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Old Kentucky Tales: Quirky history stories from Kentucky’s past plus Brent and Jason (and guests) have a laugh at old (fake) commercials and real life characters.
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Old Kentucky Tales S10, E7: The 100th Episode Quiz Contest!
Hidden gemOld Kentucky Tales marks its 100th episode with Brent Taylor hosting Jason Donner and Todd in a quiz built from earlier episodes, fake sponsors, and Kentucky history.
Nov 20, 2023·54m·5 clips - 2
Old Kentucky Tales S10, E4: An Ode to Meat Showers and Fatherless Snakes
Hidden gemBritton Shirley reads from Spinning the Vast Fantastic, a chapbook from Bull City Press in Durham, North Carolina, while Brent Taylor and Daniel Hurt treat the reading as the main event.
Nov 9, 2023·26m·1 clip - 3
Old Kentucky Tales S10, E5: Happy for Jackie! - Happy Chandler and Jackie Robinson
Hidden gem["Old Kentucky Tales centers on Happy Chandler's Hall of Fame account of Jackie Robinson's move from Montreal to Brooklyn, framed by Brent Taylor and Daniel Hurt.", "Chandler says the owners met at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in January 1947 and voted 15-1 against Robinson, with Brooklyn the lone yes.", "He describes Branch Rickey traveling to Kentucky, meeting him at a 50-year-old cabin, and asking for support before Robinson joined the Dodgers.", "Brent Taylor and Daniel Hurt also unpack Chandler's claim that Black veterans from Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Tarawa should not be denied baseball after military service, while joking through fake Lucky Strike and Wild Root Cream Oil ads."]
Nov 9, 2023·25m·1 clip - 4
Old Kentucky Tales S10, E6: The Life-Saving Power of Peppermint
Hidden gemOld Kentucky Tales centers on the Second Great Awakening, the Cane Ridge meeting in northern Kentucky, and Reverend Peter Cartwright's account of mass conversions and the "jerks." Brent Taylor and Daniel Hurt read Cartwright's description of 12,000 to 25,000 people gathering in woods, wagons, and revival stands between 1800 and 1801.
Nov 9, 2023·28m·1 clip - 5
Old Kentucky Tales S10, E2: Energy and Inflation Tips From the 1970's
Nov 8, 2023·28m - 6
Old Kentucky Tales S10, E3: How Abraham Lincoln Won World War II
Hidden gem["Brent Taylor and guest host Daniel Hurt use Old Kentucky Tales S10, E3 to show how World War II posters turned Abraham Lincoln into a wartime mascot, starting with the paradox that Lincoln \"won World War II.\"", "They walk through slogans like \"They did their job.
Nov 8, 2023·29m·2 clips - 7
Old Kentucky Tales S10, E1: The Henry Clay Personality Test
Nov 7, 2023·42m - 8
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E5: The Deep State Plot Against Ulysses Grant
Oct 9, 2023·35m - 9
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E6: Bluegrass Vegas Vibes
Oct 9, 2023·26m - 10
Old Kentucky Tales, S9, E4: How to Detect Fake Civil War Injuries
A comedic podcast episode where hosts joke about fake Civil War injuries and prostate health, featuring a fake doctor guest.
Oct 9, 2023·53m - 11
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E8: Yeah, Dude. It's a Compromise.
Oct 9, 2023·34m - 12
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E9: Dark Fire, Night Riders and the Tobacco Wars
Oct 9, 2023·39m - 13
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E10: Anything but Another Abe Lincoln Anecdote
Oct 9, 2023·29m - 14
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E7: The Surrender Heard 'Round The World
Oct 9, 2023·39m - 15
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E3: The Year Pac-Man ate Louisville
Sep 1, 2023·38m - 16
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E1: I Think. Therefore, A.M.
Aug 28, 2023·40m - 17
Old Kentucky Tales S9, E2: There's No "I" in Beer
Aug 28, 2023·38m - 18
Old Kentucky Tales S8, E10: Love Potion #0
Jun 15, 2023·39m - 19
Old Kentucky Tales: S8, E9: The Hypnotist with a Hidden Agenda
A humorous look at a sketchy showman hypnotist in Kentucky's past, with fake sponsor ads.
Jun 14, 2023·34m - 20
Old Kentucky Tales S8, E8: Bad Babes of the Civil War
Jun 14, 2023·34m - 21
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep7: The Land of Milk and Whiskey
Jun 15, 2022·30m - 22
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep6: Joel Hart's Broken Heart and the Woman Triumphant
Apr 4, 2022·30m - 23
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep5: Talking And Inventing Gum At The Same Time
Mar 16, 2022·26m - 24
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep4: Promiscuous Visiting At Perryville
Feb 17, 2022·27m - 25
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep3: The Bubonic Plague vs. Covid-19
This episode compares the bubonic plague and COVID-19, with humorous fake commercials and a segment featuring Darth Lincoln.
Jan 26, 2022·34m - 26
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep2: Andrew Jackson's Kentucky Killing
Dec 22, 2021·44m - 27
Old Kentucky Tales S8, Ep 1: The Rosy and Riveting Story of Peggy Terry
Dec 10, 2021·20m - 28
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep10: Carry Nation Could Have Been A Pro Wrestler
Sep 16, 2021·20m - 29
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep9: Simon Kenton and the Kentucky K-O
May 20, 2021·21m - 30
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep8: World War 2 Slang Is Tickety-Boo
Mar 4, 2021·22m - 31
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep7: Lincoln Learns Lightning Rods
Jan 27, 2021·19m - 32
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep6: Some Jerk Put An Egg In My Soda
Jan 7, 2021·20m - 33
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep5: COVID-1918!
Dec 30, 2020·22m - 34
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep4: How Cottage Cheese Saved The World...Twice.
Dec 11, 2020·24m - 35
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep3: The Other Cassius Clay Could Fight, Too!
Nov 26, 2020·25m - 36
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep2: Wake Up, You're In Missile Defense!
Nov 18, 2020·44m - 37
Old Kentucky Tales S7, Ep1: Behind the Scenes with River Queens
Hosts Brent and Jason discuss Kentucky history with a guest author about river boats, interspersed with fake commercials and humor.
Oct 21, 2020·40m - 38
Old Kentucky Tales S6, Ep10: A Behind the Scenes Tour of the Gettysburg Address
Jan 22, 2020·23m - 39
Old Kentucky Tales S6, Ep9: Totally Outrageous Eighties Electronics Prices
Jan 9, 2020·27m - 40
Old Kentucky Tales S6, Ep8: Ye Old Yucky Christmas Foods
Dec 16, 2019·23m