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Emileigh and Morgan have the privilege of telling the story of one couple's love that pushed the Supreme Court to banish all anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. 

Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759682/

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Sources: 

https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/richard-loving

https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/mildred-loving

https://co.caroline.va.us/308/The-Lovings

We're kicking off Black History Month with some pizzazz! The history of jazz has a rich culture within the Black community and beyond, and has been beloved the world over for more than a century! 

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Sources:

“The Origins of Jazz” 

https://jazzobserver.com/the-origins-of-jazz/

“A Brief History of Jazz” (Sept 22 2022)

https://www.levinemusic.org/about/news/a-brief-history-of-jazz/

“What is Jazz?”

https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/projects/smithsonian-jazz/education/what-jazz

“On the Instrumental Origins of Jazz” by Russell Roth (1952). American Quarterly, Vol 4(4). Pp. 305-312. https://doi.org/10.2307/3031415

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3031415?origin=crossref

“Jazz Origins in New Orleans” 

https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm

“‘Jazz’: A Tale of Three Cities” by Ben Zimmer (Jun 8 2009)

https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/jazz-a-tale-of-three-cities/

“The Painful Birth of Blues and Jazz” by Stephanie Hall (Feb 24 2017)

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/02/birth-of-blues-and-jazz/

“Re-Revising ‘The History of Jazz’” by Natalie Weiner (July 15 2021)

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016020385/re-revising-the-history-of-jazz

“Women in Jazz, Part 1” by Margaret Howze

https://news.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/women_1.html

“The First Woman Trombonist in Big Bands | Melba Liston, 1926-1999”

https://www.cocosse.com/2019/04/woman-trombonist-in-big-bands-melba-liston/

“Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada 1914-1949” by Mark Miller

https://quillandquire.com/review/such-melodious-racket-the-lost-history-of-jazz-in-canada-1914-1949/

“15 Most Influential Jazz Artists” by ClassyKoehler (fact checked by Alex Hanton) (Feb 27 2010)

https://listverse.com/2010/02/27/15-most-influential-jazz-artists/

“The Evolution of the Saxophone in Jazz Music” (Jun 5 2024)

https://kgumusic.com/blogs/news/the-evolution-of-the-saxophone-in-jazz-music?srsltid=AfmBOopFYZ6IjKvSGMbf2N9oYgOyw_ADvrwWX4hxMHrVPpG6shJNa6eo

“Jews & Jazz Music” 

https://bje.org.au/knowledge-centre/jewish-people/famous/jazz/

“The 1937 Yiddish song that kicked off the Swing Era is due for a comeback” by Arielle Kaplan (July 19 2020)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-1937-yiddish-song-that-kicked-off-the-swing-era-is-due-for-a-comeback/ 

“The 25 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time” by Charles Waring (Mar 15 2024)

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-female-jazz-singers-ever/

https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/faq/

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“That Jazz” by Cold_Fire https://pixabay.com/music/traditional-jazz-that-jazz-260655/ 

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Emileigh and Morgan go back in time to Medieval England when one ship wreck not only took lives, but change the monarchy forever.  

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Sources: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCo0S_ceTnU

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/divers-find-tragic-white-ship/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Stephen-Anarchy/

https://www.normandythenandnow.com/no-ship-ever-brought-so-much-misery-to-england-from-barfleur/

This week's episode is about a health-obsessed doctor who also happened to invent one of the most famous breakfast foods of all time! Dr. John Kellogg had good ideas about health, questionable ideas about food, and unforgivable opinions about eugenics. Like many people covered on Ill-Equipped History, he's complicated! 

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Sources: 

“Dr. John Kellogg Invented Cereal. Some of His Other Wellness Ideas Were Much Weirder.” by Greg Daugherty (Aug 2 2019, updated May 17 2023)

https://www.history.com/news/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness-wacky-sanitarium-treatments

“How the ‘Battling’ Kellogg Brothers Revolutionized American Breakfast” by Terry Gross (Aug 8 2017)

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/08/08/542145177/how-the-battling-kellogg-brothers-revolutionized-american-breakfast

“John Harvey Kellogg, MD: Health Reformer and Antismoking Crusader” by Elizabeth Fee & Theodore M Brown (Jun 2002); American Journal for Public Health, 92(6):935. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.6.935

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447485/

“‘To Rid Society of Imbeciles’: The Impact of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s Stand for Eugenics” by Elizabeth Stout (Dec 12 2022)

https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2022posts/the-impact-of-dr-john-harvey-kelloggs-stand-for-eugenics.html

“John H. Kellogg” 

https://www.invent.org/inductees/john-h-kellogg

“John Harvey Kellogg: The Controversial Scientist Who Became the Cereal King” by Shannon Callahan (Apr 8 2022)

https://www.historyhit.com/john-harvey-kellogg/

“J.H. Kellogg Dies; Health Expert, 91” Obituary for The New York Times (originally published Dec 16 1943)

https://web.archive.org/web/20020216231918/https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0226.html

“A Recipe for Good Health” by Hillary Mohaupt (Apr 12 2017)

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/a-recipe-for-good-health/

“Were Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Created as a ‘Anti-Masturbatory Morning Meal’?” by Dan MacGuill (Aug 16 2019)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelloggs-corn-flakes-masturbation/

“The Simple Life in a Nutshell (‘Biologic Living’)” by Dr. J.H. Kellogg 

https://web.archive.org/web/20090430201429/http://lifestylelaboratory.com/articles/simple-life-nutshell.html

Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg. Segner & Condit, Burlington, IA (1881). 

https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/19924 

“John Harvey Kellogg Biography”

https://www.infoplease.com/biographies/society-culture/john-harvey-kellogg

“How John Harvey Kellogg was wrong on race” by Nick Buckley (March 21 2019)

https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2019/03/21/john-harvey-kellogg-battle-creek-michigan-eugenics-race-nazis/3202628002/

“Kellogg, John Harvey (1852-1943)” by James L. Hayward (Jan 28 2020)

https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=89LQ

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Emileigh and Morgan discover the secret operation that helped the Allies get fuel to the front lines during WW2 and the genius ways it was hidden from the enemy! 

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Sources:

https://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day-history/planning-and-preparation/operation-pluto/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77HD2ZI7Mc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto#Dumbo

This week Morgan and Emileigh explore the alleged life and philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope, one of the fathers of the school of Cynicism. This man lived in a pot, hung out with dogs, and regularly insulted Plato. Join us as we discuss his, erm, lifestyle, and how he helped influence philosophy for ages to come. 

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Sources:

“Diogenes the Cynic” 

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/diogenes.html

“Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 B.C.E.)” by Julie Piering

https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/

“Diogenes of Sinope” by Joshua J. Mark (Aug 2 2014)

https://www.worldhistory.org/Diogenes_of_Sinope/

“Diogenes, The Dog-Like Philosopher” by Ciaran Conliffe (Oct 13 2016)

https://headstuff.org/culture/history/history-of-europe/diogenes-dog-like-philosopher/

“The Life of Diogenes of Sinope in Diogenes Laertius” by Joshua J. Mark (Aug 5 2014)

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/740/the-life-of-diogenes-of-sinope-in-diogenes-laertiu/

“Cynics” by Julie Piering

https://iep.utm.edu/cynics/

“Timeline of ancient Greece” 

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

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Emileigh and Morgan explore the trial the workers had to endure to build one of of the modern 7 wonders of the world. From the French failure, the United States being a little shady, and the methods to dealing with yellow fever, this episode is one that will shock you. 

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https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/panama-canal-construction

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https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-panama-canal

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Gorgas

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/panama/

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

Happy first day of Hanukkah! Morgan and Emileigh discuss the stories behind the beloved holiday and traditions up to modern times. 

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Sources:

“History: The Hanukkah Story” 

https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/hanukkah/history-hanukkah-story

“What is Hanukkah?”

https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/What-Is-Hanukkah.htm

“How to Light the Menorah” 

https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/103868/jewish/How-to-Light-the-Menorah.htm 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-christmas-effect-how-hanukkah-became-a-big-holiday/2011/12/20/gIQAt944BP_story.html

“Origin of the Name Chanukah” by Rabbi Nosson Scherman (Dec 23 2005)

https://torah.org/interest/originchanukah/

“The Lights of Chanukah: Laws and Customs” by Orthodox Union staff (Apr 9 2014)

https://www.ou.org/holidays/laws/

“On Hanukkah, Women As Role Models” by My Jewish Learning 

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/women-as-role-models/

“December: Judith and the Hanukkah Story” 

https://jwa.org/discover/throughtheyear/december/judith

“Judith: Apocrypha” by Toni Craven

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/judith-apocrypha

“How Hanukkah Came to the White House” by Jonathan D. Sarna (Dec 2 2009)

https://forward.com/opinion/120124/how-hanukkah-came-to-the-white-house/

“8 Foods You Didn’t Know Jews Eat During Hanukkah” by Masa Israel Journey (Dec 8 2016)

https://forward.com/community/356515/8-foods-you-didnt-know-jews-eat-during-hanukkah/

“Kwanzakkah: A way to celebrate dual heritage and combat hate” by TaRessa Stovall and Stewart Ain (Dec 23 2022)

https://forward.com/news/529652/kwanzakkah-a-way-to-celebrate-dual-heritage-and-combat-hate/

“Thanksgivukka: Please pass the turkey-stuffed doughnuts” by Amy Spiro ( Nov 17 2013)

https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Thanksgivukka-Please-pass-the-turkey-stuffed-doughnuts-331952

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“Medieval Ambient” by DeusLower

https://pixabay.com/users/deuslower-45666444/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=236809

Emileigh and Morgan dive into the life of Charles Dickens; the man that brought us A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, the Pickwick Papers, and many more titles. We discuss his works, inspirations, marriage, scandals, and more! 

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Sources:

Charles Dickens: The Man That Asked for More [Full Movie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dB9BZWDBU

https://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/life/dickens-children/

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-origins-of-a-christmas-carol

https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2020/ten-things-know-about-charles-dickens-christmas-carol#:~:text=Like%20many%20of%20Dickens'%20other,and%20work%20at%20a%20factory.

https://www.wpi.edu/news/2015dickens

https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/chronology.html

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

https://brightside.me/articles/the-story-of-dickens-wife-who-walked-out-the-door-and-left-her-10-children-behind-forever-755110/

Today Morgan and Emileigh discuss the life, death, and legacy of one of the most popular poets in American literature! Learn about this reclusive, misunderstood woman and how she became renowned the world over. 

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Sources:

“Emily Dickinson: A Certain Slant of Light” documentary (1978)

“My Letter to the World” documentary (2017)

“Emily Dickinson” 

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson

“Biography” 

https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/emily-dickinson/biography/

“Emily Dickinson and her Poems” 

https://www.emilydickinson.net/ 

“FAQS” 

https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/emily-dickinson/learn-more-2/faqs/#:~:text=A%3A%20Although%20Dickinson's%20death%20certificate,failure%20or%20a%20brain%20hemorrhage

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