History Spelunkers

In this, the final episode of Season 1, we mesh two topics: the history of Santa Claus and the history of Coca-Cola promotions. It works, I promise, you just need to trust the process...

Shownotes:

• https://seekingalpha.com/article/131886-why-is-pepsico-buying-its-bottlers
• https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/five-things-you-never-knew-about-santa-claus-and-coca-cola
• https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/heritage-highlights/did-oliver-cromwell-really-ban-christmas/#:~:text=The%20rejection%20of%20Christmas%20as,1660%2C%20Christmas%20was%20officially%20illegal.
• https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/the-story-of-one-of-the-most-memorable-marketing-blunders-ever
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBCKnhFwE_4&t=28s&ab_channel=mycommercials
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
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This is part 2 of our series on Thanksgiving. Today we focus on what happened after the first meal and how the relationship between the colonists and the Indigenous people rapidly deteriorated. But to not be entirely depressing we also end the episode talking about some of the weird traditions that have become associated with the holiday.

Shownotes:

• Photo of Plymouth rock is from the public domain via wikimedia commons
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• King Philip's War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNXDplgft_g&ab_channel=Atun-SheiFilms
• Pequot War: http://pequotwar.org/about/
• https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/native-history-its-memorial-dayin-1637-the-pequot-massacre-happened

Happy Thanksgiving! Join us as we discuss the history of the holiday and the background of both the Pilgrims and the Indigenous people who played a part with it.

Shownotes:

• Intro clip is from Rick and Morty. An [adult swim] show from the minds of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. Specifically Season 5 Episode 6.
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Episode art is John Leon Gerome Ferris' painting The First Thanksgiving 1621.
• Puritainism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLP1T1RA_A&t=1281s&ab_channel=RyanReeves

Happy Halloween!! We couldn't get enough cryptid content so I had to share this list of bizarre creatures. Let us know which ones are your favorite as [email protected]!

Happy Halloween to all you witches, ghouls, and other spooks that go bump in the night!! We are back at it with a look at the history behind some famous Halloween monsters that haunt our imagination (and perhaps even our reality)…

Shownotes:

• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Opening Clip is the Main Theme from John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) (please don't sue us)
• https://texashillcountry.com/houston-batman-flying-monster/
• Shout out to the Old Gods of Appalacia Podcast! https://oldgodsofappalachia.com/
• The book about the demon aliens I was talking about was Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
• https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/
• 24/7 Livecam of the Mothman Statue in Point Pleasant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9AEnutatnI&ab_channel=MothmanCam

This is part two of the Theodore Roosevelt Episode. In this we pick up from the moment of his retirement and follow TR as he romps across the world going on fun(?) adventures.

Shownotes:

• Apologies about the audio quality!
• Cover Photo is in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons: Theodore Roosevelt with Elephant (1909)
• https://www.si.edu/object/auth_exp_fbr_EACE0006
• https://transcription.si.edu/project/10930
• Copy of African Game Trails: https://archive.org/details/africangametrail01roos
• Copy of Through the Brazilian Wilderness: https://www.loc.gov/item/14019126/
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Theodore Roosevelt often sits near the top of the American Pantheon. He was influential, popular, and a true force of nature. But behind the spectacles of that Mount Rushmore face, he was also just a guy being a dude! Join us as we discuss some of the lesser known incidents of his life.

Shownotes:

• Apologies about the audio quality!
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/
• Theodore Roosevelt Speech Audio from the Library of Congress
• Episode Photo from Public Domain via Wikimedia commons
• Edith Roosevelt Portrait: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edith_Roosevelt_Official_Portrait.jpg
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-10-07-0210070158-story.html

You have heard of Star Wars; now it is time to learn about the Bone Wars! Join us this week as we learn about the dramatic and petty professional rivalry that launched the study of paleontology in the United States.

Shownotes:

• https://ansp.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/stories/bone-wars-the-cope-marsh-rivalry/ 
• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/
• https://www.thoughtco.com/the-bone-wars-1092038
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/dinosaur-prehistoric-paleoart-zoe-lascaze
• Opening Clip is from Jurassic Park (1993) Dir. by Stephen Spielberg
• Cover Photo: Photo of Crystal Park Megalosaurus. Attribution: www.CGPGrey.com, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2005-03-30_-_London_-_Crystal_Palace_-_Victorian_Dinosaurs_4887158469.jpg
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• This guy's videos are really good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWylzOryws&ab_channel=TheHistoryGuy%3AHistoryDeservestoBeRemembered

75 years ago something fell from the sky in New Mexico. Join us as we discuss the birth of the modern UFO era and place your bets on what the Government has said to explain away all evidence of extra terrestrial contact! Hint: read the title of this episode.

Shownotes:

• https://archive.org/details/1947RadioNews/1947-07-08-ABC-News-Roswell.mp3
• https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/answers-unclassified-ufo-report/story?id=78486423
• https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-reports-400-ufo-encounters-tells-congress-theyre-investigating-video/story?id=84753756
• https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
• https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099410910/ufo-hearing-congress-military-intelligence
• McMinnville Photos
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trent1_600dpi.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McMinnville_UFO_2.png
• Cover Photo: Jesse Marcel with Roswell wreckage- Public Domain via Wikimedia
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• X-files theme composed by Mark Snow
• Bill Clinton Speech-Christmas Tree Lighting in Belfast (1995) from William J. Clinton Presidential Library

One Year Anniversary Episode!!! Summertime is the perfect time for swimming in the ocean... and running from the creatures that call it home. Join us as we talk about the most famous shark story ever told and the true story that inspired it...

Shownotes:

• Photo: The only surviving photo of the "Matawan Man-eater"
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Intro audio is from the movie Jaws by Steven Spielberg
• Interactive map-https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/maps/world-interactive/
• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/31/jaws-40-years-on-truly-great-lasting-classics-of-america-cinema 
• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/07/07/

100214613.pdf

• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/07/14/104

681679.pdf

• https://www.sharkattackfile.net/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/shark-attacks-1916