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LISTEN TO THIS > THE MEMORY PALACE | Eps 69 Charlie: God of Rain
In God of Rain, Nate DiMeo tells the story about Charlie Hatfield who started as a sewing machine salesman and became a rain salesman. Hatfield never stated he could make it rain, but he did claim he could coax moisture out of clouds with his towers of chemicals. This riveting story climaxes with the disastrous San Diego flood of 1916 and an intriguing example of correlation versus causation, not to mention customer satisfaction.
LISTEN TO THIS > THE LATE SHOW PODCAST | Live TLS Radio Coverage of Historic Flag Lowering
Stephen Colbert's behind-the-scenes updates on his The Late Show Podcast have been engaging and insightful, but this week he headed into brilliant comic territory with a three-minute bonus episode of his live coverage of the lowering of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina capital grounds.
LISTEN TO THIS > WHISTLESHOP | Bill Clinton, There for You Till the Last Dog Dies
Who could forget Hillary Clinton's "I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette," but John Dickerson's consolidated context of Bill Clinton's '92 campaign adds richness to that memory. Dickerson clearly illustrates the Clintons' superpower to outwork, out hustle, out campaign every obstacle that got in their way. His analogy on the benefits to candidates being asked tough, probing questions being like a hitter being able to hit a a fastball further is a metaphor magic.