Ill-Equipped History

Morgan and Emileigh discuss the history of the Maya and Chichén Itzá, one of the 7 Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

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“Buried Truth of the Maya” documentary by National Geographic (2019)

Expedition Unknown “Mayan Apocalypse” (2015)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/article/chichen-itza

https://www.chichenitza.com/ruins 

https://www.britannica.com/place/Chichen-Itza

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Maya-people 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Toltec 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tl%C4%81lchit%C5%8Dnatiuh 

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

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/483#:~:text=After%20the%2013th%20century%20no%20major%20monuments%20seem,The%20ruins%20were%20not%20excavated%20until%201841%20A.D. 

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

Emileigh and Morgan dive into the fight for American Women's right to Vote and the person who had the deciding vote on the 19th Amendment. 

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https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage#background

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-man-and-his-mom-who-gave-women-the-vote

http://teachtnhistory.org/File/Harry_T._Burn.pdf

https://tag.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/suffrage-by-state.pdf

The Vote: Documentary by PBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztpe2qb1KQg

https://www.nps.gov/people/harry-t-burn.htm

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alice-paul

https://cattcenter.iastate.edu/home/about-us/carrie-chapman-catt/

https://nynpa.com/docs/nie/nielawday/9_LawDay2020_CarrieChapmanCatt.pdf

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/902345079/the-nudge-and-tie-breaker-that-took-womens-suffrage-from-nay-to-yea

Morgan and Emileigh discuss drug use by the Nazi regime during World War II. 

WARNING: This episode contains mature content. Listener discretion is advised. 

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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/methamphetamine 

On this episode Emileigh and Morgan go back thousands of years to when beer was first  discovered to all the way through current times. You might even catch a few personal and hilarious stories involving beer you don't want to miss! 

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https://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/raley_timetable.shtml

https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/UqfrcsPoAI/

https://www.thetravel.com/history-of-beer-where-to-learn-about-it/

https://beer-studies.com/en/world-history/Birth-of-brewing/Combined-fermented_beverages/European-beer-brewing-bassin 

https://www.australianhomebrewing.com.au/learn/beer/origins-of-stout-beer-styles/#:~:text=Where%20did%20Stout%20come%20from,popular%20among%20the%20working%20class.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/wheat-beer-profile-353432#:~:text=Wheat%20beer%20is%20a%20category,that's%20popular%20around%20the%20world.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lager-beer-worlds-favorite-was-invented-by-accident-400-years-ago/

https://www.citybrewtours.com/blog/not-from-india-5-facts-about-the-india-pale-ale/#:~:text=India%20Pale%20Ale%20was%20not%20invented%20in%20India&text=But%20the%20IPA%20was%20not,Hodgson%20of%20London's%20Bow%20Brewery.

https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/prohibition-potpourri/prohibition-products/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/223/beer-in-the-ancient-world/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/23/craft-beer-boom-pushes-number-of-uk-breweries-past-2000

https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-releases-annual-craft-brewing-industry-production-report-and-top-50-producing-craft-brewing-companies-for-2022/

Anne Bonny and Mary Read were two pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy. Join Emileigh and Morgan as they discuss the lives of these two legendary women. 

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Read 

Join Emileigh and Morgan as they dive into the unbelievable story of the 17th century ship that was destined to sink from the very beginning. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-story-vasa-ship-keeps-giving-180964328/

https://www.simscale.com/blog/vasa-ship-sank/

https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2022/10/01/the-vasa-shipwreck-a-rare-glimpse-into-life-in-17th-century-sweden-with-the-help-of-bioarchaeology/Vasa Museum Website- https://www.vasamuseet.se/en/about-the-vasa-museum

Morgan and Emileigh discuss the richest man in human history. 

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“Sun of the Soil” documentary on Netflix

Emileigh and Morgan recount the incredible day that the citizens of Athens, Tennessee forcefully took their town back from the corrupt local government. 

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-https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-athens (Article from 1986)

-https://www.legendsofamerica.com/the-battle-of-athens-tennessee/

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KroeJmWHs

-The Fighting Bunch by Chris DeRose. Book. 

-Hallmark Movie, An American Story.

Please Check out this museum if you are ever in the Athens area. They are a wealth of knowledge on local topics and are wonderful people! 

The Living Heritage Museum:

522 W Madison Ave, Athens, TN 37303

Tues-Friday 10am-5pm

Sat 10am-1pm 

Sun-Mon Closed 

Emileigh and Morgan dive into the elections and political climate of McMinn County, Tennessee in the decade before the only successful armed rebellion in the United States since the Revolutionary War. 

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Sources: 

-https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-athens (Article from 1986)

-https://www.legendsofamerica.com/the-battle-of-athens-tennessee/

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KroeJmWHs

-The Fighting Bunch by Chris DeRose. Book. 

-Hallmark Movie, An American Story.

Please Check out this museum if you are ever in the Athens area. They are a wealth of knowledge on local topics and are wonderful people! 

The Living Heritage Museum:

522 W Madison Ave, Athens, TN 37303

Tues-Friday 10am-5pm

Sat 10am-1pm 

Sun-Mon Closed 

Hedy Lamarr was an actress and inventor who built the precursor to Wi-Fi and our ability to communicate via satellites. Not only was she drop-dead gorgeous, she was a world-renowned Hollywood starlet! Join Morgan and Emileigh as they discover what made Hedy Lamarr stand out in Hollywood's Golden Age. 

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Sources: 

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky