This week we talk about the 1929 princeton sound experiment and how it helped deaf people.
sources
blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2017/04/the-cat-telephone/
allthatsinteresting.com/princeton-cat-telephone
fantasticfacts.net/1611/
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/princeton-cat-experiment/
https://www.history101.com/turned-a-cat-into-a-phone/
this week we talk about the disaster that was the 1904 olympic marathon and what a mess it was.
sources:
smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/
runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a37039437/1904-olympic-marathon/
olympics.com/en/news/st-louis-marathon-the-strangest-race-in-olympic-history
abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/the-wildest-olympic-event-in-modern-history/12467362
marathonhandbook.com/the-marathon-from-hell/
theatlantic.com/photo/2019/09/the-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair-photos/597658/
This week everyones favorite co-host Morgan takes over to tell us about the shortest war in history.
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Anglo-Zanzibar-War
this week we talk about one of the largest heists in American history. the Lufthansa Heist and those involved.
sources:
britannica.com/event/Lufthansa-heist
aetv.com/real-crime/lufthansa-heist-murders-mafia-mobsters
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lufthansa-heist-jfk-airport-goodfellas-henry-hill
biography.com/news/real-goodfellas-lufthansa-heist-henry-hill
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-goodfellas-henry-hill/story?id=16557945
businessinsider.com/what-happened-during-the-lufthansa-heist-of-1978-2014-1
nytimes.com/1979/05/17/archives/exlufthansa-agent-guilty-in-6-million-airport-theft-witness.html
this week we dive into some childhood memories for all of us and explore the wonderful NPR program Car Talk and its hosts Ray and Tommy Magliozzi.
this episode is dedicated to our dad. hes still alive but we just want him to know we remember the things he showed us
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77
npr.org/people/2100834/tom-and-ray-magliozzi
https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/09/25/car-talk-click-clack-ray-tom-magliozzi
https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/tom-magliozzi/
radiohalloffame.com/tom-ray-magliozzi
cartalk.com/content/tom-and-ray-magliozzi-bios
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/09/26/ray-magliozzi-recounts-44-years-of-car-talk/
we are back for a new and exciting 2022 and we are kicking things off with just a fucking ridiculous engineering feat. the moving of the Indiana Bell Telephone Building
sources:
https://www.logically.ai/factchecks/library/f8602d8d
vintag.es/2021/04/indiana-bell-building-moving.html
amusingplanet.com/2019/10/an-incredible-move-indiana-bell.html
indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/01/07/indiana-bell/4354705/
this week we talk about a revolutionary war hero who risked it all to fight for freedom
sources:
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/deborah-sampson/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deborah-Sampson
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diary-sheds-light-deborah-sampson-who-fought-revolutionary-war-180972547/
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/deborah-sampson
https://historyofmassachusetts.org/deborah-sampson-woman-warrior-of-the-american-revoultion/
this thanksgiving we thought we would share some fun facts about thanksgiving and then tell the best thanksgiving story of all time with full orchestration and 5 part harmonies
sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-alices-restaurant-180967276/
https://www.alicebrockstudio.com/
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/arlo-guthrie-gets-arrested-littering/
This week we talk about the Boston Molassacre when giant waves of molasses caused untold damage through the North End of Boston
sources:
in this episode we do some local history for us. Daniel Shays Rebellion help shape this country in a more postive way. enjoy
sources
https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/shays-rebellion
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/shays-rebellion/
https://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-shays-rebellion-starts-in-massachusetts
http://www.historic-northampton.org/highlights/shays.html
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=3&page=transcript
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/constitutional-convention-begins
https://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=f7feed72-0a10-4b77-9dfc-931b6c63cd82
http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/person.do?shortName=william_shepard
Holy guacamole Batman its our 50th episode already. we forgot. So here is a story about how a town was used as a pawn in the dick measuring contest that was the Cold War.
sources:
amusingplanet.com/2019/03/how-soviet-helped-vulcan-american-town.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/16/archives/stranded-mining-town-awaits-bridge-connection-for-miners-impetus.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap&smid=em-share
this week we finally release the episode causing me mental problems. we talk about the 1970 presidential elections in Chile and the fallout that occured. also with special guests; super fan eric and our brother Jeff
sources
history.com/this-day-in-history/allende-dies-in-coup
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/allende
theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/07/chile-coup-pinochet-allende
nacla.org/article/declassifying-us-intervention-chile
nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB437/
library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-10-chile/primary-documents-w-accompanying-discussion-questions/document-25-final-speech-by-salvador-allende-1973/
marxists.org/archive/allende/1970/september/20.htm
this week we talk about one of the wild wests greatest heroes. or was she. Calamity Jane is exactly how her name describes her. so sit back relax and get ready for a wild wild west ride through history.
sources
https://www.biography.com/performer/calamity-jane
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-calamityjane/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calamity-jane-is-born
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Calamity-Jane-American-frontierswoman
https://allthatsinteresting.com/calamity-jane
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.gen.006
http://montanawomenshistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/21-45EtulainSum2014.pdf
we are back and better then ever. this week we talk about an olympian who lost his shot at gold the day of but rose above his troubles and became the voice of a generation. Mr. Marty Glickman
sources
https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/glickman-martin-irving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14HeJUQb6xQ
https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/olympics/?content=jewish_athletes_more
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1746428-marty-glickman-jesse-owens-and-a-forgotten-story-of-the-1936-berlin-olympics
jewishvirtuallibrary.org/marty-glickman
h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=1253
nytimes.com/2001/01/04/sports/marty-glickman-announcer-and-blocked-olympian-83.html
this week we talk about the father of the American navy and a terror to the British; John Paul Jones.
sources:
britannica.com/biography/John-Paul-Jones-United-States-naval-officer
history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/people/historical-figures/john-paul-jones.html
usna.edu/PAO/faq_pages/JPJones.php
history.com/topics/american-revolution/john-paul-jones
johnpauljonesmuseum.com/about-john-paul-jones-us-navy/
johnpauljonesmuseum.com/about-john-paul-jones-us-navy/letter-from-john-paul-jones-to-lord-selkirk/
IT'S OUR 1 YEAR SUPER SPECTACULAR SHOW. Join us as we have very special guests who have been major supports for us over the years and helped us create this little podcast we got going. Thank you Lizz and Eric. We love you a little more than our fans but that could change you never know.
Sources:
britannica.com/topic/Mary-Celeste
history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste
smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celeste
ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/may/solved-mystery-mary-celeste
abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/radiotonic/the-mystery-of-the-mary-celeste...-solved/6573000
museumhack.com/mary-celeste/
https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/video/show/the-true-story-of-the-mary-celeste/13278
"Gay people, we will not win our rights by standing quietly in our closets. ... We are coming out to fight the lies, the myths, the distortions. We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk about it. And I want you to talk about it. You must come out."- Harvey Milk
this week we talk about the Castro district and Harvey Milk and how they helped shape America for the gay movement.
sources:
https://www.kqed.org/w/hood/castro/castroHistory.html
https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/castro-district-people-and-place/
http://sfbaytimes.com/history-of-the-castroupper-market/
http://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/
https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/harvey-milk
https://www.biography.com/activist/harvey-milk
https://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harvey-Milk
this week we dive into the origins of Juneteenth and the recent passing of the Juneteenth Nation Independence Day Act making Juneteeth a federal holiday.
Sources:
https://juneteenth.com/
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation/transcript.html
https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/juneteenth-original-document
https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html
https://news.yahoo.com/14-house-republicans-voted-against-094140822.html