Black Sheep and Bad Apples

In this episode, Sam, Kyle and Loren discuss the first 80ish years of PG&E and their operations throughout the 1900's to see exactly how they've grown from a fledgling monopoly into a full-grown, power-wielding corporation who has set their sights on expansion - no matter the cost.

Source Notes:

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[3] Survey;

Chapter 8;

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[5]https://www.penspen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/past-present-future.pdf

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[11]https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-hexavalent-chromium-or-chromium-6

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In this episode Sam and Loren discuss the origins of PG&E with Kyle Moucha.

Source Notes;

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[4] “The Gold Rush

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[7] Petaluma

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Sam and Loren get together to discuss the subject of work. They discuss simple, yet frequently overlooked questions like; What is work? Why do we have to do it? What are things that make hard work harder?

Loren and Sam are joined by Kyle Moucha to discuss the the Wagner Group, The Writer's Strike and the goings on with Elon Musk.

Loren is joined by his friend Terry to discuss the time the United States Government was afraid of homosexuality.

Some sources, because I fucked-up the original source file;

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https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare

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https://reference.jrank.org/populism/McCarthy_Joseph_19081957.html

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/senator-mccarthys-nazi-problem-180975174/

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https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3633

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https://outhistory.org/items/show/1425

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https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-masculinity-after-world-war-ii

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-being-gay-was-considered-a-national-security-threat

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https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/anna-m-rosenberg-world-war-ii

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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/19/roy-cohn-donald-trump-documentary-228144/

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https://www.attitude.co.uk/uncategorised/the-lavender-scare-a-history-of-the-anti-gay-witch-hunt-403990/

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https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html

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https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Lester_Hunts_Decision.htm

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https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/censure.htm

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https://daily.jstor.org/the-lavender-scare/

In a lighthearted episode, Loren tells the stories of Clark Stanley, Lawrence John Ripple, and Carolyn Pecillo to his friends Sam and Dacey. All three didn't have enough information to put into one long-form episode, but, together, they made one great, hilarious episode; Scattershot.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen

[2]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/snake-oil-salesmen-knew-something/

[3]

https://www.thequota.co/articles/the-story-of-clark-stanley-the-original-snake-oil-salesman

[4]

https://archive.org/details/F596S822CowboyImages/page/n7/mode/2up

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https://www.ranker.com/list/where-did-snake-oil-salesman-come-from/stephanroget

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https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen

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Behind The Bastards;

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/man-sentenced-bank-robbery-he-blamed-fight-his-wife

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-bankrobber/seeking-escape-from-home-kansas-man-robs-bank-goes-straight-to-jail-idUSKCN11D2KX

[10]

https://www.odditycentral.com/tag/lawrence-john-ripple

[11]

https://www.scribd.com/document/323254357/Ripple-Complaint#

[12]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article100342377.html

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https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article155936879.html

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The Anchorage Parking Fairies

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https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/06/the-anchorage-parking-fairies-how-a-75-ticket-started-a-movement/

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https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/01/06/anchorage-parking-fairies-feed-meters-to-protest-tickets/

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Fairymobile

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In this episode, Loren and Sam discuss the history of the wolf in the United States.

"Wolves and people were not natural enemies. The humans' relationship with other animals established their rivalry with wolves." -Jon T. Coleman

In part 2, Loren and Swampy continue discussing Virginia Hall's spy career and the turning of the tide of WWII before D-Day even started. Virginia's efforts help lead the way to French Liberation, but, after liberation, Virginia is allowed to do the one thing she has yet to do; step out from behind the shadows.

In this episode, Loren is joined by his guest, Swampy to discuss the early life of Virginia Hall. This episode discusses how her fight with the Nazi's began because British Intelligence had no other option; they would have to hire a person without a penis to do the job.

This episode, Loren sits down with Swampy to discuss the life and survival of Violet Jessop, the three-time shipwreck survivor.