Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Cosmos<br> * Nasa<br> * Warren Buffett<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1ma">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * What TV Show Has the Best Theme Song?<br> <br> * John Noble: The Addams Family<br> * Mike Wills: Deadliest Catch<br> * Rob Riehl: Airwolf<br> * Joel Harper: SWAT<br> * Doug Schulze: A-Team<br> * Jack Mangan: Doctor Who, Barney Miller, Knight Rider<br> * Tee Morris: Star Trek<br> * Dan Shaurette: Highlander<br> * Thomas Hausmann: Hawaii Five-O or Mission Impossible<br> * Jonathan Strickland: Peter Gunn<br> * Gary Lindros: A-Team<br> * Krazy Joe: WKRP<br> * Diana Lewis Mission Impossible was the best, but Andy Griffith was the catchiest.<br> * Justin Diehl: Night Court<br> * JT Shea: Bonanza or Lone Ranger<br> * Rob Riehl: Original Battlestar Galactica<br> * Martin DeFant Ground Forces from England featuring the Black Dyke Brass Band!<br> * Liisa Tomasi: The Andy Griffith Show<br> * CJ: Bosom Buddies<br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for January 17, 2018<br> This is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 348 days remaining in 2018.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1773, that Captain James Cook commands the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.<br> * It was also this date in 1899 that The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.<br> * It was on this date in 1912, that Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.<br> * January 17, 1917, The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.<br> * Also on January 17, 1929, Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.<br> * 21 years ago today, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * German physician and botanist, Leonhart Fuchs, born on this date in 1501.<br> * Robert Fludd, the English physician, astrologer, and mathematician was born 444 years ago today.<br> * Born January 17, 1706, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin.<br> * Polish mathematician and academic, Antoni Łomnicki, born on this date in 1881.<br> * Born January 17, 1886, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company Glenn L. Martin.<br> * Nevil Shute, English engineer and author was born on that same date in 1899.<br> * American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist, Betty White is 96 today.<br> * Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman was born on that same date in 1928.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1931, American actor, James Earl Jones.<br> * American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host, Shari Lewis, born on this date in 1933.<br> * Born January 17, 1949, American actor and comedian Andy Kaufman.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1964, American lawyer and activist, 46th First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.<br> * Also turning 48 today is Russian-American animator, director, and producer Genndy Tartakovsky.<br> * American singer-songwriter and actress, Zooey Deschanel, born on this date in 1980.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> * 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand<br> * 21 – Michael Rabalais – Stingray42<br> * 22 – TAW012294<br> * 23 – Kathie Luke, IL<br> * 23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat<br> * 23 – Keith Lane from <a href="http://tggeeks.com/">TGGeeks</a><br>
