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Jess and Joe provide a humorous and thoughtful approach so some of the lesser known or poorly explained stories of history. These two history teachers will set the record straight and unveil some fascinating and lesser known stories of American and World History

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03/04/20 • 26 min

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No this episode doesn’t recall Joe’s high school dating experience. We take a brief look at the infamous gang wars of the early 20th century as Al Capone and his crew faced off against “Bugs” Moran. What could be more fun than bootlegging, bosses, and bloodshed?
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04/01/20 • 57 min

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Joe gives us the overview of an often overlooked hero of the “first civil rights movement” that took place in the 1920s. Marcus Garvey is an excellent example of one of the many different approaches people had to gaining black equality at the early 20th century. Learn about how fancy hats, 30 year old ships, and befriending the KKK were all parts his his wild plans to attain black equality.
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America has spawned many “losers” over the course of it’s existence. Many of them live and die as nobodies. But occasionally one of those losers is a real somebody despite his/her tenacity for supporting the losing side throughout their life. Meet William Jennings Bryan. This guy was THE mover and shaker in the early 20th century and despite being a general loser at all his endeavors he really changed a lot!
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10/02/19 • 82 min

The FBI’s director, J. Edgar Hoover, has a long and wild history. He’s a man who made a lot of enemies and crushed a lot of people in the name of purging America of internal threats. Jess and Joe are joined by Moxie of Your Brain on Facts to look into the wild stories of Hoover crushing other people, being visited by Elvis, and the rumors swirling about his penchant for wearing frilly dresses.
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You knew it wouldn’t be that easy right? The fight to vote didn’t end in Seneca Falls and women would struggle onward for nearly about another 70 years before they could vote. But the Civil War threw a real whirlwind of change in America as to who was a citizen, who could vote, and who still couldn’t. Listen in as some rockstar names take the stage like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Carrie Chapman Catt continue the fight!

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As we near the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, Joe seeks to outline the key players in making this reality take place. But to do so we have to dive back to probably the biggest push for women’s voting since Jane Addams was in the White House. The Seneca Falls convention was the who’s who of women’s suffragists in the 1800s and would outline the game plan for decades to come. It would even have a surprise guest lecturer would would rock the house in favor of women’s voting rights! Can you guess who it was? Listen in to find out!
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You remember Emperor Norton I right? You learned about him in gradeschool I imagine as the first emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. No? Oh! Well let us fill you in on this bizzare and somewhat heartwarming tale of a man who lost it all and decided to pick himself up again and declare himself Emperor of the United States!
Note – Jess deeply apologizes for his poor audio quality. Covid has disrupted his normal recording studio and hopes to return to normalcy again soon! Also, it seems our normal recording volume was low for many listeners so we bumped it up a bit! Listeners beware
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04/15/20 • 34 min

Today Jess tells us the story of Franz Reichelt, an Austrian man with the dream of making people safe. in the early 1900s, the rapidly growing hobby of airplane use demanded a safer parachute to protect pilots. Franz thought he was just the dressmaker for the job. The only problem was he didn’t have a plane or a way to really test his parachutes well. But necessity is the mother of invention! Check out this Wile E. Coyote-esque tale set in London just over 100 years ago!
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It only took about 150 years but American women finally got the right to vote! Joe wraps up the series on Women’s suffrage with the Perfect 36 and Tennessee’s unique “War of the Roses” to gain women’s right to vote. Not surprisingly it all boils down to one young man’s decision and a mother’s guilt!

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Joe delivers the goods on a bizarre uprising of socialist farmers in Oklahoma that formed just before the US went to war in WWI. Learn about their Americanized version of the socialist doctrine that led them to do some pretty weird things!

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