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Episode 31: Happy Early Chanukah: History from the Maccabees to Now
CW: war, death, Antisemitism I’ll start this off right away with a list of Jewish creators I would encourage you to go watch more from. They are the best to learn from as this is their culture: TikTok (these are ones I personally follow): @therealmelindastrauss , @sj_rachel , @lilyebert , @thewildamalia, @miriamezagui YouTube: This list…
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Episode 30: The Glitter Conspiracy
Glitter! It’s everywhere, and you can’t get rid of it, but if you’re on certain sides of social media, you might have heard in the last month or so that we’re running out of glitter! And apparently, the glitter companies are so secretive that they won’t even let people into their factories. There’s two main…
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Bonus: The Truth of the First Thanksgiving
CW: Death, Oppression, Enslavement Hey, folks! This week, we’re not doing a true episode due to some Thanksgiving travel by a few of us, so Remy is going to talk about the true history behind the first Thanksgiving. The myth of the first Thanksgiving is largely filled with inaccuracies, half-truths, or flat out lies, and…
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Episode 29: Who The F*ck Is Jack?
Stingy Jack. Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack and Jill. Jack o Lanterns… who the fuck is Jack? You’re in luck this episode. Jack has been burning in our minds, too, and we decided to get to the bottom of this mystery. Remy has painstakingly mapped out the origin of the Jacks… and found a relation…
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Episode 28: Ghosts of Jell-O Past
CW: War, Poverty This website very specifically talks about the boom in kitchen appliances in the 1930s, and there are tons of pictures of the appliances and the ads! This one more broadly talks about how kitchen appliances changed through the whole of the 20th century. This article walks you through the ways The Great…
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Episode 26: Doll Watch: Death is Plush
CW: Child Death, Various Religions, Remy talks about his work with real dead bodies briefly, Dolls (of course) A history of creepy dolls, why we think they’re creepy, and pictures. Here’s a link to the oldest doll we’ve ever found so far! The little soap stone guy with his cute little face. Here’s a history…
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Episode 25: Jack o’ Lanterns, the Devil, and Pumpkin F*ckin Pie
CW: Racism, Death If you want an all-inclusive article about the legend of Stingy Jack and the origin of the Jack o’ Lantern as we use it for Halloween, this is a great one for you. It’s got a lot of links leading off it, it’s got pictures, it’s got both legend and real history.…
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Episode 24: Roan-Woke
CW: Cannibalism, Murder The mystery that Virginians adore: CROATOA. A mysterious message. A disappeared colony. Lots of artifacts and evidence saying that perhaps, just maybe, the dying settlement was less dying so much as… adapted. Depending on your definition of adapted, though… it could be anything. After all, denial is a powerful drug. This article…
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Episode 23: Dead Presidents & The Demon Cat
CW: Ghosts, Death/Child Death (briefly), Alcohol, The Deep Ocean (briefly) “As you can see, Mr. President: I have nothing to hide.” On this spooky feature, join us as presidents haunt the halls of their former residence. The White House, historic and old as balls, is ripe for the spirits of the dead to infest, and the…