Prologue

Bailey Leavitt comes from a family of carnies.

The Iowa State Fair awarded coveted slots to just nine new food vendors this year.

A teenage whiz kid invents a new toy for Milton Bradley.

Lilly Sullivan talks with former science reporter, Kelsey Padget, who’s on a mission to disabuse the world of its incorrect assumptions about an allegedly murderous creature: the black widow spider. (10 minutes)Kelsey Padgett will be hosting an upcoming weekly podcast about big history rivalries and gossipy petty feuds.

Lilly Sullivan tells the story of an elementary school “movie day” that went horribly wrong for many of the kids. (20 minutes)

The first act of our show was about someone who has spent decades trying to close the gap with her sister because they were apart until she was eight years old.