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Random[idiom]
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Exploring history through the origins of idioms.
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The podcast delves into the historical origins of idioms, focusing on topics such as language evolution, cultural anthropology, and social history with episodes like 'The Tale Behind 'Bite the Bullet' and 'Let's Unpack 'Let the Cat Out of the Bag'.
Exploring history through the origins of idioms.
This episode explores the idiom ”flash in the pan.” We are talking about Segway's, muskets, and failure!
Guests:
Don N. Hagist, author – Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution, Editor of The Journal of The American Revolution
Dr Samuel West, founder and curator – Museum of Failure
Sources:
EF Tours Blog – Dean Kamen: Inventions and Opportunities in Failure
https://blog.eftours.com/article/dean-kamen-inventions-and-opportunities-in-failure/
CNN – How the Segway Became a Joke and a Blueprint for the Future
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/tech/segway-history
Emerging Tech Brew – How the Segway Paved the Way for Micromobility Startups
https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2025/03/21/segway-micromobility-startups
TIME Archive – Reinventing the Wheel
https://time.com/archive/6905012/reinventing-the-wheel-3/
Journal of the American Revolution – About AllThingsLiberty.com
https://allthingsliberty.com/about/
Early English Books Online (EEBO) – Flash in historical texts (A59339)
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?q1=Flash&type=simple&rgn=full+text&c=eebo&cc=eebo&idno=A59339.0001.001
WIRED (2015) – Why the Segway Was a Technological Marvel That Didn't Work
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/well-didnt-work-segway-technological-marvel-bad-doesnt-make-sense/
WIRED (2006) – Glitch Leads to Segway Recall
https://www.wired.com/2006/09/glitch-leads-to-segway-recall/
Television Editorial Corporation.Television Age, (November 7, 1966). Television‑Radio Age / Television Age issue dated November 7, 1966. PDF accessed via World Radio History archive. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Radio-Age/60s/66/Television-Radio-Age-1966-11-07.pdf
American Institute of Food Distribution.Weekly Digest. Vols. 72–73, 1966. https://books.google.co.uk/books?
Archive.org – The Flintlock: Its Origin, Development, and Use
by Torsten Lenk, translated by J.F. Hayward
https://archive.org/details/Flintlock_The/page/n127/mode/2up?q=Marin
Topics:
flash in the pan, Segway, Museum of Failure, innovation, failure, idioms, history, personal growth, technology, expectations, muskets, flintlock
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