Debut Buddies
Nate Ragolia, Chelsea Hollander, Kelly Attaway
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First Soybean Car (1941)
In the year of Our Ford, 1941... in Dearborn, Michigan, a 78-year old Henry took an ax to the trunk of his new car. Why? SOYBEANS! We dig into the prototype soybean car that never was, and consider a…
First Graffiti (200 AD)
Graffiti goes back A LONG TIME... Is it all vandalism? Street art? Religious artifact? Historical cultural record? The answer is all of that and more! We survey graffiti from its (possibly) childish…
First Mamma Mia! Sequel (2018)
Ten years after the original Mamma Mia! a sequel appeared... and Here We Go Again! Oh, and luckily for us, we watched them within just about 1 year of each other, give or take. We're back and…
First Elected Animal (1922)
In 1915, a future leader of men, Bode Ioiô, arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil. Just seven years later, he became a legend. A political goat legend! We dive into the first elected animal and some of the…
First Time Travel (1944, 1968)
Whether it was a cheesesteak mishap or time traveling tots, on this episode we explore the two earliest "non-fictional" accounts of time travel, one by alleged witness and one by alleged participant,…
First Film Directed by Tim Robbins / Jack Black's First Film Role (1992)
The year is 1992, the film is Bob Roberts... a political mockumentary satire. The director, first-time filmmaker (and star) Tim Robbins. And it's also the first film role for a lovable gent named…
First Chainsaw Man Episode/Season (2022)
Gentle listeners, start your engines... that you have inside you... because you are a special kind of fiend who's contracted with the Chainsaw Devil. We're discussing the premiere episode of the…
First Presidential Convention Held in Arkansas (1931)
The first time a presidential convention was held in Arkansas was in 1931 and it's never happened again since. Sound like a nothing-burger? You're wrong! This is a major something-burger because…
First Gmail (1997)
It's time to dive into the history of Gmail... but it didn't start with Google at all... In fact, it started very differently... Purrfectly, some might say. On this episode we discuss the strange…
First Film Directed by Cameron Crowe (1983)
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked this podcast around some! This episode we're talking about Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, the 1983 directorial debut for Cameron Crowe, and lovely…
First Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960)
You've heard of stars in the sky... but stars in the S I D E W A L K!? What!? We explore the origins of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and dig into the subject of its first star. Also, Chelsea's back,…
First Credit Card (1950)
Imagine, you've taken your clients out to an unforgettable luncheon and... *pat* *pat* *pat*... you don't have your wallet, or any cash, or even your checkbook! How mortifying!? Whatever will you do?…
First Independent Kesha Record / First Crossover with In Defense of Kesha (2025) with Kylan Savage and Valentine Hellman
We only podcast when we're happy and we're podcasting right now! Kylan Savage and Valentine Hellman (hosts of the In Defense of Kesha podcast) guest for a special extra long ep where we experience…
First Baz Luhrmann Film (1992)
Before Romeo + Juliet... Before Moulin Rouge!... Before Elvis... One Baz Luhrmann film started it all by being his FIRST... And that film is titled Strictly Ballroom. It's a charming and delightful…
First Comedy Central Presents (1998)
Comedy Central Presents ran for 15 season, amassing 283 episodes, but it all started on December 1, 1998 when Wanda Sykes(-Hall, at the time) took the stage to talk oral sex, Bill Clinton, O.J., big…
"First," the Internet Comments Section Meme (1997)
Remember the old days of the internet when you went to a website from your bookmarks, read an article or review or essay or story, and then made your way down to the comments, where a rational and…
First James Gunn Superman Movie (2025)
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a podcast! We burst into the feed with a special episode on the First James Gunn Superman Movie, 2025's Superman! We also want to know what you've done with the dog!…
First Anime Film to Win an Oscar (2001) with Matt Mayes
Don't. Eat. Their. Food. Who doesn't love an abandoned amusement park? What's so stinky about a stink spirit? When will No Face find a friend? Can Chihiro make it back home or will she remain,…
First Baseball Walk-Up Song (1970, 1992)
For generations, the only sounds at a Major League ballpark were the crowd, the crack of the bat, or the slap of a ball smacking a glove. Then in 1941, we got organs, and an historical journey began.…
First Roddy Piper Lead Movie Role (1988)
It began with a disagreement, and it led to the near total decimation of life on Earth. Those who survived hoped to rebuild society, but they faced foes in the forms of sterility and mutant…
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