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Episode 97: Heads or Tales: Gone in the Nahanni
The sources for this episode are a little more scholarly this time around. M read a lot of books for this series, and for this episode, we’re linking you to a few of them. Let’s start with Legends of the Nahanni Valley by Hammerson Peters. M quoted from this one several times throughout the episode.…
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Episode 96: The Beautiful & Headless
Let’s start with that video M used to introduce us to the Nahanni Valley. And here’s a much longer video that really gives you a detailed looked at the valley and the journey through it, down the river, and all the gorgeous natural features someone journeying through it would see. One last video, if you’re…
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Episode 95: Chattersode: Mimic, Mind, Mischief
We once again are diving into a Chattersode and exploring the world of animals. Specifically, what our favorite animals, and even more specifically, our favorite birds are! Why are we so granular about it? We have a lot to say about these birds and why they’re so amazing, so tune in to hear about some…
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Episode 94: American Messiahs: Mormonism & The Many-Tiered Heaven
Right off the bat, let’s look at the PEW Research people. I pulled a lot of facts from their survey of Mormons in the country, so here it is for you to read the details and about stuff I didn’t even bring up in this episode. This is a general look at the history of…
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Episode 93: American Messiahs: Brigham Young’s Collection
Because M had such a reaction to this portrait, we should start here. This is Brigham Young in his youth. He’s a very serious looking man, for sure. Now that the picture is up there, let’s dive into his biography. This link is more focused on Young’s time in Salt Lake City and the various…
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Episode 92: Sexology and the Celestial Bed
Here’s the biography of James Graham, supposed doctor, and what was going on in his life up to the point where this episode begins. The rise and fall of James Graham’s “electric sex temple” is what you’re going to find in this link. This one talks mostly about what he was doing right before he…
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Episode 91: American Messiahs: Joseph Smith’s Angels
We enter the world of religion once again by addressing one of the Big Ones… the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or… Mormonism. How did it get its start? How did the LDS church wind up in Utah when Joseph Smith started in Vermont? Where did all those unusual practices get their start?…
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Episode 88: The Dunk Tank: Elon Musk
Let’s start at the beginning, and that’s South Africa. Musk was born and raised in Apartheid Era South Africa. So let’s learn what that means. This article is good as it objectively looks at good things, bad things, and ugly things about Elon’s life and just lays it all out there. It’ll tell you about…