things. Ripley’s. 8/31/2018. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bimini-road/

  14. Smith, K. Annabelle. “Why the Tomato was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years.” Smithsonian Magazine. 6/18/2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years-863735/

  15. Tietz, Tabea. “Cornelis Drebbel and the First Navigatable Submarine.” SciHi Blog. 11/7/2022. http://scihi.org/cornelis-drebbel-submarine/

Our Big Story

  1. Altherr, Stacey. “Former Clown Peggy Williams Looks Back on Her Decade in the Ringling Bros. Circus”. Sarasota Magazine. 7/29/2021. https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2021/07/peggy-williams-clown

  2. “Clown College: The Halls of Mirth”. Inc. 2/1/1983. https://www.inc.com/magazine/19830201/4780.html

  3. DiCesare, Frank. “Sarasota County and the American Clown: A 100-Year Relationship.” Visit Sarasota. https://www.visitsarasota.com/article/sarasota-county-and-american-clown-100-year-relationship

  4. “Feld Family Buys Ringling Bros.” The New York Times. 3/19/1982. Page 4. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/19/business/feld-family-buys-ringling-bros.html.

  5. Heidtman, Joel. “A Typical Day”. https://joelheidtman.tripod.com/id88.htm.

  6. “Irvin Feld.” Feld Entertainment. https://www.feldentertainment.com/company/leadership/irvin-feld/

  7. Knight, Jerry. “Family Regains Ringling Bros.” The Washington Post. 3/19/1982. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/03/19/family-regains-ringling-bros/f61ec91c-8698-483a-a72b-03072e8adc74/ 

  8. Raymond, Tom. “Peggy Williams, Circus Clown.” Famous Clowns. 3/31/2013. https://famousclowns.org/famous-clowns/peggy-williams-circus-clown/

  9. Weil, Martin. “American Impresario Irvin Feld Dies.” The Washington Post. 9/7/1984. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/09/07/american-impresario-irvin-feld-dies/5fd4a47a-1141-4fe9-935d-44f3908b6ef7/

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