95: Billy Possum and The Thing

This week we deep dive into how a political cartoon of William Howard Taft inspired Billy Possum who once tried to take control of the plush market from the Teddy Bear and how a listening device within a seemingly innocent gift from the Soviets during the Yalta Conference inspired the modern day RFID. A listener email shows us a TV portal to the past. 500 Open Tabs Wiki https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki Episode Tabs: Politics and Possum Feasts: Presidents Who Ate Opossums https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2019/09/politics-and-possum-feasts-presidents-who-ate-opossums/ Leon Theremin Changed Spying FOREVER with this 1940s invention! https://youtu.be/GyryQltyDwA?si=5xtxJGadvhtLxyH3 Listener Tabs: My Retro TVs https://80s.myretrotvs.com Email your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.