And so the world didn’t end. Take that Mayans! So how do the Podwits celebrate the world continuing to spin? By taking a look back at computers through the ages and the history of their beloved comic books (no Marvel vs DC talk here, we promise!) So kick back with your favorite cup o’ egg [...]
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Repent While You Can!
Posted: September 29, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Food, History, PodcastTags: Bacon, Cadillac, Car phones, Cell phones, Food, iPhone, Lexus, Motorola Krazr, Motorola Micro-Tac, Motorola Razr, Oldsmobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII
For those of you who listen to “The Podwits Podcast” on a mobile device, rejoice for what you have as the Podwits 2 (Big Buck You-Know-What Hat was trapped in a remote location and unable to attend the recording) take a trip down Memory Lane at the way cell phones USED TO BE! And is [...]
A Great Day in Harlem
Posted: July 29, 2012 by Dion in Food, HistoryTags: Harlem, Matt Garrison, Soul Food, Sylvia Woods, Sylvia's, the Queen of Soul Food
On a brisk day this past January, a friend to the Podwits, saxophonist Matt Garrison, and I ventured to a spot I’d been meaning to go to for years now: the famous landmark restaurant in Harlem, Sylvia’s. The woman behind the legendary eatery—Sylvia Woods, “the Queen of Soul Food”—passed away last week, and I thought [...]
A Blast from the Past: The Drive-In Movie Theater
Posted: July 11, 2012 by Dion in Film, History, TechnologyTags: Brave, Drive In Movie Theater, Glen Falls Drive In, Lake George, The Amazing Spider-Man
While on a much-needed honeymoon to the Lake George region of upstate New York (if you’ve seen or read The Last of the Mohicans, then that’s the lake it all occurred on), my bride and I took in a custom that I thankfully have been enjoying since since childhood, which was see a double feature [...]
Ernie
Posted: July 9, 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Ernest Borgnine, Film, History, Housekeeping, News, Obituaries, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Borgnine Moment, Borgninian Moment, Ernest Borgnine, Obituaries
On July 8, the world lost another pillar of greatness, a link to a lost and nearly forgotten world, a connection to a time when legends walked the earth. Sunday morning, Ernest Borgnine peacefully passed away of renal failure, surrounded by his family. He was 95 years young. Where can one begin to discuss the life of the [...]
Shattered Hulls, Part 3: Life in Dark Waters
Posted: May 30, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in History, PodcastTags: Andrea Doria, Eastland, Edmund Fitzgerald, Scorpion, Thresher, U-869
All aboard for Brian and Dion’s wrap-up of their enthusiastic but respectful journey through the history of maritime disasters. They look back at the great shipwrecks of United States history—some famous (the SS Andrea Doria and the SS Edmund Fitzgerald), some less so (the American nuclear subs Thresher and Scorpion, and the Great Lakes excursion liner [...]
Shattered Hulls, Part 2: The War Years
Posted: May 9, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in History, PodcastDion and Brian are back with the second of our shipwreck specials. This time they delve into some of the fascinating maritime casualties of the two World Wars, including RMS Lusitania, the German battleship Bismarck, the Japanese battleship Yamato, and the little-known but spectacular disaster that was the HMT Lancastria. Plus, Dion reveals his favorite unknown shipwreck [...]
So What Ship REALLY Sank That Fateful “Night to Remember”?
Posted: April 28, 2012 by Dion in Books, History, Literature, NewsTags: Californian, Conspriacy Thoeries, HMS Hawke, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, White Star Line
With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic this month, fellow Podwit Brian and I decided to indulge our fascination with nautical disasters, releasing the first part of our Podwits Podcast Disaster special, with Part Two to drop very soon. In researching these specials, I came across an age-old conspiracy theory linked to [...]
Revealing the Identity of “The Phantom” in One of the Most Notorious After-Death Jim Morrison Conspiracies
Posted: April 25, 2012 by Dion in History, Music, Music ReviewTags: Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors, The Phantom, The Phantom's Divine Comedy Part 1
It was back in 1997 in the now-defunct “Record Explosion”, a record store chain in New York City that had a large amount of hard to find music and bootleg material, that I first came across one of the weirdest albums of the 1970’s: Phantom’s Divine Comedy, Part 1. This album may ring a bell for [...]
Shattered Hulls, Part 1: “Magnificent Compelling Wrongness”
Posted: April 18, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in History, PodcastTags: Cunard Line, Disasters, Edward Smith, Harland and Wolff, HMHS Britannic, HMS Hawke, Olympic Class Fleet, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, Shipwrecks, SS City of New York, SS Morro Castle, USS Maine, Violet Jessup, White Star Line
In the wake of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Brian and Dion indulge their shared fascination with shipwrecks for your entertainment and edification. Join them for their first Shipwreck Special Podcast, as they discuss at length the majesty and tragedy of various oceanic disasters, concentrating on the beginning of the 20th [...]
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