Meyer Fun Facts

About Meyer Fun Facts

Retired and needing a project to fill his time, Steve Meyer sits down once a week to discuss various people, places, and moments throughout history. Have a topic you want Steve to talk about? Email him at meyerfacts@gmail.com.

Publisher

Steve Meyer

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jan 2023

Latest episode

24 May 2024

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 May 2024

   Bonus Episode: Paper Valley

   Steve talks with David Allen and Susan Campbell about how the book was written and why the 20 year delay.

2. 

   22 May 2024

   The Environmental Success Story of Our Time

   During the entire 1990s, the potential removal of PCBs from the Fox River hung in the balance. The book is Paper Valley : The fight for the Fox River Cleanup. Steve talks with the authors David Allen and Susan Campbell who were in the middle of the fight and who dedicated a decade of their professional lives to help all of us.

3. 

   8 May 2024

   John Deitz and the Battle of Cameron Dam

   It's the early 1900s. While lumber barons and railroad companies exploited Wisconsin resources and citizens; socialists and progressives fought back. One individual who fueled the imagination of the public was John Deitz. Listen to Steve interview local Northwest Wisconsin historian, Tamera Schutz about this David v. Goliath story.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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