Effed Up History

Originally posted on Spotify 7/30/21

On the night of April 6th, 1830, in the quiet town of Salem, Massachusetts which was no stranger to darkness, the wealthy and well respected merchant Captain Joseph White was murdered in his bed.  He was 82 years old.  And the giant chest full of gold doubloons next to his bed remained untouched. Who could have done this and, if not robbery gone wrong, what could have been the reasoning? Was it someone seeking revenge due to the Captain's terrible past? A set up all for money in the end? A jealous former lover? Or... did someone kill him just for fun?...
Music
Skeleton Dance by Myuu
It's a Mystery by Lee Rosevere
Sources

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Originally posted on Spotify 7/17/21

As part two of the story of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, we will be discussing three of the icons of that night, a brief story of their life and struggles and contribution to the LGBTQIA+ movement.
Storme DeLarverie, Marsha P. Johnson, and Sylvia Rivera.  All were members of the LGBTQIA+ community.  All were gender nonconformists.  All were discriminated against by those within and outside of the community.  All lived tragic and beautiful lives. And all made a poignant impact on the history of gay rights in America and throughout the world.
Music:
Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Everything You Wanted by Dan Lebowitz
"Stormee Sings jAz the Blues" published by jazjericho on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNxKVGjYVI&t=35s)
Sources

And, yes, this time I did use a little bit of Wikipedia. FOR SHAME.

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Originally posted on Spotify 6/28/21

To continue our PRIDE month celebration, on this 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, I am happy and honored to talk about a brief LGBTQIA+ history and how the Stonewall Riots of 1969 affected... well... everything. 
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Music:
Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Everything You Wanted by Dan Lebowitz

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Originally posted on Spotify 6/11/21

Here is quick little mini episode about the concept of soul mates from Aristophanes found in Plato's Symposium.  Happy Pride, y'all.
Sources:
Plato's Symposium
Music:
The Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Athena by JVNA

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Originally posted on Spotify 6/1/21

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH
For the first installment of the Pride series this month, here is the Egyptian myth of Iphis an Ianthe.  It's got everything: patriarchy, internalized misogyny, lesbians, gender reassignment magic, goddesses, and a happy ending.
It's a good one.
Sources: 
The Metamorphosis by Ovid
A random podcast I listened to once but can't remember the name of. Could have been Let's Talk about Myths, Baby but who even knows anymore.
Music:
The Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Athena by JVNA

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Originally posted 5/27/21

In honor of both Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month, I am honored to talk to you today about Ho Feng Shan, the Chinese man who wrote life-saving visas for thousands of Jewish people in the years leading up to World War II in Austria.  
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Music:
The Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Awake by Sappheiros

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Originally posted on Spotify 5/16/21

Part 2 of the podcast about that witchy and infamous mother, Medea.
This part mainly focuses on the story from the play, Medea by Euripides.  TRIGGER WARNING toxic relationship and murder of children. 
Sources:
Medea by Euripides translated by Oliver Taplin
LOTS of googling and not writing down sources like a bad researcher.
Music:
Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Nightmare by Lee Rosevere
Underworld by Myuu

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Originally posted on Spotify 5/13/21

For this (now belated) Mother's day, I thought we should talk about one of the most notorious mothers in Greek mythology. Although to be fair, she's famous for all the wrong reasons. But famous nonetheless.
Part one: Jason, Medea, the 3 tasks of Aeetes, the escape, the murder in Iolchis.
Stay tuned for part 2.
Sources:

Music:
Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Nightmare by Lee Rosevere

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Originally posted 4/7/21

My April Fools joke this year was to not release this on April Fools' Day.
Freya is getting married but what big eyes she has.
Intro music: Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Source: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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Originally posted on Spotify 3/19/21

For the final installment of the Spring goddess series that I decided to do for no other reason than to stress myself out more than needed, we will be talking about probably one of the most well-known spring goddesses, Persephone.  Persephone is the Greek goddess of Spring and queen of the underworld.  But she wasn't always queen of the underworld.  This is the story about what happened to her, her very incestual family, and some pomegranate seeds.
Also, I'd like to say, in this version, Hades was not the one to give her the pomegranate seeds, but in others he is.  Regardless, Hades is not the good guy and isn't the loving husband so many have romanticized him to be.  He literally kidnapped and in some tellings raped his niece Persephone.  That's not cool and I have a hard time understanding why so many treat their relationship like this amazing thing. I guess they're kind of the Joker and Harley Quinn of Greek Mythology in a way...
Music: Skeleton Dance by Myuu
Sources:
Greek Myths by Robert Graves
Mythos Stephen Fry
Oh my Gods Phillip Freeman
Greek Mythology Bernard Evslin
Theoi.com
Lots and lots of google searching that I didn't even write down....

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