Blue Jeans: How An Crypto-Literate Prospector Destoryed the Soviet Union Over 100 Years After His Death

Published: Sept. 6, 2019, 3 a.m.

Americans love blue jeans.  You're probably wearing some right now.  Go ahead, take a look in the mirror and admire how cool you are.  Blue Jeans have a fascinating history from the California Gold Rush to dude ranches in Central California to the hippie movement of San Francisco.  Oh yeah also the Soviet Union.  Together with Chaz Scovil (The Older KIds Podcast) we'll dig in to the fascinating history of Blue Jeans.  Also: Illiterate Jewish Prospectors, Marlon Brando's butt, and Andrew's long history of wearing rope for belts.