Since the World's been Turning
This podcast series is a journey through history, one guided by the lyrics of Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire". Join us for an educational and fun exploration of the events, people, and inventions that helped to shape the modern world during the Cold War. These roughly half-hour episodes place a microscope on each of Billy Joel’s lyrics, discovering the rich detail that helps breathe life into the past. Narrated by Robin Harrison, each episode also features interviews with guest speakers, including experts in the field and friends and family of the people being discussed. Together, we’ll learn why Billy Joel wrote the lyrics he did and hopefully come to understand what he meant when he sang “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning, since the world’s been turning.”
Since the World's been Turning
Episode 71 - Edsel is a no-go
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Episode 72
In this episode we’re looking at debatably the most notorious product failure in American history.
A flop that puts Crystal Pepsi and Google Glass to shame, the Ford Edsel has become synonymous with failure. A new line of cars designed by Ford to try and compete in the upper-middle budget range, the Edsel suffered from poor planning, poor marketing, and even poorer design. Only collected nowadays by car collectors as a joke, or a historical artifact, the story of the Edsel begs the following questions. How does a company as big as Ford, mess up this badly? Who was responsible? And what impact has the Edsel left on the American Motor Industry today?