Curiosityness

This is Part II of this Route 66 series because we're finally doing the full Route 66 — 28 days in the RV from Chicago to LA! So, of course, I had to get the full breakdown on the history of Route 66, the must-see attractions, and what essentials we need to make the trip.   To get the complete lowdown on Route 66 in Kansas, I'm joined by Renee Charles, President of the Kansas Historic Route 66 Association!   For more information on the Kansas Historic Route 66 Association, visit https://kshistoricroute66.com/   Find the Kansas Historic Route 66 Association on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kshistoricroute66 Along with Cars on the Route at https://www.facebook.com/CarsOnTheRoute/   Check out http://visiting66.com to follow along with our trip, watch tours of the attractions we visit, and see more interviews with folks who are quintessentially Route 66!   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

We're finally doing the full Route 66 — 28 days in the RV from Chicago to LA! So, of course, I had to get the full breakdown on the history of Route 66, the must-see attractions, and what essentials we need to make the trip.   To get the complete lowdown, I'm joined by Route 66 Author, Tour Guide, and Advocate, Jim Hinkley!   Tune in to learn… -Why Route 66 exists, -How Route 66 transformed from a road to an American icon, -About the must-see attractions, -What Route 66 resources, apps, and books are essential for your trip, -What vehicle is the best for traveling Route 66, -& so much more!   Visit https://jimhinckleysamerica.com/ and find Jim on Facebook @JimHinckleysAmerica for more Route 66 & travel info from Jim Hinckley.   This is the beginning of a short Route 66 series I'll be doing for the podcast.   Check out http://visiting66.com to follow along with our trip, watch tours of the attractions we visit, and see more interviews with folks who are quintessentially Route 66!   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

What if instead of our livestock and crops destroying our farm land, they actually improved the soil? That's the idea behind regenerative grazing and it is a big deal, even for non-farmers like us!   To learn more about this, I'm joined by Pete Huff. Pete is the Co-Director of the Wallace Center, where he oversees the Resilient Agriculture & Ecosystems Initiative and the Pasture Project.   Tune in to learn… -How regenerative grazing works, -The issues of traditionally managing livestock, -What this is important even for non-farmers like you & me, -What we as individuals can do to help, -& so much more!   Visit https://wallacecenter.org/ and https://pastureproject.org/ for more info   And find the Wallace Center on... Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WallaceCenteratWinrock/ YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/WallaceCenter   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

I think every dog owner, myself included, has wanted their dog to talk at one time or another. Well buckle up because Christina has taught her dog to talk and you can too!   In this episode I'm joined by Christina Hunger who taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using over 50 simple paw-sized buttons programmed to say different words. It's kinda similar to the way Stephen Hawking used a device to communicate.   Tune in to learn… -How to teach your dog to talk, -How Christina took her knowledge as a speech-language pathologist and applied that to her dog, -How long it took Stella to learn to talk, -If Stella gets annoying and talks all day, -How Christina & Stella's relationship has deepened by having the ability to communicate more clearly, -& so much more!   Watch some videos of Stella talking & get tips for teaching your own dog to talk... on Instagram @hunger4words, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hunger4words/, on Youtube at hungerforwords, and on their website at https://www.hungerforwords.com/   Grab your copy of Christina's book, How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog... at https://www.hungerforwords.com/book/, on Indiebound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780063046832, or on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2XcPw7P (affiliate link).   Get the Talking Pet Starter Set... at https://www.hungerforwords.com/shop/talking-pet-starter-set/, or on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3ixtKDS (affiliate link).   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

I'm admittedly not a massive baseball fan but I do enjoy a good origin story and some outrageous fiction. This episode has both!   I'm joined by Tom Gilbert, author of the book, How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed.   The wrongness of baseball history can be staggering. You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. You have read that baseball’s color line was uncrossed and unchallenged until Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. You have been told that the clean, corporate 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings were baseball’s first professional club. Not true. They weren’t the first professionals; they weren’t all that clean, either. You may have heard Cooperstown, Hoboken, or New York City called the birthplace of baseball, but not Brooklyn. Yet Brooklyn was the home of baseball’s first fans, the first ballpark, the first statistics—and modern pitching.   For more info and to grab your copy of How Baseball Happened visit https://howbaseballhappened.com/   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

A few weeks ago I got to visit an art exhibit called The Art of the Brick and was blown away!   I got to see recreations of famous art pieces like the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and even a full scale Easter Island head. Oh and these recreations are entirely made out of standard LEGO bricks!   For this episode, I reached out to the artist, Nathan Sawaya, and he agreed to come on the show!   Tune in to learn… -How Nathan went from a lawyer to full-time LEGO artist, -How many LEGO bricks he keeps on hand at a time, -What his process is for building a piece, -& so much more!   For more info and The Art of the Brick exhibit schedule visit https://www.brickartist.com   For photos of his creations and more, find Nathan on Instagram @nathansawaya   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

If you remember the orange-roofed, twenty-eight flavored Howard Johnson's empire that stretched along roadways from coast to coast, you're gonna love this nostalgic and historical episode!   If the name Howard Johnson's is only vaguely familiar to you (like it was to me), you're also gonna love this episode!   In this episode, I'm joined by Boston historian and author of the book, A History of Howard Johnson's, Anthony M. Sammarco.   Tune in to learn… -Who Howard Johnson was, -Why he is called the "Father of the Franchise Industry", -What made Howard Johnson's restaurants so unique and successful, -How Howard's son spearheaded the extinction of this once thriving restaurant chain, -& so much more!   Grab a copy of Anthony's book, A History of Howard Johnson's: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon... On Indiebound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781540206459, On Amazon at https://amzn.to/2SClWGg (affiliate link)   Find Anthony on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyMSammarco/, & check out his Lost Boston Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/666137636777594/   Check out my visit to an old Howard Johnson's still with the original A-frame roof and "Simple Simon & The Pie Man" Logo Weathervane: https://youtu.be/GmKeJ1FzxNg   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola!   In this episode I'm joined by Tom Standage for a dive into the history of the world through the lens of what (and why) people were drinking at the time.   You may never look at your favorite drink the same way again!   Tune in to learn… -What the first drink was (besides water), -How beer was accidentally invented, -Why the Ancient Greeks and Romans watered down their wine, -How the London Stock Exchange started as a tea shop, -About the Soviet military leader who drank Coke disguised as vodka, -& so much more!   Grab a copy of Tom's book, A History of the World in 6 Glasses... On Indiebound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802715524 On Amazon at https://amzn.to/3yc4I2O (affiliate link)   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!   Have you ever wondered why there's only one variety of banana but a dozen or more varieties of apples at your grocery store? How about why bananas, grown across oceans, are half the price of locally grown apples?   To get these answers, and to learn more about the most fascinating fruit in the supermarket, I'm joined by Dan Koeppel in this episode. Dan is the author of the book, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World.   Tune in to learn… -How a seedless fruit continues to reproduce, -Why your grandpa's banana was different than your banana, -How & where you can try different varieties of bananas, -If the apple consumed by Eve in the Garden of Eden was actually a banana, -If bananas will still exist as we know them in the future, -& so much more!   Grab a copy of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World... On Indiebound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780452290082 On Amazon at https://amzn.to/32kidPx (affiliate link)   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

I love learning about new tech and how it can enhance our lives! But perhaps we are beginning to place too much confidence and reliance on things like AI and algorithms.   In this episode I'm joined by Dr Robert Elliott Smith, author of the book, Rage Inside the Machine: The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All.   Tune in to learn… -About the role algorithms play in the divisiveness of social media; -How algorithms may be more entrenched in your life than you realize; -If algorithms are prejudiced; -Why we are seeing increasing incidences of machine bigotry, greed, segregation and mass coercion; -If we can replicate human intelligence with artificial intelligence; -& so much more!   Grab a copy of Rage Inside the Machine... At https://www.rageinsidethemachine.com On Indiebound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781472963888 On Amazon at https://amzn.to/2Pv0eml (affiliate link)   Find Dr Robert Elliott Smith on Twitter: @DrRESmith   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

I've started to develop quite a love for Western films lately and The Magnificent Seven is definitely among the top. But aside from being a great film, there is an incredible story behind The Magnificent Seven which could have been a movie in itself!   In this episode I'm joined by Brian Hannan, author of The Making of The Magnificent Seven, to talk about this unbelievable story behind the movie.   Tune in to learn… -About the 3 hour, 1954 Japanese film that The Magnificent Seven is based on, -About the Mexican government interference that literally rewrote the script, -Why it was a flop on release and later a box office hit, -About the scene-stealing antics among the 7 actors, -& so much more!   Grab a copy of The Making of The Magnificent Seven: Behind the Scenes of the Pivotal Western... On Indiebound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786496952 On Amazon at https://amzn.to/30CJMTc (affiliate link)   Check out Brian's website, https://themagnificent60s.com, for more info on films of the 1960s.   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

Lucid dreaming is the ability to CONTROL your dreams.   A lucid dream feels like a normal dream but you’re aware of the fact that it’s a dream WHILE you’re actually in the dream, meaning you can guide it and control what you do, and what you experience. You can fly across alien planets, overcome nightmares and live the impossible. Anyone can learn how to lucid dream by following proven techniques, it’s perfectly safe, easy and fun to learn!   Tune in to this episode with Stef from How To Lucid to learn… -What lucid dreaming is, -The benefits of lucid dreaming, -How to start lucid dreaming yourself, -How to check if you're in a dream or reality, -& so much more!   Learn How to get started Lucid Dreaming at https://howtolucid.com/gift   Find Stef on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTEnIQJ2tpYyK0AKBUal-A Visit https://howtolucid.com/ Check out Stef's Lucid Dreaming Podcast: https://howtolucid.com/podcast   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

Personal computers are everywhere! When was the last time you even saw a desk without a computer on it? But how did the personal computer rise up to become so ubiquitous and intertwined with our daily lives?   In this episode I'm joined by Sean Haas, host of the Advent of Computing podcast, for a wild ride through the rise of the personal computer!   Tune in to learn… -Why computers are just 1's and 0's, -How Xerox was instrumental in developing the personal computer, -About the origins of the mouse, -If Apple stole the idea for the Macintosh, -Why computers used to be so massive, -Why the microprocessor was such a breakthrough, -& so much more!   Check out Sean's podcast, Advent of Computing, wherever you listen to podcasts including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.   Visit https://adventofcomputing.com   Find Sean and Advent of Computing on Twitter: @adventofcomp   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

Astronomy sounds like an awesome career choice — spend your nights sitting under the stars with a massive telescope finding new astronomical objects in the sky. But that's only the half of it, there's so much more...   In this episode I'm joined by Emily Levesque, astronomer and author of the book, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers.   Emily shares how astronomers in this scrappy and evolving field are going beyond the machines to infuse creativity and passion into the stars and space and inspires us all to peer skyward in pursuit of the universe's secrets.   Tune in to learn… -What an astronomers sees when they look though a telescope, -What it's like to work at observatories in extremely remote areas, -How easy it is to ruin a night of observing, -What astronomers do most of the time (it's not looking through telescopes), -About the guy who shot a telescope, -About the telescope mounted in the back of a modified 747 plane, -& so much more!   Grab your copy of The Last Stargazers from... IndieBound at https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781492681076 Amazon at https://amzn.to/3pZDp7a (affiliate link)   Visit https://thelaststargazers.com/ for more info   Find Emily on Twitter: @emsque And visit her website: https://www.emlevesque.com   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become Santa Claus or Mrs. Claus? Me too — That's why, in this episode, I'm joined by Tom and Holly Valent.   Tom and Holly are the deans of the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School. Founded in 1937, it is the oldest continuously run santa school in the world and is widely considered the Harvard of Santa schools.   Tune in to learn… -If you have to have a real beard to be Santa, -The history of the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School, -What makes a perfect Santa suit, -How to vocalize the ideal "Ho Ho Ho," -The Santa school curriculum, -& so much more!   Visit https://www.santaclausschool.com for more info on the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School.   --------------------------------   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.   For more episodes visit https://www.curiosityness.com/   Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/curiosityness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness   Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at https://www.curiosityness.com/freesticker/   Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travderose/ Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com