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A podcast where a married couple teaches each other about cool stuff in the past.
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Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
It's our third anniversary episode, which means scenic islands and shipwrecks. Well, instead of a ship it's an escape raft made from raincoats, and concrete cell blocks aren't particularly scenic. That's right, this episode is about the setting of Sean Connery's classic The Rock: Alcatraz Island.
Links!
- Alcrataz Island, National Park Service
- Children Who Grew Up on Alcatraz Recount Life on Prison Island
- National Geographic Alcatraz Breakout New Evidence
- Comparison of the three (alleged) escapees and their dummy heads
- The Alcatraz Proclamation
- Breaking Mayberry episode 39: No Gods, No Masters, No Choir Directors!
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 79 prompt is: What is your favorite robot?
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
In this episode, Grant tells a familiar story from a less-popular angle. Venezuelan oil interests, for-profit media, and a right-wing coalition launched a coup against the early years of Hugo Chavez' presidency. It also had all the hallmarks of 21st Century American Imperialism, but with a veneer of deniability. Who planted the seeds of today's unrest? How can you see true intent through rhetoric? Why hasn't Elliott Abrams been tried for war crimes?
Links!
- Text of the 1999 Constitution
- Al Jazeera mini-documentary on the events of 2002
- 50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
- Venezuela coup linked to Bush team - The Guardian
- SEX ARCHIE
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Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
We've been spending a lot of time with US history and it's time to head abroad. Grant gets meta with an episode that does just that! Japan spent hundreds of years isolating itself (from a certain point of view) until an American fleet gave them the opportunity (from a certain point of view) to open their society to the colonial powers. What's the difference between diplomacy and coercion? How can you maintain tradition in a changing world? Is an equal exchange even possible?
Links!
- Fillmore and Perry's letters to the Emperor, and Perry's letter enclosed with the white flag
- Japanese depictions of Commodore Perry (center) and his fleet
- A thread of images from a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861
- Pacific Overtures, a 1970s musical dramatizing the events discussed
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Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Continuing our string of connected episodes, Grant dives into one of the events referenced in our previous topic: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Among the deadliest events in American history, it was a watershed moment. Disaster relief, seismology, and the city itself all changed completely in 1906. Is efficency more valuable than dignity? Is the region prepared for the next one?
Links!
- Eyewitness reports, compiled by the Museum of the city of an Francisco
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San Francisco Earthquake And Fire - April 18, 1906; a newsreel of footage shot in May, 1906
- Article on temporary "earthquake shacks" still in the housing market
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/
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Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
In the 1980s a plague struck America, and because of who it hit hardest, America was happy to let it run its course and let them die. The arts are how we make sense of that, and point toward what comes next. Alaina takes us through the conception and reception of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, perhaps the most highly-regarded play of the 20th Century. We also learn more about the real person depicted in it, and share our personal connections to the work. Is it possible to separate the personal from the political, or the path of history from faith? Can a work revitalize its medium, or should credit go to the historical moment that produced it? Can something still be too long even if every part of it is brilliant?
Links!
- Angels in America
- HBO Miniseries
- Angels in America: The Complete Oral History
- Behind the Scenes on a Two-Play Day
- Avert.org
- New York Times review of the opera adaptation
- Vanity Fair article on Roy Cohn's mentorship of Donald Trump
- The Purple Pamphlet
- Gextra Life donation page
- Gextra Life YouTube playlist
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Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Grant takes us back to mid-century America to talk about an emblematic episode of the Cold War. During the Second World War, a number of Americans went behind the government's back to aid an ally. Less than ten yers later, two of them were blamed for millions and millions of deaths, and sentenced to death on coerced and extremely tenuous testimony. Can the letter of the law stand against its use as a weapon? Did an act of state cruelty feed further cruelty, and could clemency have reduced fear? Is this just a game of chicken gone wrong?
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Tuesday Aug 21, 2018
Tuesday Aug 21, 2018
In this episode, Grant talks about the United States' Public Broadcasting Service, the most trusted institution in the country. A need for non-commercial programming became a need for a federally-supported structure, which quickly became a national treasure. How does the profit motive shape content? What will it take for public broadcasting to continue? How much time could we spend just reminiscing?
Links!
- PBS
- The Corporation for Public Braodcasting
- Newton Minow's "A Vast Wasteland" speech
- The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
- Fred Rogers' 1969 Senate subcommittee testimony
- PBS Digital Studios
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Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Grant tells us the story of the MS St Louis's cruise in the spring of 1939. A cruise ship filled with 937 passengers left Nai Germany to escape persecution. In the end, most of them returned to it. How do you recognize a genocide before active extermination begins? What is stopping us from caring for those in danger? What does this have to do with 2018 America?
Links!
- Voyage of the Damned (1976 film)
- US Holocaust Museum page on the MS St Louis
- Canada's "Wheel of Conscience" memorial
- Twitter account listing those passengers who were killed
- The US State Department's formal apology
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Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
In the last days of the English empire, the people of Iran wanted to shake off the economic imperialism of British Petroluem. The movement spread, and the Americans got involved to defend the status quo. Grant teaches us about the factions in play, the tactics used, and the beginning of the US's policy of regime change. When has imperialism improved the lives of people living under it? How can we accept the narrative that inciting chaos creates stability? Who's next?
Links!
- Declassified CIA documents
- Confession of a SAVAK torturer
- 1953 British news report
- Support Final Bid on Kickstarter now!
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Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Alaina returns to another small piece of 1893's Columbian Exposition, and look at the Woman's Building. Designed and decorated by trailblazing women, and filled with work and exhibits by women from around the world, it was one of the most popular buildings at the fair. The fair also hosted the World’s Congress of Representative Women, a week-long convention on women's issues and a landmerk in early feminist history. Did it fulfill its purpose? Who benefited the most? What can women's movements today learn from the successes and mistakes of 1893?
[Note: The murals were 58x12 feet, not inches]
Links!
- Transcribed speeches from The World's Congress of Representative Women
- Festival Jubilate, Op.17 sheet music
- The Woman's Building, Interior
- Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building, Cover
- Mary Cassatt's "Modern Woman" mural
- Pearl Hart, The Last Lady Outlaw
- Final Bid: The Cinematic Auction Game
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 54 prompt is: Favorite CIA operation!