Thursday, August 13, 2026 — International Left-Handers Day

Before “Hound Dog” became one of the most famous songs in rock and roll, Big Mama Thornton recorded the version that started it all. On the same date, Berlin began changing overnight as construction of the Berlin Wall started, and decades later, a crude little animated show called South Park arrived on Comedy Central and refused to behave.

Today’s episode looks at the original voice behind a legendary song, the wall that divided a city, and the cartoon that became a cultural force.

Birthday: Alfred Hitchcock — the filmmaker who taught audiences that suspense could live in a shower, a window, a flock of birds, or a perfectly quiet room.

Also, as a left-handed person, I would like to remind everyone that spiral notebooks were clearly designed by our enemies.