Doomed to Fail

Today, we learn the adorable story of the Huskie Hachikō, who waited at the train station for his owner for years after his death. Hachikō isn't the only dog who remained loyal to his owner until his own death. There's obviously Fry's dog in Futurama & many other real-life examples.

Taylor wants to remind you that she isn't anti-dog. She just doesn't want one, and she believes that there are many others who feel the same, but they are afraid to speak out. It's ok, you are safe here. 

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Today starts our Women's History Month coverage! We remind you that nobody is perfect, women, like all genders, contain mulititudes.

Taylor starts off with the story of Helen Keller - from the disease that took her sight and hearing at 19 months - to an international superstar and advocate for disabled people, Socialism, and women. How did she go from her silent dark world to a graduate of Radcliffe and a prolific writer?

She couldn't have done it without her Teacher, Anne Sullivan, who dedicated her life to working with Helen, even when her own eye issues eventually led to blindness.

We recommend checking out the sources in our show notes - Helen played herself in a film in 1954 & we got to read our dear Lorena Hickock's book! 

Sources

Helen Keller Speaks out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ch_H8pt9M8

Helen Keller - Her Story, 1954 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QODz_xciKY

The Story of Hellen Keller by Lorena Hickock - https://www.ebay.com/itm/185903962397 

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Let's travel a century or so in the future from Britain's Peasant Revolt to what happened in Germany after they had their own. It's fully the Renaissance now, but don't tell that to Anabaptist Jan Matthis; he's planning for the End Times. We're going to have a city under siege, a Preacher who (surprise, surprise) wants to be a King and marry everyone, and a lot of good old-fashioned torture.

We recommend the 1993 made-for-German-TV movie with Christoph Waltz - per usual he's evil AND adorable.

There are two Jans and three Bernards in this story!

Sources:

Dan Carlin - Hardcore History 48 – Prophets of Doom - https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-48-prophets-of-doom/comment-page-6/

A King For Burning / König der letzten Tage (1993) - TV Film - https://archive.org/details/a-king-for-burning-konig-der-letzten-tage

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Let's get creepy for Women's History! Farz walks us through the tale of Elizabeth Bathory, who murdered countless peasants in her Transylvanian castle. Did she bathe in their blood to stay young?? Did she just like killing people? How many places in a castle can you hide a body???

If you live in a castle and know that answer please email us. 

Main Source:

https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/135/

• No Blood in the Water: the Legal and Gender Conspiracies against Countess Elizabeth Bathory in Historical Context
• Rachael Leigh Bledsaw

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Let's talk about celebrities & our obsession with them. Farz will walk us through some examples, from fun things like Taylor having a Prince William poster to very scary things like someone sitting on the Queen's bed while she slept. Why do we feel connected to people we've never met, and how can they feel safe with so many strangers knowing intimate details of their lives?

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Poetry Professor Taylor will be walking us through the life and times of Geoffery Chaucer! Just kidding - a normal person who doesn't understand Middle English at all, Taylor, will walk us through this story today!

We tie back to last week's peasant revolt to talk about how Chaucer's apartment was above the Aldgate - so he would have watched people rush into London. We also talk about the precipice of change in this time period - in hindsight, it's easy to see we're on our way to The Renaissance, but we're pretty sure some folks knew then too! 

Sources:

Sony Pictures to pay $1.5 million to settle suit over fake film critic

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2005/08/05/sony-pictures-to-pay-15-million-to-settle-suit-over-fake-film-critic/28856581007/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Chaucer: A European Life -- Marion Turner 

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691160092/chaucer

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Today, Farz tells the story of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who dared to talk about the ruler of Saudi Arabia. After years in exile, Jamal decided to go to Turkey to get married, which sounds great, except he had an ex-wife in Saudi Arabia and a currently very much still married wife in the US. When he needed to get proof from the Embassy that he wasn't married (to the first one, under Islam) he was killed.

Learn more about this tragic story, & the history of Saudi Arabia with us! 

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The 1300s were rough in England. There's the plague; there's the 100 Years War, and there's serfdom. An interesting thing that happened after the Black Death killed 50% of the population was that workers were worth more - there were 50% fewer serfs, so they started to be asked to be paid more! That obviously wasn't going to fly with the Lords; you see if they paid their serfs more, then THEY would make less money, they the Lords, you see what I mean? They couldn't possibly.

This will lead to A LOT of heads on sticks, and a storming of London in 1381!

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Here's the way to explain how famous John Wilkes Booth was BEFORE - imagine, it's 1996, you are 14, Leonardo Dicaprio is the most handsome person you have ever seen AND we just learned that he can do Shakespeare (We are are SURE that understanding Shakespeare in any way makes you smart, so you are trying) -- THEN Leo kills someone. You have to take down your Teen People pictures of him as you sob and listen to "Young Hearts Run Free."

Does that make sense?

John Wilkes Booth came from the most famous family of actors, he was literally called 'The most handsome man in America' - today, we talk about the Booth Family, John's southern leanings, and the decision to kill our dear Abe. 

Sources

John Wilkes Booth Goes from Actor to Assassin (feat. Adam Scott & Will Forte) - Drunk History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVInu2TE7on- it’s fine. 

Booth - by Karen Joy Fowler - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/books/review-booth-karen-joy-fowler.html

https://www.belairmd.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=3886

https://lincolnconspirators.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxub7ASf_Q&t=455s

 - John Wilkes Booth: Assassin In The Spotlight | Full Documentary | Biography

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Photos from wikipedia and - https://plane-crashes.fandom.com/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collision

Welp. Farz likes to jostle our nerves, and today is no exception! We're going to talk about a mid-air collision - not the most recent one, but the one that happened in 2002. A DHL plane and a smaller jet collided mid-air; the smaller jet was full of Russian Children on a trip to the beach (and to make it worse, they missed their first fight; this was a second chartered one).  

Next comes a story of justice and revenge. Father and husband to two of the victims, Russian citizen Vitaly Kaloyev made it his mission to punish the air traffic controller he deemed responsible. You can also see this story in a little-known Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, "Aftermath."

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode! 

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