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The Great Nelson Family - How Non-Family Members Joined a Circus Family Act
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21:06 - 26:18 (05:12)

Robert Hobson, who left England in 1868 to start a circus family act, brought in other performers who then became known as the great Nelson family. This was done as a way to quickly grow their circus act.

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Chuck discusses the control the circus family could have over their own name, while the speaker promotes their new podcast about understanding our lives and realities by answering unusual questions.
21:06 - 23:24 (02:17)
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Neuroscience
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Chuck discusses the control the circus family could have over their own name, while the speaker promotes their new podcast about understanding our lives and realities by answering unusual questions.

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The Great Nelson Family - How Non-Family Members Joined a Circus Family Act
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Selects: How Circus Families Work
Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Hilda taught Lon Chaney how to walk the high wire in a movie called Laugh Clown, Laugh in the late 1920s.
23:24 - 25:32 (02:08)
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Family Tradition
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Hilda taught Lon Chaney how to walk the high wire in a movie called Laugh Clown, Laugh in the late 1920s. The Nelsons became known for tossing their sons around like Indian rubber to continue their tradition of needing more people in their family act.

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The Great Nelson Family - How Non-Family Members Joined a Circus Family Act
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Selects: How Circus Families Work
Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Learn about how the Flying Willendas got their name, which was coined by a newspaper headline after four of them fell from a high wire in Akron, Ohio.
25:32 - 26:18 (00:46)
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History
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Learn about how the Flying Willendas got their name, which was coined by a newspaper headline after four of them fell from a high wire in Akron, Ohio.

Chapter
The Great Nelson Family - How Non-Family Members Joined a Circus Family Act
Episode
Selects: How Circus Families Work
Podcast
Stuff You Should Know