The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Best of DLS: 15 Minutes of Miami Inventions (feat. Jim Rome)
26 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What inventions are uniquely associated with Miami?
Just because we don't know doesn't make it, so remember, we're dumb. But what's based down here? You've got Burger King is based down here. We didn't invent Burger King. Carnival Cruise Line is based down here. Did we invent the cruise industry?
I don't think so.
Did we? Did we invent the cruise? Did Mickey invent it? Spirit Airlines is based down here. We invented little ticky-tack fees. Al, you're on 790.
Yes, the inventor and founder of Amazon went to Palmetto Senior High in Miami, Florida. So there's one.
See that? Yeah. See that? Getting smarter. I've heard that before, actually. But that's not really an invention. The guy made a store. He just opened a successful store. I'm talking about like inventing a computer chip. Right. The guy opened a successful bookstore. You're talking like Bill Gates. Like somebody who invented something.
I mean, would you, the guy that invented Barnes and Noble, like, okay, you invented a bookstore. So what? Fair point. Copycat. How many great inventions have there been in the last two years? I'm looking in the studio you guys are sitting in. The microphone is a great invention. The headphones are great. Beats by Dre. Are you wearing Beats by Dre right now, those headphones? Dre.
Dr. Dre from NWA invented something great. He's from California. Wait a minute. That's all he did. He didn't invent. The headphones were already invented, and he created something else off of them. He made it better. You can't say that Dr. Dre beats by Dre is a better invention than Amazon. I think it's more of an invention than Amazon.
I'm sticking with that Burger King invented really good fast food onion rings. Are they based down here or do they have an office down here? No, I think Burger King is based down here. Tracy, you're on. Yeah, they were headquartered. Aren't they moving? I think they're moving. Tracy, you're on 790, Tracy.
Guys, two major inventions from Miami. Fire rescue department invented fire rescue here. And the thing that lets doctors and paramedics share EKGs to limit me, also invented here.
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Chapter 3: What humorous stories are shared about the All-Star Game?
There you go. Wait a second. Wait a second. We didn't invent rescuing people from fires. Cavemen invent. I mean, anyone who saw someone in a fire said, I got to get that guy out of the fire.
Now, now, now, don't be a hater. The whole concept was invented here. Go fat check me.
No, don't take credit for that. That's ridiculous. We'll give you credit for your second one. But I mean, we invented fire rescue. Like, what the hell does that mean? I think we have it here. The co-founder of Facebook, many people are saying, went to Gulliver Prep. Co-founder of Facebook. Oh, I mean, what is it? It's an electronic yearbook. Yearbooks have been around forever.
You're dismissing Facebook. Tony, you're on 790 The Ticket, Tony. Go ahead, Tony. Frank, you're on 790, Frank.
We, the people of Miami, are the adventurers of churros.
Churros. No, that's from Mexico. Mike, you're on 790 The Ticket, Mike.
What about Alienware?
What? Huh? Goulet. You're on 790, the ticket, Goulet.
Yes, a Miami Beach woman invented sunscreen. Sunscreen.
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Chapter 4: How is the concept of invention discussed in relation to Miami culture?
Polio Tropical. What? Well, if we invented tropical polio, that would be something. Stugatz, are you getting the difference between inventions and brands? Well, we're getting it. It's just you feel like other cities. Like, didn't Seattle, don't they have Boeing? Like, didn't they invent modern jet airplanes? Right? Like, didn't that come out of Seattle?
Well, that's not fair what you're doing there. What do you mean? You called Amazon just a store. Like, there was an airplane invented before they invented their bubble. Didn't Amazon essentially invent e-commerce? Yeah, but then, I mean, commerce was already around. E-commerce. A texter writes in, the first suntan lotion was invented by a Miami Beach pharmacist, Benjamin Green, in 1944.
Does that count? No, I have an Austrian guy doing it in 1936. sunscreen and sun lotion are two different things are you looking at like sun tanning lotion that makes you get a better tan because we're talking about sunscreen which actually prevents the uv rays i'm talking sunscreen milton blake This person is writing that suntan lotion was invented by a Miami Beach pharmacist.
Well, I'm just telling you sunprotectionandproductsguide.com is telling me that Milton Blake invented it. Stugat. Suntan lotion and sunscreen are two different things. We didn't invent the suntan lotion either. This is such cliched sports radio. It's not cliched, but man, is it bad. It's Montana or Marino all over again.
Suntan or sunscreen. Some Texas did write in.
Ah, Benjamin Green, 1940s, Miami, Florida physician. Coppertone. Okay, that's a good invention, sunscreen. Yeah, that's solid. That's suntan lotion. That's a bad invention, then. Bad invention. Is it screen or lotion, though? Oh, for the love of God, you guys, I'm going to wrestle you in the hallway. I mean... Well, we would agree, though, that suntan lotion was actually bad.
We didn't know at the time. He invented something cancerous. Right. It's like inventing the cigarette. Right. It was great back then. They thought it cured everything, and now we know.
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Chapter 5: What notable Miami-based companies and inventions are mentioned?
Maybe not the greatest invention. Danny, you're on 790 The Ticket, Danny. Incidentally, we've got 20 commercial-free minutes here, and I'm regretting every last one of them. Danny, you're on 790. Mike, you're on 790.
Cordis Corporation invented drug-eluting stents, and before Swamp Thing shoots it down and says, who needs a heart and who needs arteries, we also invented Swagger.
Excellent take. Very good call. Am I Swamp Thing? Were you Swamp Thing, or was Stugard Swamp Thing? No, Hoth was definitely Swamp Thing. Why are you Swamp Thing? I get that a lot. I get gargoyle a lot. I don't know why. Look at him. Who needs hearts and arteries? I mean, he neutered you. Yeah, that was a perfect call. I mean, I can't argue that call. Irene, you're on 790.
We invented the Spanglish language.
Oh, Spanglish. That's ours. Spanglish is ours. Is that ours? Yes, that's ours. Un sandwich. Run out there and get me some. When I first came down to University of Miami, I was hanging out with a couple of Cuban girls and they said, let's go get a sandwich. And I was like, what? A what? A sandwich. And we're saying it seriously. Edison, you're on 790. The ticket.
I don't believe your name is Edison. Why?
We're talking about inventions.
Go ahead, Edison.
We're Eddie. Cayocho and Chonga.
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Chapter 6: What is the difference between suntan lotion and sunscreen?
Larry, you're on 790.
That was very apropos to God. I have the trifecta. My great uncle in the 50s invented storm-resistant windows for the hotels, Superior Window, Miami Lakes, Florida, the Ali Burger on South Beach that he sold for millions to lungs, and we invented and perfected The undefeated season, 1972, never duplicated.
Yeah, there you go. Texter writes in, we invented the Venom unit. That's true. The Venom unit for serpents. Miami-Dade Fire is the only one in the nation to use that. That's true. And then somebody else follows with, Miami invented the ass clap. Hey, Jeremy, happy holidays. Happy Chinooka. I want to toast you. Actually, I don't. I will toast with you. Okay. We're co-workers.
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