History Dispatches
Matt and McKinley Breen
4.9from 293 ratings
- 379
- Episodes
- 125
- Transcribed
- 293
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About History Dispatches
History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.
- Publisher
- Matt and McKinley Breen
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Feb 2025
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
125 of 379 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Smoot: History's oddest measuring stick
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
10 Tragic Days: The coup that rocked Mexico
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Republic of Fredonia
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The Smoot: History's oddest measuring stick
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But for all intents and purposes, and what's painted every year, is 364.4 smooths. And being such a good story, it lived in the local lore, obviously, for a long time, but then the internet started coming about, and in 2011, it was officially added as a measurement in Google Earth, as well as Google Search. You can use it in their calculator, and you can convert things from miles or kilometers to smooths. And then also in 2011, it was added to the American Heritage Dictionary. And like I said, it is still repainted every year as it was from 1959 onwards. Even after the local Lambda Chi Alpha chapter was shut down in 2014, every year alums as well as general MIT students still get together to make sure the Smoot marks never fade. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 120 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 173 ratings
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- Quality
- 80
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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