24 episodes

Uncommon stories about history, inventions, innovations, people, places and just about everything else.

Uncommon Stories Brad Greer

    • History

Uncommon stories about history, inventions, innovations, people, places and just about everything else.

    Weddings and Wedding Rings

    Weddings and Wedding Rings

    Weddings are beautiful occasion and they are steeped in tradition, but why do two people get all dressed and make their union public?  Also, where do we get the tradition of the wedding rings?  Let's find out.

    • 18 min
    Beer and Pretzels

    Beer and Pretzels

    Where did we get one of the most popular intoxicating drinks - beer?  And where did one of the more popular snacks to eat with a beer come from - the pretzel?  Let's find out.

    • 17 min
    Cats!

    Cats!

    How did our pet cats become our pet cats?  It's a bigger journey than you might think.

    • 12 min
    21 Gun Salute and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    21 Gun Salute and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    It's time to get a little patriotic.  So were going to find out where the 21 Gun Salute came from and how we honor our fallen soldiers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

    • 17 min
    The Alphabet and Books

    The Alphabet and Books

    Written communication is huge to inform, document and entertain, but how did we get our alphabet and where did books originate?

    • 12 min
    Baseball and Stickball

    Baseball and Stickball

    It's baseball season - and this fun game is famous for being America's pastime, but where did it come from?  And stickball has been a game so many kids grew up playing, but how did it come to be?

    • 19 min

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