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Hello everyone! This is the very first episode of History Honeys, and we're so glad you could join us. Grant and Alaina swap stories about Mackinac Island and the Michilimackinac region. Does it have the world's worst fort? Where would medical science be without accidental gunshot wounds and uncomfortable ethics? Are the straits in danger of ecological disaster?Have some links!Mackinac ParksOil and Water Don't Mix, the campaign against pipelines in the Great LakesThe listener mail prompt for next episode is boats! Tell us your favorite history fact about a boat and we'll try to read it on air.Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Tell your friends what you like about it, and send them a link. Rate and review on whatever platform delivers you this show so strangers will see it too! We appreciate it so much.Logo by MarahMusic by Thylacinus
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Hello again and welcome to the second episode of History Honeys! Alaina will be teaching us all about the sinking of the Eastland, a passenger steamer whose sinking was the single greatest loss of life in Great Lakes history. How can a system give rise to terrible things and nobody at fault? Can a plan to promote safety actually create danger? If ghosts aren't real, can anyone actually "lie" about being haunted?Have some Links!The Eastland Disaster Historical SocietyThe 101st anniversary observances; July 24-25, 2016(Article about) Video of rescuersEastland: A New Musical, by Lookingglass TheatreThe listener mail prompt for next episode is moral panics! Tell us which time people lost their heads over something that, in hindsight, turned out to be pointless scapegoating is your favorite and why, and we'll try to read it for the show.Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it.Feeling down? We recommend this cookie recipe, and this baby sloth to help you cheer up.Logo by MarahMusic by Thylacinus
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The third episode of History Honeys brings Grant to the hot seat to talk about The Comics Code Authority; its beginnings, its effects, and its legacy. If it seems like Alaina doesn't say much, it's because she was too busy trying to keep her composure in the face of the all-too familiar story of misplaced outrage and artistic repression. She made some incredible faces, though. Is scapegoating and censorship the path of least resistance? Can history remember anyone for more than one thing? How long of a shadow can one moment cast?Recommendations: Saga, I Hate Fairyland, Archie, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Starchie (and all of Will Elder and Wally Wood's work on MAD), The Lee/Kirby run on Fantastic Four (issues 1-102), Figment from the Disney Kingdoms line of books inspired by theme park attractions, and many other books we didn't mention in the recording.An article about Wertham's manipulation of facts to fit his argument: https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/204890And a big thanks to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.As mentioned in the listener mail segment, two articles by Ciaran.Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus
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Hello everyone! Here's the 4th episode of History Honeys! Alaina catches us up on Tuberculosis, then drills down to how the disease shaped fashion, then shares stories of how other diseases caused fads, and some stories of how fads caused illnesses. Is anything in history truly isolated? Is there any limit to what people will do for fashion's sake? Have we been using a loaded coin all along?Have some links!The Smithsonian articleCDC statistics
The listener mail prompt for next episode is plays and musicals! Tell us your favorite show and we'll try to read it on air. Send those emails to historyhoneyspodcast at gmail!
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In our fifth episode, Alaina teaches us about the fire that claimed Chicago's Iroquois Theatre in 1903, the deadliest single-building fire in history. It's a story with some similarities to the Eastland Disaster, and plenty to set it apart as well. When is a door not a door? Is rational self interest the deadliest force in history? What in this dang city hasn't burned down?Here's this episode's links!Panorama photo of the burned theaterPhotos of building featuresMemorial sculpture (currently in City Hall)Death AlleyPlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it.Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus
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Hello Honey Bunches! This time Grant takes the reigns and teaches us about the history of those campaign ads that plague Americans every four years. We talk about notable examples, trends that come and go, and some points on funding, and how funding impacts form. Is the future of the country sold in the same way as laundry detergent? If big money is the problem, what's the solution? Why did we make an audio program about visual media?The Living Room CandidatePBS' :30 Second CandidateThe Selling of the President by Joe McGinnissGruen (Thanks Cleretic!)Some notable ads not mentioned: Confessions of a Republican, Voting Booth, Bear, Journey, Windsurfing, and plenty more. Did we miss one of your favorites?
Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. (Also, it's Grant's birthday Thursday, so... pretty please?). You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. No listener mail prompt yet, but feel free to write anyway!
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Good morning! Today Grant goes for two and talks about the Anabaptists, a movement of related Protestant sects dating back to the early days of the Reformation. Are our civil liberties inspired by people who dropped out of the society they protect? How can small communities survive in isolation, and how could they survive without isolation? Why are people living in modernity fascinated by those who chose not to be?Links:Photos of the Barton Creek Mennonites in BelizeStory of the Bolivia Mennonite serial rapesChart of modern conveniences used in Amish communitiesSunday School DropoutsGuts - Radiolab
Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whateverother platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 8 prompt is: favorite amusement park ride or attraction!
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Alaina brings us to the Most Magical Place on Earth, Magic Kingdom Park in the Walt Disney World Resort. We learn about the park's inception and development, and follow a number of notable attractions from opening day to the present. Does the Magic Kingdom have a unique identity, or is it just Disneyland 2? How does something so compelling come from the collision of family passion and profit-seeking? Is there really any hope they'll give us a free vacation for saying mostly nice things? This one went pretty long, so look out for deleted and extended conversations in a supplemental episode next Tuesday!Links!1965 Press ConferenceYesterlandAn article on the history of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki RoomThe Florida Project film, presented to the public just before Walt's death.Interactive map I LOVE MAPS!The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World, a Wonderful World of Disney special that aired October 29, 1971. A fun source of video of the park as it was, and early 70s television production.Gextra Life Please tune in, and please consider donating.Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 9 email prompt is: favorite public speech!Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlusBaroque Hoedown by Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon KingsleyThere's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by by Richard and Robert Sherman; peformed by Rex Allen
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As promised, here's the bonus episode with more letters and outtakes. Some of our favorite bits from Episode 8 fell on the cutting room floor, and here they are for you to enjoy.Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus
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Grant takes a turn at Chicago tragedy with the Haymarket Affair. In May 1886 a bomb was thrown, igniting a shootout that killed over a dozen people and changed the fight for workers' rights forever. Can equality be gained in a system run by those who profit from inequality? Are the voices of the dead louder than those of the living? While we don't know who started the fight, can we even know who won in the end?Links!The "Revenge!" circularThe handbills announcing the rallyHaymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook, reviewed by Ada Grey(formerly) on-site memorial, police memorial, Martyrs' memorialThe Lucy Parsons ProjectGextra Life donations page, stream archivePlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 9 prompt is: share your local oddities!Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusHaymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook by Alex Higgin-Hauser & David Kornfeld, excerpts used with permission
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Alaina takes us on a tour of the Great Lakes, pointing out the strange and unusual on the way. Cryptids, ghost towns, and lake pirates make for a new perspective on America's north coast. How technical does the definition of "pirate" need to be? How many cult leaders have also been in Congress? What was wrong with people in the 19th Century?Links:Article with some pictures of Singapore, Michigan, and one with aerial photographyCiaran's article on Dan SeaveyThe Odd Side of Donegal, a series by listener Ciaran!Grant on Blurry Photos talking about GävlebockenGrant on Sunday School Dropouts talking about Ancient AstronautsPlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail.Logo by MarahMusic by Thylacinus
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America's founders have been immortalized, lionized, and mythologized; but one seems to have fallen through the cracks. Grant shares what he's learned about John Jay, the forgotten father. Was he instrumental to the birth of the United States, or did he just happen to be in the right place at the right time? Is he forgotten because he left things half done in his career, or because he used his retirement to rest? Why on Earth is this episode mostly about a horse Alaina made up?Links:Jay's Federalist PapersPortrait by Gilbert StuartThe Selected Papers of John Jay, blogAfrican Burial Ground MonumentMr Ed gets contact lensesGextra Life donations page, Stream archivePlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 9 prompt is: share your local hauntings and spooky stories!Logo by MarahMusic by Thylacinus
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Welcome to our bone-chilling Halloween special! Alaina teaches us about haunted hotels, haunted graveyards, and other spookum-scarems in the Windy City. Links:Suffragists protesting Wilson in front of the Congress Plaza HotelCity Cemetery map and information"Suicide Bridge" postcardInez Clarke monumentFrances Pearce StoneCouch Tomb"Eternal Silence"Poe Toaster podcast (thanks Fiona!)Gextra Life donations page, Stream archivePlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus
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Alaina and Grant return home from Philadelphia and the Wyoming Valley to tell tales of all they learned. Is there a minimum length for a street? Or minimum a width? What DIDN'T Benjamin Franklin do? What's better: a ruin; or a preserve? We share these stories of American Independence on election day, so go vote! We're counting on you!Links:Find your polling place! Know what's on your ballot! GO VOTE!Independence National Historical ParkElfreth's AlleyChrist ChurchEastern State PenitentiaryMutter MuseumFriends of the Wanamaker OrganKnoebel'sSweet Charlie's Ice Cream, Big Gay Ice CreamPlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 14 prompt is: favorite sports moment!Logo by MarahMusic by Thylacinus
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Sometimes, when you're talking about history, it happens right in front of you. Grant takes hold of the one good thing to happen in this God-forsaken year and goes back to the 1870s to see how it all began. Alaina does her best to feign interest. How does a legacy push a team forward; how can it hold them back? What arcane might lies inside goats?
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Cubs' WebsiteWrigley FieldGoats? GOATS!(Someday We'll Go) All the Way by Eddie VedderErnie Banks' 500th career home runHarry Caray's final 7th inning stretchCatching Hell, Inside the Bartman DebacleThe final out of the 2016 World SeriesRAT POISON AND BRANDY: THE 1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPIC MARATHON.The Dollop: episode 150; James Sullivan and the 1904 Olympic Games (Live)The MadFuzz store; use coupon code "hh2016" before 12/31 for 16% off.Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 15 prompt is: favorite movie based on a true story! Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus"Go, Cubs, Go!" by Steve Goodman. Performed by Steve Goodman and Manic Sewing Circle -
It's the Holidays, and we'd like to share one of our traditions with you. Alaina tells us about the creation of a classic film, The Sound of Music. First, we delve into the creation of the fictional family Von Trapp, then look at their actual lives which inspired it. How much fidelity is owed to the truth in an adaptation? What lengths would you go to in resisting a fascist takeover? What unexpected benefits come with accepting refugees?
It's also been exactly six months since episode 1! Thank you for all the love and support!
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The Von Trapp family singers (current lineup)The Von Trapp Family LodgeThe Sound of Music on IMDBJulie Andrews receiving the Kennedy Center HonorsLady Gaga's Sound of Music tribute at the 87th Academy AwardsThe Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall (thanks Sarah!)MadFuzz store use promo code HH2016 for 16% off until December 31st!Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 16 prompt is: holiday tradition/memory! Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusThe Lonely Goatherd and Edelweiss by Oscar Hammersten II and Richard Rodgers -
In 1968, the Democratic Party nominated a loyal member of the party leadership that did not reflect their members' views and could not present a compelling vision of the future. Meanwhile, prophesies of civil unrest became self-fulfilling as protests provoked a police riot miles away from the convention itself. What sort of protest makes the most change? How do you make leaders listen? Does democracy end on election day?
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Footage of Wednesday's Police RiotPhotos of the week's events: Chicago Tribune, Time MagazineThe Yippies' nomination newsreel for PigasusDan Rather's report from the floor after being punchedExcerpts of Ribicoff's nomination speech, and Daley's reactionThe Walker Report (An excerpted summary)Famous American Trials: The Chicago 8 including transcripts and audio of the trial and its participantsThe Whole World was Watching: An Oral History of 1968Bobby Seale's websiteThe MadFuzz store; use coupon code "hh2016" before 12/31 for 16% off.Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 17 prompt is: positive 2016 history! Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus"Prologue, August 29, 1968" by Chicago"I'll be There" by Phil Ochs -
Happy New Year! Our New Year's special has two topics for you. First, Grant takes us back to 1816, the Year Without a Summer, to tell the story behind the story of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Next, Alaina pops into 1916 to share the foundations and highlights of Dada. How does a geological event on one small island shape all of Western culture? If art is created by war, can art go to war?
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Frankensten; or, the Modern Prometheus at Project GutenbergMary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology and Resource SiteVilla Dilotati, where the group summeredFuseli’s The NightmareThe Cabaret Voltaire (website in French)Hugo Ball's Dada manifestoTristan Tzara's Dada manifestoDuchamp's FountainBallet "Parade"http://www.chumba.com/Copy Kitty on Steam Early AccessPlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 18 prompt is: favorite future! Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus -
Alaina continues her Disney Parks series with an episode on Walt Disney World Resort's second gate: Epcot. Walt Disney's original idea for all that Florida land was a planned city so unique that the world would come to see how his people lived and worked. After his death, some of those ideas, and the name, were recycled to be a theme park that serves as a permanent World's Fair. Is high modernism the path to despotism? Even so, could it have worked? How can you hit a forever-moving target: the future? Who needs rides when you can visit 11 themed gift shops and drink?
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Epcot websiteWalt Disney's EPCOT filmThe Reedy Creek Improvement DistrictCollections of concept artEpcot Center 1978 Preview Video; Featuring Card WalkerEpcot dedication ceremonyOpening Celebration TV SpecialKitchen KabaretSymbiosisCaptain EOAbandoned - Journey Into ImaginationAbandoned - HorizonsAbandoned - Wonders of Life PavilionThe Making of MeVideo comparison of Maelstrom and Frozen Ever AfterEpcot Festival of the Arts Trip reportPlease help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 19 prompt is: favorite superhero! Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus"One Little Spark" by the Sherman Brothers"The Three Caballeros" by Manuel Esperón and Ray Gilbert -
Face front, True Believers! Grant takes us through the life and career of every nerd's grandpa, Stan Lee! From humble beginnings as a teenage office assistant, to luminary of the field, to midlife crisis, to global celebrity! His talent, bluster, and talent for bluster carried him through it all. Who deserves credit for a collaboration? Which characters were really being sold? What is the value of a figurehead that has no contact with the rest of the ship? Excelsior!
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Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan LeeMarvel Comics: The Untold StoryThe Bullpen Bulletins IndexMerry Marvel Marching Society record skitMore on Funky FlashmanAds and press from A Marvel-ous Evening with Stan Lee, the Carnegie Hall event Footage of the Spider-WeddingStan ripping on Liefeld and McFarlaneWalk of Fame starThe Stan Lee FoundationPOW! EntertainmentMad Fuzz; Proceeds from purchases made before Februaey 11th will go to the ACLU. Please mention ACLU in the "notes to seller" area when ordering.Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 20 prompt is: favorite historical couple! Logo by MarahMusic by ThylacinusCensor beep by Frank West of The FPlus'Nuff said - Visa fler
