Keep up with us here or at www.DListersofHistory.com; once this minor crisis passes, lots of fun things are coming. Thank you so much!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you are in the United States, there is a good chance that you will suffer from a heat wave this summer. Cool down with Fayge and dive into the Little Ice Age and its many impacts on Europe. It will involve fashion, politics, and a tiny bit of science, the best combination.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Substack

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Sources and Further Reading:

The Climate in Arts and History project from Smith College: https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/the-effects-of-the-little-ice-age/ (this one has its own great source list)

University of Massachusetts: https://www.umass.edu/news/article/winter-coming-researchers-uncover-surprising-cause-little-ice-age

The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/the-original-climate-crisis-how-the-little-ice-age-devastated-early-modern-europe-178187

The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/01/how-the-little-ice-age-changed-history

Science Direct: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/little-ice-age

And a big thank you to Dr. Madonna Hettinger at The College of Wooster, without whom I would lack a great many bizarre stories about the Black Death. Some of her publications are listed here: https://wooster.edu/bio/mhettinger/

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Dive into the surprisingly dramatic story of the invention of the sewing machine, if anyone can decide who did it first anyway. This story has it all: revolutions, bonfires, poorly managed paperwork, patent theft... and it all relates to Artificial Intelligence (AI), no, really.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Substack

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Audio Drop from the 1971 film, Fiddler on the Roof

Sources and Further Reading:

How to Identify AI:

https://paradigmhq.org/practical-guide-to-identifying-generative-ai-content-on-the-internet/

https://www.pcmag.com/articles/how-to-detect-ai-created-images

On the Trail of the Denisovians - NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/science/denisovan-neanderthal-dna.html

World's oldest needle found in Siberian cave that stitches together human history - The Siberian Times https://web.archive.org/web/20240208174820/https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0711-worlds-oldest-needle-found-in-siberian-cave-that-stitches-together-human-history/

History of the Sewing Machine: A Story Stitched In Scandal - Contrado https://www.contrado.com/blog/history-of-the-sewing-machine/

Republished piece from Moniteur in Le Courrier français (regarding tailor riot) - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Republished_piece_from_Moniteur_in_Le_Courrier_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg

HISTORY OF THE SEWING MACHINE: PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHY OF THE INVENTOR BARTHÉLEMY THIMONNIER by J. Meyssin, Professeur de Fabrique - https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63539255/f5.item

Just a tip, if you look at this source on a computer, there is a panel on the left hand side of the screen that says “Text Mode (OCR).” Click on that, and it will show you the text of the book, and you can then translate the whole page to English (or whichever language you like). It’s not perfect, because the text is just pulled out by AI that recognizes the text in the image, but it’s good enough to read the book.

Who Invented the Sewing Machine? - International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMCS) - https://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/who_invented_the_sewing_machine.html

Chimonnier, Inventor of the Sewing machine - ISMCS - https://ismacs.net/thimonnier/chimonnier-inventor-of-the-sewing-machine.html

The Most Important Sewing Machine Find This Century - ISMCS - https://ismacs.net/thimonnier/the-most-important-sewing-machine-find.html

History of the Sewing Machine - Gallica - https://gallica.bnf.fr/blog/16032017/histoire-de-la-machine-coudre

The Surprising Genius of Sewing Machines - @Veritasium - https://youtu.be/RQYuyHNLPTQ?si=8-J3A9dqylFcEtWU

A Hilarious & Dramatic History of the Sewing Machine - @Abby Cox - https://youtu.be/xI-tLfa8KeE?si=WCVarHxlk3hOykVi

The Sewing Machine: its invention and development by Grace Rogers Cooper - https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/hst/cooper/

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

This week, join Fayge on a boat sailing the Delaware River to chat about Philadelphia's 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic. Please excuse the audio. The mic did really well, given the amount of wind that day, but there is only so much one can do in post.

We will be back with a full-length episode next week.

https://northwindsail.org/

Further Reading: (some links may be affiliate links that provide us with income without any additional cost to you)

Ship of Death: A Voyage That Changed the Atlantic World By: Billy G. Smith

Historic Philadelphia Burial Places Map

Pennsylvania Hosptial's Blurb on Dr. Benjamin Rush and his Mental Health Treatment

A Contemporary Black Perspective on the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keep the conversation going on our Substack!

(You don't need a Substack account to subscribe)

Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Former President Trump is the first President to be incited in a criminal court, but he is far from the first President to break the law.

There is one story of another President ending up on the wrong side of the law, but how it was handled and remembered is very different.

Further Reading:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/was-general-grant-arrested-for-speeding-in-washington-d-c.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-president-ulysses-s-grant-was-arrested-for-speeding-in-a-horse-drawn-carriage-180981916/

https://nleomf.org/william-west/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keep the conversation going on our Substack!

(You don't need a Substack account to subscribe)

Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

Audio drop from: Interview with Mary Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXN_GeAtJvM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

"Gay" and "Republican" might seem like identities that don't really go together, but to the Log Cabin Republicans, that is exactly who they are.

The origins of the Log Cabin Republicans, though, are about as far from what you are probably imagining as you can get.

Reverend Raymond Broshears worked tirelessly for the rights of LGBTQ+ people, the elderly, and sex workers in San Francisco. He was also the progenitor of the Log Cabin Republicans. Buckle up because this one is a wild ride.

A huge thank you to Sam from Labor Jawn for joining me last minute! You can check them out wherever you get your podcasts.

Further Reading (Some links below are affiliate links that earn a commission for purchases made at no additional cost to you)

Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right by Neil J. Young - https://amzn.to/3WXQzVZ

Smithsonian Magazine The Controversial Gay Priest Who Brought Vigilante Justice to San Francisco’s Streets by: Sonja Anderson - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-controversial-gay-priest-who-brought-vigilante-justice-to-san-franciscos-streets-180982451/

Newsweek The Most Dangerous Gay Man in America Fought Violence With Violence by: Eric Markowitz - https://www.newsweek.com/2018/02/02/most-dangerous-gay-man-america-789402.html

Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (PDF Download) - https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP83-01042R000200090002-0.pdf

Society for Individual Rights (SIR) Records, 1964-1977 - https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b856hg/

Raymond Broshears Papers - https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86t0px1/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keep the conversation going on our Substack!

(You don't need a Substack account to subscribe)

Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

Audio drop from: The Stan Bohrman Show with Raymond Broshears July 1968 - https://youtu.be/uuiqDbeeZyY?si=G8uYiVG5EBeU1Uxm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

There is quite a bit of disagreement regarding how to handle the results of our modern opioid epidemic. In Philadelphia, Mayor Cherelle Parker, amidst heavy criticism, "cleaned up" one of the largest encampments where people lived and used out in the open.

This is not Philadelphia's first brush with a neighborhood overwhelmed by addiction. In 1963, 31 people mysteriously died all over Philadelphia's Skid Row neighborhood. You might find what and who was at fault surprising.

Further reading:

https://6abc.com/kensington-ave-homeless-encampment-clean-up-philadelphia/14776420/

https://billypenn.com/2024/05/08/kensington-encampment-cleanup-reactions/

https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/the-origins-of-the-opioid-epidemic/

https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/09/skid-row-deaths-of-1963-echoes-todays-opioid-crisis/

Keep the conversation going on our Substack!

(You don't need a Substack account to subscribe)

Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

Audio drop from: Opening music for Chevalier d'Eon Anime (because that apparently exists)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The Chevalier d'Eon is one of those historical figures who pop up now and again, mostly because no one knows what to do with them. Were they a trans woman? A man masquerading as a woman for political reasons? Outside of salacious curiosity about their sex and gender, do they actually matter?

This week, Fayge and Mazal dive into d'Eon's life to explore how we talk about queer historical figures respectfully.

D'Eon was also just a wild individual outside of any questions of gender.

Further Reading:
The Chevalier d'Eon and His Worlds—This book is a compilation of papers by experts in various fields, each trying to untangle d'Eon's story in their own way. Some of these papers are rather old and, as such, contain outdated language for transgender people.

There are a few other books on d'Eon, but I found the variety of opinions helpful in better understanding the debates surrounding them.

Our Interview with Lee Wind and his website

Our episode on the Public Universal Friend

Our episode on Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Sex and Gender: What's the Difference? from PsychCentral

Sex and Gender Identity from Planned Parenthood

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keep the conversation going on our Substack!

(You don't need a Substack account to subscribe)

Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

Audio drop from: Opening music for Chevalier d'Eon Anime (because that apparently exists)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Note: We had a lot of technical difficulties with this one so please forgive the significantly lower than usual production values

On this week's D Lister's of History Sidebar, Fayge reflects on one of the most infamous protests, the May 1970 protest at Kent State University. You can learn more about the Kent State anti-war protests at Kent State's dedicated online archive

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!

Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

“I hold this slow, and daily, tampering with the mysteries of the brain to be immeasurably worse than any torture of the body.” Charles Dickens, 1842

Eastern State Penitentiary dominates Fairmount Ave in Philadelphia. The physical structure is intimidating, but the stories of the horrors that happened there are even more terrifying. Interestingly, though, the people who founded Eastern State and the man who designed it, John Haviland, thought they were creating a more humane and effective prison.

They were wrong. This week, Mazal and Fayge look at the life and career of the architect John Haviland, the legacy of his most famous structure, and the psychological impacts of solitary confinement.

Further Reading: (Some links below are affiliate links that earn a commission for purchases made at no additional cost to you)

The Prison at Philadelphia Cherry Hill by Teeters and Shearer

(Considered by many to be THE text on Eastern State Penitentiary)

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Structure Report

Eastern State Penitentiary: Crucible of Good Intentions by: Norman Bruce Johnston et al

Trial and Error at Allegheny: The Western State Penitentiary 1818-1838 by: Eugene E. Doll

Architecture of Redemption? Contradictions of Solitary Confinement at Eastern State Penitentiary by: Myles Zhang

Finding John Haviland by Nicholas Pappas

Books about Modern Mass Incarceration in the United States
Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America by Naomi Murakawa

Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States

Effects of solitary confinement

1. This is the one I refer to the most on the podcast: The Impacts of Solitary Confinement: https://www.vera.org/downloads/publications/the-impacts-of-solitary-confinement.pdf

2. How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis: https://www.nami.org/advocate/how-solitary-confinement-contributes-to-the-mental-health-crisis/

3. The research is clear: Solitary confinement causes long-lasting harm: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/12/08/solitary_symposium/

4. The body in isolation: The physical health impacts of incarceration in solitary confinement: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546459/

5. Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1362&context=law_journal_law_policy

6. What are the effects of solitary confinement on health?: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/solitary-confinement-effects

7. History of solitary confinement, including a bit about Walnut Street Prison and ESP (a really great paper from the pieces I read of it; I used a lot from here): Continuity in the Face of Penal Innovation: Revisiting the History of American Solitary Confinement: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/Continuity_in_the_Face_of_Penal_Innovation_-_Revisiting_the_History_of_American_Solitary_Confinement_2018.pdf

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keep the conversation going on our Substack!

(You don't need a Substack account to subscribe)

Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

Audio drop from: The Road to Mass Incarceration

Quotes from: Former President George W. Bush (as a Texas gubernatorial candidate), Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, Former Representative of Virginia George Allen, and Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

www.DListersofHistory.com

D Listers of History on Threads

D Listers of History on TikTok

D Listers of History on Instagram

Support us on Patreon!