History Spelunkers

If you are ever looking for fun weekend plans here is a suggestion. Commandeer an abandoned piece of military property, and then declare independence from your home country! As we discuss in today's episode absolutely nothing can go wrong!

Also apologies in advance if the audio quality is less than perfect on this one.

Shownotes:

• https://sealandgov.org/
• https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200706-sealand-a-peculiar-nation-off-englands-coast
• https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/pirate-radio.htm
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Montevideo_Convention
• https://www.wired.com/2000/07/haven-2/
• https://narratively.com/the-plot-against-the-principality-of-sealand/ 
• Sealand National Anthem from YouTube via the government's website
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

You know about the Titanic: the tragedy and romance of the "unsinkable ship". But its safe to bet that you have not yet heard of the Sultana or the Halifax Explosion. Today the gang and I discuss a couple of major naval disasters that have been eclipsed by the Titanic's fame.

Just a heads up there a lot of death in this episode, some of it pretty gruesome.

Shownotes:

• https://www.npr.org/2015/04/27/402515205/the-shipwreck-that-led-confederate-veterans-to-risk-all-for-union-lives 
• https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/halifax-explosion
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Music from "My Heart Will Go On- Recorder by Candlelight" by Matt Mulholland on Youtube

Today we take a look at the birth of a religion in the South Pacific and ask the question: "How difficult could such a task truly be?"

Shownotes:

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-john-they-trust-109294882/
• https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CargoCult
• https://www.academia.edu/3279401
• https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/15553/1/OP36-47-57.pdf
• https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/201290/vanuatu-appoints-ambassador-to-russia
• Intro clip is from the Documentary Waiting For John which is available on Amazon Prime.
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Photo Credit: Shutterstock

Some wonder what America would have been like if we had a King. Little do people know there was a time when we had something better.... An Emperor!

The gang and I look to the past to try and find some new hobbies. Maybe our ancestors had novel ways of entertaining themselves, like pole sitting???

Shownotes:

• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Opening is from the 2006 film Night at the Museum. Directed by Shawn Levy
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19521013&id=tuMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vmQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4571,5934352
• https://books.google.com/books?id=vUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&dq=shipwreck+kelly#v=onepage&q=shipwreck%20kelly&f=false
• https://libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms80.pdf
• http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/d5marthn.htm
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/staged-train-wrecks#:~:text=Joe%20Connolly%20staged%20more%20than,trains%20ran%20into%20each%20other.
• https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/crash-at-crush 

There have been four Presidential Assassinations, it's a safe bet you only know about two of them...

Show Notes:

Garfield and Guiteau:

• .https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-stalking-of-the-president-20724161/
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-garfield/
• https://famous-trials.com/guiteau/2197-home
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-execution-of-charles-guiteau.htm

 Czolgosz and McKinnley:

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leon-Czolgosz
• https://law.jrank.org/pages/2729/Leon-Czolgosz-Trial-1901-Czolgosz-s-Trial-Swift.html#:~:text=Czolgosz's%20trial%20began%20September%2023,with%20such%20a%20hated%20defendant.
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Opening is from Assassins: The Broadway Cast Recording. Music by Stephen Sondheim. Copyright: 2014 PS Classics

Happy Holidays! Join us as we hear the heroic and often tragic tales of those who attempted to reach the North and South Poles.

Show Notes:

• Trans-Antarctic Expedition: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Henry-Shackleton#ref184881
• Peary and Henson: https://kacv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pbs-world-explorers-henson-peary/pbs-world-explorers-henson-peary/
• American Museum of Natural History: https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/15/books/eskimo-boy-injustice-old-new-york-campaigning-writer-indicts-explorer-museum.html
• Opening Clip from The Polar Express (2004) Dir. by Robert Zemeckis
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

What are we to do with all the nuclear waste spread across the country? How are we going to keep people away from it? We ponder these questions in this episode.

Show Notes:

• Yucca Mountain: https://www.yuccamountain.org/
• Marshall Islands: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/20/us-put-nuclear-waste-under-dome-pacific-island-now-its-cracking-open/
• New Mexico: https://www.wipp.energy.gov/
• Music: "10​,​000​-​Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories (Don't Change Color, Kitty)" by Emperor X. Available on bandcamp.com.
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Ryan and Jamie return to join me in a discussion about the history of filibusters; its probably not the kind you're thinking about.

• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Opening from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

A Special Halloween Episode! Join us as we discuss one of America's most iconic monsters and its relatives. We also have a guest co-host.

• Music Credit: "Headless Horseman"- Bing Crosby (1949)
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds