Step into the steeple and listen: this episode peels back the gleam to reveal the Liberty Bell's real life — a noisy workbell, a flawed casting, and a slow-creeping crack that history remade into meaning. From humble laborers and Quaker ideals to abolitionists, suffragists, and touring crowds, the bell's fracture becomes a story of contested liberty and hopeful reinvention.

We follow the bell from London foundries to Philadelphia crowds, myth-making tales of July 4th, and the abolitionists who christened it the "Liberty Bell." Join Renee and Dan as they stitch together invention, protest, and preservation into a compact, human story about how an object becomes a voice for a nation's promises — and its contradictions.

It’s late, you’re tired, and the glowing drive‑thru menu promises salvation: melty, greasy, perfect. In this episode we follow that first bite back through time — from Hamburg steak to county fair tinkering, from a kid named Lionel’s bold slice of cheese to the diner counters of Erie where Greek sauce rules — and uncover the messy, delicious arguments over who really invented the cheeseburger.

Along the way we trace how immigrants, entrepreneurs, and the fast‑food machine turned a simple idea into a global obsession: meat, melted dairy, and a bun as an American symbol. We meet claimants, chains, gourmet excess, and a small Pennsylvania town that keeps a regional tradition alive, using storytelling, flavor, and a little scandal to show how food maps identity and change.

Listen as Time Tellers unspools the cheeseburger’s contested pedigree, its rise from practical street food to cultural icon, and the personal stories that stick to the bun. This podcast is a work of historical interpretation while we strive for accuracy some aspects of history are open to interpretation and debate thank you for listening.

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