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Did That Really Happen?

88 Episodes

64 minutes | Dec 19, 2022
Barb Wire
For our final episode of 2022, we're mixing things up! Instead of depictions of the past, we're turning our attention to depictions of the future with 1996's Barb Wire! Join us as we get into what this movie got right and wrong about the dystopian year of 2017 with discussions of moving to Canada, brain scanning technology, licensed sex work, smoking, and more! Sources: J.J. McCullough, "Did Americans really move to Canada under Trump? Data tells a bigger story." The Washington Post (23 August 2022). https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/23/canada-us-immigration-data-republican-presidents/  James McCarten, "'Feels kind of hopeless': Here's why some Americans are looking to move to Canada," Global News (18 July 2022). https://globalnews.ca/news/8996261/americans-move-canada/  Judy Dutton, "Seriously, How Many Americans Will Move to Canada? A Reality Check," yahoo!news (9 November 2016). https://news.yahoo.com/seriously-many-americans-move-canada-203000264.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACmJFAA767l-aD8rP_Z7fjghljqlB8bqtWVNU2dJrE9qEkWf-l6KISfGxDBFe-elI3JS45ALHM9OZnk2TOTdBev3BCg2bq_1gFnV444eDD9Ol1lwsAO47qCTiae_GUgSE79idEtkMHHq-fyAxQQCnH65ZTf7U2WN71lJvJ5ACDYM  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," Smoking & Tobacco Use: Adult Data," https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm  Sandy McDowell, "Smoking Rates Historically Low, but Other Cancer-related Behaviors Need Improvement," American Cancer Society (19 May 2021). https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/acs-report-smoking-rates-historically-low-but-other-cancer-related-behaviors-need-improvement.html  Lydia Saad, "U.S. Smoking Rate Still Coming Down," Gallup (24 July 2008). https://news.gallup.com/poll/109048/us-smoking-rate-still-coming-down.aspx   World Health Organization, "Tobacco," (24 May 2022). https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tobacco  Seiro Ito and Aurelie Lepine, "The Effect of Sex Work Regulation on the Health and Wellbeing of Sex Workers: Evidence from Senegal," Health Economics, available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hec.3791 "Global Mapping of Sex Work Laws," NSWP, available at https://www.nswp.org/sex-work-laws-map Yasmin Anwar, "Scientists Use Brain Imaging to Reveal Movies in Our Mind," Berkeley News, available at https://news.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/brain-movies/ Ian Sample, "Researchers Use Brain Scans to Read People's Minds," The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/mar/12/mind-reading-brain-scans-memories https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a38958677/barb-wire-true-story-pam-and-tommy/ https://screenrant.com/barb-wire-movie-pamela-anderson-what-happened/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115624/
60 minutes | Dec 5, 2022
Dark Waters
This week we're going back to 1990s West Virginia with Dark Waters! Join us as we learn about forever chemicals, the EPA, DuPont's court settlements, and more! Sources: Sharon Lerner, "The Teflon Toxin: DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception," The Intercept, 11 August 2015 Mariah Blake, "Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia," HuffPost https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/welcome-to-beautiful-parkersburg/  https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/reference-news-release-epa-settles-pfoa-case-against-dupont-largest-environmental  Sharon Lerner, "The Teflon Toxin," https://theintercept.com/2015/08/20/teflon-toxin-dupont-slipped-past-epa/  Nathaniel Rich, "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare,"  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html "Weinberg Memo," https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2289501-weinberg-memo.html  Chicago Tribune, Farmer Wilbur Earl Tennant's Historic Video Shows Mysterious Cow Disease: https://www.chicagotribune.com/9a272e0c-2b50-4dc7-8f14-04432c04e948-132.html Jeff Mordock, "Dupont denied retrial in $1.6M chemical cancer case," Delaware Online 17 February 2016, https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/02/17/duponts-motion-void-16m-jury-verdict-denied/80530306/   Mariah Blake, "Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia," HuffPost https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/welcome-to-beautiful-parkersburg/  Glynis Board, "DuPont Offers $670M Settlement for "Teflon" Chemical Contamination of Water," WV Public Broadcasting (13 February 2017)  http://redirect.wvpublic.org/post/dupont-offers-670m-settlement-teflon-chemical-contamination-water  Monica Amarello, "DuPont, Chemours and Corteva Reach $4 Billion Settlement on ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lawsuits" Environmental Working Group (January 2021) https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/dupont-chemours-and-corteva-reach-4-billion-settlement-forever-chemicals Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dark_waters_2019  Owen Gleiberman, "Film Review: 'Dark Waters'" Variety (13 November 2019). https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/dark-waters-review-mark-ruffalo-todd-haynes-1203402923/  VICE News, "Mark Ruffalo Takes Us Inside the Making of 'Dark Waters'" YouTube; https://youtu.be/JyE4_7j6UdQ  The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, "Mark Ruffalo - Playing a Real-Life Hero in True Horror Story "Dark Waters" | The Daily Show" YouTube; https://youtu.be/5pWFJPyyPAw   GQ, "Mark Ruffalo Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ" https://youtu.be/Q-Kt-6joSns  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Waters_(2019_film)  Mark Eichmann, "DuPont execs react to villain role in 'Dark Waters' film," WHYY (1 November 2019). https://whyy.org/articles/dupont-execs-react-to-villain-role-in-dark-waters-film/      
53 minutes | Nov 21, 2022
Zodiac
This week we're traveling back to the 1960s and 70s with David Fincher's Zodiac! Join us as we learn about ciphers, Melvin Belli's role in the case, Detective Dave Toschi, "I Am Not Paul Avery" buttons, and more! Sources: Melvin Belli Letter: https://www.zodiacciphers.com/melvin-belli-letter.html Clip of Melvin Belli on Jim Dunbar show: https://youtu.be/TsM-kwU2mRU Clip of Dave Toschi on Melvin Belli Letter: https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/231077 Armistead Maupin on the Dave Toschi Letters: https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/231082 "Police Officials on Coast Deny Inspector Forged Zodiac Letters," New York Times (16 July 1978) "Investigator of Zodiac Murders Loses Post Over Letters to Paper," New York Times, (12 July 1978) James Felton, "FBI Confirms Zodiac Killer's Infamous 340 Cipher Has Been Decoded..." IFL Science, https://www.iflscience.com/fbi-confirms-zodiac-killers-infamous-340-cipher-has-been-decoded-and-his-message-finally-revealed-62044 Katie Dowd, https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/zodiac-340-cipher-solved-solution-code-15795178.php#photo-6406008  Dave Smith, "Zodiac Killer---Chilling Portrait of Madness," Los Angeles Times (15 October 1969): 1.  https://youtu.be/-1oQLPRE21o and https://youtu.be/ekbur_b8F3M "An interview with Paul Avery About the Zodiac Killer"  https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/231066  Michael Taylor, https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Paul-Avery-Longtime-Newspaper-Reporter-2722001.php  Dave Smith, "Zodiac Threatens to Kill Reporter for S.F. Newspaper," Los Angeles Times (31 October 1970): b1.  Christian Zilko, "Zodiac Turns 15: 15 Behind the Scenes Facts You Didn't Know About the David Fincher Movie," IndieWire, available at https://www.indiewire.com/feature/zodiac-david-fincher-behind-the-scenes-trivia-1234702993/ Tiffany Hearsey, "Robert Graysmith on Shooting Zodiac with David Fincher," Rue Morgue, available at https://rue-morgue.com/robert-graysmith-on-shooting-zodiac-with-david-fincher/      
43 minutes | Nov 7, 2022
Prey
This week we're traveling back to the 18th century with Prey! Join us as we learn about horses and dogs in Comanche society, rites of passage, buffalo hunting, and more! Sources: Yvette Running Horse Collin, "The Relationship Between the Indigenous Peoples of America and the Horse: Deconstructing a Eurocentric Myth," Dissertation, University of Alaska J Frank Dobie, "The Comanches and Their Horses," Southwest Review 36, 1 (1951) Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prey_2022 Sandra Hale Schulman, "Comanche Nation vs. 'Predator'," Indian Country Today (12 June 2022). https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/comanche-nation-vs-predator  Wendy Ide, "Prey review- stylish Predator prequel rooted in Native American history," The Guardian (6 August 2022). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/06/prey-review-stylish-predator-prequel-rooted-in-native-american-history   Mia Galuppo, "Next Big Thing: 'Prey' Star Amber Midthunder on Bringing an Indigenous Action Hero Into 'Predator' Franchise," The Hollywood Reporter (4 August 2022). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/prey-amber-midthunder-indigenous-representation-predator-movie-1235191007/  HeyUGuys, "Prey - Amber Midthunder & Jhane Myers on a Comanche dub, streaming release & the film's physicality," YouTube (5 August 2022). https://youtu.be/CAFq-tF77s0  CinemaBlend, "'Prey' Interviews With Amber Midthunder, Dan Trachtenberg & More!" YouTube (1 August 2022). https://youtu.be/YL1XlfdS20o  Sarah Rose, "Coco the Dog is Georgia's breakout rags-to-riches canine star--with aliens involved!" GPB (16 August 2022). https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/08/16/coco-the-dog-georgias-breakout-rags-riches-canine-star-aliens-involved#:~:text=Coco%2C%20a%20rescued%20dog%20from,stars%20Amber%20Midthunder%20(left). Riley Steward, "Prey Breakout Dakota Beavers Went from Working at TJ Maxx to Fighting Predators," GQ (12 August 2022). https://www.gq.com/story/prey-dakota-beavers  Carson Burton, "'Prey' Star Dakota Beavers Talks Upending Traditional Native Representation in His First Acting Role," Variety (5 August 2022). https://variety.com/2022/film/news/prey-dakota-beavers-predator-native-representation-1235326590/  SE Roberts, "That's Not a Wolf: English Misconceptions and the Fate of New England's Indigenous Dogs," The William and Mary Quarterly (2022).  Peter Mitchell, Horse Nations: The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492 (Oxford University Press, 2015), 151-4.  Joshua Abram Kercsmar, "Wolves at Heart: How Dog Evolution Shaped Whites' Perceptions of Indians in North America," Environmental History 21, no.3 (2016): 516-40. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44132074  Matthew Jackson, "The Dog in 'Prey' Had No Acting Experience Before the Movie, But She Kept Getting Extra Scenes," SYFY (8 August 2022). https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/prey-dog-no-acting-experience-before-the-movie  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Dog  Bradley Folsom, "An Interesting and Odd Present: Transporting American Bison across the Atlantic in the Eighteenth Century," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 120, no.1 (2016): 1-18. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44647077   M. Scott Taylor, "Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison," The American Economic Review, 101, no.7 (2011): 3162-95. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41408734  Loretta Fowler, The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains (Columbia University Press, 2003). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/fowl11700.5  Robert Michael Morrissey, "Bison Algonquians: Cycles of Violence and Exploitation in the Missisippi Valley Borderlands," Early American Studies 13, no.2 (2015): 309-40. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24474892  Annette Kuhlmann, "American Indian Women of the Plains and Northern Woodlands," Mid-American Review of Sociology 16, 1 (1992) Meagan Navarro, "Prey Producer Jhane Myers Used Her Own Cultural Background to Capture Comanche Authenticity," Bloody Disgusting, available at https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3725606/prey-producer-jhane-myers-used-her-own-cultural-background-to-capture-comanche-authenticity-interview/    
46 minutes | Oct 17, 2022
Daughters of the Dust
This week we're going back to 1902 and the Sea Islands with Daughters of the Dust! Join us as we talk about Gullah quilting practices, the Wanderer, African-American migration to Canada, and more! Sources: Kathy J. Brown, "Gullah Geechee Visuality as Protest Art, Contemplative Practice, and Anti-Racist Pedagogy," The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry 9, no.1 (2022): 22-42. Betsey Poore, "Living History Captures the Essence of Gullah," (9 July 2013). https://islandconnectionnews.com/living-history-captures-the-essence-of-gullah/  Arthur Chisolm, "#146 Part 1 Gullah Rag Quilting Workshop," (31 January 2013). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPAtavj-Rh4&ab_channel=ArthurChisolm  D. Chongo Mundende, "African American Exodus to Canada," Oklahoma Historical Society, https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AF001 Steve Schwinghamer, "The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers," Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/black-american-farmers https://ansa.novascotia.ca/community https://www.tompsc.com/DocumentCenter/View/5624 Roger Ebert's Review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/daughters-of-the-dust-1992 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_Dust Interview with Julie Dash: https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/we-have-a-lifetime-of-stories-to-tell-julie-dash-on-daughters-of-the-dust Charles J Montgomery, "Survivors From the Cargo of the Negro Slave Yacht Wanderer," American Anthropologist. Livia Gershon, "This Yacht Trafficked Enslaved Africans Long After the Slave Trade Was Abolished," Smithsonian Magazine, available at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/louisiana-museum-remembers-yacht-turned-slave-ship-180977653/  
60 minutes | Oct 3, 2022
Ida
Today we're traveling back to 1960s Poland with a listener request episode on Ida! Join us as we learn about "enemies of the people", Helena Wolinska-Bruce, historical examples of people hiding in the woods, and more! Sources: Order of St. Augustine official website: https://beafriar.org/blog-archive/2016/12/27/the-postures-and-gestures-of-ordination Julie Keefer, "In Hiding," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies/echoes-of-memory/in-hiding  Charlene Schiff, "The Girl from the Forest," USHMM, https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies/echoes-of-memory/the-girl-from-the-forest and "For a Rainy Day (Men Zol Nit Bedarfen)" https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies/echoes-of-memory/for-a-rainy-day-men-zol-nit-bedarfen  J.P. O'Malley, "'Into The Forest' Tells Story Of One Family's Escape From Nazi-Created Zhetel Ghetto," NPR (7 September 2021). https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034739946/into-the-forest-tells-story-of-one-familys-escape-from-nazi-created-zhetel-ghett  Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_(film)  Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ida_2013  David Denby, ""Ida": A Film Masterpiece," The New Yorker (27 May 2014). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ida-a-film-masterpiece  Godfrey Cheshire, "Ida" RogerEbert.com (2 May 2014) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ida-2014  Robert Booth, "Widow, 88, faces arrest warrant over death of Polish hero," The Guardian (21 November 2007) https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/21/secondworldwar.ukcrime  Anne Applebaum, "The Three Lives of Helena Brus," (6 December 1998). https://www.anneapplebaum.com/1998/12/06/the-three-lives-of-helena-brus/  "August Emil Fieldorf," Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Emil_Fieldorf  Agata Fijalkowski, "Politics, Law, and Justice in People's Poland: The Fieldorf File," Slavic Review 73, no.1 (2014): 85-107. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5612/slavicreview.73.1.0085  Jan C. Behrends, "Rokossowski Coming Home: The Making and Breaking of an (Inter)-National Hero in Stalinist Poland," The Hungarian Historical Review 5, 4 (2016) Renata Sczcepanik, Gavin Simpson, and Sabina Siebert, "Prison Officers in Poland," Communist and Post-Communist Studies 47, 1 (2014) Piotr J. Wrobel, "Class War or Ethnic Cleansing? Soviet Deporations of Polish Citizens from the Eastern Provinces of Poland, 1939-1941," The Polish Review 59, 2 (2014)
62 minutes | Sep 19, 2022
Night of the Hunter
This week we're traveling back to the 1930s with Night of the Hunter! Join us as we talk about the Bluebeard legend, ice cream, how much Rachel Cooper rules, itinerant preachers, and more! Sources: Charles Perrault, "“Blue Beard”," Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories, Lit2Go Edition, (0), accessed July 31, 2022, https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/4858/blue-beard/ . Casie E. Hermansson, Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition, (University Press of Mississippi, 2009). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tvhxt  Alison Lurie, "Review: One Bad Husband: What the "Bluebeard" story tells us about marriage," American Scholar 74:1 (2005): 129-32. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41221385  British Library, "The History of Blue Beard," https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-history-of-blue-beard  Kelly Faircloth, "Something Is Wrong in This House: How Bluebeard Became the Definitive Fairy Tale of Our Era," Jezebel (17 October 2018). https://jezebel.com/something-is-wrong-in-this-house-how-bluebeard-became-1829596691  Comic: The times dispatch. (Richmond, Va.), 31 May 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-05-31/ed-1/seq-25/  Comic: The Washington herald. (Washington, D.C.), 29 Oct. 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1922-10-29/ed-1/seq-34/  Gillette ad: Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 05 Nov. 1939. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1939-11-05/ed-1/seq-114/  Modern-day Bluebeards: Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), 04 Sept. 1931. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063730/1931-09-04/ed-1/seq-5/  The West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.), 06 May 1920. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072054/1920-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/  Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.), 10 Feb. 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092356/1905-02-10/ed-1/seq-1/  Spirit of Jefferson.  (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]), 26 Oct. 1909. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026788/1909-10-26/ed-1/seq-1  Evening journal. (Martinsburg, W. Va.), 17 May 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059585/1912-05-17/ed-1/seq-6/  Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.), 30 April 1920. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059586/1920-04-30/ed-1/seq-1/  The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.), 17 Nov. 1931. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014085/1931-11-17/ed-1/seq-10/  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Powers  https://www.wvpublic.org/radio/2019-03-18/march-18-1932-mass-murderer-harry-powers-executed-at-moundsville-state-penitentiary  Terrence Rafferty, "Night of the Hunter: Holy Terror," Criterion Collection, available at https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1657-the-night-of-the-hunter-holy-terror Faculty of Horror, Episode 44: https://www.facultyofhorror.com/2016/11/episode-44-if-i-could-turn-back-time-the-night-of-the-hunter-1955-and-the-innocents-1961/ Jeri Quinzio, "Ice Cream During the Depression." University of California Press Blog. Farrell Evans, "Why Ice Cream Soared in Popularity During Prohibition," History.com Jon Butler, "Forum: American Religion and the Great Depression," Church History 80, 3 (2011) Wayne Flynt, "Religion for the Blues: Evangelicalism, Poor Whites, and the Great Depression," Journal of Southern History 71, 1 (2005) Heather D Curtis, "God is Not Affected by the Depression: Pentacostal Missions During the 1930s," Church History 80, 3 (2011) Monroe Billington and Cal Clark, "Baptist Preachers and the New Deal," Journal of Church and State 33, 2 (Spring 1991)
61 minutes | Sep 5, 2022
Blackkklansman
Today we're traveling back to the 1970s with Blackkklansman! Join us as we learn about the real Ron Stallworth, women in the KKK, whether or not Flip Zimmerman was a real guy, and more! Sources: Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime (New York: Flatiron Books, 2018) Johnny Brayson, "Here's The Real Story Behind Adam Driver's 'BlacKkKlansman' Character," Bustle (9 August 2018). https://www.bustle.com/p/where-is-flip-zimmerman-in-2018-the-blackkklansman-character-played-a-key-role-in-a-wild-true-story-10015280   Chuck Arnold, "Meet the real detective behind 'BlacKkKlansman'" New York Post (9 August 2018). https://nypost.com/2018/08/09/meet-the-real-detective-behind-blackkklansman/   VIBE Magazine, "Spike Lee Explains How BlacKkKlansman Was Made | VIBE" YouTube (7 August 2018).  https://youtu.be/pKRslSc-wNw  CBS Mornings, "Spike Lee, real-life Ron Stallworth talk new film "BlacKkKlansman"" YouTube (10 August 2018). https://youtu.be/BkkTLULVMCo   SAG-AFTRA Foundation, "Conversation with BLACKKKLANSMAN," YouTube (12 Novermber 2018). https://youtu.be/XslaWRgKoFE   Rotten Tomatoes, https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blackkklansman  Mark Kermode, "BlacKkKlansman review - a blistering return to form for Spike Lee," The Guardian (26 August 2018). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/26/blackkklansman-review-spike-lee-blistering-return-to-form  A.O. Scott, "Review: Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' Journeys Into White America's Heart of Darkness," The New York TImes (9 August 2018). https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/movies/blackkklansman-review-spike-lee.html   Richard Brody, ""BlacKkKlansman," Reviewed: Smike Lee's Vision of Resistance to White Supremacy," The New Yorker (10 August 2018). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/blackkklansman-reviewed-spike-lees-vision-of-resistance-to-white-supremacy  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlacKkKlansman  "'Free the Pendleton 14' podcast shines new light on issue of white supremacy among active duty military," AirTalk KPCC. https://www.kpcc.org/programs/airtalk/2019/01/24/64114/free-the-pendleton-14-podcast-shines-new-light-on/  Lois Beckett, "How the US military has failed to address white supremacy in its ranks," The Guardian (24 June 2020). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/24/us-military-white-supremacy-extremist-plot  Seth G. Jones, Catrina Doxsee, Grace Hwang, and Jared Thompson, "The Military, Police, and the Rise of Terrorism in the United States," Center for Strategic & International Studies (12 April 2021). https://www.csis.org/analysis/military-police-and-rise-terrorism-united-states  Kathleen Belew, "The White Power Movement at War on Democracy," HFG Research and Policy in Brief (January 2021). https://www.hfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WhitePowerVersusDemocracy.pdf  Kathleen Belew, "There Are No Lone Wolves: The White Power Movement at War," in A Field Guide to White Supremacy, 312-24 (University of California Press, 2021). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1xbc21c.26  Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America (Harvard University Press, 2018). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv24w659z.6  Kathleen Blee, "Women in the 1920s Ku Klux Klan Movement," Feminist Studies 17, 1 (1991) Kathleen Blee, "Becoming a Racist: Women in Contemporary Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazi Groups," Gender and Society 10, 6 (1996) William F. Pinar, "White Women in the Ku Klux Klan," Counterpoints 163 (2001)
50 minutes | Aug 22, 2022
Top Secret!
This week we're traveling back to. . . well, it's not totally clear, but we're talking about Cold War history with Top Secret! Join us as we learn about that weird heel click salute, Ripple, surf rock, the fascinating history of the phrase "that sucks", and more! Sources: "Churchill Broadcast on the Soviet-German War (June 1941)" https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/churchill-broadcast-on-the-soviet-german-war-june-1941  Daniel Thomas Curtin, The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-war, (1917) https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Land_of_Deepening_Shadow/jxEyAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0  Sarah Wagner and Thomas Matyók, "Monumental Change: The Shifting Politics of Obligation at the Tomb of the Unknowns," History and Memory 30, no.1 (2018): 40-75.  "Desalination history" https://www.water.vic.gov.au/water-grid-and-markets/desalination/desalination-background/desalination-history  David Sedlak, "Turning to the Sea for Drinking Water," Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource, 217-37 (Yale University Press, 2014). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vksm5.15   E. Delyannis, "Historic background of desalination and renewable energies," Solar Energy, 75, no.5 (2003): 357-66.  Andreas N. Angelakis, Mohammad Valipour, Kwang-Ho Choo, Abdelkader T. Ahmed, Alper Baba, Rohitashw Kumar, Gurpal S. Toor, and Zhiwei Want, "Desalination: From Ancient to Present and Future," Water 13 (2021).  "Why suck is a dirty word | | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/sep/13/guardianletters4  Gillian Frank, "Discophobia: Antigay Prejudice and the 1979 Backlash against Disco," Journal of the History of Sexuality, 16, no.2 (2007): 276-306.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/30114235  Dear and Peter Kemp, (eds.) "sucking the monkey," The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2007).  John Ayto and John Simpson, "suck," The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford University Press, 2013).  BBC Learning English, "Suck it and see," https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the-english-we-speak/ep-170404  Billboard Magazine, June 29 1963: https://books.google.com/books?id=XgsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false Beach Boys "Surfin'" 1961: https://youtu.be/3jIdYAAO7cM Ben Finney, "Surfing in Ancient Hawaii," The Journal of Polynesian Society 68, 4 (1959) RL Rutsky, "Surfing the Other: Ideology on the Beach," Film Quarterly 52, 4 (1999) Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren, "Making Surfboards: Emergence of a Trans-Pacific Cultural Industry," Journal of Pacific History 49, 1 (2014) https://drunkard.com/55-dead-end-drinks/
65 minutes | Aug 8, 2022
Fear Street Part III: 1666
It's the third and final chapter of the Fear Street trilogy! Join us as we discuss why the title really should have been Fear Street 1694, Puritan attitudes toward homosexuality, the good old days when gossip was a crime, and more! Sources: Rachel Black, Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia: https://books.google.com/books?id=mb0SZIYCXREC&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false https://nerfpedialegacy.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Soaker_50 Associated Press, "Doused Police Chief Hits Crowd with Pepper Spray," Chicago Tribune (25 July 1993): 16.  "Kids Turn in 100 Toy Weapons," Dayton Daily News (11 November 1994): 5B.  Sally Deneen, "In Play: A Consumer's Guide to Toys," Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (28 November 1991): 1E.  Christine Eisel, "Several Unhandsome Words": The Politics of Gossip in Early Virginia, dissertation (May 2012), https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1332788117&disposition=inline   Francis T. McAndrew, "How "The Gossip" Became a Woman and How "Gossip" Became Her Weapon of Choice," The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition, ed. Maryanne L. Fisher (2014). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank-Mcandrew/publication/261063555_How_The_Gossip_became_a_woman_and_how_Gossip_became_her_weapon_of_choice/links/5a0604e7a6fdcc65eab17a53/How-The-Gossip-became-a-woman-and-how-Gossip-became-her-weapon-of-choice.pdf  Susan Ratcliffe (ed.), "Gossip," in Oxford Essential Quotations, 6 ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).  Gyles Brandreth (ed.), "Gossip," in Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, 5 ed. (Oxford University Press, 2014).  Mary Beth Norton, "Witchcraft in the Anglo-American Colonies," OAH Magazine of History 17, no.4 (2003): 5-10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163614   Mary Beth Norton, "Gender and Defamation in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The William and Mary Quarterly 44, no.1 (1987): 3-39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1939717  Walter W. Woodward, "New England's Other Witch-hunt: The Hartford Witch-hunt of the 1660s and Changing Patterns in Witchcraft Prosecution," OAH Magazine of History, 17, no.4 (2003): 16-20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163616  Elizabeth Reis, "Confess or Deny? What's a "Witch" to Do?" OAH Magazine of History, 17, no.4 (2003):11-13. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163615  Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_street_part_three_1666  Nick Allen, "Fear Street Part Three: 1666" Rogerebert.com (16 July 2021). https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fear-street-part-three-1666-2021  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Street_Part_Three:_1666  "Kiana Madeira & Olivia Scott Welch Discuss 'Fear Street' Movies | Entertainment Weekly" Entertainment Weekly YouTube (28 July 2021). https://youtu.be/dJR6EktKk-E   Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, ""Fear Street: 1666" Brings the Trilogy to a Very Gay Close," Autostraddle (19 July 2021). https://www.autostraddle.com/fear-street-1666-gay/  "Fear Street Cast Play MTV Yearbook & Reveal Creepy On Set Moment | MTV Movies" MTV UK YouTube (7 July 2021). https://youtu.be/_GxtoJ1uznY  Richard Godbeer, "The Cry of Sodom: Discourse, Intercourse, and Desire in Colonial New England," William and Mary Quarterly 52, 2 (1995) Roger Thompson, "Attitudes Towards Homosexuality in Seventeenth-Century New England Colonies," Journal of American Studies 23, 1 (1989)
58 minutes | Jul 25, 2022
Fear Street Part II: 1978
This week we're continuing our exploration of Fear Street with Part II: 1978! Join us as we learn about Cherry Bomb, the origins of the word "shagadelic", 1970s Stephen King, the surprisingly violent history of Halloween teen vandalism, and more! Sources: Google Ngram, "Shagadelic": https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shagadelic&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cshagadelic%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cshagadelic%3B%2Cc0 OED, Shagadelic: https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/269205;jsessionid=60BE157F752D353BB699000D850299EC Richard Lingeman, "Something Nasty in the Bathtub," New York Times Review of Books, March 1 1977, available at https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/09/lifetimes/kin-r-shining.html Carol Lawson, "Behind the Bestseller: Stephen King," New York Times Review of Books, September 23 1979, available at https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/09/lifetimes/kin-v-behind.html Stephen King Bibliography, available at https://stephenkingbooks.co.uk/books/?wpv_view_count=373&wpv_paged=6 Early examples of general Halloween vandalism: St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.), 09 Nov. 1893. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/1893-11-09/ed-1/seq-4/  and Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa), 03 Nov. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88059319/1896-11-03/ed-1/seq-1/ and Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.), 04 Nov. 1898. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063592/1898-11-04/ed-1/seq-4/ and The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.), 08 Nov. 1901. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85030821/1901-11-08/ed-1/seq-1/  More typical early forms of vandalism: The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 18 Oct. 1924. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015313/1924-10-18/ed-1/seq-1/ [plus an ax murder] Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 22 Oct. 1949. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1949-10-22/ed-1/seq-29/  Burning a barn: Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.), 08 Nov. 1962. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016209/1962-11-08/ed-1/seq-6/  Throwing TP in opposition: Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.), 09 Nov. 1962. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062224/1962-11-09/ed-1/seq-4/  Prince Edward County/R.R. Moton H.S. and vandalism: The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.), 12 Nov. 1963. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98068396/1963-11-12/ed-1/seq-1/  Parents encouraging mild vandalism: Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 30 Oct. 1960. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1960-10-30/ed-1/seq-85/  Egging and soaping: Greenbelt news review. (Greenbelt, Md.), 03 Nov. 1960. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89061522/1960-11-03/ed-1/seq-5/  Emily Chertoff, "A Sinister History of Halloween Pranks," The Atlantic 31 October 2012. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/a-sinister-history-of-halloween-pranks/264127/  Brian VanHooker, "A messy History of Egging and Toilet-Papering Houses," MEL, https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-messy-history-of-egging-and-toilet-papering-houses  Google ngram: "Toilet-papering" https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=toilet-papering&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ctoilet%20-%20papering%3B%2Cc0  "teepeeing" https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=teepeeing&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cteepeeing%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cteepeeing%3B%2Cc0  Rotten Tomatoes, Fear Street: 1978: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_street_part_two_1978 Meagan Navarro, "Fear Street Part 2: 1978 Pays Tribute to Classic Slashers With Higher Body Count," Bloody Disgusting, available at https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3672761/review-fear-street-part-2-1978-pays-respects-classic-slashers-higher-body-count/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Bomb_(The_Runaways_song)  and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubbling_Under_Hot_100  Emily Nyberg, "The Runaways Planted a Cherry Bomb in the Rock Industry," https://pages.stolaf.edu/americanmusic/2015/04/21/1164/  Alan Penchansky, "Runaways" Talent in Action, Billboard (26 February 1977). https://books.google.com/books?id=FEUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA39&dq=%22Cherry%20Bomb%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false  "A Day In The Life Of KIM FOWLEY: Producer 'Hustles' His Way Through Deals, Phone Calls, New Projects," Billboard (8 October 1977). https://books.google.com/books?id=DkUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT59&dq=Runaways&pg=PT59#v=onepage&q=Runaways&f=false  "Runaway Hit" Billboard (19 February 1977). https://books.google.com/books?id=jkUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA4&dq=Runaways&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false  Billboard (4 February 1978). https://books.google.com/books?id=gSQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT97&dq=Runaways&pg=PT47#v=onepage&q=Runaways&f=false 
70 minutes | Jul 11, 2022
Fear Street Part I: 1994
This week we're starting our first trilogy with Fear Street 1994! Join us as we learn about metal detectors and safe sex posters in schools, income inequality, "going postal", and more! Sources: Richard Burkhauser, Kenneth Couch, Andrew Houtenville, and Ludmila Rovba, "Income Inequality in the 1990s: Re-Forging a Lost Relationship?" University of Connecticut: Department of Economics Working Paper Series (2004). https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=econ_wpapers  Susan E. Mayer, "How Did the Increase in Economic Inequality between 1970 and 1990 Affect American Children's Educational Attainment?" Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago (January 2000) https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED447233.pdf  Songman Kang, "Inequality and Crime Revisited: effects of local inequality and economic segregation on crime," Journal of Population Economics 29, no.2 (April 2016): 593-626. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44280406 Neil Metz and Mariya Burdina, "Neighbourhood income inequality and property crime," Urban Studies, 55, no.1 (January 2018): 133-150. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26428428  Fahui Wang and Martin T. Arnold, "Localized income inequality, concentrated disadvantage and homicide," Applied Geography 28, issue 4 (2008): 259-270. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622808000374   "VOA Special Report: Retail Shootings," https://projects.voanews.com/mass-shootings/english/locations/retail.html  "VOA Special Report: Workplace Shootings," https://projects.voanews.com/mass-shootings/english/locations/workplace.html  Sharon Shahid and Megan Duzor, "History of Mass Shooters," VOA News (1 June 2021). https://projects.voanews.com/mass-shootings/?event=1055  "Up to 22 people stabbed at Pennsylvania high school," BBC (10 April 2014) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26959628  Rick Jervis, "Mass knife attacks, like at Texas college, are rare," USA Today (9 April 2013). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/09/knife-attacks-lone-star-college/2069347/  Ryan Tarinelli, Michael R. Sisak, and Michael Balsamo, "5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews," PBS Newshour (29 December 2019). https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/5-stabbed-at-rabbis-house-on-hanukkah-suspect-in-custody  Lindsey Grewe and Ashley Franco, "Stabbing spree suspect, who told victims he was Jesus, appears in court," KKTV 11 News (13 January 2020). https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Man-goes-on-stabbing-spree-near-downtown-Springs-overnight-566935531.html  Molly Amman, Anna Grace Burnette, and Brittany Crowley, "A Review of Mass Stabbing Attacks Between 2004 and 2017," Journal of Threat Assessment and Management (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tam0000177  "Table 12: Murder by State, Types of Weapons, 2016" 2016 Crime in the United States FBI: UCR, https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-12   Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall, "Going Postal," You're Wrong About (3 May 2018), https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/3884111-going-postal   Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself. American Red Cross. Wellcome Collection, available at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/xxzetspp Shaun Sutner, "School Metal Detectors Seen as Necessary Annoyance," Washington Post, 8 October 1992. Laurell Shaper Walters, "US Education at Risk: School Violence Enters Suburbs," Christian Science Monitor, 19 April 1993. Jaclyn Schildkraut and Kathryn Grogan, "Are Metal Detectors Effective in Making Schools Safer?" WestED Justice and Prevention Research Center, available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED595716.pdf Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_street_part_one_1994  Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, "Queer Slasher "Fear Street: 1994" Delivers Trashy Fun, Gay Drama, and 90s Nostalgia," Autostraddle (5 July 2021). https://www.autostraddle.com/fear-street-1994-gay-review/   Nick Allen, "Fear Street Part One: 1994" RogerEbert.com (2 July 2021). https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fear-street-part-one-1994-movie-review-2021 
70 minutes | Jun 27, 2022
Emma.
Today we're going back to the Regency with 2020's Emma.! Join us as we learn about pinkie rings, marriage customs, Roma stereotypes, and more! Sources: Church of England, "Marriage" https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/marriage  The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland... (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1840) https://google.com/books/edition/The_Book_of_Common_Prayer/ba89AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1  Richard Crider, "Emma's Anglican Wedding," Christianity and Literature 28, no. 2 (1979): 34-39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44310592   Rebecca Probert, "Control over Marriage in England and Wales, 1753-1823: The Clandestine Marriages Act of 1753 in Context," Law and History Review 27, no.2 (2009): 413-450. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40646019  Wendy Kennett, "The Place of Worship in Solemnization of a Marriage," Journal of Law and Religion 30, no.2 (2015): 260-294. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24739206   https://ew.com/awards/oscars/emma-costumes-alexandra-byrne/  Victoria & Albert Museum, examples of early 1800s wedding fashion: 1820s dress https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O63393/wedding-dress-unknown/  1820 veil https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O359432/wedding-veil-unknown/  1807 dress https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1261897/wedding-dress-unknown/ 1818 fashion plate https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O711008/bridal-dress-fashion-plate-unknown/  """Harriet Innes-Ker (née Charlewood), Duchess of Roxburghe ('London Fashions for September 1806, taken Authentically from the full & half dresses of the Dutches of Roxborough as worn by her Grace on her Marriage in August last')"" published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine etching and line engraving, published 1806 7 1/4 in. x 5 1/4 in. (185 mm x 134 mm) paper size; acquired unknown source, 1930; Reference Collection NPG D47501 https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw279713/Harriet-Innes-Ker-ne-Charlewood-Duchess-of-Roxburghe-London-Fashions-for-September-1806-taken-Authentically-from-the-full--half-dresses-of-the-Dutches-of-Roxborough-as-worn-by-her-Grace-on-her-Marriage-in-August-last?LinkID=mp160026&role=art&rNo=7 " David Cressy, "Trouble with Gypsies in Early Modern England," The Historical Journal 59, no.1 (2016): 45-70. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24809837   Yaron Matras, "The Historical Position of British Romani," in Romani in Britain: The Afterlife of a Language, 57-94 (Edinburgh University Press, 2010). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1r23jh.8  Colin Clark, "'Severity has often enraged but never subdued a gipsy': The History and Making of European Romani Stereotypes," in Role of the Romanies: Images and Counter Images of 'Gypsies'/Romanies in European Cultures eds. Nicholas Saul and Susan Tebbutt, 226-246 (Liverpool University Press, 2004) https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjjv0.19  Slate Interview with Autumn De Wilde: https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/emma-movie-autumn-de-wilde-interview-jane-austen-beck.html Emma, Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/emma_2020 Emma, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(2020_film) Ellie Harrison, "Queen's Gambit Star Reveals That She Can Make Her Nose Bleed on Cue," The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/anya-taylor-joy-emma-queens-gambit-b1767215.html Portrait of Richard Cumberland, 1776, National Portrait Gallery. Available at https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01669/Richard-Cumberland National Portrait Gallery, Search Results for Years 1775-1825: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?search=ap&firstRun=true&title=&npgno=&eDate=1775&lDate=1825&medium=&subj=&set=&portraitplace=&searchCatalogue=&submitSearchTerm=Search Leena Kim, "The History of the Pinkie Ring," Town and Country, available at https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/mens-fashion/a37937872/pinky-rings-meaning/ Alice Drum, "Pride and Prestige: Jane Austen and the Professions," College Literature 36, 3 (2009)
49 minutes | Jun 13, 2022
Back to the Future
This week we're hopping into the DeLorean and going back to 1955 with Back to the Future! Join us as we get into just how creepy and unsettling this movie really is, "parking" with boys, Fantastic Story Magazine, the history of Black mayors in America, Chuck Berry's cousin Marvin, and more! Sources: "The Story of Johnny B. Goode," The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/21/popandrock.vinylword "Johnny B. Goode," Rolling Stone, available at https://web.archive.org/web/20061228112332/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595852/johnny_b_goode Allen St. John, "How Back to the Future Inadvertently Dissed Chuck Berry," Forbes, available at https://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstjohn/2017/03/19/how-back-to-the-future-inadvertently-dissed-late-rock-legend-chuck-berry/?sh=6984fd9e48b7 Jess Yarmosky and Meghna Chakrabarti, "The life and losses of politician Michael Tubbs," On Point WBUR (Nov. 17 2021). https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2021/11/17/michael-tubbs-stockton-one-of-americas-youngest-mayors-sets-the-record-straight  POV, "Black Mayors: Newark in Context," Street Fight POV PBS. http://archive.pov.org/streetfight/black-mayors-newark-in-context/ \ "List of first African-American mayors," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_African-American_mayors  Lexi Lonas, "Cities across US elect their first Black mayors," The Hill (Nov. 3, 2021) https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/579813-cities-across-us-elect-their-first-black-mayors/  James D. Wilson, Jr. "The Donaldsonville Incident of 1870: A Study of Local Party Dissension and Republican Infighting in Reconstruction Louisiana," Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association 38, no.3 (1997): 329-45. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4233418  Euell A. Nielsen, "Pierre Caliste Landry (1841-1921)" Black Past (13 July 2016). https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/landry-pierre-caliste-1841-1921/  The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.), 27 April 1872. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1872-04-27/ed-1/seq-3/ and 18 April 1874 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1874-04-18/ed-1/seq-3/  Alex Schafran and Lisa M. Feldstein, "Black, Brown, White, and Green: Race, Land Use, and Environmental Politics in a Changing Richmond," Social Justice in Diverse Suburbs: History, Politics, and Prospects, ed. Christopher Niedt (Temple University Press, 2013). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt14bstxs.11  "Fantastic Story Magazine," Bram Dijkstra Collection of Golden Age Pulp Magazines, SDSU University Library. https://libguides.sdsu.edu/c.php?g=1050496&p=7635274   David Bakan, "Adolescence in America: From Idea to Social Fact," Daedelus 100, 4 (1971) Sandra Hofferth et al, "Premarital Sexual Activity Among US Teenage Women Over the Past Three Decades," Family Planning Perspectives 19, 2 (1987) Meredith GF Worthen, Sexual Deviance and Society: A Sociological Examination, Second Edition. Routledge, 2022. Ryan Gilbey, "How we made Back to the Future," The Guardian (25 August 2014) https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/25/back-to-the-future-michael-j-fox-christopher-lloyd-how-we-made  https://www.backtothefuture.com/movies/backtothefuture1  Mindi Westhoff, "If Back to the Future Passed the Bechdel Test," HuffPost (20 November 2016) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/if-back-to-the-future-pas_b_8609324  "'Great Scott!' 'Back to the Future' Cast Reunites | TODAY" TODAY (21 October 2015); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgb3zk-5m4w  Philip Sledge, "Back to the Future: 10 Crazy Behind The Scenes Facts About the Movie," CinemaBlend (8 May 2020) https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2495653/back-to-the-future-crazy-behind-the-scenes-facts-about-the-movie  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/back_to_the_future  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/back-future-review-1985-movie-801103/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future#Reception 
74 minutes | May 23, 2022
Pocahontas
This week we're going back to 17th century Virginia with Disney's Pocahontas! Join us to learn about pugs, the promises of the Virginia Company, tattoos, Governor Ratcliffe, and more! Sources: IMDB, Pocahontas: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114148/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 The Making of Pocahontas, Documentary available at https://youtu.be/-78sG39u-3g Pocahontas, Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1063452-pocahontas Roger Ebert Review, Pocahontas: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pocahontas-1995 John White, "Woman of the Secotan-Indians of North Carolina," 1585, available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_carolina_algonkin-kleidung01.jpg Edward L Bond, "Source of Knowledge, Source of Power: The Supernatural World of English Virginia, 1607-1624," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 108, 2 (2000) AT Sinclair, "Tattooing of the North American Indians," American Anthropologist 11, 2 (1909) Pocahontas, Powhatan Museum of Arts and Indigenous Culture, available at http://www.powhatanmuseum.com/Pocahontas.html Joseph Highmore, Portrait of a Lady with a Pug Dog, painting reproduction available at https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/portrait-of-a-lady-with-a-pug-dog-70968 Portrait of a Lady From the Order of the Pug, available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attributed_to_Anna_Rosina_Lisiewska_-_Portrait_of_a_Lady_from_the_Order_of_the_Pug.png William Hogarth, the Painter and His Pug, available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Painter_and_His_Pug_by_William_Hogarth.jpg Photo of Mausoleum of William the Silent, available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/14806345853 Pugs, American Kennel Club, available at https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/pug-history-ancient-companion-origins/ Laura D. Gelfand, Our Dogs, Ourselves: Dogs in Early Modern Art, Literature, and Society. Brill, 2016 Forrest K. Lehman, "Settled Place, Contested Past: Reconciling George Percy's "A Trewe Relacyon" with John Smith's "Generall Historie," Early American Literature 42:2 (2007): 235-61. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25057497  Jeffrey L. Sheler, "Rethinking Jamestown," Smithsonian Magazine (January 2005) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rethinking-jamestown-105757282/  John Smith, The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles: together with The true travels, adventures and observations, and A sea grammar. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.0262a/?st=gallery  (82-106) Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings ed. Karen Ordahl Kupperman (University of North Carolina, 1988) 79-132. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807839317_kupperman.9    Martin H. Quitt, "Trade and Acculturation at Jamestown, 1607-1609: The Limits of Understanding," The William and Mary Quarterly 52:2 (1995): 227-258. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2946974  Walter L. Hixson, ""No Savage Shall Inherit the Land": The Indian Enemy Other, Indiscriminate Warfare, and American National Identity, 1607-1783," U.S. Foreign Policy and the Other eds. Michael Patrick Cullinane and David Ryan, 16-41 (Bergahn Books, 2015). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qct9n.4  Virginia Bernhard, "Poverty and the Social Order in Seventeenth-Century Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 85:2 (1977): 141-155. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4248117   Misha Ewen, ""Poore Soules": Migration, Labor, and Visions for Commonwealth in Virginia," in Virginia 1619: Slavery and Freedom in the Making of English America eds. Paul Musselwhite, Peter C. Mancall, and James Horn, 133-149 (University of North Carolina Press, 2019). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469651811_musselwhite.11  Hugh T. Lefler, "Promotional Literature of the Southern Colonies," The Journal of Southern History 33:1 (1967): 3-25. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2204338     
69 minutes | May 9, 2022
The Green Knight
This week we're going back to the Middle Ages with David Lowery's The Green Knight! Join us as we talk about St. Winfred's head, sumptuary laws, camera obscura, horrifying puppets, and more! Sources: The Life of St. Winifred, Golden Legend Volume VI, available at https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/goldenlegend/GoldenLegend-Volume6.asp#Winifred "Camera Obscura," History of Science Museum, available at https://www.hsm.ox.ac.uk/camera-obscura "When Was the Camera Invented? Everything You Need to Know." NFI, available at https://www.nfi.edu/when-was-the-camera-invented/#:~:text=While%20historians%20generally%20accept%20that,one%20he%20made%20around%201826. Brian Tallerico, "The Green Knight," RogerEbert.com (July 30, 2021) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-green-knight-movie-review-2021  Mark Kermode, "The Green Knight review - a rich and wild fantasy," The Guardian (26 September 2021), https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/26/the-green-knight-review-david-lowery-dev-patel-gawain   Alissa Wilkinson, "The Green Knight is glorious and a little baffling. Let's untangle it." Vox (30 July 2021) https://www.vox.com/22585318/green-knight-explained-ending-spoilers-girdle-winifred-temptation   Richard Brody, ""The Green Knight," Reviewed: David Lowery's Boldly Modern Revision of a Medieval Legend," The New Yorker (August 3, 2021), https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-green-knight-reviewed-david-lowerys-boldly-modern-revision-of-a-medieval-legend  CinemaBlend, "Dev Patel & Joel Edgerton | 'The Green Knight' Interview" (July 27, 2021), https://youtu.be/VSW1ZBd2ARY  Anatomy of a Scene, "Take a Journey with Dev Patel in 'The Green Knight'" (July 30, 2021) https://youtu.be/Hc_SJ7dZQc4  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Knight_(film)  Romance of Lancelot du Lac Bodleian Library MS. Raw. Q. b. 6, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/cee84920-8cef-42f4-afa3-7fcd97ea55f1/   "Fashion Rules: a 14th century Knight's livery," St. John's College, University of Cambridge https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/mens-fashion#:~:text=English%20Sumptuary%20Laws%20were%20imposed,%2C%20furniture%2C%20jewellery%20and%20clothing.  "Sumptuous Origins," What (Not) to Wear: Fashion and the Law, Harvard Law School Historical & Special Collections' exhibits, https://exhibits.law.harvard.edu/purple-silk-and-cloth-gold  W. Mark Ormrod, "Landed Society, Conspicuous Consumption and the Political Economy: The Sumptuary Laws of 1363," in Winner and Waster and its Contexts: Chivalry, Law and Economics in Fourteenth-Century England (Boydell & Brewer, 2021), 74-82, https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1grbbh2.9  Louise M. Sylvester, Mark C. Chambers, and Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Medieval Dress and Textiles in Britain: A Multilingual Sourcebook (Boydell & Brewer, 2014), https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt7zstfh.16 and https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt7zstfh.14  David Carpenter, The Struggle for Mastery: The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 (London: Penguin, 2004).    Nicholas Orme, "The Culture of Children in Medieval England," Past & Present 148 (1995): 48-88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/651048  Frances K. Barasch, "Shakespeare and the Puppet Sphere," English Literary Renaissance 34:2 (2004): 157-175. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24463671  Victoria & Albert Museum, "A history of puppets in Britain," https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/a-history-of-puppets-in-britain#slideshow=21816336&slide=0 
61 minutes | Apr 18, 2022
Atomic Blonde
This week we're back with a new episode on Atomic Blonde! Join us as we learn about breakdancing in East Berlin, Stasi defectors, the 1989 East German student protests, Cold War British traitors, and more! Sources: Nicole Sperling, "How Atomic Blonde Got Its Most Insane Action Sequence," GQ, available at https://www.gq.com/story/atomic-blonde-david-leitch Peter Debruge, "How the Atomic Blonde Team Pulled Off the Incredible One-Take Action Sequence," Variety, available at https://variety.com/2017/artisans/production/atomic-blonde-10-minute-action-scene-charlize-theron-1202512814/ Atomic Blonde, IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2406566/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Blonde Philip Oltermann, "Enemies Everywhere: Photos Show the Absurdity of Life Under the Stasi," The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/enemies-everywhere-photos-show-absurdity-life-under-stasi-east-germany Sean Lavery, "The Personal Side of an East German Spy's Defection, in 'Betrayal'," New York Magazine, August 5 2020. Leonard Schmieding, "Of Windmills, Headspins, and Powermoves," Ambivalent Americanizations 65-85 (2008). https://www.academia.edu/download/55926808/Leonard_Schmieding_2008_Of_Windmills__Headspins__and_Powermoves.pdf    Michael Hoyler and Christoph Mager, "HipHop ist im Haus: Cultural Policy, Community Centres, and the Making of Hip-Hop Music in Germany," Built Environment 31, no.3 (2005): 237-254. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23289442  Paul Lashmar, Spies, Spin and the Fourth Estate (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctv182jrfz.16  Chapman Pincher, "Their Trade is Treachery: A Retrospective," in Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US: Historiography since 1945 edited by Christopher R. Moran and Christopher J. Murphy, 281-288 (Edinburgh University Press, 2013). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt3fgsh7.23  Richard Aldrich, "British Intelligence During the Cold War," in Secret Intelligence in the European States System, 1918-1989, edited by Jonathan Haslam and Karina Urbach, 149-69 (Stanford University Press, 2014) https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqsdp7h.9  Timothy Heritage and Polina Ivanova, "George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98," Reuters (26 December 2020), https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-people-george-blake/george-blake-last-in-line-of-cold-war-spies-who-betrayed-britain-dies-at-98-idUSKBN29009J   Richard W. Stevenson, "John Cairncross, Fifth Briton In Soviet Spy Ring, Dies at 82," New York Times (10 October 1995) https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/10/world/john-cairncross-fifth-briton-in-soviet-spy-ring-dies-at-82.html  "The Queen's Buckingham Palace Garden Parties," https://www.royal.uk/queens-buckingham-palace-garden-parties  https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/lets-talk-about-the-ending-of-atomic-blonde.html Andrew Roth, "Lady Park of Monmouth Obituary: Senior MI6 officer, diplomat and Tory peer, she was known as the 'Queen of Spies'" The Guardian 28 March 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/28/daphne-park-obituary  BBC Nine O'Clock News, October 10th 1989: https://youtu.be/wXE8vgbk1Bo?t=976 Susanne Lohmann, "The Dynamics of Informational Cascades: The Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, East Germany, 1989-1991," World Politics 47, 1 (1994) Marko Grdesic, "Television and Protest in East Germany's Revolution, 1989-1990," Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 47, 1 (2014) David Remnick, "East Germans Stage Protest," Washington Post, 8 October 1989. Available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/10/08/east-germans-stage-protest/4bd87ba6-de59-43ee-9aab-1b6fdb03bd77/
48 minutes | Mar 28, 2022
Outlaw King
Today we're going back to 14th-century Scotland with Outlaw King! Join us as we get into artichokes, William Wallace's body, The Battle of Loudon Hill, Robert the Bruce's long-suffering wife Elizabeth, and more! Sources: Gabriella Sonnante et al, "The Domestication of the Artichoke and Cardoon: From Roman Times to the Genomic Age," Annals of Botany 100, 5 (2007) John H Harvey, "Vegetables in the Middle Ages," Garden History 12, 2 (1984) Felicity Heal, "Food Gifts, the Household, and the Politics of Exchange in Early Modern England," Past and Present 199 (2008) J.R. Davies, "The execution of William Wallace: the earliest account." Breaking of Britain 1216-1314 (University of Glasgow, 2011). https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/80622/1/80622.pdf  Murray Dahm, "Plucked from the notes of song: Blind Harry and the sources for William Wallace," Medieval Warfare 4:3 (2014):9-12. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48578348  James J. Coleman, "'Not Servile and Conquered, but Free and Independent': Commemorating William Wallace and Robert the Bruce," in Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland: Commemoration, Nationality and Memory (Edinburgh University Press, 2014), https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt14brwv8.7  Graeme Morton, "Chronicles of Wallace," in William Wallace: A National Tale (Edinburgh University Press, 2014), https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g0b4nt.7  David H. Caldwell, "Scottish Spearmen, 1298-1314: An Answer to Cavalry," War in History 19:3 (July 2012): 267-289. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098476  Michael Brown, "The Bannockburn War (1307-13)" in Bannockburn: The Scottish War and the British Isles 1307-1323 (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1r298b.8  Conor McCarthy, "Outside the Law in the Middle Ages," Outlaws and Spies: Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), 21-54. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctv10kmcwf.5  BBC Bitesize, "The Battle of Loudoun Hill, 1307," https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8g86sg/articles/zfptwty  Susan Abernathy, "Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scotland," Medievalists.net, available at https://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/elizabeth-de-burgh-queen-scotland/ David Mackay, "Robert the Bruce Died 700 Years Ago. . . But He's Still Paying 5 Pounds to This Church Every Year," The Press and Journal, available at https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/1068815/moray-church-still-receiving-money-from-robert-the-bruce-700-years-later/ Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_King  Anthony D'Alessandro, "'Outlaw King' Filmmaker David Mackenzie Trims Netflix Epic By 20 Minutes Post Toronto Premiere," Deadline (23 September 2018), https://deadline.com/2018/09/netflix-chris-pine-outlaw-king-recut-by-david-mackenzie-post-tiff-premiere-1202469711/   Peter Bradshaw, "Outlaw King review- bold, watchable portrait of Robert the Bruce," The Guardian (9 November 2018). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/09/outlaw-king-review-bold-watchable-portrait-of-robert-the-bruce-chris-pine  Meilan Solly, "The True Story of Robert the Bruce, Scotland's 'Outlaw King'" Smithsonian Magazine (8 November 2018) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-robert-bruce-scotlands-outlaw-king-180970756/  Annie Howard, "Chris Pine Talks Full-Frontal Scene in 'Outlaw King': "It Was Important," The Hollywood Reporter (7 September 2018), https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/chris-pine-talks-full-frontal-scene-outlaw-king-it-was-important-watch-tiff-2018-1140079/  
59 minutes | Mar 14, 2022
Mask of Zorro
This week we're going back to 1840s California with the Mask of Zorro! Join us to learn about children in Catholic missions, the truly weird story of a guy named Harry Love and the head of Joaquin Murrieta, the dons of California, and more! Sources Cecilia Rasmussen, "Early Lawman Overshadowed by His Quarry," Los Angeles Times, available at https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-nov-12-me-then12-story.html Full Documentary, "The Head of Joaquin Murrieta," Available at https://vimeo.com/189559216 Fronteras, Interview with John Valadez, available at https://video.pbswisconsin.org/video/fronteras_krwg-head-joaquin-murrieta-john-valadez/ Mask of Zorro, Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mask_of_zorro "Steven Spielberg Had to Talk Martin Campbell Into Making Mask of Zorro," SlashFilm, available at https://www.slashfilm.com/778799/the-wizard-of-oz-almost-premiered-without-its-signature-song/ Roger Ebert's Review of Mask of Zorro: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mask-of-zorro-1998 Mask of Zorro, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mask_of_Zorro Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer, Jr., We Are the Land: A History of Native California (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2021).  Martin Rizzo-Martinez, "First Were Taken the Children, and Then the Parents Followed," We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), : https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv270kv7w.7 . Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz, "Junipero Serra's Approach to the Native Peoples of the Californias," in The Worlds of Junipero Serra: Historical Contexts and Cultural Representations edited by Steven W. Hackel (University of California Press); https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt2050wrm.12  Kevin Starr, California: A History (New York: The Modern Library, 2015).  "Mexican California," Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/collections/california-first-person-narratives/articles-and-essays/early-california-history/mexican-california/  "Kumeyaay - The Rancho Period," https://www.kumeyaay.com/kumeyaay-the-rancho-period.html  Philip Laverty, "The Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation of Monterey, California: Dispossession, Federal Neglect, and the Bitter Irony of the Federal Acknowledgement Process," Wicazo Sa Review 18:2 (2003):41-77.
62 minutes | Feb 28, 2022
Donnie Darko
Today we're headed back to the long-ago days of 1988 with Donnie Darko! Join us as we learn about book banning, electric hand dryers, teen cocaine use, "cellar door", and more! Sources: Banned Books: Leonard Kniffel, "The Dangerous Modern Library List," American Libraries 29, 8 (1998) Eleanor Diaz and James LaRue, "50 Years of Intellectual Freedom," American Libraries 48, 11-12 (2016) BOARD OF EDUCATION, ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 26 et al., Petitioners, v. Steven A. PICO, by his next friend Frances Pico et al. Available at https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/457/853 Banned and Challenged Books, ALA, available at https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics Graham Greene, The Destructors, full text available at https://100mudcats.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/destructors.pdf Teen Cocaine Use: Joseph Moreau, ""I Learned it by Watching YOU!" The Partnership for a Drug-Free America and the Attack on "Responsible Use" Education in the 1980s," Journal of Social History 49:3 (Spring 2016): 710-37. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920720 Richard A. Miech, Howard Chilcoat, and Valerie Harder, "The increase in the association of education and cocaine use over the 1980s and 1990s: Evidence for a 'historical period' effect," Drug and Alcohol Dependence 79 (2005):311-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.01.022 Robert A. Johnson and Dean R. Gerstein, "Initiation of Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Marijuana, Cocaine, and Other Substances in US Birth Cohorts since 1919," American Journal of Public Health 88:1 (1998): 27-33. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdfplus/10.2105/AJPH.88.1.27 Jenifer Hamil-Luker, Kenneth C. Land, and Judith Blau, "Diverse trajectories of cocaine use through early adulthood among rebellious and socially conforming youth," Social Science Research 33 (2004): 300-21. Hand Dryers: Handy Andy' hand dryer Photograph, Gift of General Electric Company Limited, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.26400145 Ernie Smith, "The Weird History of Hand Dryers Will Blow You Away," Atlas Obscura 24 August 2015, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-weird-history-of-hand-dryers-will-blow-you-away Samanth Subramanian, "Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands," The Guardian 25 April 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/25/hand-dryers-paper-towels-hygiene-dyson-airblade Background: Jeff Izaha, "What the Hell is 'Donnie Darko' About, Anyway?" Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/donnie-darko-20th-anniversary-richard-kelly-interview-1245435/ Phil Hoad, "How we made Donnie Darko," The Guardian 12 December 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/12/how-we-made-donnie-darko-jake-gyllenhaal Megan Summers, "10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jake Gyllenhaal's Cult Classic Donnie Darko," ScreenRant 26 July 2020 https://screenrant.com/donnie-darko-behind-the-scenes/ "Donnie Darko" Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/donnie_darko Cellar Door: Leslie Jones, JRR Tolkien: A Biography. Greenwood Biographies, 2003. David Crystal, "Phonoaesthetically Speaking," Available at https://www.davidcrystal.com/Files/BooksAndArticles/-4009.pdf Harriet Powney, "What's the Loveliest Word in the English Language?" The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2012/may/25/mind-your-language-loveliest-word  
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