Second Bananas

Second Bananas

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Second Bananas episodes

  • Saint Guinefort - The Dog Saint
    The Banana Boyz are joined by Journalist & Writer Sam Smart to talk about Saint Guinefort, a folk saint who wasn't even human - she was a GREYHOUND. Animals & Religion are two fun topics that go great together!
    SOURCES
    Quick Look 
    1 Min Video Summary of the Legend of Saint Guinefort from Manic Minutes
    5 Min Video Summary of the Legend of Saint Guinefort from Mysterious Leroy
    thegreyhoundsaint.com
    “A Faithful Hound” by Colin Dickey for Lapham’s Quarterly
     
    Other Main Sources
    Oh My Dog! St. Guinefort & Saint Christopher by Minjie Su for medievalists.net
    Saint Guinefort on Wikipedia
    Folk Saints on Wikipedia
    Stephen de Bourbon on St. Guinefort
     
    SOURCES
    Quick Look 
    1 Min Video Summary of the Legend of Saint Guinefort from Manic Minutes
    5 Min Video Summary of the Legend of Saint Guinefort from Mysterious Leroy
    thegreyhoundsaint.com
    “A Faithful Hound” by Colin Dickey for Lapham’s Quarterly
    Main Sources
    Oh My Dog! St. Guinefort & Saint Christopher by Minjie Su for medievalists.net
    Saint Guinefort on Wikipedia
    Folk Saints on Wikipedia
    Stephen de Bourbon on St. Guinefort
    1 hr 15 min
  • Henry A. Wallace, American Anti-Fascist (Part 2)
    He railed against Fascism both outside and inside America. He was a New Deal Democrat til the bitter end. He even ran for President under a Third Party!
    The Banana Boys dig into the life of Henry A. Wallace - the quintessential "American Progressive". Part 1 of 2.
     
    WRITTEN SOURCES
    "Uncommon Man" (New Yorker Profile, 2013)
    "Where Are They Now? Henry Agard Wallace" (New Yorker, 1960)
    “The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party” by John Nichols (Verso Books, 2020)
    The New Deal & the Guru (American Heritage, 1989)
    Ilo Browne's Obituary (New York Times)
    Former President Truman Discusses Henry Wallace - Truman Library
    Harry S. Truman and Civil Rights (Truman Library)
    Harry S. Truman Supports Civil Rights 1947-1948 (thirteen.org)
     
    VIDEO SOURCES
    Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States
    10 Minute C-Span Summary of Wallace’s Life/Career (YouTube)
    Undoing the New Deal: The 1944 Coup Against VP Henry Wallace (YouTube)
    2004 PBS Documentary (YouTube)
    An Uncommon Man (YouTube) 
    Speech: The Price of Victory (YouTube)
    1 hr 22 min
  • Henry A. Wallace, American Anti-Fascist (Part 1)
    New Deal Democrat, Farmer, Vice President, and Third Party Candidate. The Banana Boys dig into the life of Henry A. Wallace - the quintessential "American Progressive". Part 1 of 2.
     
    WRITTEN SOURCES
    "Uncommon Man" (New Yorker Profile, 2013)
    "Where Are They Now? Henry Agard Wallace" (New Yorker, 1960)
    “The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party” by John Nichols (Verso Books, 2020)
    The New Deal & the Guru (American Heritage, 1989)
    Ilo Browne's Obituary (New York Times)
    Former President Truman Discusses Henry Wallace - Truman Library
    Harry S. Truman and Civil Rights (Truman Library)
    Harry S. Truman Supports Civil Rights 1947-1948 (thirteen.org)
     
    VIDEO SOURCES
    Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States
    10 Minute C-Span Summary of Wallace’s Life/Career (YouTube)
    Undoing the New Deal: The 1944 Coup Against VP Henry Wallace (YouTube)
    2004 PBS Documentary (YouTube)
    An Uncommon Man (YouTube) 
    Speech: The Price of Victory (YouTube)
    1 hr 11 min
  • Cover Songs - Part 3 of 3
    The Banana Boyz drop their usual hard evidence and strict citations to talk about their many feelings... about cover songs! Each Banana Boy has a cover and its original for the whole group to contrast & compare.
    Songs from this episode:
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    Joe - "Astronomy" by Blue Oyster Cult, covered by Metallica
    Craig - "Electioneering" by Radiohead, covered by Easy Star All-Stars
    Wes - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears, covered by Lettuce
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    To listen to all the songs, check out the Spotify Playlist
    34 min
  • Cover Songs - Part 2 of 3
    The Banana Boyz drop their usual hard evidence and strict citations to talk about their many feelings... about cover songs! Each Banana Boy has a cover and its original for the whole group to contrast & compare.
    Songs from this episode:
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    Joe - "Queen Victoria" by Leonard Cohen, covered by Geoff Berner
    Craig - "Pursuit of Happiness" by Kid Cudi, covered by Lissie
    Wes - "Common People" by Pulp, covered by William Shatner & Ben Folds
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    To listen to all the songs, check out the Spotify Playlist
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    Part 3 of Cover Songs will come out at the end of November!
    40 min
  • Sam ”Banana Man” Zemurray
    The Banana Boyz dig into Sam Zemurray, the businessman who beat United Fruit at its own game. Hear how Sam earned his nickname "Banana Man" through business savvy, ruthlessness, and a whole lot of government coups.
    SOURCES
    The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen. Picador, 2013.
    The ousting of the president of Honduras, 1911 (libcom.org)
    7 Ways The United Fruit Company Devastated Central America (History Hustle)
    Sam Zemurray – Banana Man of New Orleans (The Savvy Native)
    Sam Zeumurray on Wikipedia
    The United Fruit Company on Wikipedia
    2 hr 3 min
  • Stanislav Petrov
    The Banana Boyz learn about Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov, a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Petrov was in charge of the Soviet nuclear early-warning system. When it reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm. He was right.
     
    Sources:
    The Man Who Save The World
    Wikipedia
    Obituary
    1 hr 41 min

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Second Bananas is a show about the people, places & things that stand in something or someone else’s much larger shadow.