In this weeks episode I examine the story of one of the most famous opening nights in the history of music.

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Richmond may have been the capitol of the Confederate states that rebelled against the US government but that doesn't mean everyone in that city supported the cause. Unbeknownst to the leaders of the Confederacy there were spies in their midst.

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I examine the long history of barbecue.

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In this bonus episode I examine the story behind Corrosion of Conformity's break through 1994 album Deliverance.

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Following King's assassination it was left to Ralph Abernathy and the rest of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to carry out his Poor People's Campaign. That would be easier said than done. Between his loss of leadership and the FBI, the federal government, and even the news media arrayed against them their fight would be an up hill battle.

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In the late 1960s Martin Luther King's Jr's focused moved beyond more traditional Civil Rights issues and instead focusing increasingly on the problem of poverty in America. To bring attention to the plight of America's poor of all colors King planned another march on Washington DC but this new focus and his opposition to the Vietnam war only made him more enemies.

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A tale of love, obsession and madness both real and imagined.

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On the shores of the Great Lakes one of America's largest cities is in flames. What if anything can be done to stop the relentless spread of the fire and what will the citizens of Chicago do in the aftermath of this unprecedented disaster?

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In 1871 one of America's greatest cities almost completely burned to the ground. How could this happen in general and especially how could it happen in what was considered one of if not the most modern city in the country?

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This month's sound stories deals with both the story of the creation Mastodon's epic album Crack the Skye and the insane story the album itself tells. Which means this episode features everything from drunken escapades, to Rasputin, to potential brain damage, and astral projection.

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