Welcome to our Spooky October series! This week we'll be covering Colin Dickey's book, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places. We'll be talking about why we tell ghost stories, what are their significance, and what pieces of history get left out. Specific topics covered this week include: Salem Witch Trials, the Jersey Devil, Spiritualism, ghosts in court cases, and why minority groups are often excluded from mainstream ghost stories.
SOURCES:
7 Famously Haunted Places Around the US: https://tinyurl.com/4u7p28cn
Why Haunted Places Matter to History: https://tinyurl.com/sc3658e5
The Jersey Devil: A Mythical Mascot with a Boozy History: https://tinyurl.com/fbn89jmp
How Ben Franklin Helped Ignite the Jersey Devil Hysteria: https://tinyurl.com/mrx7fpuh
US v Sioux Nation of Indians: https://tinyurl.com/bdetfkcz
The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Native American Fightfor Sovereignty in the Age of Fracture: https://tinyurl.com/37vveumk
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This week we'll be talking about Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, who took over her husband's fledging wine business in the late 1700s and turned it into an international brand that is still revered today.
This week starts a new series where we'll be taking a look at how alcohol played an important role in different historical events. We're starting off with a bit of a more light-hearted story (no one was seriously injured) involving a 10c beer night at a Cleveland baseball game back in the 1970s. As you can imagine, chaos does ensue.SOURCES:
-MFM ep 366 High-Pitched Goodbye
-Ladies & Tangents ep 246 The Mistake on the Lake
- Dan Coughlin recalls the Indians' famous Ten-Cent BeerNight https://tinyurl.com/yfdu6cbd
- CLEVELAND NICKNAMES AND SLOGANS https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-nicknames-and-slogans#:~:text=The%20phrase%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Mistake%20on,but%20ultimately%20ignored%20the%20wide%2D
- 2nd Annual Ten Cent Beer Night Re-Lived at Collision BendBrewery https://tinyurl.com/378ymbtk
-Forty years ago, 10-cent beer makes memories https://tinyurl.com/djhvxxec
-10 Cent Beer Night: Cheap suds, rowdy fans and a forfeitfor Cleveland 50 years ago https://tinyurl.com/ye29kkxf-Fifty years later, the chaos of Cleveland’s 10-Cent BeerNight still shocks https://tinyurl.com/yuu2wjrj
-Cleveland Indians' Ten Cent Beer Night: The Worst Idea Everhttps://tinyurl.com/2tneup6a
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Our concluding episode in the American Rebellion series find us in western Pennsylvania in 1791. The US had just won its freedom from England, but they faced a huge amount of debt & questions surrounding how much power the federal government should have. This all came to a head when Alexander Hamilton, as Treasury Secretary, gets his financial plan passed through Congress. The big issue: the whiskey tax. It disproportionately taxed poor, rural farmers out in western PA, many of whom were UNPAID Revolutionary War vets. Listen to this week's episode to see how those farmers stood up to the federal government & what happened afterwards.
SOURCES:
-Liberty Pole Spirits: https://www.libertypolespirits.com/
-Book: Whiskey Rebellion by William Hogeland
-The Whiskey Rebellion: America’s First Great Crisis byWarographics, YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpc9GQEy0bg
-What is the national debt? https://tinyurl.com/e9xrc7jv
-Mt. Vernon’s whiskey site: https://tinyurl.com/48teawbw
-Remembering the Veterans of the Revolutionary War: https://tinyurl.com/3c229mmu
-Whiskey Rebellion: https://tinyurl.com/2afpuwkv
-Shay’s Rebellion: https://tinyurl.com/3av9w7vj
-Robert Morris: https://tinyurl.com/mzkfcsvd
-David Bradford: https://tinyurl.com/3a2whare
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This week we'll be discussing the Stonewall Uprising. What was it? What was its significance? And how does an uprising from the 1960s resonate with what's currently happening to the LGBTQ+ community? We'll be answering all these questions & more in this week's episode, so take a listen!
SOURCES:
-When Homosexuality Stopped Being a Mental Disorder: https://tinyurl.com/mssacyfv
-Executive orders & the erasure of trans people: https://tinyurl.com/5n7y4fsa
- Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government: https://tinyurl.com/5t39ykjp
- What percentage of the US population is transgender? https://tinyurl.com/5ys3j82d
-What science tells us about transgender athletes: https://tinyurl.com/3zc4wp6n
-Stonewall Riots: https://tinyurl.com/2c55mt4z
- LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts: https://tinyurl.com/t35rakh8
-Stonewall Uprising: Why Did the Mafia Own the Bar? https://tinyurl.com/2ktyy2e4
-1969: The Stonewall Uprising: https://tinyurl.com/yc3mx2ff
-Marsha P Johnson: https://tinyurl.com/3jx6c2px
-Sylvia Rivera: https://tinyurl.com/mrxfe9cj
-Miss Major: https://missmajor.net/
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This week we'll be talking about the Coal Mine Wars of West Virginia that occurred between 1912-1922. These wars stemmed from labor disputes where miners were asking their employers for the most basic of rights. In this episode we'll discuss the reasons leading up to the Coal Mine Wars, what happened during & after, and some of the ramifications. Plus, we'll briefly talk about a secret Irish society that may have been involved in earlier miner strikes in Pennsylvania.
'FUN' RECS:
-Matewan (1987)
-The Molly McGuires (1970)
-Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, related but not related book
-Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina, a historicalnon-fiction that takes place during the coal mine wars
-Season 27 of American Story Tellers: Coal Wars fromWondery, hosted by Lindsay Graham
SOURCES:
-The Devil is Here in These Hills: West Virginia’s CoalMiners & Their Battle for Freedom by James R. Green
-Park History Program: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1220/whatwedo.htm
-Who Were the Molly Maguires? https://tinyurl.com/2y9m4bhy
-The Legend of the Molly Maguires: https://tinyurl.com/ynywu8vb
-Coal Mining & Labor Conflict: https://tinyurl.com/42k36e4z
-Company Towns in the US 1880s to 1935: https://tinyurl.com/ye2y4fkd
-Mary Harris Jones: https://tinyurl.com/36y47t38
-Recovering the Lost Lessons of West Virginia’s HistoricLabor Struggles: https://tinyurl.com/mpnky3eh
-February 25, 1903: Lawman Cunningham Leads an Armed Posse into Stanaford: https://tinyurl.com/yc8bmy6m
-WV Mine Wars Museum: https://wvminewars.org/
-Paint Creek & Cabin Creek Strikes: https://tinyurl.com/5xjk5nx3
-The WV Mine Wars: https://tinyurl.com/yyfsacbm
-Treason, Microfilm, & Access to WV’s Labor History: https://tinyurl.com/ycywy2xd
-Ludlow Massacre: https://tinyurl.com/2x3md4n2
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This week we're talking about the 1863 Manhattan Draft Riots. What started out as a protest of what many New Yorkers deemed an unfair draft law, turned into a deadly racial riot that lasted for days. But why did it happen? How did a city celebrated as a beacon of opportunity become a stage for such brutal violence? And what does this forgotten chapter of the Civil War teach us about inequality, race, and the cost of war? These are the questions we’ll be answering in this episode.
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SOURCES:
- In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 by Leslie M. Harris https://tinyurl.com/2rpyryfy
- Blood in the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots By William F.B. Vodrey https://tinyurl.com/mrht2zm7
-NY Draft Riots https://tinyurl.com/mr9m45zb
- Blast from the Past: The New York City Draft Riots By Jacqueline Smith: https://tinyurl.com/4jr9t768
- The Draft Riots of 1863 | New York: A Documentary Film: https://tinyurl.com/4wa4tz3f
- Draft Riot of 1863: https://tinyurl.com/9xwap57r
- The 1863 draft riots & the birth of the NYPD: https://tinyurl.com/yk4uepds
-Vicksburg: https://tinyurl.com/453sxtp7
-Battle History: https://tinyurl.com/mv3uz993
-Nativists & Immigrants: https://tinyurl.com/p7are9eu
-Tenement Housing: https://tinyurl.com/6hr5vbjj
-New York, New York: https://tinyurl.com/yc6kwhz3
-New York City’s Slave Market: https://tinyurl.com/ke6yben8
-When NY Wanted to Secede: https://tinyurl.com/2veb6cat
We're continuing the American Rebellion Series this week with the Bear Flag Revolt and how it led to California becoming a U.S. state. We'll discuss who was involved, who was living there, and the ramifications the revolt had on the country.
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SOURCES:
-Indian Removal Act: https://tinyurl.com/mr2fs68d -Stories of the Trail of Tears: https://tinyurl.com/mszr7wvj
-Manifest Destiny: https://tinyurl.com/4xh85mua
-The History of James Polk: https://tinyurl.com/3h24znjc -The Mexican American War: https://tinyurl.com/kyuffn5y -Early California History: An Overview https://tinyurl.com/43kcvxvx
-California Tribal Court-State Court Forum: https://tinyurl.com/68vzzwk7
-Visit Native California: Facts & Figures: https://tinyurl.com/yansr3ek
-California Indian History: https://tinyurl.com/58e6jhv8
-Bear Flag Revolt: https://tinyurl.com/mmb2vyf5 -Bear Flag Revolt: https://tinyurl.com/3msbutxx
o The Impact of the Mexican American War on American Society and Politics: https://tinyurl.com/mtc749dr
o Ulysses S. Grant Quote on the Mexican American War: https://tinyurl.com/559jz4ms -Mexican Americans: https://tinyurl.com/3x8f35r6
-Land Loss in Trying Times: https://tinyurl.com/52647tts
-Untold History: The Survival of California’s Indians: https://tinyurl.com/mryn3smb -“No Cause for Celebration” The White Supremacist Message of California’s Bear Flag and Seal: https://tinyurl.com/2s46a8w3
This week we're continuing our American Rebellion series by covering several important slave rebellions. We'll dive into their significance, what happened, and why they're not more widely known or discussed.
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SOURCES:
-Gloucester County Conspiracy: https://tinyurl.com/bdx25su5
-Gloucester County Conspiracy: https://tinyurl.com/mrycmy9a
-A Lost American Revolution: The 1663 Poropotank Servant’s Rebellion: https://tinyurl.com/4x35v4rb
-Slave Rebellions: https://tinyurl.com/z3b7dhbj
-Slave rebellions and uprisings: https://tinyurl.com/4a5ezakv
-The United States and the Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804: https://tinyurl.com/5xfcu89r
-Haitian Revolution: https://tinyurl.com/mr3cu5yc
-New York Slave Conspiracy: https://tinyurl.com/4tkbxhrf
-How two centuries of slave revolts shaped American history: https://tinyurl.com/mtee2t6w
- How a Nearly Successful Slave Revolt Was Intentionally Lost to History: https://tinyurl.com/3xe8vf8c
- Slave Bible from the 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion https://tinyurl.com/mptd87jd
-Nat Turner’s Revolt (1831): https://tinyurl.com/ms8xscma
-Shaping the Constitution: https://tinyurl.com/rmmhyjpy
-Literacy as Freedom: https://tinyurl.com/3y7r5kn7
- THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER, THE LEADER OF THE LATE
INSURRECTION IN SOUTHAMPTON, VA.: Electronic Edition. https://tinyurl.com/mntystu8
-Nat Turner: https://tinyurl.com/bdzk2abr
-Nat Turner’s Rebellion: https://tinyurl.com/5ea732y3
-Nat Turner’s Rebellion, 1831: https://tinyurl.com/yebt87ez
-The Amistad Case: https://tinyurl.com/bdh2wze5
-Harpers Ferry Raid: https://tinyurl.com/tek5sse8
-John Brown’s Harpers Ferry Raid: https://tinyurl.com/4ujkxp8p
-John Brown’s Raid: https://tinyurl.com/y2c2pkdx
-The Harpers Ferry Raid: https://tinyurl.com/yc4zpsya
-John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry: https://tinyurl.com/5bv943nm
Welcome to episode 2 of our American Rebellion series! This week we're talking about a wealthy New York merchant named Jacob Leisler and how he took over the New York colony in the late 1600s. Was he a paranoid religious zealot or the first colonist to stand up against the English monarchy? Tune in to find out!
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Sources:
-The Leisler Rebellion in the Delaware River Valley:
https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/download/25348/25117/25187
-Jacob Leisler Biography: https://jacobleislerinstitute.org/biography/ -Jacob Leisler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Leisler -The Jacob Leisler Treason Trial: https://history.nycourts.gov/case/jacob-leisler-treason-trial/ -New Amsterdam becomes New York: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york -Dominion of New England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England
-The Leisler Rebellion: https://leben.us/the-leisler-rebellion/
-The Huguenot Refugee in America https://museeprotestant.org/en/notice/the-huguenot-refuge-in-america/ -Leisler’s Rebellion: https://www.britannica.com/event/Leislers-Rebellion
Welcome to episode 1 of our new series: American Rebellion! This week, we're going all the way back to the 1600s (so yes, not technically "America" yet, but you get it) to talk about Bacon's Rebellion. We'll take a look at what led up to the rebellion, what went down, and if Bacon was the hero or villain of the story.
Sources for today's episode: -Library of Congress: Virginia Records Timeline https://tinyurl.com/49yec9ex -Tobacco in Colonial VA: https://tinyurl.com/463737zx
-Slavery-VA Museum of History & Culture: https://tinyurl.com/57yraa75
-Historic Jamestown: https://tinyurl.com/bdcmchu5 -Nathaniel Bacon: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/bacon-nathaniel-1647-1676/
-Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in the years 1675 & 1676 https://tinyurl.com/avfvvadm
-Nathaniel Bacon: Saint or Sinner? https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Spring15/bacon.cfm
-Preservation VA Blog: https://tinyurl.com/yu7d36py
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How could one women in the 1950s be involved with so many scientific discoveries & be called the mother of biotechnology & yet not be a scientist or doctor? Find out in this week's episode!
Episode Sources:
-The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
-NPR interview with Rebecca Skloot, hosted by Terry Gross: Henrietta Lacks - A Donor’s Immortal Legacy https://www.npr.org/2010/02/02/123232331/henrietta-lacks-a-donors-immortal-legacy
-Biography.com article: Henrietta Lacks by Biography.Com Editors And Tyler Piccotti https://www.biography.com/history-culture/henrietta-lacks
-Nature article: How the ‘groundbreaking’ Henrietta Lacks settlement could change research by Anil Oza & Mariana Lenharo https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02479-8
-AP News article: Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent by BY LEA SKENE AND SARAH BRUMFIELD https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729
-Nature editorial: Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02494-z
-Development of the Polio Vaccine: A Historical Perspective of Tuskegee University’s Role in Mass Production and Distribution of HeLa Cells by Timothy Turner, PhD https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458465/
-Article in Basic Science Methods for Clinical Researchers: Cell Culture by Charis-P. Segeritz, Ludovic Vallier https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7149418/
- Use of human specimens in research: the evolving United States regulatory, policy, and scientific landscape by Marianna J. Bledsoe and William E. Grizzle, MD, in the journal: Diagnostic Histopathology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954467/
- Significant Research Advances Enabled by HeLa Cells from NIH Office of Science Policy https://osp.od.nih.gov/hela-cells/significant-research-advances-enabled-by-hela-cells/
-AP News article: Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate by BY LAURA UNGAR https://apnews.com/article/black-maternal-mortality-american-indian-hispanic-deaths-64da18fec80f8f1790aee2e9986a757e
- Today.com article: 'You are not listening to me': Black women on pain and implicit bias in medicine by Vidya Rao https://www.today.com/health/implicit-bias-medicine-how-it-hurts-black-women-t187866
-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article: Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites by Hoffman KM, Trawalter S, Axt JR, Oliver MN. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks/honoring-henrietta-lacks
-US medical debt stats: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_medical-debt-burden-in-the-united-states_report_2022-03.pdf & https://www.lendingtree.com/personal/medical-debt-statistics/#:~:text=more%20than%20%2410%2C000.-,45%25%20of%20Americans%20have%20(or%20have%20had)%20medical%20debt,ages%2026%20to%2041%3A%2030%25
-Honoring Henrietta Lacks: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks/honoring-henrietta-lacks
-Lawrence Lacks' quote: https://hela100.org/media-kit-quotes-1 Follow the pod on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/learningoutloudpod/
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Before we start learning out loud together, I thought it'd be a good idea to give you a little background on where the idea for this show came from and share a little bit about my story.
Don't have everything figured out? Me neither and that's okay! Follow along as I (Katie Dy) try to figure out my life and 'learn out loud' about topics like science, history, mental health, fitness, and life's purpose. I'm excited to go on this journey with you! Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss when the first episodes drop....which will be soon!
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