If You Can Keep It

Happy New Year, listeners! Amanda and Sam are back, predictably later than originally planned, to discuss Abraham Lincoln, possibly the most crush-worthy president. Amanda discusses 7 riots. We touch on SCOTUS's response to Trump's desperate bid to overturn an election he lost. While that portion of it is old news by the time this comes out, Sam's explanation of an amicus brief is timeless. Happy Birthday to producer Zack, on whose birthday we recorded this episode.

What better thing to do on election night (yep, we pre-record) than talk about James Buchanan and his bromances. Amanda discovers that her limit of whiteclaw is one and one quarter whiteclaws and Sam finds out that next to who is winning the election, the next American priority is where to find Chinese food. Spoiler alert: Biden won.

Amanda and Sam discuss severed torsos, apple butter, apple preferences in general, Franklin Pierce, Amanda's semi-crush on Franklin Pierce (and subsequent rethinking of that crush when we start discussing the comb over), eight riots, and Mao's cat girlfriend. Producer Zack joins the conversation for the SCOTUS rundown.

In a pre-ramble that is almost longer than the actual episode, Amanda and Sam discuss beans and other carbohydrates, Letterkenny, why cats might lick walls, which animals like baths, how much Amanda hates bedtime at her house, and whether Zack is confidently ready to begin recording the episode. They also discuss Millard Fillmore and a few riots. Side note: We pretty much always pre-record our episodes. The "Hot for Teacher" references were made prior to the death of Eddie Van Halen, an event we would never make light of. May he continue to shred in the great beyond.

Amanda and Sam discuss our 12th POTUS and his rivalry with the lead singer of Korn.

Amanda and Sam discuss James Polk and the Astor Place Riots

In an excessively long pre-ramble, Amanda and Sam discuss sushi, match-making, left handed people vs. right handed people, professional manicures, how different people organize their thoughts, and what to do with 25 pounds of peaches. You'd almost think that this isn't an American history podcast. In the eventual episode, they discuss John Tyler (from "…and Tyler too") and how much everyone completely hated him, but how he also managed to throw more hip than any old man this side of the Mississippi. Amanda discusses three riots. Sam discusses the status of slavery at the time.

Amanda and Sam spend a lot of time on the proverbial tarmac, but they eventually talk about the 32-day term of our 9th POTUS, the Dorr Rebellion, the first of many Cincinnati riots, and the Battle of Tippecanoe. This episode features "Hold Music" by Steve Combs (CC BY 4.0) available via https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/The_Sun_is_Rising/06_Hold_Music.

Samantha Potatohead answers 73 of Amanda's questions.

Amanda answers 73 questions.