Night Classy

Night Classy

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  • 161. Jersey Man Eater and Race to the South Pole

    Kat covers the world's most famous shark and inspiration for Jaws, or as we like to call it "Shark." The Jersey Man Eater took more than a nibble from more than four people… Or was it the sea turtles? Next, Hayley recounts the time Norway and Great Britain got in a pissing contest to see who could arrive first in the "awful place" known as the South Pole. The human will to live leaves the chat about the same time the temperature plummeted to -68 degrees.

    Link to Good Ohio Dogman Encounter: https://spotify.link/vnUw83sC8yb

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    Race to the South Pole Sources:

    The Treacherous Race to the South Pole

    https://www.history.com/news/the-treacherous-race-to-the-south-pole

    The Race to the PoleRoald Amundsen and Robert Scott - 1911-1912

    https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/race-to-the-pole-amundsen-scott.php

    The Race Begins: Land!: AMNH

    https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/race-to-the-south-pole/the-race-begins-land

    1 hr 40 min
  • 160. Elizabeth Holmes and Tulip Mania

    Hayley tells the story of Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made billionaire and inventor of 3 Edison machines in a trenchcoat. Elizabeth's blood analyzing technology was supposed to make the impossible possible. Only it really was impossible- if only someone had told her that. Then, Kat explains how tulip bulbs were the 17th century's version of turnips in animal crossing. Only, this was real life, and people spent their life savings on flowers.

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    Elizabeth Holmes Sources:

    In His Own Words: The Theranos Whistleblower

    https://youtu.be/9wf_2KYRPWQ

    The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy who will head to prison this month after losing her bid to remain free during appeal

    Avery Hartmans

    https://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-founder-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-life-story-bio-2018-4

    The rise and fall of Theranos, the blood-testing startup that went from Silicon Valley darling to facing fraud charges

    Pflanzer

    https://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5#but-holmes-was-not-deterred-holmes-went-on-to-drop-out-of-stanford-university-in-2003-at-the-age-of-19-to-start-theranos-which-was-then-called-real-time-cures-she-was-inspired-both-by-her-grandfathers-medical-career-and-her-summer-2003-internship-at-the-genome-institute-of-singapore-2

    Elizabeth Holmes returns to court in bid to avoid prison

    Liedtke

    https://apnews.com/article/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-fraud-prison-sentence-754b44bc47eb200f032b75f45969cb07

    Elizabeth Holmes

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

    Tulip Mania Sources:

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

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-never-was-real-tulip-fever-180964915/

    https://www.history.com/news/tulip-mania-financial-crash-holland

    https://interestingengineering.com/culture/history-of-the-tulip-from-turkish-love-affair-to-dutch-tulipmania-obsession

    1 hr 37 min
  • 159. Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons (B.A.D.D.) and Free Town Project

    Kat dives into the controversial history of double Ds, Dungeons and Dragons that is. The Christian anti-D&D organization "Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons" formed in response to a mother's concerns about satanic worship. Just remember to keep game pieces out of bodily orifices, and you should be safe! Next, Hayley covers the Freetown Project in Grafton, New Hampshire (the hamster state). Libertarians took over the area to practice their right to traffic organs, practice consensual cannibalism, and much more… It went worse than you think!

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    Freetown Project Sources:

    How a New Hampshire libertarian utopia was foiled by bears

    Illing

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling

    The Town That Went Feral

    Blanchfield

    https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

    The Disastrous Free Town Project Explained

    Elwell

    https://www.grunge.com/1016685/the-disastrous-free-town-project-explained/

    BADD

    https://www.ranker.com/list/controversial-80s-dnd-moments/jonathan-kantor?ref=hp_list_large&l=1

    https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/

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

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/14-fun-facts-about-dungeons-dragons-180981905/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons

    https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/devils-web-who-stalking-your-children-satan

    https://www.grunge.com/179063/the-controversial-history-of-dungeons-dragons/

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/claryestes/2020/03/14/how-dungeons-and-dragons-is-helping-kids-open-up/?sh=5ebc32096f5e

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    1 hr 29 min
  • 158. Gwen Shamblin and Green Children of Woolpit

    Kat teaches a lesson on a dietician who dipped her toe into evangelical cult-leading. Gwen Shamblin's diet program of praying the fat away somehow appealed to enough people that she could afford a private plane- unfortunately for her.. Then, Hayley introduces us to a pair of feral children who showed up in Woolpit, England a very long time ago. We don't know where they came from, only that their skin was green and they LOVED raw beans.

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    ED Resource:

    https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

    Gwen Shamblin sources:

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/us/nashville-tennessee-plane-crash-ntsb-report/index.html

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

    https://www.ranker.com/list/gwen-shamblin-lara-weigh-down-workshop-church-cult/aspen-stevens

    https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/do-the-weigh-down-workshops-still-exist-active

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/29/gwen-shamblin-docuseries-the-way-down-remnant-fellowship

    Green Children of Woolpit Sources:

    GREEN CHILDREN of Woolpit | The story of the green boy and girl found in England | History Calling

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

    6 Nightmare Historical Diseases Humanity Forgot Are Possible

    Wears

    https://www.cracked.com/article_24245_exploding-teeth-6-scary-diseases-that-were-lost-to-history.html

    The Mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit

    Schneider

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62878/mystery-green-children-woolpit

    Green children of Woolpit

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

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    1 hr 12 min
  • 157. Tycho Brahe and Transatlantic Accent

    Hayley covers drunken, gold-nose-wearing astronomer, Tycho Brahe. When he wasn't making wildly accurate observations with his naked eye, he was partying with his pet moose. Next, Kat covers "good speech," also known as the transatlantic accent. You must speak in cursive and be classist to excel at this way of speaking!

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    Steve Jobs Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lEnMmH9qh4

    Hayley Sources:

    Tycho Brahe, The Most Eccentric, Bizarre Man You've Never Heard Of

    Merrell

    https://www.academia.edu/42962620/Tycho_Brahe_The_Most_Eccentric_Bizarre_Man_Youve_Never_Heard_Of

    Tycho Brahe

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

    The eccentric life and mysterious death of pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe

    Valjak & Domagoj Valjak Domagoj Valjak is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News

    https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/05/the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-death-of-pioneering-danish-astronomer-tycho-brahe/?safari=1

    Tycho Brahe: the Astronomer with the Brass Nose

    Greene

    https://www.thoughtco.com/tycho-brahe-3071077

    The Eccentric Lives Of Scientists: Tycho Brahe

    (65) et al.

    https://steemit.com/history/@sustainablyyours/the-eccentric-lives-of-scientists-tycho-brahe

    https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/infocom/Ideas/brahe.html

    Transatlantic Accent

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jun/21/clara-bow-wild-child-hollywood-history-silent-film

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-fake-british-accent-took-old-hollywood-by-storm

    https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/what-is-a-transatlantic-accent-75376/

    https://howtotransatlanticaccent.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/step-four-happy-happeh/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent

    https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-katharine-hepburns-fake-accent/278505/

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadian-dainty-accent-canada-day-1.4167610

    1 hr 9 min
  • 156. Chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs and Autopsies

    Kat tells the story of Muggs the chimpanzee who ape-eared just in time to save The Today Show. Remember, no matter how cute you are, you will never be as cute as a baby chimpanzee. Then, Hayley teaches the barfo-disgusto history of autopsies. It turns out Gangrene pus doesn't taste good. Who knew?

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    Hayley Sources:

    Australian Museum. (2022, 10, 20). Autopsies. Australian.Museum

    Muade Campbell, Henry Robertson. (2020, 11, 11). The Entire History of the Autopsy. Popular Mechanics.

    Wikipedia

    • Autopsy

    • Assassination of Julius Caesar

    • Anatomy Act of 1832

    Harold Sanchez, MD, FCAP, Gregory M Chamberlin, MD. (2019, 07, 16). Autopsy Rate and Physician Attitudes Toward Autopsy. Medscape.

    Jennifer Ouellette. (2022, 9, 22). The case of the murdered mummies: "Virtual autopsy" reveals foul play. ARS Technica.

    John Foster. (2015, 4, 24). Body of Knowledge. Design Observer.

    Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2023, 3, 11). Autopsy. Hopkins Medicine.

    1 hr 33 min
  • 155. COPS (TV Show) and Foreign Accent Syndrome

    Hayley analyzes the only series that went out of its way fail the Bechdel test: Cops. This topic does not stem from an admiration for policing in the US, but rather to understand how and why a TV series was produced chronicling it. Next, Kat leans into one of her favorite genres: mysterious conditions. Voice-o change-o, officially known as Foreign Accent Syndrome, causes people to inexplicably start speaking in what sounds like a foreign accent... This is not the same as when you got your retainer installed in middle school.

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    Hayley Sources:

    Wikipedia: Cops

    The truth behind the TV show Cops by Vox

    Things we just learn about the TV show Cops by Weird History

    Cops: the violent legacy of a TV show that sculpted America's view of police by Helen Molofsky in The Guardian

    How truthful is 'Cops'? A fixture of reality TV faces scrutiny by Jack Healy in the New York Times

    1 hr 24 min
  • 154. Great Chicago Fire and Chiropractic

    Kat tells the story of The Great Chicago Fire and examines possible suspects, including but not limited to Peg Leg Sullivan and engorged udders. The fire burned 4 square miles, killed 300 people, and left another 90,000 homeless, but at least we got Chicago's first Little Free Library out of it. Then, Hayley exposes chiropractors for what they really are: raw milk drinking FREAKS. Not to marsh anyone's mellow, but they don't really have magnetic hands.

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    1 hr 30 min
  • 153. Children's Crusade and Folie à Deux of Sabina and Ursula Eriksson

    Project C in 1963 Birmingham stood for Project... Children? No, Project (non-violent) Confrontation to end segregation. Children across the city did march and altered the trajectory of the Civil Rights Movement. Next, Kat teaches about identical twins Sabina and Ursula Eriksson who folie à deux'ed their way onto the British version of COPS in a shared psychosis.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • 152. Somerton Man and Vodou / Voodoo / Marie Laveau

    Hayley covers the notorious cold case of the Somerton that has now been SOLVED. Did a religious extremist Little Free Library crack the case? No. But it would be a lot cooler if it did. Then, Kat delivers a crash course on the misunderstood religion of Vodou and the woman who cemented it to the culture of New Orleans. Come explore the mysterious and complicated life of Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau. Night Classy Store

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    1 hr 37 min

About Night Classy

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A tipsy night class teaching the oddities and curiosities you never learned in school. Powered by a thirst for knowledge and boxed wine, best friends Kat and Hayley cover the most fascinating lessons…

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