EPISODE · Apr 14, 2011 · 28 MIN
Lyndon Johnson's Camel Driver - UI Podcast #043
from Useless Information Podcast · host Airwave Media Podcast Network
On May 20, 1961, then-US Vice President Lyndon Johnson was on a goodwill tour of Asia. While pressing the flesh in Karachi, Pakistan, Johnson had a casual conversation with a camel driver named Bashir Ahmad. The next thing you know, Bashir was on his way to the United States in the feel-good news story of 1961. Also, find out what everyday product Hyman Lipman invented, the Florida councilman frightened by a snake, the New York Aquarium's April Fool problem, and Smell-o-vision. Retrosponsor: Squibb Dental Creme. https://uselessinformation.org/lyndon-johnsons-camel-driver-podcast-43/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What this episode covers
On May 20, 1961, then-US Vice President Lyndon Johnson was on a goodwill tour of Asia. While pressing the flesh in Karachi, Pakistan, Johnson had a casual conversation with a camel driver named Bashir Ahmad. The next thing you know, Bashir was on his way to the United States in the feel-good news story of 1961. Also, find out what everyday product Hyman Lipman invented, the Florida councilman frightened by a snake, the New York Aquarium's April Fool problem, and Smell-o-vision. Retrosponsor: Squibb Dental Creme. https://uselessinformation.org/lyndon-johnsons-camel-driver-podcast-43/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NOW PLAYING
Lyndon Johnson's Camel Driver - UI Podcast #043
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.