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  • U is for Underground Ecosystems & V is for Victory (The Battle of Los Angeles)

    This week Karen and Casey talk about what really is going on beneath some of our feet and the dangers of radio programs around Halloween. Join us for one of the final episodes!

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod    

    Karen's Sources:

    • Algeo, Katie. “Mammoth Cave and the Making of Place.” Southeastern Geographer, vol. 44, no. 1, 2004, pp. 27–47. JSTOR.
    • Barr, Thomas C., Jr., and John R. Holsinger. “Speciation in Cave Faunas.” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 16, 1985, pp. 313–337. JSTOR.
    • Booth, Bibi, et al. “Welcome to the Underground.” Science and Children, vol. 40, no. 3, 2002, pp. 31–38. JSTOR.
    • George, Angelo I., and Gary A. O’Dell. “Stephen Bishop.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, vol. 120, no. 2, 2022, pp. 99–144. JSTOR.
    • Goodrum, Doug. “Prehistoric Mammoth Cave.” Central States Archaeological Journal, vol. 58, no. 4, 2011, pp. 250–251. JSTOR.
    • “Mammoth Cave.” Scientific American, vol. 1, no. 3, September 11, 1845. JSTOR.
    • National Park Service. “Kentucky Cave Shrimp: Endangered Species of Mammoth Cave.” NPS.
    • National Park Service. “Native Americans.” Mammoth Cave National Park. NPS.
    • National Park Service. “Fish.” Mammoth Cave National Park. NPS.
    • National Park Service. “Two New Species of Ancient Sharks Identified Through Research at Mammoth Cave National Park.” NPS.
    • National Parks Conservation Association. “The Unveiling of Mammoth Cave’s History.” NPCA.
    • Neumann, Georg K. “The Human Remains from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.” American Antiquity, vol. 3, no. 4, 1938, pp. 339–353. JSTOR.
    • Sides, Stanley D., and Harold Meloy. “The Pursuit of Health in the Mammoth Cave.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 45, no. 4, 1971, pp. 367–379. JSTOR.
    • Turner, W. Michael. “Green River, Kentucky, Conservation Project.” Water Resources IMPACT, vol. 9, no. 4, 2007, pp. 15–17. JSTOR.
    • U.S. Geological Survey. “Ecology of Mammoth Cave National Park.” USGS.
    • Zada, Sahib, et al. “Cave Microbes as a Potential Source of Drugs Development in the Modern Era.” Microbial Ecology, vol. 84, no. 3, 2022, pp. 676–688. JSTOR.

    Casey's Sources: 
    https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanishtha_kotian/bizarre-true-historical-events

    https://city-sightseeing.com/blog/en/facts-about-los-angeles

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

    https://celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/february-24-1942-the-battle-of-los-angeles-2/

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32860377/1942feb26-battle-of-los-angeles/

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    1 hr
  • S is for Survival & T is for Treason - "Just a few more horrible things before you can go about your day"

    We are back (back again) to finish this season out. This week, Casey talks survival in the wild while Karen takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions with Treason.

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod    

    Casey's Sources: 

    https://www.history.com/news/5-stunning-real-life-survival-stories
    https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/amazing-survival-stories-history
    https://trekbaron.com/survival-stories/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simpson_(mountaineer)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Yates_(mountaineer)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siula_Grande
    https://pluto.tv/us/movies/63470c0acfefb200131c5480/#open
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void_(book)

    Karen's Sources:

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treason#h1
    https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-3/
    https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a3_3_1-2s25.html
    https://www.marylandlawreview.org/volume-84-issue-3-articles/blog-post-title-three-aenzm
    https://www.marylandlawreview.org/volume-84-issue-3-articles/blog-post-title-three-aenzm
    https://time.com/archive/6601662/treason-not-worth-living/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawakita_v._United_States
    https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2006/october/gadahn_101106
    https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/middleeast/adam-gadahn-propagandist-for-al-qaeda-who-sold-terror-in-english.html
    https://www.hnn.us/article/treason-the-death-penalty-and-american-identity
    https://www.hnn.us/article/treason-the-death-penalty-and-american-identity
    Larson, Carlton. On Treason. P. 70
     Id.; Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2001), 22–23.
    Stephen Watt Kearny, Proclamation to the People of Santa Fe, August 22, 1846, in Crutchfield, Revolt at Taos, 169–70.

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    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 


    1 hr 34 min
  • Opportuna Obscura - The Final Bonus Episode - Aliens & Barbie! (mostly unrelated)

    It's goodbye to the bonus episodes but we are going out with a bang! Here is episode 7 of Opportuna Obscura our bonus show! These are our bonus episodes where instead of following a topic we talk about where the internet has taken us the last few weeks. Fun fact, Opportuna means 'timely' in Latin. 

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Karen's Sources:
    https://apple.news/A_fcjxw3uQ2yJnHXPNEzB2Q
    https://apple.news/ApdDq47fESwKYSEpw1kKnYA
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/unidentified-flying-object

    Casey's Sources:
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Barbie
    https://www.history.com/news/barbie-through-the-ages

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    32 min
  • Q is for Quakers & R is for Rapscallions (Pirates!)

    We are back for the final 5 episodes of the show! (Warning!!! Our audio was kind of crap for this episode. We are really sorry about that and have fixed the issues)

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Karen's Sources:
    http://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/an-essex-quakers-wife-the-indomitable-mary-farmer-her-daughters/
    https://quaker.org/faith-and-practice/
    https://www.renofriends.org/are-quakers-mennonites-or-amish/
    https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/history-of-quakerism
    https://www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk
    https://www.quaker.org.uk/about-quakers/our-faith
    https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/alice-paul
    https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/lucretia-mott
    https://www.pym.org/famous-quaker-benjamin-banneker-an-astronomer-and-mathematician/
    https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/english-civil-wars
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/margaret-fell/#LifeWork
    https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/8-badass-quaker-women
    https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/190/Nozizwe-Madlala-Routledge
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozizwe_Madlala-Routledge
    https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/8/The-Holy-Experiment-in-Pennsylvania
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted_15

    Casey's Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_de_Clisson
    https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/Jeanne-de-Clisson
    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=seigneury
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Breton
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brittany 

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    47 min
  • O is for Oceans (The Megalodon) & P is for Popes

    This week we get a little too personal with our experiences with the ocean? There is also history and science too. :)

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Casey's Sources:
    https://www.britannica.com/story/just-how-many-oceans-are-there
    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/exploration.html
    https://www.rd.com/list/ocean-mysteries/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTPcq2HczVY
    https://bestlifeonline.com/crazy-ocean-facts/
    https://www.britannica.com/science/ocean
    https://www.britannica.com/animal/megalodon
    https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-legendary-black-demon-shark-of-mexico/
    https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/110818/prehistoric-megalodon-shark-still-exists-claim-conspiracy-theorists.html
    https://gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-that-ate-the-9-foot-gr-1587429691

    Karen's Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_primacy
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis
    https://jokojokes.com/pope-jokes.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/pope
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/pope-benedict-dogged-nazi-past-achievements-jewish-relations/story?id=18469350

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    34 min
  • M is for Medieval (The Green Children of Woolpit) & N is for Navigation (The Bermuda Triangle)

    This week Karen talks about little green people (or possibly aliens?). Meanwhile, Casey takes us to the Bermuda Triangle to talk about two famous disappearances.

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Karen's Sources:
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-of-Newburgh#ref165242
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchy
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Oxford_%281142%29
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Dark-Ages
    https://journals.umcs.pl/rh/article/download/7611/8307
    https://www.ladyscience.com/diseases-of-virgins-and-spinsters-the-gynephobic-history-of-chlorosis-and-hysteria/no46
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochromic_anemia
    https://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2015/12/04/flemish-migration-to-scotland-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-periods/

    Casey's Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation
    https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/navigation
    https://www.ion.org/
    https://www.britannica.com/technology/navigation-technology
    https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/bermuda-triangle
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plalHGHwSj8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBN6jvPmZGs
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2hv9FROD14
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19
    https://www.nasflmuseum.com/flight-19.html
    https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/true-north-magnetic-north-whats-difference


    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    1 hr 11 min
  • K is for Killers (H.H. Holmes) & L is for Legends (Marvin Gaye)

    It's a TRUE CRIME EPISODE!! This week we talk about murder. Casey talks about a serial killer who had his own house of horrors and Karen covers the murder of Marvin Gaye. 

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Casey's Sources:
    https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/true-crime/famous-serial-killers
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
    https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/

    Karen's Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090429075451/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/6
    https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/marvin-gaye/marvin-gaye-death-father-explained/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye_discography
    https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/marvin-gaye/facts-wife-children-parents-death/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml93wcrmo1A
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYBpvfvHF2Q
    https://www.audacy.com/wwl/scoot-real-story-behind-the-tragic-killing-of-marvin-gaye
    https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2017/12/todays-blind-items-soul-of-death.html?m=1
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marvin-gaye-is-shot-and-killed-by-his-own-father
    https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/marvin-gaye-murder
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marvin_Gaye
    What Was Going On: The Life and Times of Marvin Gaye By LifeCaps
    Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    1 hr 11 min
  • Opportuna Obscura - Episode 6: Lake Lanier & The Cape May Ghost Tracks

    It's Episode 6 of Opportuna Obscura our bonus show! These are our bonus episodes where instead of following a topic we talk about where the internet has taken us the last few weeks. This episode Karen is out but we have a guest star! Fun fact, Opportuna means 'timely' in Latin.   

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Casey's Sources:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtY-90kcQNs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3iXS8sm7Q4
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lanier
    https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/lake-lanier
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html
    https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/badge-bar/questions-linger-drowning-death-man-lake-lanier-margaritaville/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifMKfBO_R6s

    Rachel's Sources:
    https://www.thrillist.com/news/new-york/cape-may-ghost-train-tracks-jersey-shore
    https://www.nj.com/news/2018/03/last_chance_to_walk_njs_creepy_ghost_tracks_before_they_return_to_their_sandy_grave.html
    https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2018/01/with_freezing_temps_in_cape_may_it_has_let_some_wa.html
    https://www.app.com/story/news/weird/weird-nj/2017/04/09/weird-nj-ghostly-train-tracks-cape-may-beach/100148076/
    https://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/wrd/pdf/fact-sheets/2016_alligator.pdf


    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    32 min
  • J is for Journeys: The Holy Grail & Ada Blackjack

    This week we talk drastically different journeys as Karen talks about her favorite thing, the bible. Meanwhile, Casey takes us deep into the wilderness to tell a story about surviving against all odds. 

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Karen's Sources:
    https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/journey
    https://todayscatholic.org/the-new-translation-of-the-holy-mass-12/
    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026%3A17-30&version=NIV
    BBC- Richard Hammond & the Holy Grail
    Holy Grail UNEARTHED in Jerusalem | Buried: Knights Templar and the Holy Grail (S1, E1) | History, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJY4kmVKgY&t=2469s
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_of_Corbenic
    https://kingarthursknights.com/knights-of-the-round-table/sir-galahad/
    https://historyten.com/scythians/12-arthurian-knights-round-table-found-holy-grail/
    https://danbrown.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Magdalene
    https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-holy-chalice-of-valencia/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Chalice#Valencia_Chalice
    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/holy-chalice-of-valencia
    BBC - Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail

    Casey's Sources:
    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ada-blackjack-arctic-survivor
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack
    https://www.history.com/news/ada-blackjack-inuit-wrangel-island

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
    Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

    56 min
  • I is for Inventors: The Ouija board & Mary Kenner

    This week the spooky continues as Casey covers contacting murder victims. Meanwhile, Karen goes into the evolution of period products.

    Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
    Logo:  nydaaa
    Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

    Casey's Sources:
    https://www.thoughtco.com/top-popular-inventors-1992000
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
    https://www.biographyonline.net/scientists/inventors.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868
    https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-strange-history-of-the-ouija-board/

    Karen's Sources:
    https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/g19991273/period-products-through-the-years/
    https://keeleydeangelo.com/from-rags-to-resilience-mary-kenner-us-patent-2881761a/
    https://www.si.edu/spotlight/health-hygiene-and-beauty/feminine-hygiene-products  https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1056830306/free-tampons-public-schools  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-period-comes-to-an-end-100-years-of-menstruation-products/2016/04/25/1afe3898-057e-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html
    https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/07/12/lawmakers-tackle-period-poverty-with-tax-cuts-school-supplies
    https://policylab.chop.edu/blog/period-poverty-public-health-crisis-we-dont-talk-about  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/well/sustainable-period-products.html  https://historyofyesterday.com/mary-kenner-the-inventor-of-sanitary-belts-3fa94eb31d15  https://blackdoctor.org/mary-beatrice-davidson-kenner-the-forgotten-inventor-who-changed-womens-health-forever/ 

    Additional sources on our Instagram! 

    Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
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    48 min

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