Speaker 1: Maybe are you excited about today's episode? You know, Elliott,
Speaker 1: if my goggles tennis racket, powdered wig and space suit,
Speaker 1: don't say I'm excited. I don't know what does oh?
Speaker 1: I get it? You're dressed up like one of our
Speaker 1: famous figures from today. It's uh that famous person is
Speaker 1: kay space suit powdered wig. Yeah, okay, it's a tennis racket.
Speaker 1: You know what? Why don't you just tell me? I
Speaker 1: don't want to speak for you be rude of me? No, no,
Speaker 1: go ahead, you were doing great. No, I insist after you.
Speaker 1: I forgot to prepare an episode for today, me too. Okay,
Speaker 1: that is a relief. I guess it all boils down
Speaker 1: to some confusion about who's in charge of this week's game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we got mixed up, you know. I guess that's what
Speaker 1: comes from having an elephant as an assistant. It's all right, Geraldine,
Speaker 1: We're not mad much. But what are we going to
Speaker 1: do for today's episode? That's a great idea, j Alden.
Speaker 1: We'll do a best of true and false super cut
Speaker 1: episode so we can get the maximum amount of facts
Speaker 1: in a minimum amount of time. Love it. That's why
Speaker 1: we have an elephant for an assistant. And this also
Speaker 1: means that Be you can go ahead and change out
Speaker 1: of that space suit. Oh okay, Beat, you were in
Speaker 1: a full suit of armor underneath that space suit. I
Speaker 1: wanted to be prepared for anything. Oh boy, Eric, please
Speaker 1: play the theme song. What do you think you know
Speaker 1: about the rates? The game is on? To get some
Speaker 1: energy and buckle up your brain, because it's time to
Speaker 1: play thet podcast, Because it's time to play books who
Speaker 1: live from tongue Bland or so called so Cowed Los Angeles?
Speaker 1: It's who was? The history quiz show that for today
Speaker 1: only has one question true or false. I'm your announcer,
Speaker 1: b and Be leave it or not. We forgot to
Speaker 1: prepare show for today. Here to take full responsibility the
Speaker 1: man who keeps chew a bile aspirin in his penny loafers,
Speaker 1: it's Elliott Kalen. Thank you Be, and you're right. I
Speaker 1: will take full responsibility for your mix up with this episode.
Speaker 1: My goodness, it feels strange to do this without our audience.
Speaker 1: You know, I can't tell the difference. As my ex
Speaker 1: roommate once said, Be you are always on and it's
Speaker 1: driving me up the wall. Oh that reminds me, I
Speaker 1: gotta get him his deposit back, and that reminds me
Speaker 1: to let our listening audience know that today's episode is
Speaker 1: a collection of one of our favorite games, true or
Speaker 1: false true, false, a false? It was a true? It
Speaker 1: is a truth that it is false? It was true
Speaker 1: or true? True? Horror false? Boy do I love that
Speaker 1: theme song. The rules for true or false are simple,
Speaker 1: B or a special guest will the statement about a
Speaker 1: famous figure. Our contestants will then let us know if
Speaker 1: that statement is true or false false. You guessed it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Up First is a segment from our episode about the
Speaker 1: candy maker Milton Hershey with our two seriously sweet contestants,
Speaker 1: Tobb and Page Eric. Roll that game right, and let's
Speaker 1: find it out more in the next game. True or
Speaker 1: false true false, false, false, it is the true? Is
Speaker 1: the truth that it is false? False? It was true?
Speaker 1: Or true? True or false? I love that song. That's
Speaker 1: an amazing song. Okay, don't though about the song, although
Speaker 1: it is amazing. B. You're gonna read a series of
Speaker 1: statements to our fine contestants, and contestants you're going to
Speaker 1: take turns telling us whether they are true or false.
Speaker 1: Will tell you whose turn it is, and then you'll
Speaker 1: tell us if it's true or false. So take it away,
Speaker 1: be all right. The first question is for Tom Tom.
Speaker 1: True or false. Milton started out as a care amel maker,
Speaker 1: but he had to shift his focus to chocolate because
Speaker 1: he couldn't handle the fights that broke out between the
Speaker 1: people who called it caramel versus garamel. Is this true
Speaker 1: or false? I'd say that it's half true because Milton
Speaker 1: was a caramel maker, but France is not why he stopped.
Speaker 1: You've got We tried to trick you, and you've got us.
Speaker 1: You've got us amazingly. Yes it is. We're gonna say false,
Speaker 1: but it's half true half false. He started out making caramels,
Speaker 1: but he moved on to chocolate because at the time
Speaker 1: chocolate was an expensive treat only wealthy people could have,
Speaker 1: and he wanted to bring it to everybody. So we've
Speaker 1: got a question now for page page True or false.
Speaker 1: The town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, was first constructed with early
Speaker 1: versions of chocolate bars Milton created in the basement that
Speaker 1: were rock hard, waterproof and filled with horse radish. True
Speaker 1: or false. Yes, you're right, it was false. Hershey, Pennsylvania
Speaker 1: it's a real town at Milton hershe founded it. It's
Speaker 1: not made out of chocolate. He created the town so
Speaker 1: the employees at his factory would have a nice place
Speaker 1: to live. And you could say it was made out
Speaker 1: of the respect he had for his community. But luckily
Speaker 1: not chocolate, because it would have melted in the summer. Welking. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you don't want to live in a house that's melting. No,
Speaker 1: not again. You do that once. It's enough. I remember
Speaker 1: when you invited me over your peanut butter house. That
Speaker 1: was a mistake. Yeah, okay, be next question. Alright, this
Speaker 1: one is for Tom True or false Hershey single handedly
Speaker 1: won both world wars. That is false. It is false.
Speaker 1: Though Milton Hershey did send chocolate bars to the soldiers
Speaker 1: and care packages to give him a reminder of home.
Speaker 1: He did not single handedly step in and make the
Speaker 1: world safe for democracy. Oh that's sweet. Uh, what a
Speaker 1: delicious memory. What episode are we listening to next? Be
Speaker 1: up next? We're listening back to our true or false
Speaker 1: segment all about the artist Freda Callo with our surreally
Speaker 1: great contestants Louisa and Watson. Oh this one is priceless.
Speaker 1: Let's hear it. In fact, let's get to know a
Speaker 1: little bit more about Frida with our first game. That's right,
Speaker 1: it's true and or false? True? False? Just a false?
Speaker 1: A false? That was the true? Is the truth is false?
Speaker 1: Is it false that it was true? Or true? True? Poor? False?
Speaker 1: Thank you, Eric. I'm a big fan of a true
Speaker 1: or false song. It's a great song for this game. Okay,
Speaker 1: here are the rules. Our friend b you've met her.
Speaker 1: We'll read a statement you well, then let us know
Speaker 1: if that statement is true or false. Take it away.
Speaker 1: Be thank you, all right, Louisa, This first question is
Speaker 1: for you. True or false. The pop singer Pink named
Speaker 1: herself Pink after she was inspired by a visit to
Speaker 1: Freda Carllo's childhood home, which was painted a flamingo shade
Speaker 1: of pink. Is that statement true or false? False? That's right,
Speaker 1: it is false. Frieda Callo's home in the koyak In
Speaker 1: the neighborhood of Mexico City, which she lived most of
Speaker 1: her life, and was painted blue, not pink. It was
Speaker 1: called Lacasa Azul, which means the blue House. Not that imaginative.
Speaker 1: I would have named the house free a go. Next question,
Speaker 1: be okay, Watkins, This question is for you true or false?
Speaker 1: Before Frieda could speak, she indicated that she wanted to
Speaker 1: be an artist by using a paint brush as a pacifier. False.
Speaker 1: That's right, it was false. Freed didn't want to be
Speaker 1: an artist when she was a kid. Freda wanted to
Speaker 1: be a doctor when she was younger. Disclaimer, this is
Speaker 1: just for all the parents out there. Do not give
Speaker 1: babies paint brushions. The last time that happened, we ended
Speaker 1: up with the Impressionists, so be careful. It's a modern artist,
Speaker 1: belie anyway. Next question, be all right, Louisa, this one's
Speaker 1: for you. True or false. Frieda Callo is best known
Speaker 1: for herself portraits. Is that true or false? Lisa? That's true. True.
Speaker 1: You're right, she didn't invent the self portrait, but Freed
Speaker 1: to Carlo took it to the next level. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: like to think that Frieda had the original selfie stick,
Speaker 1: which was her paint brush. Very well said her portraits
Speaker 1: like wounded deer roots or self portrait with thorn necklace
Speaker 1: on hummingbird are masterpieces. And that painting we mentioned earlier,
Speaker 1: estimated at thirty million dollars, diego Eo is also a
Speaker 1: self portrait we'd show you what they look like, but
Speaker 1: this is a podcast. We cannot show you things. There's
Speaker 1: nothing to look at. Do yourself a favor. Google some
Speaker 1: of those paintings. They're beautiful. Oh yeah, true true, true true.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, that episode was a tray, b B. I
Speaker 1: think you're confused. Fred to Carlo was Mexican and spoke Spanish,
Speaker 1: not French and spoke French. Am I confused? Or was
Speaker 1: I just preparing the listeners at home for the next segment,
Speaker 1: which is all about French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, featuring
Speaker 1: our contestants My low in August. You may be confused,
Speaker 1: but you're also very smooth. Let's hear that next game
Speaker 1: of tf A s A p oh. Geraldine says it
Speaker 1: will have to wait because we need to take a break.
Speaker 1: But don't go anywhere because we'll be right back with
Speaker 1: more true or False super cut on the Who Was Podcast.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Who Was Podcast special True or
Speaker 1: False super Cut addition. Now let's get right back into
Speaker 1: it with our true and False game all about Jacques Cousteau,
Speaker 1: featuring our contestants Milo and August. First question is for Milo,
Speaker 1: take it away by Jacques would one day win Academy Awards,
Speaker 1: but his first film was recording his cousin's wedding? Is
Speaker 1: this true or false? That is true? You're right, that
Speaker 1: is true. Jacque had an early love of filmmaking, and
Speaker 1: his first movie was actually his cousin's wedding. Jacquin on
Speaker 1: to have a great film career. Word if his cousin's
Speaker 1: marriage was as long or as illustrious, we can only hope.
Speaker 1: Next question is for you, Augustus. When it came to transportation,
Speaker 1: Jacques was a triple threat. He could get around just
Speaker 1: as well flying a plane, driving a fast car, or
Speaker 1: captaining a boat. True or false? True, You're right, that's true.
Speaker 1: Jacques thought he might be from a pilot when he
Speaker 1: was younger, An injury prevented him from going pro. A
Speaker 1: swimming regime was prescribed to help him recover, which led
Speaker 1: to his amazing career in the exact opposite of the sky,
Speaker 1: the ocean. Next question is for Milo, be taken away
Speaker 1: the Jacques named his diving apparatus to scuba because he
Speaker 1: developed it while diving off the coast of Cuba. So
Speaker 1: when people ask which country was responsible for his new suit,
Speaker 1: he'd answer a school to think that might be false
Speaker 1: as amazing as it would have been. You're right, it
Speaker 1: is false. That's true. That's correct. SCUBA actually stands for
Speaker 1: self contained underwater eathing Apparatus, which means I guess that
Speaker 1: the country Cuba's name stands for contained underwater breathing apparatus.
Speaker 1: That's just how I understand it. Yeah, we'll have to
Speaker 1: fact check that. Yeah. Next question is for Augustus, True
Speaker 1: or false. Jacques had a hit documentary TV series called
Speaker 1: The Weird and Wacky Jackie that showed him playing pranks
Speaker 1: on fish, squid, and sea turtles. That's right, it was false.
Speaker 1: He had a TV show called The Undersea World of
Speaker 1: Jacques Pusteau that showed life underwater and helped people to
Speaker 1: understand why it was important to protect our oceans and seas.
Speaker 1: He did not prank fish, although The Weird and Wacky
Speaker 1: Jackie definitely sounds like priss DGDV to me, I would
Speaker 1: watch it. How do you even prank the fish? True? True? Magnifique,
Speaker 1: Remember when Jacques Gusti visited us on that app via
Speaker 1: the Who Was app? Oh? That was super fun? And
Speaker 1: we have another guest Galileo, who joined us via the
Speaker 1: who was app But for his episode, he stuck around
Speaker 1: and quizzed our contest tense for true refalse you're right?
Speaker 1: And then he stuck around even longer after the show
Speaker 1: and ate all the snacks and who was kitchen? But
Speaker 1: you'll get to hear Galileo's snack filled voice ask the
Speaker 1: questions to our contestants, Taz and Elliott in this next segment.
Speaker 1: Let's hear it. Galileo is going to ask our contestants
Speaker 1: a question and they're gonna let us know if it's
Speaker 1: true or false. This first one is for Elliott. Take
Speaker 1: it away, Gali, True or false. The time period in
Speaker 1: which I was born in Italy, it was referred to
Speaker 1: as the Crusades for people who are on a crusade
Speaker 1: or a mission to make new developments in art and science. False.
Speaker 1: That's right, it's false. He was born during the Renaissance
Speaker 1: or rebirth because discovery was in the air. Other famous
Speaker 1: figures from this time include Michael Angelo and Shakespeare. The
Speaker 1: next question is fortas Galileo. Take it away. Well. When
Speaker 1: I was enrolled at the University of Pizza, Nicknack him
Speaker 1: was the puppy because I was such a teacher's man.
Speaker 1: False correct, false Again. G D's nickname was the Wrangler
Speaker 1: because he would quarrel with professors and question everything in
Speaker 1: lengthy debate before he eventually got expelled from school. Also,
Speaker 1: I've got to assume he's wearing jeans, hence the name.
Speaker 1: Next question goes to Elliott. People call me the father
Speaker 1: of modern signs because I rigorously tested out my theories
Speaker 1: before presenting them in the system I developed called the
Speaker 1: scientific method that is still used today. True. That's right,
Speaker 1: it's true. Before Galileo, scientists basically just made a lot
Speaker 1: of claims about the world without actually testing them out.
Speaker 1: Galileo basically made a career of saying um actually to Aristotle,
Speaker 1: who had many untested theories, like when Aristotle said that
Speaker 1: eels generated from mud. We know that's not true, right
Speaker 1: or is it not true? That sounds now that I
Speaker 1: think it might be true, I'm very frightened about rainy days. Okay.
Speaker 1: The next question is for taz okay Dat's listen closely.
Speaker 1: After I discovered the hor moons of Jupiter, I originally
Speaker 1: named them but blossom bubbles and false. That is also false. Correct.
Speaker 1: I actually named them after the members of the media
Speaker 1: shape family in the hopes that the medicis would be
Speaker 1: his sponsor so that he could go on to do
Speaker 1: more research, which is exactly what happened. It worked out great,
Speaker 1: and eventually it didn't work out so great, but for
Speaker 1: a while it worked out great. And thus concludes true
Speaker 1: or false. True true. That was wonderful. I do love
Speaker 1: it when our famous folks can stay on and quiz
Speaker 1: our contestants. Yeah, but for this next segment, it's probably
Speaker 1: best that they didn't. I mean, if our contestants Desmond
Speaker 1: or Nola got a question about Genghis Khan wrong, the
Speaker 1: outcome may not have been so nice. That is true.
Speaker 1: It is how many points did I get? No, b
Speaker 1: it's just a turn of phrase. You're not playing the game. False.
Speaker 1: I a playing the game and I get two thousand points.
Speaker 1: Now let's do the next segment before Elliott has a
Speaker 1: chance to roll his eyes and disagree. I think now
Speaker 1: it's time to move on to our first game. It's
Speaker 1: called true or false? True or false? Is it false?
Speaker 1: Or is a true? Is the truth that it has? False?
Speaker 1: Or is it false that it was? True? Or true?
Speaker 1: True or false? Thank you, Eric, In this game, the
Speaker 1: will read a series of statements. You will tell us
Speaker 1: if the statement is true or false false. As you
Speaker 1: heard in the song, this is our first game, so
Speaker 1: each question is worth one point. Desmond, you are up first.
Speaker 1: When Timogen, the young man who would someday grow up
Speaker 1: to be Genghis Khan, wanted to build a good relationship
Speaker 1: with todg Roll, leader of the powerful carry A tribe,
Speaker 1: Genghis actually re gifted a wedding present. Is this true
Speaker 1: or false? This is true? That's right, it's true. Timogen
Speaker 1: gave Todd Roll his black sable coach given to him
Speaker 1: by his father in law as a adding present. Now,
Speaker 1: Timojin spent his youth poraging for food and making clothes
Speaker 1: out of mouse and dog skins, So giving togg Roll
Speaker 1: this very nice coat made a huge impression and they
Speaker 1: became official allies. And that's why I always give personally
Speaker 1: engraved blenders as wedding gifts. No re gifting unless they
Speaker 1: find somebody with the same exact name. That's the loophole. Okay,
Speaker 1: The next question is for Nola. It was the straw
Speaker 1: that broke the camel's back. Genghis Khan had a falling
Speaker 1: out with his best friend Jamuka over Genghis being made
Speaker 1: to camp with sheep and goats instead of camels and horses.
Speaker 1: The two went from being besties to being arch rivals.
Speaker 1: Is this true or false? True? You're right, that's also true.
Speaker 1: After this incident, Jamuka and Genghis spent the rest of
Speaker 1: their lives battling each other. Ironically, you'd think the sheep
Speaker 1: would be the best animals to camp out next to.
Speaker 1: Just count them and get a great night of sleep.
Speaker 1: Genghis Tria this time, Desmond, This next question is for you.
Speaker 1: After Temojin was named, Genghis Khan rual are of all
Speaker 1: the Mongol people's the Golden Khan, the ruler of China,
Speaker 1: proposed that the two Khans enter into a peaceful contract
Speaker 1: because teaming up meant they could keep those pesky vikings
Speaker 1: at bay. Is this true or false? That is false?
Speaker 1: You're right, it's very false. The Golden Khan demanded Genghis
Speaker 1: Khan pledge subservience to him. Genghis Khan said, nuts to that.
Speaker 1: He said that the Mongola which took this meaning was
Speaker 1: the same, and he took a sixty five thousand Mongol
Speaker 1: army with him to conquer China, and he did. He won.
Speaker 1: Now that's what I call hashtag mongols Nola. This next
Speaker 1: question is for you. Genghis pioneered many new fighting techniques
Speaker 1: in his battle against the powerful Mohammad Too, Sultan of
Speaker 1: the charsi Um Empire. He pioneered the Genghis goat, which
Speaker 1: is a lot like the Trojan horse, only it's a goat.
Speaker 1: Is this true or false? False? You're right, that's also
Speaker 1: very false. He pioneered the lake formation, for this rose
Speaker 1: of archers works together like waves on a lake, firing
Speaker 1: one volti of arrows after another. Genghis Khan's innovative fighting
Speaker 1: strategies were all named after things in nature, like the
Speaker 1: tumbleweed formation and the lightning advance. My pervert strategy is
Speaker 1: the adorable chinchilla formation. Oh, what's the adorable chinchilla formation?
Speaker 1: You give your enemy an adorable chinchilla and then they're
Speaker 1: all like, oh, he's so adorable, he's so soft that
Speaker 1: I love them. And then and then you started chinchilla
Speaker 1: club and become friends and and that's the end of fighting.
Speaker 1: And it's also the end of the game, true, true,
Speaker 1: horribul Well, that's our show for today. I hope our
Speaker 1: listeners felt like they got a lightning round of knowledge
Speaker 1: from this super cut of one of our favorite games.
Speaker 1: And I hope getting out of this night's armor will
Speaker 1: be easier than getting into it, because I really gotta
Speaker 1: be see you next time. Okay, looks like it's up
Speaker 1: to me to do the outro. Thanks for the support, Geraldine.
Speaker 1: Knowing you're behind me makes me believe I can do anything.
Speaker 1: Join us next week when we're back with a regular
Speaker 1: episode to find out who Was? Two more amazing figures
Speaker 1: from history. Until then, this is Elliott supercut Calin saying
Speaker 1: we're history. Goodbye. Folks. Got a question for any of
Speaker 1: our famous figures, Send us a voice memo at the
Speaker 1: Who Was Podcast at gmail dot com. Might just end
Speaker 1: up on the show. The Who Was Podcast is produced
Speaker 1: by Radio Point, I Heart Media and Penguin Workshop and
Speaker 1: is based on the best selling who h Q series
Speaker 1: published by Penguin. This show is hosted by Elliott Calin
Speaker 1: with co host Megan O'Neill as Be. It also starred
Speaker 1: Brian McCann as Galileo and Eric Shackney as Eric. Our
Speaker 1: executive producers are Richard Corson, Alex Boch, Elliott Calin, Megan O'Neill,
Speaker 1: Daniel Powell, and Houston Snyder. The executive producer for Penguin
Speaker 1: Workshop is Francesco Sadita. The executive producer Fry Heart Media
Speaker 1: is Lindsay Hoffman. This episode was written by Megan O'Neil,
Speaker 1: Elliott Klin, and Jane Baker, who was produced by Bernie
Speaker 1: Kaminsky and Taylor Kowalski. Our talent producer is Jane Acre.
Speaker 1: Theme song and music composed and performed by Eric Shackney.
Speaker 1: This episode was edited and mixed by Brematana and Kate Moldenhauer.
Speaker 1: Recorded by Joanna Samuels. Special thanks to Zach Timpson, Charlotte Dianda,
Speaker 1: Daniel Goodman, and Michael Lewis Howard, who was podcast was
Speaker 1: recorded at the iHeart Studios in Los Angeles, California. Sound
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