Episodes
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Convicts in Australia
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Grant opens his horizons and shares what he's taught himself about one of the few things he knows about Australian history: its beginnings as a penal colony. Over 80 years, on 806 ships, over 164,000 convicts were sent to the colonies of Australia, which were built on their backs. Who defines crime, and who benefits from it? How does a nation's founding legend shape its identity? Did they earn more than an expunged record?
Links!
- A Proposal For Establishing a Settlement in New South Wales.
- Convict Records
- Convict sites on the World Heritage List
- Australian convict pirates in Japan: evidence of 1830 voyage unearthed
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Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Alaina treats herself on her birthday episode by talking about a tragic fire in the early 1900s. After the (primarily women and immigrant) workers of the New York garment industry began winning better conditions and pay, one factory lagged behind. Then, it burned down, killing 146 people in under 20 minutes. In the end, the owners made a profit on the insurance as the victims' families were left without their income. Is preparedness a substitute for systemic prevention? How do we focus grief into action? How do you place a value on human life?
Links!
- Cornell University's collection of documents on the fire
- Memorial to the (previously) unnamed victims
- Article on the Centennial observance
- UNITE HERE
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