Illusory Time

Maya updates listeners on the happenings of Salem in August 1692. Be prepared for trials, confessions, and hangings as events continue to intensify. 

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Maya explores themes around Transcendentalism and Nature, with detours into reality, dreams, and illusion. She also offers a brief meditation in nature for listeners to try out on their own. 

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Our road trip with the Donner Party is coming to an end! In the final part of this multi-episode theme, Maya discusses delays, lies, and murders, as well as hates on James Reed big time. Will the Donners make it to California?

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It's back on the road with a multi-episode theme on the Donner Party! Maya introduces listeners to Charles Stanton, a bachelor from upstate NY, and covers landmarks like Courthouse and Jailhouse Rocks, Carhenge, Chimney Rock, Scot's Bluff, and Fort Laramie. 

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Maya updates listeners on the cuckoo-caca-insano happenings in Salem Village over the course of June and July 1692 as the official trials begin, specters run wild, and residents of Salem are executed by hanging.

The journey continues in Part II of a multi-episode theme on the Donner Party. Maya introduces listeners to the always fascinating Tamzene Donner and discusses the early days of their travels along the California and Oregon Trail.

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Maya introduces Part I of a new multi-episode focus on the Donner Party. She shares her love for these cannibalistic pioneers, recalls a nightmarish camping experience, and lays the groundwork for the Donner Party's travels westward. 

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Take a journey through Freedomland USA, an American-history theme park in the Bronx in the early 1960s! Discover the attractions at this short-lived park and contemplate what it tells us about our understanding of American history. 

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Maya discusses the idea of nature and the "wilderness" in American history and literature with a focus on Henry David Thoreau and Louise Dickinson Rich. 

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Maya launches the new name of the podcast and business as History Happy Hour evolves into Illusory Time. She discusses the reasons behind the name change and contemplates the past, present, and future. 

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