10 Minute Treadmill Stories

Meet Harry Burleigh! A multi-talented singer, composer, and performer who not only helped break racial barriers in the early 1900s but helped create a new musical scale and became the first person to compose :American: classical music. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the story of Katherine Switzer, the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon, but if you haven't seen the famous pictures, what she had to escape while on the course is what cemented her in the history books. Have a story we should hear> Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmaill.com

Dino-fans, unite! Check out what archaeologists found in China- an Oviraptorosaur like they had never seen before... Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Over 10,000 women worked secretly in Washington, DC, breaking codes and helping win WWII. Sworn to secrecy and threatened with execution is they ever shared what they were working on, their stories, although almost eighty years old, are only now coming to light. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Josephine Baker was a nazi-spying, anti-racist world-famous burlesque dancer who wore a banana skirt. Hard to fit it all in ten minutes! Have a story you think we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the story of Christine Jorgensen, a trailblazing writer, activist, and performer who, in the 1950s, became the first trans person in the world to enter the public eye. Have a story you think we should hear? Email us at StaceyandJonah@gmail.com

If you missed hearing about how someone in Stacey's life was brought back to life by something trying to kill him, jump in! It's the story of Nate and the wild boar. Have a story you think we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Cataract removal, isolating blood-forming stem cells, THE MURPHY BED?! And even one more. In honor of women's history month, check out the story of these four women inventors you may have never heard of.

How did YouTube take over the world in a few short years? Take ten minutes to find out! Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Mohawk men from a small reservation in Canada were responsible to building almost every iconic building and bridge in New York City including the Empire State building, the World Trade Center, and the Chrysler building. How did such a small group of men make such an enormous impact? That's what the next ten minutes are all about! Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Gerda Lerner was a scholar, writer, activist, and a founder of the academic field of women's history.

Ada Lovelace, born in 1815, was the first person to recognize the potential of a computer, and as the author of the first computer algorithm, is widely considered to be the first computer programmer ever. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Through her investigative journalism covering southern lynchings, Ida B Wells not only set the groundwork for the way news is reported today, she was also a founding member of the NAACP as well as a pioneer in the civil rights movement. She also scared racists so bad they destroyed her newspaper. Did that stop her? Listen to find out! (OK of course it didn't but there's still more to hear!) Have a story for us? Email StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Operation Acoustic Kitty! This is the story of how the CIA attempted to use cats as spies. How? It is absolutely bonkers and you have to listen. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Julie D’Aubigny, as the title says, is the cross-dressing, opera-singing, sword dueling, bisexual globetrotter of the 1600s. What, you needed more info? Email us as always at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Meet Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned endangered species in the United States! How'd it happen? Why Elizabeth? What kind of animal IS she? Listen on... Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the story of Charles Jackson French who, in WWII, saved an entire life raft full of his crew-mates by towing them with his own body through shark-infested waters, past enemy soldiers, and finally to safety. Have a story we should hear> Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is how one GIANT ship and some classical music saved the lives of over 2,000 Beluga whales trapped in the Arctic Ocean. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Erik the Red was named after the color of his beard, but it may as well have been after the murders this famous viking committed before discovering Greenland. Which led his son to be the first European to discover North America, nearly 500 years before Columbus. This is the 10 minute story of Erik the Red! have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Finally archaeologists found something other than a mummy! Recently in Egypt, the oldest brewery on the planet was unearthed. Again. Who built it? Was it for party time or sacrificial offering time? How was it discovered twice? Let's learn. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Chinese New Year was last Friday, so we hopped on Facebook live, grabbed some drinks, and Stacey gave us a history lesson! Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Darcy Gaechter is the first and only woman to kayak the entire Amazon river from source to sea. The entire journey was 4,300 miles long and took half a year, and that's not even mentioning the threats of pirates, drug traffickers, falling boulders, and the raw power of the Amazon river itself. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

We've all heard that pigs are smart, but what LuLu the potbellied pig did to save her owner after she was incapacitated by a heart attack goes beyond anything you would imagine would be a barnyard animal's capabilities. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Do you have a former Valentine that makes you wonder if Cupid was drunk? Then these gifts are for you! Stacey shares the myriad ways for you to exact some revenge on your ex this year. From naming a snake after them to gifting them cockroaches, the possibilities are endless. (Want to ACTUALLY buy those cockroaches? Here's the link: https://amzn.to/3pnGxJv) Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the true story of Operation Breakthrough, an international rescue effort to save 3 stranded gray whales in northern Alaska. It took chainsaws, ice breaker ships, and even a 5-ton helicopter hammer, and was later made into a movie starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days, with no memory of the time lost. What happened to her during her absence? Was is ALIENS? Let's discuss the facts and also some alternative facts. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Humans are not the only species with same sex coupling, and for this Friday live edition Stacey shares two heartwarming stories of male penguin couples who seemed to want nothing more than to start families of their own. Spoiler alert: they did. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmailcom

Today we meet Cher Ami, the carrier pigeon who saved over 190 lives during the final offensive in WWI. Her heroic efforts to deliver a life-saving message after already being shot out of the sky earned her the Croix de Guerre from the French government. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Not only was John Morton Finney the longest practicing lawyer in American history, he also found the time to serve in the Army and earn eleven advanced degrees. This is his story. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the true story of Balto the dog and the 1925 Serum Run that ultimately save the lives of 10,000 people in a remote Alaskan town when an epidemic struck. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

From sold out stadium tours with Queen to assembling the first stereo image of Pluto, Brian May has quite literally done it all. Stacey tells us all about the rock star with a doctorate who is still making waves to this day. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Stubby was a stray dog who happened to wander onto the Georgetown University campus in 1917. No one suspected he would go on to save the lives of countless soldiers and even rise to the rank of sergeant on the battlefields of Europe in WWI. Yes, this is a true story. Have a story we should know about? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

The US Lottery's Mega Millions jackpot is currently over $900 million ($750 million at the time of recording). Simultaneously, the White House (yes, THE White House) is listed on Zillow for $400 million. Does that mean you could win and buy it? Well, no, but what WOULD you get with that $400 million price tag? Stacey investigates. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Staring death in the face while insulting the king. Saving royalty from assassinations. Inventing "I'm With Stupid". Here are the stories of four of the most famous medieval court jesters in history. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator, was also a great wrestler. And before he was president, he was asked to save the townspeople from a violent gang by wrestling their leader for control of the village. Here's what happened. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

How do words come into existence? And not the obvious ones taken from latin or other such well-documented journeys. What about new words? This is the story of a word that's not even two hundred years old, but became commonplace in the English language within WEEKS of it first being uttered. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Terry Grosz is a retired conservation officer and fish and game warden who always went the extra mile to catch poachers, including getting in a river in the pitch dark, swimming a mile upstream, and pretending to be a salmon to catch illegal fishermen. Have a story we should hear? Share is at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

During a mining operation, workers in Canada found what was described as the most perfectly preserved dinosaur in history. Stacey shares not only what it took to excavate the amazing creature but the fantastic and unique conditions that led to this Nodosaur being called "the Most Lisa of dinosaur fossils". Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com See the Nodosaur here: https://bit.ly/38zdXja

Sonora Webster was the nation's favorite horse diver in the 1920s and 30s. Yes, you read that right. People used to jump horses off of a high dive. A diving accident left Webster blind, but she continued her career for over a decade. Here's her story. Contact: StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

When twins Jim and Jim reunited after being separated at birth, they learned a startlingly high number of similarities from their lives spent apart. Same dog's name? Check. Same wife's name? Both their first AND second wives. And it doesn't stop there. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Stripping your king naked and trying to make him cry? Drinking so much beer that you can't stand? Inventing fireworks to scare gods? Let's dive in to some ancient New Year's traditions on the first week of 2021! Have a story you think we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

The history of the Gregorian calendar, Times Square ball, Haitian revolution, and more. Plus, did you know what the very first day of the very first week was on year 1? Happy New Year!

In the late 1960s, the Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California. In addition to killing five people and injuring others, he also sent coded ciphers to newspapers in the area that seemed to stump the entire world, but after 51 years, the Zodiac 340 cipher has finally been solved. Stacey shares what it says. Have a story you think we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Harriet Tubman is most famously known for her heroic rescue missions helping southern slaves escape to freedom along the Underground Railroad, but that's only one amazing fact about a woman who spent most her life helping others. Have a story you think we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

We all know the biggest reason December 25th is famous, but what else happened on this day in history? From miracles like the WWI Christmas Truce to George Washington Crossing the Delaware to the first abdominal tumor being removed in the United States, join us for a 10 minute trip down history's memory lane. And Merry Christmas!

In 2018, twelve young soccer players and their coach were stranded miles inside a cave in Thailand when a flash flood cut off their exit. Here's the story of their now world-famous rescue. Have a story we should share? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

By Beck Weather's count, he was left for dead not once, not twice, but three times on Mt. Everest during on of the worst blizzards anyone had seen. His miraculous survival story became the bestselling book Into Thin Air, and inspired multiple movies including Everest, starring Josh Brolin. Star a story we should hear at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

Meet Annie Edson Taylor, the first woman to successfully go over Niagara Falls in a barrel... on purpose. Her active life included telling off stagecoach robbers, opening schools, and becoming a clairvoyant, amongst other accomplishments (like oh yeah, going over Niagara Falls in a barrel!). Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the story of resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud's nine-week long escape from the Nazis through avalanches, blizzards, and ice-cold waters in Norway in WWII.

When you decide to take your family to live on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean, do you practice, teach everyone survival tactics, or plan at all? Not if you're the Robertson family! Surprisingly everything went well until a pod of killer whales sank their ship 200 miles off the coast of the Galapagos, leaving them adrift in the open ocean... Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com

This is the story behind the bestselling book, Into the Void, by Joe Simpson. When his climbing partner needed to cut his rope to save at least one life, he thought he sent his partner to his death. He was wrong. This is their amazing story of survival. Have a story we should hear? Email us at StaceyAndJonah@gmail.com