historicalpreservation

Explore "historicalpreservation" with insightful episodes like "Episode 60", "Lessons in Action, Agency, and Purpose From Buying a Ghost Town", "The Artifact Redux: The Sword of Gōu Jiàn", "The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships" and "Ep. 531 ESPN Just Pushed America off the Stupid-Cliff!" from podcasts like ""Radio Rental", "The Art of Manliness", "Stuff To Blow Your Mind", "Overheard at National Geographic" and "The Dan Bongino Show"" and more!

Episodes (6)

Episode 60

On today's tapes... >> Almost Taken << Our storyteller is forced into survival mode after an alarming encounter with an unmarked van. >> Morbid Curiosity << In a quiet suburb, one woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious, reclusive neighbors… and their house. Want more Radio Rental? For early access and ad-free listening, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ at https://tenderfoot.tv/plus/. Follow the show at @radiorental Visit the website at radiorentalusa.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

enMay 03, 2024

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Lessons in Action, Agency, and Purpose From Buying a Ghost Town

In the 19th century, Cerro Gordo, which sits above Death Valley, was the largest silver mine in America, a place where dreamers came to strike it rich. In the 21st century, Brent Underwood used his life savings to buy what had become an abandoned ghost town, and ended up finding a very different kind of wealth there.

Brent has spent four years living in Cerro Gordo and has documented the details of the mines he’s explored, the artifacts he’s found, and how he’s restoring the town on his popular YouTube channel, Ghost Town Living. Now, in a book by the same name, he takes a wider-view lens on his adventures there and shares the big lessons he’s learned from his experiences and from the original residents of Cerro Gordo. We get into some of those lessons on today’s show. We first talk about how and why Brent bought a ghost town as a way of escaping a typical 9-5 life and finding a deeper longer-term purpose. We then discuss what restoring Cerro Gordo has taught him about the necessity of getting started and taking real action, how learning the context of what you do can add greater meaning to it, the importance of understanding the long-term consequences of short-term thinking, the satisfactions that come with being a high-agency person, and more.

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enMarch 25, 2024

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The Artifact Redux: The Sword of Gōu Jiàn

In this classic episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses an ancient Chinese sword noted for its unusual sharpness and resistance to tarnish... (originally published 2/17/2021)

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships

On the bottom of the world’s oceans lie historic treasures—the lost wrecks of ships that carried enslaved people from Africa to the Americas. Only a handful have been identified so far, but National Geographic explorer and Storytelling Fellow Tara Roberts is documenting the efforts of Black scuba divers and archaeologists to find more, hoping to finally bring their stories to light. For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard Want more? Follow Tara’s journey around the world on Instagram. And here’s the photo that Tara Roberts saw at the National Museum of African American History and Culture that inspired her to learn to scuba dive. Read about the last slave ship survivor, Matilda McCrear, and what her descendants make of her legacy. Tag along on a scuba mission with DWP divers in this video produced by National Geographic. And for paid subscribers: Read a History magazine article about the Clotilda, the ship that illegally smuggled 110 West Africans into the United States on the eve of the Civil War. We have another History magazine article about 1619, when the first enslaved Africans arrived in colonial North America If you like what you hear and want to support more content like this, please consider a National Geographic subscription. Go to natgeo.com/exploremore to subscribe today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overheard at National Geographic

en-usNovember 17, 2020

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Ep. 531 ESPN Just Pushed America off the Stupid-Cliff!

In this episode: Has the Left reached peak-stupid? You'll never believe what ESPN did. http://insider.foxnews.com/amp/article/57562 Here are two important takeaways from Trump's fiery speech last night. https://apnews.com/cb3d2c1548ca4e8e92f75d706a749f91/The-Latest:-Arizona-governor-greets-president-on-tarmac Are we approaching a dangerous new era of Internet censorship? This Internet entrepreneur thinks so. https://www.wsj.com/articles/was-i-right-to-pull-the-plug-on-a-nazi-website-1503440771 SPONSOR LINKS: www.BrickhouseNutrition.com/Dan www.CRTV.com Promo Code "Bongino" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

enAugust 23, 2017

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What are urban explorers?

Urban explorers investigate abandoned structures such as hospitals, grocery stores, warehouses and underground systems. Tune into this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn more about the rules, legality and appeal of this fascinating hobby.

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Stuff You Should Know

enJanuary 13, 2009

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