Clan before Klan.  

Sources:

https://timeline.com/why-does-the-ku-klux-klan-burn-crosses-they-got-the-idea-from-a-movie-75a70f7ab135

https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1213/p25s04-wonq.html

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

https://cranntara.scot/crannta.htm

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

A story about when a city said enough!  

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/guardian-angels-photos

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

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/guardian-angels-started-protecting-nyc-subways-article-1.804336

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 

Shhhh! *whispers* You're listening to a podcast about this history of libraries.

Sources: 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/library/The-history-of-libraries

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

http://dorabwoodyard.lib.wv.us/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

The greatest Cold War multinational fleet to never set sail.  

Sources: 

https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-02-22/there-once-was-a-country-in-the-middle-of-the-suez-canal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/09/how-war-marooned-15-ships-in-suez-canal.html

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Stack 'em. Slam 'em. Repeat.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game)

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-12-31-1994365103-story.html

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54202/weird-history-pogs

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  Glass + Gas + Fire = boom.  Bottle bombs coming at ya.

Sources:

https://www.ozy.com/flashback/how-the-molotov-cocktail-got-its-name/72494

https://newrepublic.com/article/119127/history-molotov-cocktail-nazi-germany-ferguson

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

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

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  Remember your favorite hoodie you let your girlfriend wear in high school and never got back?  Me neither, check out the history of hoodies.

Sources:

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

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-history-of-the-hoodie-237791/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  This local history podcast features the last public hanging in West Virginia.  We miss the 3 minute mark, but I think it's worth it if you hang in there.  

FYI: Graphic Content

http://www.wvculture.org/history/crime/hangingofjohnmorgan01.html

http://wvmetronews.com/2014/12/16/site-of-last-public-hanging-in-west-virginia-marked-in-jackson-county/

http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=hurheral_articles&id=51378

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

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

No matter how you slice it, every boy wants one, every man should carry one, the short history of the pocket knife.  

Sources:

http://appalachianmagazine.com/2018/10/24/the-kind-of-men-who-carry-pocketknives/

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

https://gallantry.com/blogs/journal/the-complete-history-of-the-pocket-knife

Music:  

http://freemusicarchive.org

Christmas Episode!  A unique Christmas tradition sprung from a WWII alliance to bring some cheer to your holidays.  Drink up the goodness!

Sources:

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

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/12/01/every-year-norway-donates-a-christmas-tree-to-britain-as-a-thank-you-for-their-help-in-wwii/

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/