The Backstory with Patty Steele
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The Backstory: Sibling Squabbles in Royal Families
Sep 1, 2026
10m 00s
The Backstory: Famous Cat Lovers
Aug 28, 2026
7m 00s
The Backstory: Steven Spielberg: The Kid Who Literally Snuck Into Hollywood
Aug 25, 2026
8m 57s
The Backstory: Creepy but True: The Gruesome Story of the Castrati
Aug 21, 2026
10m 45s
The Backstory: Black Bart: 3 Years as the John Gotti of Pirates
Aug 18, 2026
11m 24s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/1/26 |  The Backstory: Sibling Squabbles in Royal Families | As we watch the royal family feud in the UK escalate, we’re reminded of our own sibling rivalries. Of course, theirs plays out in the media for our questionable entertainment. But William and Harry are just the latest in a long line of royal family battles that frequently turned violent. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . On Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 00s | ||||||
| 8/28/26 |  The Backstory: Famous Cat Lovers | You don’t have to be crazy about cats to be at least a little bit fascinated with them, hissing, murder mittens, and all. Great writers like Hemingway, Twain, and Dickens as well as folks like Lincoln, Churchill, Einstein, and Nightingale adored them. As did music icons like Freddie Mercury and John Lennon. They all felt cats gave them one thing . . peace. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 00s | ||||||
| 8/25/26 |  The Backstory: Steven Spielberg: The Kid Who Literally Snuck Into Hollywood | Believing in yourself is key to success. One of the best examples of that is Steven Spielberg. At the age of 18 he sneaked onto the Universal Studios lot and literally created a job for himself while nobody was looking. Eventually they noticed him, paid him, and he never left. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . On Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 57s | ||||||
| 8/21/26 |  The Backstory: Creepy but True: The Gruesome Story of the Castrati | The angelic sounds of choirs from 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries often featured the angelic voices of boy sopranos. But sometimes those angelic voices came from full grown male bodies. They were the castrati, little boys castrated so they’d grow up with powerful soprano voices. Where did they come from and why was this done? Just one castrati left a voice recording Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 45s | ||||||
| 8/18/26 |  The Backstory: Black Bart: 3 Years as the John Gotti of Pirates | Love a good pirate story? This is a real life story of the most successful pirate in history. Black Bart Roberts was a gentleman who reluctantly became a pirate . . but who ultimately was a cold blooded killer as he plundered 400 ships in just 3 years, 10 times as many as Blackbeard! He was finally killed in battle at just 39 and it was the death knell for the Golden Age of Piracy. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 11m 24s | ||||||
| 8/14/26 |  The Backstory: America’s Most Notorious Hacker | We’ve all dealt with scammers or hackers when it comes to our business or personal info. It can be mildly irritating . .or horrifying depending on what they get. One of the earliest and best hackers was Kevin Mitnick. But his life did an astounding 180 after he was finally caught and convicted. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 05s | ||||||
| 8/11/26 |  The Backstory: Terror and Survival at 24,000 Feet | Almost 40 years ago, the roof of a jetliner blew off at 24,000 feet. Amazingly, after a harrowing 13 minutes, the pilots managed to land the plane safely. All but one person survived. This was the flight that changed airline safety forever. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . On Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty SteeleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 49s | ||||||
| 8/7/26 |  The Backstory: Choosing Your Poison | We’re all pretty fascinated with the summer blockbuster ”The Odyssey” right now. So it’s a good time to revisit an unusual story about Socrates, Homer’s compatriot. Although he was born several hundred years later, Socrates admired Homer. But he was a different sort of guy. We all know major public figures who drive us crazy because they loudly share opinions we don’t agree with. But that’s democracy, right? So, this iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates, was exactly that kind of big mouth 2400 years ago in Athens . . where democracy was just being originated. Problem is, he angered the wrong big shots . . and wound up being executed in a really unusual way. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 29s | ||||||
| 8/4/26 |  The Backstory: When the Sun Disappeared | A total solar eclipse is coming on August 12th. They're awe inspiring. But imagine it’s a normal day in ancient times and suddenly the sun begins to get dimmer and dimmer. Is it the end of the world? Are we being punished by Mother Nature? These folks had no way to explain an eclipse so they turned it into stories, myths, warnings, and eventually, science. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . On Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 42s | ||||||
| 7/31/26 |  The Backstory: Did Woody Harrelson's Father Help Kill JFK? | Woody Harrelson has been outrageously successful as an actor. But the story of his father is even more unbelievable. A charming hustler and gambler, Charles Harrelson was also an armed robber, a hitman and convicted killer, and he claimed to be involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you'd like me to cover . . On Facebook it's Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 51s | ||||||
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| 7/28/26 |  The Backstory: The Women Behind Rock & Roll Legends | The term muse seems pretty straight forward when it comes to rock & roll. Some of the most enduring love songs like Layla, Something, and Woman . . have been inspired by these women. But each had very complicated and very different kinds of relationships with stars like Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Freddie Mercury. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 01s | ||||||
| 7/24/26 |  The Backstory: Why Year Round Daylight Saving Time Failed 50 Years Ago | Lots of folks, including a majority in Congress, want to see year round daylight saving time. But it actually has been tried before. The results were not what you’d expect. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 9m 34s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | 19th centuryWashington DC+4 | — | — | Washington DC | murdertemporary insanity+5 | — | 9m 00s | ||
| 7/17/26 | wildfireshistory+4 | — | — | Peshtigo, Wisconsin | Peshtigowildfire+6 | — | 7m 31s | ||
| 7/14/26 | computing historyhaunted places+3 | — | ENIACiHeartPodcasts | country hotelcolonial inn | ENIAChaunted inn+3 | — | 9m 18s | ||
| 7/10/26 | jewelry heistssimplicity+3 | — | — | — | jewelry heiststheft+4 | — | 10m 12s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Stevie NicksTaylor Swift+3 | — | Madison Square Garden | — | Stevie NicksTaylor Swift+3 | — | 8m 50s | ||
| 7/3/26 | family dynamicspolitics+4 | — | iHeartPodcasts | New Jersey | Ben FranklinWilliam Franklin+5 | — | 7m 35s | ||
| 6/30/26 | drinking habitsFounding Fathers+3 | — | — | — | Founding Fathersdrinking habits+3 | — | 8m 54s | ||
| 6/26/26 | shark attackocean safety+3 | — | Jaws | — | shark attackhistory+5 | — | 8m 10s | ||
| 6/23/26 | NBA Finalsathletes+3 | — | — | — | NBARobert Wadlow+3 | — | 8m 40s | ||
| 6/19/26 | Hollywoodfilm history+3 | — | The Wizard of Oz | — | The Wizard of OzHollywood+3 | — | 6m 34s | ||
| 6/16/26 |  The Backstory: Juneteenth: The Evolution of Freedom | This time of year, we're reminded that freedom is what America is all about. But as recently as 1972, there was still a living person who had been born into slavery. And another man lived to share his story of the very first Juneteenth . . . when freedom was finally brought to every state in the Union. Feel free to DM me if you have a story you'd like me to cover . . . on Facebook, it's Patty Steele, and on Instagram, it's Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 29s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | townsdisappearance+3 | — | — | — | hometownsvanished+3 | — | 9m 14s | ||
| 6/9/26 | standardized time zoneshistory of timekeeping+3 | — | — | — | time zoneshistory+3 | — | 9m 57s | ||
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