i am not making this up podcast – Tracy S. Morris Podcast
1) I Am Not Making This Up: EP. 57 This Episode is Full of Dinosaur Poop
In this episode, we delve into William Buckland, a pioneer in Paleontology who was more than a little obsessed with Poop.
2) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 56 So I’m Not Royalty
There are some family history stories that you just know you should take with a grain of salt. Like the one about how your ancestor was bffs forevah with George Washington. Or the one where you are ...Show More
3) I am Not Making This Up: Ep. 55 Thomas Jefferson’s Murder Sheep
Depending on who you ask, Thomas Jefferson is either much loved, or the founding father you love to hate. Not only did he write the Declaration of Independence, but he also presided over the Louisana...Show More
4) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 54 That Time When A Lot Of People Mailed Their Children.
May Pierstorff, a little girl made famous for being mailed to her grandparents. Back when it would have been an adventure, not a police report. 100 years ago was a simpler time. A time when you coul...Show More
5) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 53 How Charlie Brown Killed The Aluminum Christmas Tree
Aluminum Christmas Trees were a big industry before this show came along. In 1964, one of the hottest selling items around Thanksgiving was the aluminum Christmas tree. The Aluminum Specialty Company...Show More
I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 53 How Charlie Brown Killed The Aluminum Christmas Tree
06:06 | Dec 17th, 2018
6) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 52 They Knew Their Place
Susan B. Antony and Nine Friends managed to vote for Ulysses S. Grant. For her trouble, Anthony was arrested, sent to court and fined. She swore she would never pay the fine, and she didn’t. Today’s...Show More
7) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep.51 Julie or Julia?
It’s the season of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. So let’s tell a story. This is the story of Julie, or possibly Julia Brown, or possibly Black, or maybe even White. A Voodoo practitioner said to have ...Show More
8) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 50 Why We Don’t Live In The United States Of Columbia
No matter how he looks, we know Columbus as the guy in that hat. Rightly or wrongly (and these days, everyone considers it wrongly) Columbus is known as “The Man Who Discovered America.” For many of ...Show More
9) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 49 She Had Style, She Had Grace, She Would Punch You In The Face
A well-worn Hollywood plot is one where the President’s daughter is kidnapped, so a hero has to rescue her. In real life, this never would have happened to Alice Roosevelt. Not just because her fathe...Show More
10) I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 48 The Greatest Loss of Knowledge that Never Happened.
The library of Alexandria may have contained between 40,000 and 400,000 scrolls in it’s heyday. On September 2, a fire destroyed the National Museum of Brazil, taking with it 90 percent of the museum’...Show More
I Am Not Making This Up: Ep. 48 The Greatest Loss of Knowledge that Never Happened.
05:56 | Sep 10th, 2018