Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad
About this episode
This episode explores the bizarre fad of flagpole sitting during the 1920s.
The 1920s were just absolutely nuts. People got into weird fads really intensely and one of the strangest of all was flagpole sitting. It’s just what it sounds like – sitting on top of a flagpole for as long as you can. One man sat above them all. Learn all about him and many of these wild fads in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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