157: The Shady Game of Pinball

April 06, 2021 00:09:59
157: The Shady Game of Pinball
Brain Junk
157: The Shady Game of Pinball

Apr 06 2021 | 00:09:59

/

Hosted By

Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

Our longest Brainstorm YET! Who knew there was so much to know about pinball?! Amy dives into the origins, history, and shady past of this quintessential arcade game.

from the Roanoke Pinball Museum, pixabay images, and the B&W is pinballers from 1941

Show Notes:
Trace has done a whizz bang job of documenting awesome pinball machines, so for show notes you just get my links so you can read my source articles.
AB
Ripleys.com Illegal Pinball
Thoughtco.com History of Pinball
History.com That Time American Outlawed Pinball

Other Episodes

Episode 0

April 20, 2021 00:05:04
Episode Cover

159: Wanna Cuttle?

Can a cuttlefish master a test that very young children often struggle to pass? Instead of using marshmallows like we do with people, scientists...

Listen

Episode

January 15, 2019 00:02:59
Episode Cover

42: International Ice Patrol

Learn a bit about the women and men of the IIP who monitor icebergs in the northern reaches of our Atlantic ocean.   International Ice...

Listen

Episode

December 29, 2018 00:02:49
Episode Cover

39: Sick Ants

Social network plasticity. Ohhh. Big words.    Sick Ants Transcript: AB:Welcome to Brain Junk, I’m Amy Barton, TK: And I’m Trace Kerr. And it’s time...

Listen