Nicole Kelso & Noelle Kruppa

This week Nicole and Noelle talk Werewolves! From the Epic of Gilgamesh to American Werewolf in London, the legend of the Werewolf has mystified and frightened townsfolk from the first time someone dared ask, Where Wolf? So grab your wolf pelt, your magical potions, and come get your Thriller on with the girls from The Quite Unusual Podcast!Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolfhttps://www.livescience.com/44875-werewolves-in-psychiatry.html#:~:text=Clinical%20lycanthropy%20is%20a%20rare,that%20one%20is%20a%20werewolf.&text=They%20grunt%2C%20claw%2C%20and%20feel,of%20metamorphosis%20into%20a%20wolf.https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/werewolf.htmhttps://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofva0000guil/page/192/mode/2uphttps://www.historicmysteries.com/werewolf-legends/https://historydaily.org/werewolf-trialshttps://www.britannica.com/http://alam25.tripod.com/exp.htmhttps://www.nolaweekend.com/beware-of-louisianas-rougarou-have-you-heard-of-the-creepy-cajun-swamp-legend/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_lycanthropy#:~:text=Clinical%20lycanthropy%20is%20defined%20as,%2C%20or%20is%2C%20an%20animal.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolves_of_Ossory

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Acid Pop

This week we drink to the bottom of the cup to learn about coffee and tea. Join us as we discuss drinking poop, trading tea for opium, and how coffee won the American civil war.

Sources:

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

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/25/485227943/if-war-is-hell-then-coffee-has-offered-u-s-soldiers-some-salvation#:~:text=If%20war%20is%20hell%2C%20then%20for%20many%20soldiers%20throughout%20American,Civil%20War%2C%20Vietnam%20and%20Afghanistan.

https://www.history.com/news/coffee-houses-revolutions

https://www.metro.us/are-coffee-enemas-dangerous-yes-so-dont-do-them-even-if-gwyneth-paltrow-says-to/

https://asiapacificcurriculum.ca/learning-module/opium-wars-china

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36781368

https://membracid.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/insect-poop-tea/

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160425-the-pot-of-tea-that-costs-10000#:~:text=China's%20ancient%20bushes%20of%20Da,times%20its%20weight%20in%20gold.&text=In%202002%2C%20a%20wealthy%20purchaser,legendary%20Da%20Hong%20Pao%20tea.

https://www.ncausa.org/About-Coffee/What-is-Coffee

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/tea1.htm

https://tea-drunk.com/history-of-tea

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2095707/great-tea-robbery-how-british-stole-chinas

https://www.thespruceeats.com/the-origin-of-coffee-765180

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-coffee-consuming-nations.html

https://www.statista.com/statistics/507950/global-per-capita-tea-consumption-by-country/#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20Turkey%20was%20the,followed%20by%20India%20and%20Kenya.

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

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

https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/young-graham.htm

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Kayla Medlen and JB Stalnaker

In this episode, we talk about musical myths from Puff the Magic Dragon to The Pied Piper. Join us as we try to debunk and get down to the truth....or...Why let the truth get in the way of a good story?Footnotes:Puff the Magic Dragon-https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/puff-the-magic-dragon/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/peter-paul-and-mary/puff-the-magic-dragonThe Pied Piper-https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/pied-piper.htmhttp://www.revisionist.net/hameln-grimm.html440Hz Conspiracy-https://globalnews.ca/news/4194106/440-hz-conspiracy-music/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUs5fpK4nhYhttps://www.healingfrequenciesmusic.com/hitler-and-the-a440-concert-pitch/Support the show (http://paypal.me/bachtorockpod)

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Emma Gerber

Curious about what's going on with the USPS? Wondering about the Post Office's history? Listen to this episode of Present Parallels, where we analyze the problems of the USPS through a historical lens. 

Sources 

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Rural Free Delivery.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., March 6, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rural-Free-Delivery.

Kelly B. Olds, 1995. "The Challenge to the U.S. Postal Monopoly, 1839-1851," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 15(1), pages 1-24, Spring/Su.

Kosar, Kevin R. “Opinion: The Postal Service Is in Deep Trouble. Here's One Way to Get It Out.” POLITICO. POLITICO, April 20, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2020/04/16/the-right-way-to-bail-out-the-post-office-190271.

Naylor, Brian. “Pending Postal Service Changes Could Delay Mail And Deliveries, Advocates Warn.” NPR. NPR, July 29, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/29/894799516/pending-postal-service-changes-could-delay-mail-and-deliveries-advocates-warn.

Obringer, Lee Ann. “How the U.S. Postal Service Works.” HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks, October 26, 2007. https://people.howstuffworks.com/usps7.htm.

Office of Inspector General, and Fredy Diaz, https://www.uspsoig.gov (2019). https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2019/RISC-WP-19-007.pdf.

Pflum, Mary. “Concerned Postal Workers Lay Blame for Delays Squarely on Recent Overhauls.” NBCNews.com. NBCUniversal News Group, August 18, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/concerned-postal-workers-lay-blame-delays-squarely-recent-overhauls-n1237011.

Rayome, Alison DeNisco. “New US Postal Service Rescue Bill Coming This Week? What It Is and Why It May Happen.” CNET. CNET, August 18, 2020. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/new-us-postal-service-rescue-bill-coming-this-week-what-it-is-and-why-it-may-happen/.

The Office of the Historian, Government Relations and Public Policy, and Megan J. Brennan , USPS (2020). https://about.usps.com/publications/pub100.pdf.

Trump Attacks Vote-by-Mail and the U.S. Postal Service | The Daily Social Distancing Show. The Daily Social Distancing Show. Youtube, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndHQzMYNA40.

Upholt, Boyce. “The Tumultuous History of the U.S. Postal Service-and Its Constant Fight for Survival.” National Geographic. National Geographic Society|Copyright © 2015-2020 National Geographic Partners, LLC., May 27, 2020. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/05/tumultuous-history-united-states-postal-service-constant-fight-survival/.

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In 1884 a strange airship crashed near the town of Benkelman, Nebraska. Join us this week as we discuss what happened next and discuss the 1897 sighting of yet another mystery airship in Nebraska.

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Research:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/1884-nebraska-crash.htm

https://history.nebraska.gov/sites/history.nebraska.gov/files/doc/publications/NH2013Hoax.pdf

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/forgotten-ufo-crash-ne/

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

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The crew of a ship called the White Lion traded several enslaved Africans for food and repairs on this day in 1619, often described as the beginning of slavery in what would become the United States. / On this day in 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's paper on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Bigfoot for Breakfast

In the late 90’s they took over pop culture for a while and it was likely the first that the majority of the people had even heard of them. Although, they seem to have been hiding among us for much, much longer.  That’s right folks, it’s time to finally address the creepy, elusive, strongarm police of the extraterrestrial world. The Mystery of the Solway Spaceman.  Simon Armstrong.  May 23, 2014.  Cumbria.  Article. Vocal.  Futurism.  People Recall Their Experiences with the Real Men in Black.  Rowan Marley.  2018.  https://vocal.media/futurism/people-recall-their-experiences-with-the-real-men-in-black How Stuff Works.  Men in Black.  Editors of Publications International, LTD.  https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/men-in-black.htm Detroits Classic Rock.  94.7 WCSX.  5 Mysterious Sightings of Real Men in Black.  Angie Krueger.  October 12th, 2018.  https://wcsx.com/2018/10/12/5-mysterious-sightings-real-men-black/ Motherboard.  Tech by Vice.  The Pentagon’s ‘Real Men in Black’ Investigated Tom DeLonge’s UFO Videos.  Tim McMillan.  https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvg8ea/the-pentagons-real-men-in-black-investigated-tom-delonges-ufo-videos Thought Catalog.  9 Freaky Encounters with The Real ‘Men in Black’ That’ll Seriously Give you the Creeps.  Jacob Geers.  April 27th, 2019.  https://thoughtcatalog.com/jacob-geers/2016/04/creepy-stories-of-the-real-men-in-black/ Forbes.  Iran Says ‘Tall, White Space Aliens Control America’.  Michael Peck.  Aerospace and Defense.  January 13, 2014.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2014/01/13/iran-says-tall-white-space-aliens-control-america/#36e13563f2cd The Free Dictionary. Conspiracies and Secret Societies.  Men in Black.  Men in Black Bible Gateway.  Genesis 19.  New Century Version.  Lot Leaves Sodom.  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2019&version=NCV The Guardian.  Movies.  The Real Men in Black, Hollywood and the Great UFO Cover Up.  Steve Rose.  August 14th, 2014.  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/14/men-in-black-ufo-sightings-mirage-makers-movie Info Quest.  The Eisenhower Treaty with the Aliens.  Dr. Salla.  https://www.info-quest.org/documents/Eisenhowerufo.html Live Science.  Men in Black:  The UFO Buff’s Bogeymen.  Benjamin Radford.  November 16th, 2012.  https://www.livescience.com/24822-men-in-black.html YouTube.  John Keel Lecture.  Men in Black. 1989.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvm77diHCdA A Life of High Strangeness.  Nick Redfern.  August 3, 2018.  Mysterious Universe.  https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/08/a-life-of-high-strangeness/

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