Speaker 1: Hey, there, Snafoo listeners, I wanted to jump into our
Speaker 1: feed here with some big news, well huge news, actually,
Speaker 1: I am beyond thrilled to finally share with you that
Speaker 1: this coming April, my very first book is coming out.
Speaker 1: That's right, and it is based on this very podcast.
Speaker 1: The book is called Snaffo, The Definitive Guide to History's
Speaker 1: Greatest screw Ups, and I am insanely proud of it.
Speaker 1: This glorious compendium is packed with the same delightful chaos
Speaker 1: and jaw dropping mishaps you've come to love from the podcast.
Speaker 1: But here's the kicker. Every single chapter is a brand
Speaker 1: news story we've never told you before. Yep, We're diving
Speaker 1: headfirst into history's greatest snaffoos, covering everything from post World
Speaker 1: War two era right up to today. You'll meet the
Speaker 1: larger than life characters behind these wild tales, unpack the
Speaker 1: social and political mayhem that set the stage, and of
Speaker 1: course laugh at all the lessons learned and or blissfully ignored.
Speaker 1: And because I'm just way too excited to keep all
Speaker 1: this stuff to myself, I wanted to treat you, dear listener,
Speaker 1: to a little sneak, beak and a mouse boosh if
Speaker 1: you will, of some of my favorite chapters. First off,
Speaker 1: back in nineteen fifty two, a future president got up
Speaker 1: close and personal with wait for it, nuclear radiation. Who
Speaker 1: you ask none other than Number thirty nine himself, Jimmy Carter.
Speaker 1: Before his days in the Oval Office, Carter was a
Speaker 1: lieutenant in the US Navy, specializing as a nuclear engineering officer.
Speaker 1: When a Canadian nuclear plant suffered a meltdown, Carter and
Speaker 1: his team were called in to save the day by
Speaker 1: literally lowering themselves into the reactor to clean up the mess. Now,
Speaker 1: the radiation was so intense they could only spend ninety
Speaker 1: seconds down there today, time which, let's be honest, I mean,
Speaker 1: that isn't much time for a deep clean. But it
Speaker 1: must have worked out okay, because he still managed to
Speaker 1: become President of the United States. Right, Okay, So here's
Speaker 1: another one. A gym from the eighties. Pepsi. Yes, the
Speaker 1: soda company. Pepsi briefly owned the sixth largest navy fleet
Speaker 1: in the world. You heard that right, It is completely true.
Speaker 1: It all started when Pepsi pulled off a brilliant publicity stunt,
Speaker 1: becoming the first American product sold and distributed in the USSR.
Speaker 1: Now Soviet teens went wild for the phizy syrapy goodness,
Speaker 1: and demand skyrocketed. There was just one problem. Soviet rubles
Speaker 1: weren't considered a legitimate global currency, so the Soviet Union
Speaker 1: paid for its pepsi orders with actual battleships and submarines. Yes,
Speaker 1: I swear it's true. Now, Coca Cola, you better watch
Speaker 1: your back. All right. Finally, here's one from the two thousands.
Speaker 1: International tensions cranked up when an American spy plane carrying
Speaker 1: top secret data made an unscheduled pit stop in Chinese territory.
Speaker 1: Spoiler alert, the welcome committee wasn't exactly rolling out the
Speaker 1: red carpet, so they had to make an emergency landing.
Speaker 1: And in this emergency descent, the flight crew had less
Speaker 1: than twenty minutes to shred, smash, and otherwise obliterate as
Speaker 1: much classified info as humanly possible. What followed well a
Speaker 1: full blown diplomatic soap opera, with the flight crew stuck
Speaker 1: in the world's most awkward layover and the US and
Speaker 1: China exchanging icy glares and pointing fingers. That is just
Speaker 1: a little teaser for you, but trust me, the details
Speaker 1: of those stories are even more insane, and I can't
Speaker 1: wait to share them with you, along with so many
Speaker 1: more great stories. When the Snafu book comes out on
Speaker 1: April twenty ninth of next year. Here's the most exciting
Speaker 1: news of all. You can pre order a copy right now,
Speaker 1: that's right, just go to snaffoo dashbook dot com. That's
Speaker 1: snaffoo dashbook dot com. There's also a link in our
Speaker 1: show notes too, And just a quick word about pre ordering.
Speaker 1: It's really important. I know it might seem like, why
Speaker 1: should I buy this book now if it's not going
Speaker 1: to show up for four months? And I get it,
Speaker 1: believe me, I do. But here's the thing. Pre Ordering
Speaker 1: is basically the equivalent of leaving a rating slash review
Speaker 1: in podcast land. Preorders show bookstores and booksellers that our
Speaker 1: podcast fans you are already super excited for the book
Speaker 1: to come out, and it helps them give it more
Speaker 1: attention and support. And if the book does well well,
Speaker 1: that also helps the podcast. And really, all I want
Speaker 1: to do is keep making seasons of this show that
Speaker 1: bring to light these crazy, messed up stories from history,
Speaker 1: and of course to keep giving you guys all something
Speaker 1: fun to listen to while you're doing chores, or commuting
Speaker 1: to work, or whatever it is you like to do
Speaker 1: while listening to Snafu. So once again, this is my
Speaker 1: shameless but very heartfelt plug. Please stop by snafu dashbook
Speaker 1: dot com and pre order yourself a book or two
Speaker 1: or one hundred, you know, maybe even a thousand. Just
Speaker 1: keep them in the closet whenever you need to give
Speaker 1: out a cheeky, sophisticated gift. Trust me, these snaffoos are
Speaker 1: an absolute thrill ride, packed with jaw dropping moments and
Speaker 1: tons of laughs. Oh and before I sign off, one
Speaker 1: last quick teaser. I'm going to be back right here
Speaker 1: with season three of Snaffoo very soon. And when I
Speaker 1: say soon, I mean very soon, like keep your podcast
Speaker 1: feed refreshed. So that's it. Thanks so much for tuning in,
Speaker 1: Wishing you a new Year's filled with joy, laughter, and well,
Speaker 1: worse nafoos than American history. Take care, MH.