{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Call 'Em Like Museum with Eric Johnson","title":"Hauntings, astronauts, and warplanes on the USS Hornet (with Laura Fies)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2923,"description":"\"I consider ghost stories the clickbait of history,\" says Laura Fies, Executive Director of the USS Hornet Museum. While supernatural tales are a fun thrill for visitors, they also serve as a powerful accessory to historical education.\n \n\"We will teach them history... We'll inject it somehow and they'll walk away knowing something more,\" Laura explains. \"And if we have to wrap it into a ghost story, so be it.\"\nAs a premier destination for history buffs, tourists, and paranormal investigators alike, the USS Hornet offers something for everybody: Spooky supernatural tours, massive military aircraft, carefully preserved World War II uniforms, and fascinating wartime artifacts—including the crew's original recipe for baking 7,000 donuts at sea.\nToday on Call 'Em Like Museum, Laura discusses the unique challenges of running a “midsize museum in a big museum body.” She explains how the Hornet’s exhibits successfully put visitors into the mindset of ordinary enlisted men during World War II, and highlights the crucial role the legendary ship played in recovering astronauts during the Apollo 11 and 12 space missions.\nFull transcript of this episode\nSubscribe to the newsletter\nThis episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod\nChapters\nMusic: www.purple-planet.com\n\nImages:\nMuseum of Ice Cream\nExploratorium\nCharles Schulz Museum\nNASA Snoopy Poster","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R3vVVmzGNQz0jMgSg7uznIO-cko06gdiz9lG9pi3elA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MTA0/ZmM2NTdlOTJjZGZk/NDA0MGI2M2IxNmU1/NWE0MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}