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Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
In his short life, Jim Henson re-invented an art form, taught millions to read, and entertained the world. His life, career, and philosophy were even broader than that. Why does a work's intended audience devalue its creativity? How do you escape your image to break new ground? How would you make a children's show to end war? Happy Birthday, Alaina!
Links!
- Pierre the Rat
- Sam & Friends: News Skit, Old Black Magic
- Wilkins Coffee commercial sampler
- Tales of the Tinkerdee pilot
- Land of Tinkerdee clip
- Purina Puppy Chow ads
- Rowlf on the Jimmy Dean Show
- Time Piece clip, behind the scenes
- The Cube
- Run, Run; Wheels That Go; Ripples
- Tale of Sand
- Rolling Ball Number 3; Queen of Six
- The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
- Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
- Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
- Brian Froud's website
- Muppet*Vision 3D
- Jim Henson on Arsenio Hall
- Jim Henson's Memorial Service
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
- SEX ARCHIE (iTunes/Stitcher/RSS) twitter
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 23 prompt is: favorite painting!
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
On Christmas Eve, 1913, in the city of Calumet, 73 people died in a panicked stampede, crushed under each other's weight in a narrow staircase. It remains the largest mass murder in Michigan history. But, this is only one episode inside a greater story about the fight for collective action. How much money is it worth to maintain power? Are wins counted in the short term, or the long term? Will Alaina get a puppy for her birthday?
Links!
- General Abbey's telegram to Governor Ferris
- Keewanau National Historical Park; Historic Resource Study
- Italian Hall Memorial Park
- Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder; by Steve Lehto
- Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
- Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913
- Copper Country on Board Game Geek
- SEX ARCHIE (iTunes/Stitcher/RSS) twitter
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Happy Valentine's Day! In this holiday special, Alaina talks about the most romantic thing she knows: gruesome murder. How are movie gangsters different from the real guys? Why can't rival operations just get along? Who actually did the dang thing, anyway?
Links:
- Historical image of the site
- The Mob Museum
- Our Sexual History episode #4: A Short History of Syphilis, featuring listener Ciaran! Bonus episode on the Tuskeegee Experiment
- Alcohollywood presents: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King, part 1
- The Breakfast Cult visual novel on Kickstarter; and the free alpha demo on itch.io
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
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?
Links!
- Footage of Wednesday's Police Riot
- Photos of the week's events: Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine
- The Yippies' nomination newsreel for Pigasus
- Dan Rather's report from the floor after being punched
- Excerpts of Ribicoff's nomination speech, and Daley's reaction
- The Walker Report (An excerpted summary)
- Famous American Trials: The Chicago 8 including transcripts and audio of the trial and its participants
- The Whole World was Watching: An Oral History of 1968
- Bobby Seale's website
- The MadFuzz store; use coupon code "hh2016" before 12/31 for 16% off.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2016
Tuesday Nov 08, 2016
- Find your polling place! Know what's on your ballot! GO VOTE!
- Independence National Historical Park
- Elfreth's Alley
- Christ Church
- Eastern State Penitentiary
- Mutter Museum
- Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
- Knoebel's
- Sweet Charlie's Ice Cream, Big Gay Ice Cream
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
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?
- Jay's Federalist Papers
- Portrait by Gilbert Stuart
- The Selected Papers of John Jay, blog
- African Burial Ground Monument
- Mr Ed gets contact lenses
- Gextra Life donations page, Stream archive
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
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?
- The "Revenge!" circular
- The handbills announcing the rally
- Haymarket: The Anarchist's Songbook, reviewed by Ada Grey
- (formerly) on-site memorial, police memorial, Martyrs' memorial
- The Lucy Parsons Project
- Gextra Life donations page, stream archive
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
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?
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!
Tuesday Aug 02, 2016
Tuesday Aug 02, 2016
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 Candidate
- PBS' :30 Second Candidate
- The Selling of the President by Joe McGinniss
- Gruen (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!