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Two sisters explore the unexpected and overlooked throughout history, science, people, places and more. New episodes every Tuesday.

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    • Feb 1, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 74 EPISODES


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    Gruntled 74: Antarctica

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 33:20


    The discovery and exploration of the southern continent.

    Gruntled 73: Gander

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 38:19


    The story of a small town in Canada during 9/11/01. 

    Gruntled 72: Yasuke

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 22:55


    The African Samurai.

    Gruntled 71: Olympic Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 30:00


    Three unexpected former Olympic events.

    Gruntled 70: Math in Wonderland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 33:53


    Is there deeper mathematical reasoning in Wonderland?

    Gruntled 69: Giant Tortoise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 15:13


    Why it took 300 years to get their scientific name.

    Gruntled 68: The Kim Sisters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 22:22


    The first Korean Pop Band in America.

    Gruntled 67: Maria Tallchief

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 16:09


    The Great American Prima Ballerina.

    Gruntled 66: Wassily Kandinsky

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 25:58


    A pioneer of abstract art and visual music.

    Gruntled 65: Chandro and Prakashi Tomar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 17:38


    India's oldest sharp shooting women.

    Gruntled 64: Private Stubby

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 27:39


    The canine hero of World War One.

    Gruntled 63: The Purity of the Turf

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 30:45


    The history of lawns in America.

    Gruntled 62: Marni Nixon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 32:38


    The Ghost Singer of Hollywood.

    Gruntled 61: Pink and Blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 24:41


    Were these colors always associated with gender?

    Gruntled 60: Kate Warne

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 30:22


    America's first female detective.

    Gruntled 59: Antimatter in Antarctica

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 22:25


    What happens when an antineutrino hits an electron?

    Gruntled 58: Mayan Astronomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 33:15


    Ancient astronomy of Mexico and Central America.

    Gruntled 57: Queen Nanni (Nanny)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 27:49


    The Windward Maroon Leader of free Jamaicans.

    Gruntled 56: The Strange Death of President Harding Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 37:07


    If Gaston Means should talk!

    Gruntled 55: The Strange Death of President Harding Part l

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 25:58


    The scandals that rocked the early 1920s.

    Gruntled 54: Hello

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 28:08


    The unaired pilot episode about the history of our most basic greeting.

    Gruntled 53: The Blackest Black

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 27:31


    The controversy and search for the world's darkest material.

    Gruntled 52: First and Second Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 28:01


    Sleeping patterns throughout the ages.

    Gruntled 51: Drop of Nelson's Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 28:37


    Some history behind a sea shanty's lyrics.

    Gruntled 50: Gaelynn Lea

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 17:01


    Differences give the gifts of innovation, growth, and diversity.

    Gruntled 49:The Berg Ship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 18:34


    Geoffrey Pyke's plan to take on Nazi U-Boats.

    Gruntled 48: Bing Crosby and the Microphone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 36:06


    How recording sound changed the world.

    Gruntled 47: Wassail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 18:56


    A British tradition of drinking, singing, and tree blessing.

    Gruntled 46: Cinderella

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 25:47


    An opinion episode about what the fairy tale is trying to teach us.

    Gruntled 45: Auld Lang Syne

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 18:13


    The history of the song we all mumble along to on New Year's Eve.

    Gruntled 44: The Christmas Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 14:16


    Although it's been said, many times, many ways, Merry Christmas from Gruntled.

    Gruntled 43: Mistletoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 20:45


    The stories behind the kissing at Christmas time tradition.

    Gruntled 42: Togo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 32:39


    The unsung hero of the 1925 serum run to save Nome, Alaska.

    Gruntled 41: The Amazing Randi

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 20:47


    Magician and investigator into claims of the paranormal.

    Gruntled 40: Samoset

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 26:23


    The pilgrim's first encounter with the Abenaki and Wampanoag. 

    Gruntled 39: Arrow Stork

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 25:35


    Where have all the birds gone?

    Gruntled 38: Ida B. Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 35:51


    Teacher, Journalist, Feminist, and Civil Rights Advocate.

    Gruntled 37: Hiroo Onoda

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 32:45


    The incredible story of a WWII Japanese soldier.

    Gruntled 36: History of the 20 sided dice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 20:08


    It's older than you think.

    Gruntled 35: An Adventure

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 38:57


    A ghost story. Did two Edwardian women travel in time?

    Gruntled 34: Present Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 22:06


    When is the present? Radiocarbon dating and our planet.

    Gruntled 33: Lady A

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 29:17


    What's in a name? Trademark and controversies.

    Gruntled 32: Woodrow Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 25:31


    The complex legacy of the 28th President of the United States.

    Gruntled 31: Greek Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 25:12


    A mysterious weapon of the ancient world.

    Gruntled 30: Shenandoah

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 31:12


    This history behind an American folk song.

    Gruntled 29: Student Protests

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 46:03


    An exploration into student protests at Northern Michigan University in the 1960's. 

    Gruntled 28: Sir Henry Gray

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 26:36


    A WWI leader in aseptic surgery. 

    Gruntled 27: Nellie Bly Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 43:33


    Around the world in 72 days. 

    Gruntled 26: Nellie Bly Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 39:50


    Ten days in a Madhouse.

    Gruntled 25: Joe Medicine Crow

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 33:30


    The last war chief of the Great Plains. 

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    Gruntled 24: And Peggy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 21:13


    What we know of the life of Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer.

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