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Useless Information Podcast Welcome to the official Useless Information Podcast page! It really is all true! They serve no real purpose other than to entertain.

Stories about stuff that you never needed to know, but your life would be incomplete without. If you're the curious type and have a few minutes to spare, then spend some of it listening to this ever-growing collection of stories. Great for those that are looking for a little bit of trivia in their lives. Subscribe to the feed on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/useless-information-podcast/id272824755

🎧 New Retrocast Episode Out Now! 🎧 Can a wife legally swipe cash from her husband’s wallet? One Chicago man puts a bizar...
04/12/2025

🎧 New Retrocast Episode Out Now! 🎧 Can a wife legally swipe cash from her husband’s wallet? One Chicago man puts a bizarre social experiment in motion—mailing $1 to 500 people and asking them to mail it back. Plus, a high school student discovers a brilliant workaround for his school’s long-hair ban… and much more!

🔗 Listen now: https://pod.fo/e/35eeaf

🔗https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-38-podcast-250/

🎧 In 1937, a small Indiana town was rocked by a scandal that made national headlines: a 12-year-old girl and her 13-year...
12/11/2025

🎧 In 1937, a small Indiana town was rocked by a scandal that made national headlines: a 12-year-old girl and her 13-year-old classmate became parents, igniting a legal and moral firestorm. Family loyalty, courtroom drama, and the harsh realities of the Great Depression collide in this true tale of forbidden young love.

🔗 Listen now: https://pod.fo/e/350789

🔗https://uselessinformation.org/a-forbidden-love-podcast-249/

#1937

My wife, Mary Jane, joins me to take a look back at the groundbreaking 1949 movie Lost Boundaries. This was the film ada...
01/10/2025

My wife, Mary Jane, joins me to take a look back at the groundbreaking 1949 movie Lost Boundaries. This was the film adaptation of the real-life stories of Dr. Albert and Thyra Johnston, who passed for white for nearly 20 years.

You can watch the movie Lost Boundaries on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z26VL_0EQks and the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/LostBoundaries.

Home to Keene: The Reunion of Lost Boundaries can be seen on New Hampshire PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/home-to-keene-lost-boundaries-reunion-ismos9/

🔗 Listen now: https://pod.fo/e/334a0e
🔗https://uselessinformation.org/bad-apples-6-lost-boundaries-podcast-247/

#1949

🎧 Dr. Albert Johnston and his wife had it all: a thriving practice, a stately home, and the respect of his New England t...
17/09/2025

🎧 Dr. Albert Johnston and his wife had it all: a thriving practice, a stately home, and the respect of his New England town—until a knock at the door threatened to expose everything. After the publication of their story in Reader's Digest in 1947, the entire nation would learn of their secret.

🔗 Listen now: https://pod.fo/e/32c07f
🔗https://uselessinformation.org/a-white-lie-podcast-246/

After I released the most recent Retrocast, cartoonist Leigh Rubin reached out to thank me for sharing the story of his ...
03/09/2025

After I released the most recent Retrocast, cartoonist Leigh Rubin reached out to thank me for sharing the story of his parents—the first Jewish couple to ever be married on national television in the United States. Sadly, I later learned that his wife, Teresa, had suffered brain damage and was in a coma.

In January, a GoFundMe was created to help with the significant long-term costs of her care. After hearing this news, I decided to re-release that episode to help draw attention to their fundraising efforts. If you’d like to contribute, you can do so here: https://gofund.me/60b9afcd

You can listen to that episode here: https://pod.fo/e/323c23

Thanks!

🎧 New Retrocast Episode Out Now! 🎧 Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a mi...
19/08/2025

🎧 New Retrocast Episode Out Now! 🎧 Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, a man sleeps only 2 hours per day for 33 years, and much more!

🔗 Listen to my interview with cartoonist Leigh Rubin discussing how his parents were The First Jewish Couple Married on National Television: https://uselessinformation.org/the-first-jewish-couple-married-on-national-tv/

🔗 Also, you can watch the original Bride & Groom episode where his parents were married at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8943Q48X4

🔗 Listen now: https://pod.fo/e/316fe0
🔗https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-36-podcast-245/

In the 1930s, a British man was forbidden from entering the Soviet Union to reunite with his Russian wife. As the years ...
17/06/2025

In the 1930s, a British man was forbidden from entering the Soviet Union to reunite with his Russian wife. As the years passed—nearly five in total—his desperation only grew. Eventually, he came up with a bold, some would say reckless, plan to reach her. The odds were against him, and failure would almost certainly mean death. Still, he pressed on. Could he survive the attempt? And if he did, would he ever lay eyes on the woman he loved again?

There are two videos on YouTube about this story:

Brian Grover Home at Last (1939) (British Pathé) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJVeQbmjRY

Mr. Grover and His Wife Return Home (British Movietone) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXfJgbTvOIQ

🔗 Listen now: https://pod.fo/e/2e6c03

🔗https://uselessinformation.org/to-russia-for-love-podcast-242/

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