FLASHBACK
A series of stories of disastrous turning points, dangerous ideas, crazy coincidences, unsung heroes and forgotten villains. Learn how some of the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong, or prove unexpectedly magnificent.
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Listen to 'Flashback': The Freak Bicycle Accident Behind a Children’s Classic
Ludwig Bemelmans rode his bike down the wrong side of the road and into literary history when he dreamed up the beloved children’s book Madeline.
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Listen to 'Flashback': The Drunk Cop Who Brought Down a President
If not for the fateful inaction of a single Washington, DC police officer, Watergate might never have happened.
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Listen to 'Flashback': The Newspaper Error That Sparked the Nobel Prize
When a newspaper mistakenly proclaimed Alfred Nobel dead in 1888, the inventor of dynamite set out to reinvent his legacy.
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'Flashback' Episode Ten: How a French Inventor’s Mysterious Disappearance Launched Hollywood
Louis Le Prince was set to announce his invention of the motion picture camera years before Thomas Edison — until he vanished without a trace on his way to New York.
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The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
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‘Flashback’ Lecture Notes: The Mysterious Disappearance That Helped Give Rise to Hollywood
This week's episode of the chart-topping 'Flashback' podcast explores the disappearance of French inventor Augustin Le Prince.
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'Flashback' Episode Nine: How 'Little House on the Prairie' Built the Koch Brothers
The latest episode of OZY's chart-topping 'Flashback' podcast reveals how the 'Little House' series of children's classics entwined itself with the growth of free-market conservatism.
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‘Flashback’ Lecture Notes: The Dangerous Discovery That Sparked the Modern Labor Movement
In the latest episode of OZY's chart-topping history podcast, we learn about the power of phosphorous.
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'Flashback' Episode Eight: How a Misguided Discovery Ignited the Labor Movement
The latest episode of OZY's chart-topping 'Flashback' podcast explores the unintended consequences of a search for gold.
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‘Flashback’ Lecture Notes: How Gypsy Moths and Kudzu Took Over America
The latest episode of the 'Flashback’ podcast explores how invasions come in many forms.
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'Flashback' Episode Six: How One Man’s Crusade Against Obscenity Resulted in Abortion Rights
This week's episode of OZY's 'Flashback' podcast explores the history of the landmark case Griswold v.
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'Flashback' Episode Seven: The Kudzu and Gypsy Moth Invasions
The latest episode of OZY's chart-topping 'Flashback' podcast explores the unintended consequences of invasive species.
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‘Flashback’ Episode Five: High Hitler and How Drugs Shaped World War II
This week on OZY's ‘Flashback’ podcast, we look at how Adolf Hitler spiraled into drug dependency, thanks to Dr.