Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 521418382 series 3299616
Content provided by The Jocular Pugilists. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by The Jocular Pugilists or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Step into a time machine of trends! In this episode, we journey from the 17th century to today, exploring the wildest fads that captured people’s imaginations. From powdered wigs and hoop skirts to tulip mania, fidget spinners, and Crocs, we dive into each era’s unforgettable crazes. So join us for a lighthearted romp through history’s most offbeat trends—no time travel required, just a good sense of humor!

Let us know what you think.

Email Phil or Tomas at:

[email protected]
And check out our website at: thejocularpugilists.com

  continue reading

Chapters

1. From Powdered Wigs to Fidget Spinners: Four Centuries of Fads (00:00:00)

2. A Thanksgiving message from the Pugilist! (00:00:03)

3. Phil and Tomas debate with a fad is (00:00:54)

4. Historical fans from powdered wigs to tulips (00:08:20)

5. The fads of our childhood from Tupperware to Dr. Atkins (00:18:12)

6. Tomas no idea what a flash mob is, the fads of the 90s and 2000s (00:28:03)

7. Fads you can hold in your hands (00:34:55)

8. Thomas quizzes Phil on 1970's trucker CB radio lingo (00:38:22)

9. Phil has a realization about fads (00:41:13)

211 episodes