"Be bold. If you’re going to make an error, make a doozy, and don’t be afraid to hit the ball.” - BJK 🎾

Today we’re talking all about the true story of Billie Jean King.

Don't forget to rate and review the show wherever you listen. And as always, pictures from the episode, including side-by-sides with the REAL people and their actors, can be found HERE!

Sources:

"Biography" - BillieJeanKing.com

"Billie Jean King" - National Women's History Museum

"The Gladys Heldman Story" - WTA Tennis

"Was Bobby Riggs a Sexist?" - Medium

"The day Bobby Riggs 'Massacred' Margaret Court..." - Tennis Majors

"Tennis Battle of the Sexes footage" - Youtube

🌊 Most people run as far away as they can from danger. But today we're not talking about most people. We're talking about the young man who not only willingly, but HAPPILY took on some of the ocean's fiercest waves headfirst.

This is the true story of the daredevil big wave surfer, Jay Moriarity 🏄🏼

Don't forget to rate and review wherever you listen to the show! And as always, all pictures from the episode can be found HERE.

Sources:

"Making Mavericks" by Frosty Hesson & Ian Spiegelman

"Chasing Mavericks" - The Cinephiliac

"20 years of 'Living Like Jay'..." by Wallace Baine - Lookout

"Solo diving exacts a heavy toll" by Terry Tomalin - Tampa Bay Times

"The compelling surf life story..." by Luis MP - SurferToday

"Jay Moriarity's wipeout at Mavericks" by Stu Nettle - Swellnet

Erin says it best: "Say the name Erin Brockovich and you think, strong, tough, stubborn and sexy. Erin is all that and definitely more. She is a modern-day 'David' who loves a good brawl with today's 'Goliaths'."

And this is the TRUE story of the Hinkley groundwater contamination.

All pictures from today's episode can be found HERE!

Sources:

"Erin Brockovich: the real story..." - ABC News

"My Story - Erin Brockovich" - Brockovich.com

"The Real-Life Unhappy Ending" by Miles O'Brien - PBS

"Personal Injury Lawyers..." - Hameroff Law

"Erin Brockovich: The real story" by Kathleen Sharp - Salon

"Reflecions on Hexavalent Chromium" - Environmental Health Perspectvies

"Results of Hexavalent..." - California Water Science Center

In the late 80s, the world 🌎 began turning to our screens 🖥️ as a way to communicate. But we quickly learned 💡 that a lot of meaning is lost 🤔 when your messages 💬 aren't said 🗣️ or received in person 🧍

So we created our own, new language.

Today, we're talking all about the origin of those cute yellow faces: Emoji! 😊

All pictures from the episode can be found HERE 📷

Sources 📖

"Emoji: The Complete History" by Arielle Pardes - WIRED

"Egyptian Hieroglyphs" - Wikipedia

Original Bboard Thread transcripts from Scott Fahlman

"Shigetaka Kurita. Emoji." - MoMA

"The Origin Of The Word 'Emoji'" by Johanna Mayer - Science Friday

"A Very, Very Expensive Emoji" by Lora Kelley - The Atlantic

🍔🍟 This fast food beacon can be found along highways, cities, and on every continent on the globe, minus Antarctica! Today, we're talking about the man ... or men ... behind the TRUE story of the founding of McDonald's.

Good news! Our ice cream machine is NOT down and our fries are FRESH! I hope you're hungry 😋

All pictures from today's episode can be found HERE!

Sources:

Grinding it Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc

"The Tragic Real-Life Story..." by Joel Stice - Mashed

"About Us" - McDonald's

"The Unstoppable Rise of McDonald's..." by Joel Libava

"From Movies to Hamburgers" - Los Angeles Almanac

"Multimixer History" - Sterling Multi Products

"Ray Croc" - Biography.com

Somehow, the international phrase, "A Dingo Ate my Baby" plagued middle school playgrounds in the early 2000s. Paired with a butchered Australian accent, we clearly didn't know what it meant. And that's because actually, we weren't even saying the correct quote to begin with.

Today, we're learning the TRUE quote and the story behind it, when we discuss the disappearance of baby Azaria.

Watch out for wombats, wallabies, and of course, dingoes because we're headed to the Australian Outback! 🦘

All pictures from today's episode and movie can be found HERE!

Sources:

"Through My Eyes" autobiography by Lindy Chamberlain

"Uluru" - Wikipedia

"Azaria Chamberlain inquest" - National Museum Australia

"The Story" - LindyChamberlain.com

"The Australian mother wrongly..." by Myles Burke - BBC

"Dingo" by Sue Burrell & Dr Mark Eldridge - Australian Museum

"Almost half of Australia untouched..." - Reuters

"Outback" - Encyclopedia Britannica

A pickaxe ⛏️ some rope 🪢 the cover of night 🌃 and a whole lot of stealth 🤫 These are the things required to escape prison ... right? What if you could just walk out? This is the story of Stephen Russell, the man who did just that: walked right out of prison again and again ... and again ... and again ...

Whether you're a lawyer, or an AIDS clinic researcher, or even a CFO of a major medical company, you're going to love this episode.

Don't forget all pictures can be found here!

Sources:

"Con King Steven Russell: He Still Loves Phillip Morris" NPR Interview by Pat Dowell

"The Life of an Escape Artist" by Stephen Russell - Solitary Watch

"Jim Carrey Made A Movie About Me..." by Stephen Russell - HuffPost

"Russell v. State" - FindLaw

"Fugitive 'king' of scams is captured..." by Jonathan King - Sun-Sentinel

"To Hollywood and Back" by Steve McVicker - Fort Worth Weekly

"Prisoner of Love" by Arnold Wayne Jones - Dallas Voice

It's not superpowers or a religious miracle. It's not magic and it's definitely not a radioactive spider bite. It's the megasavant mind of Kim Peek 🧠 And this the true story of the REAL Rain Man.

His list of incredible skills will actually break your brain from how astounding he is. Buckle up and buckle in for this epic display of the brilliance of the human mind. Don't forget, you can find all pictures from today's episode HERE!

Sources:

"The Life and Message of the Real Rain Man" by Fran Peek

"The savant syndrome: an extraordinary condition" by Darold A. Treffert - National Library of Medicine

"5 Amazing People with Savant Syndrome" - Aruma

"Kim Peek" - Wikipedia

"The Astounding Life of Kim Peek..." - All That's Interesting