The Backstory (Replay): How did Christmas turn into trees and egg nog?

The Backstory with Patty Steele

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On this replay episode of The Backstory: We all have our Christmas traditions, but how did Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and George Washington’s recipe for heavily spiked eggnog rule the season?

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory (Replay): How did Christmas turn into trees and egg nog?

The Backstory with Patty Steele

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On this replay episode of The Backstory: We all have our Christmas traditions, but how did Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and George Washington’s recipe for heavily spiked eggnog rule the season?

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Imagine a world with no internet. Head back 30 years or so and you’ll see how the world wide web changed everything about how we communicate, learn, bank, socialize, and entertain ourselves. And we have one kind of geeky guy to thank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: Kate Chase: From the belle of Washington to egg lady 8:02

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Kate Chase was the 20-year-old queen bee of Washington society at the onset of the Civil War. She had the ear of Abe Lincoln and the hatred of his jealous wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Kate married rich but then fell for another powerful man…until they were caught. And that changed everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory: Stealing Frank Sinatra Jr. 11:02

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It’s hard to imagine how a couple of 21-year-old kids could think up a scheme to snatch the son of one of the most famous entertainers in the world, much less carry it out. This is the crazy story of the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: Stealing George Washington’s head 7:43

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George Washington’s 293rd birthday is this weekend, and his death in 1799 was a shock to the brand-new United States of America. Everybody loved him and a lot of people wanted a piece of him…literally. That led to the plot to steal George Washington’s head. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory: Lucky Luciano: From mob boss to war hero 9:25

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How does a guy go from running with gangs on the Lower East Side to reinventing the mafia to going to prison as a convicted felon…to finally working with the U.S. government to protect NYC’s waterfront during World War II? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: My bloody valentine! 11:24

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Emotional attachment is thousands of years old, but it actually started off with apes! For humans, Valentine’s Day started off as a blood-soaked pagan fertility festival loaded with alcohol, nudity, and blood! On the flip side, the romance element is a pretty recent invention. You can thank the Victorians for that. Plus, find out who sent the first Valentine! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory: Did Shakespeare steal the Romeo and Juliet story? 7:06

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It’s called the most famous love story of all time: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. But was it a true story or did it come completely from Shakespeare’s brilliant creative mind? Maybe neither. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: The real American psycho 8:48

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The Wisconsin countryside in autumn during the 1950s sounds idyllic. But it was the scene of a horrifying series of murders and body-snatching cases. Ed Gein, in “The Butcher of Plainfield,” was the loner who inspired movies like Psycho and Silence of the Lambs. So…what’s his story? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory: How one woman helped ignite the Civil War 7:10

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Who wrote the best-selling book in the U.S. in the 1800s? Why was she attacked from both sides for her story? And finally, how did she come to write the same exact book, word for word, 40 years later? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: Nxivm: A Hollywood sex cult 8:27

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Hollywood, cults, sex, and crime. It all seems like the perfect set up for a Netflix multi-season series. But this is the real story of the rich and famous getting brain washed into a criminal sex club that ultimately led to convictions on charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking, child porn, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory (Replay): A middle-class kid rises to the top of the ad world 8:55

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We all dream, but what stops us from making those dreams a reality? This is about a middle-class kid from Ohio who never stopped believing in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: The Mariana Trench: A hundred horrible ways to die 7:52

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Explorers are a special breed—fear of the unknown and of the awful possibilities of failure don’t seem to deter them. Perfect example: the handful of people who have explored the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Backstory: Beyond the Hamilton duel: Aaron Burr’s rise and fall 7:51

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Some people are wildly talented but just can’t get out of the way of their own ego and ambition. Take Aaron Burr. He destroyed his political career by killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, went on to treasonously plot a land grab to create his own empire, and wound up dying alone in a boarding house on Staten Island. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory: Why did these two presidents have 2 nonconsecutive terms? 6:40

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The Backstory: The fire was master 11:49

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Take a look back, and you’ll see how similar human reaction is over the centuries to so many things that happen to us today. Take the recent fires in LA and the great Chicago fire of 1871. How do people decide what to save, and what matters most, when faced with a catastrophic event? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Backstory: Our world on fire 7:29

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The fires in California are terrifying to watch. But fire has a deep history…and there are lessons to be learned. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory (Replay): A hero emerges from a 19th century insane asylum 8:03

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The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory: Making a statement with A Christmas Carol 7:05

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The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory (Replay): How did Christmas turn into trees and egg nog? 8:30

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On this replay episode of The Backstory: We all have our Christmas traditions, but how did Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and George Washington’s recipe for heavily spiked eggnog rule the season? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory: The charming spy who got away with it all 11:22

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(Replay) The Backstory: The 9-year-old Union soldier 6:38

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(Replay) The Backstory: Where did all the dinosaurs go? 6:50

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The Backstory: The big movies their stars hate 8:39

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