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Episode 160. The inventions of nylon was immediately purported to produce stockings for women in the 1940s. However, shortly after its invention it was rationed for wartime use during WWII. Women still needed their stockings, though! This episode covers the high demand for nylon stockings, what women did to get through the ration, and what happened when they came back. Spoiler alert: it wasn't pretty! 

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“The 1946 Nylon Riots: Unruly Crowds of Women Battled for Stockings” by Rose Hiechelbech

https://dustyoldthing.com/nylon-riots-of-1946/

“The Way It Was - Nylon Wars, 1946” by George Bulanda (Sept 25 2019)

https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/nylon-wars-detroit/

“With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women would Paint their Legs so it Looked like Stockings, 1940s” (Sept 18 2025)

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nylon-stockings-shortage-1940s/

“Nylon: the reason we won World War II - and started shaving our legs” by Shannon Corbeil (Dec 20 2022)

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/nylon-ww2-why-women-shave/

“WWII and the Nylon Riots!” (Oct 1, 2021)

https://rosietheriveter.net/wwii-and-the-nylon-riots/

“Nylon Stockings: A Historical Journey from Wartime Rationing to Nylon Riots” by Zuzana (Dec 4 2021)

https://www.lifescienceart.com/life/fashion-and-beauty/nylon-stockings-wartime-rationing-nylon-riots/

“The rise, fall and riots of nylons: A sheer success 85 years ago this month” by Monica Zurowski (May 20 2024)

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/the-rise-fall-and-riots-of-nylons-a-sheer-success-83-years-ago-today

“How Nylon Stockings Changed the World” by Kimbra Cutlip (May 11 2015)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-nylon-stockings-changed-world-180955219/

“The Fascinating History of Nylon Stockings: A Fashion Icon” by Matthew Elliott

https://www.historyen.com/nylon-stockings/#google_vignette

“History of Hosiery”

https://www.stockingirl.com/pages/history-of-hosiery

“The History of Silk Stockings” 

https://www.girlsandnylons.com/history/silk-stockings.html

“The History of Stockings and Pantyhose: From 1900s Silk to Modern Tights” by Ditte J (Sept 26 2025)

https://memery.us/blogs/historical/the-history-of-stockings-and-pantyhose-from-1900s-silk-to-modern-tights

“From Silken Threads to Nylon Dreams: A History of Stockings” (Jan 17 2025)

https://missmonmon.com/2025/01/17/from-silken-threads-to-nylon-dreams-a-history-of-stockings/

Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/city-angry-mob-loop-6847/

Music by MMAudio from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-jazz-mission-possible-512526/

Episode 160. In 1857, The SS Central America was full of gold rush era treasures when it encountered a category 2 hurricane. After enduring for 3 days, it eventually sank, taking most of the passengers and gold to the bottom of the ocean with it. Emileigh and Morgan look into the sinking and repercussions of the loss of this great steam ship.  

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89S0JSHinPg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwPZgrpXe9A

https://patch.com/virginia/herndon/remembering-herndons-history-s-s-george-law-0

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1990/january/last-cruise-ss-central-america

https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/a65210662/tommy-thompson-sunken-treasure/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_pop_md_dsa_comm_org_us_21040602449&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21040602449&gbraid=0AAAAADCyiSkwpYNOTrLnXbk3gV7KYADtv&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlLDQBhDjARIsAPlIefG086bu3NEwmndBL4Oof93SPFoz0uLaECGwBwm997eDuLGg7if75jQaAo-eEALw_wcB

Life got the better of us this week so instead of a normal episode, we are releasing a bonus episode from the vault! We hope you enjoy! 

Join us in diving into some of history's craziest and most famous modes of transportation! Plus Emileigh's Jeep breaks down again.

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Sources:

https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/the-dymaxion-car-the-true-history-of-buckminster-fullers-failed-automobile.html

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/goodyear-inflatoplane-ga468/nasm_A19740156000

https://www.jalopnik.com/goodyear-made-a-plane-that-you-had-to-inflate-before-yo-1848456370/

https://planehistoria.com/the-caproni-ca-60-was-a-nine-wing-cruise-liner/

https://simpleflying.com/caproni-ca-60-italy-floating-triplane-story/

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231220-why-the-flying-scotsman-is-a-symbol-of-britishness

https://www.theshipyardblog.com/extreme-engineering-twelve-strangest-vessels-in-the-world/#:~:text=Get%20ready%20for%20some%20numbers

https://www.thedrive.com/news/36692/the-top-10-coolest-trains-of-all-time

https://www.hotcars.com/most-outrageous-cars-ever-that-arent-supercars/

Gyro-X-1967

https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/gyro-x-1967/

“After Heaps of Time & Money the 1967 Gyro-X is Back in Action!”

https://historygarage.com/heaps-time-money-1967-gyro-x-back-action/

“The Inventory of the Rotary Snowplow was… a Dentist?” by Leslie Smith (Jan 14 2025)

https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/heritage/rotary-snow-plow.html

“A Brief History of the Rotary Snowplow” by Andrew Toppan (May 6 2001)

https://www.hazegray.org/rail/rotaries.htm

“Rotary Snowplough” by Laura Neilson Bonikowsky (Nov 20 2011, edited Mar 4 2015)

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rotary-snowplough

“Transport that Never Was” (Feb 18 2020)

https://fabricofparis.com/2020/02/18/transport-that-never-was-aerotrain.html

“New York City’s Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, the country’s last operating prison ship, set to close” (Oct 31 2023)

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/vernon-c-bain-correctional-center-closing-nyc-prison-ship/

“UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail” by Sneha Dey (May 10 2018)

https://citylimits.org/urbanerd-the-history-of-the-citys-floating-jail/

“Vernon C. Bain Christening Ceremony Video” by Kevin T. Harrell (Apr 4 2025)

https://hnoc.org/research-collections/collection-highlights/vernon-c-bain-christening-ceremony-video

Episode 158. Florence Nightingale was a woman of high status who transformed the field of nursing forever. Join Emileigh and Morgan as they shine light on the life of the Lady with the Lamp. 

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“Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)” by Kerri Lee Alexander 

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/florence-nightingale

“Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Lamp”

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/florence-nightingale-lady-lamp

“The legacy of Florence Nightingale, the first professional nurse” (May 10 2023)

https://www.redcross.org.uk/stories/health-and-social-care/health/how-florence-nightingale-influenced-the-red-cross

“Florence Nightingale” by history.com editors (Nov 9 2009, updated May 28 2025)

https://www.history.com/articles/florence-nightingale

“The Life of Florence Nightingale”

https://library.uab.edu/locations/reynolds/collections/florence-nightingale/life

“Florence Nightingale: The Mother of Nursing” by Hosein Karimi & Negin Masoudi Alavi (Jun 27 2015). Nursing and Midwifery Studies. 4(2). doi:10.17795/nmsjournal29475 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4557413/

https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/

https://florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk/

Music by DELOSound from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/music/classical-string-quartet-emotional-violin-strings-453280/ 

Person Coughing 1_1 by Joao_Janz -- https://freesound.org/s/482660/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Noseblow, Cough, Throatclear by qubodup -- https://freesound.org/s/213856/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Footsteps On Tile by IENBA -- https://freesound.org/s/834027/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Groggy Hungover waking sounds - Male by Iceofdoom -- https://freesound.org/s/371558/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Thank y'all so much for your support for the last 3 years! We are so grateful for every single one of you! We we hope you enjoy this year's blooper reel as much as we did! 

Episode 157. Emileigh and Morgan had the pleasure to go through the life of Beatrix Potter. She started her life as a curious, animal loving, and rebellious child and continued her life in much the same way. She lived her life on her own terms and Peter Rabbit was just a wonderful part of it. 

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https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Beatrix-Potter/

Beatrix Potter Documentary 

https://www.linnean.org/the-society/history-of-science/beatrix-potter-the-tale-of-the-linnean-society

https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/caring-for-our-collections/beatrix-potter-christmas-card-designer?srsltid=AfmBOopjyuAFJnkZi0pf_YfI-xvn1D_4L80N2QXZ_B2xaFffzTPP3XHd

Episode 156. O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope were friends turned rival paleontologists who together found over 100 species of dinosaurs in the late 1800s. The depths of their pettiness toward each other was immense; from bashing each other in academic journals to attempting to use a government position to confiscate property. Learn how these two men battled it out in the field to be the best paleontologist ever. 

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“The Two Paleontologists Who Had a Bone to Pick with Each Other” 

https://www.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip/detours/the-two-paleontologists-who-had-a-bone-to-pick-with-each-other

“The bitter dinosaur feud at the heart of palaeontology” by Martha Henriques (Jan 19 2023)

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-dinosaur-feud-at-the-heart-of-palaeontology

“Bone Wars” by Micah Issitt (2023)

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/bone-wars

“This Means War! A History of the Bone Wars” 

https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/11/this-means-war-history-of-bone-wars

“O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope: A Rivalry” 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/

Sound Effect by Neo Theone from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-pen-writing-sfx-430839/

Music by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/music/solo-classical-instruments-dionisio-aguado-alegreto1-classical-guitar-played-on-harpsichord-7726/

Episode 155. Butch Cassidy is one of the most notorious Wild West Outlaws in history. Known for being charismatic and cleaver, he cemented his legacy as also being the least violent by claiming on never taking a life himself. In this episode, Emileigh and Morgan take a look at his beginnings and his very mysterious endings. 

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https://www.utah.com/things-to-do/attractions/old-west/butch-cassidy/

Butch Cassidy YouTube Video 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/butch-cassidy-and-sundance-kid-timeline/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/jacket-copy/story/2011-08-15/rare-books-collector-claims-to-have-butch-cassidys-manuscript

https://www.history.com/articles/the-mysterious-deaths-of-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid

Episode 154. Liu Bang was a peasant who, through shrewdness, political machinations, and betrayal, worked his way up to the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, one of China's golden ages. Listen to how Liu Bang climbed to the top without a moral or ethical code. 

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“Liu Bang - The Peasant Scoundrel Who Founded the Han Dynasty. (Complete Series)” by the Cool History Bros channel on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpBgawuphf8 

“Gaozu” by Britannica Editors”

 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gaozu-emperor-of-Han-dynasty

“Liu Bang (256-195 BC) - Founder and Emperor of the Han Dynasty” 

https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/liu-bang.htm

“Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China” by Jimmy Chen (Dec 21 2024)

https://www.thecollector.com/liu-bang-how-peasant-emperor-china/

“Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor” by Benjamin Breen

https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/february-2013-liu-bang-peasant-rebel-emperor

Sound Credits:

Music by Freddy Hill from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/music/world-the-chinese-modern-143818/  

Music by Rinesh Scorings from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-the-war-184745/

Episode 153. Charles Dawson wanted to go down in history as a respected archeologist. But the choices he made left him with a legacy of a fraud and tricked the scientific community for over four decades. 

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53pi.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3gvpz427po

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-problem-of-piltdown-man/

Worlds greatest Hoaxes: TV show 

https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/charles-dawson/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dawson#Alleged_discoveries

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-heidelbergensis