Second Bananas

Joe, Craig & Wes discuss Dave Arneson, who co-created Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax! It’s an interesting look at Tabletop Gaming History & Culture, The Birth of D&D, and how no innovation exists in a vacuum. There are also some jokes about NERDS.

Sources:

Interviews with Dave Arneson::ENWorld (Archive) | Kobold Press | GameSpy | DigNews (Archive)

A Timeline of Historical Wargaming

Dave Arneson on Wikipedia

Dave Arneson on the D&D Wiki

Obituary

Kotaku Interview with Rob Kuntz on Dave Arneson/Gary Gygax

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For our third episode, we discuss Peter Tosh - one of the major forces behind the international superstar and icon, Bob Marley - through the lens of of the creative tensions, commercial pressures, political dynamics and colonial heritage that shaped the artists, their legacies and their country.

Sources:

Peter Tosh on Wikipedia

Stepping Razor Red X(YouTube Link)

Bob Marley & The Wailers on Wikipedia

Official Peter Tosh Website

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In our second episode, we discuss the misogyny and sexism inherent to 1950’s academia as we explore the life of Rosalind Franklin -- a truly tenacious scientist whose contributions were at the heart of James Watson and Francis Crick’s Nobel Prize-winning work on DNA.

Sources:

Rosalind Franklin on Wikipedia

U.S. National Library of Medicine Biography

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

READING LIST:

Jenifer Glynn | My Sister Rosalind Franklin | (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Kersten T. Hall | The Man in the Monkeynut Coat: William Astbury and the Forgotten Road to the Double-Helix | (Oxford University Press, 2014)

Brenda Maddox | Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA | (HarperCollins, 2002)

Anne Sayre | Rosalind Franklin and DNA | (first published 1975; W. W. Norton, 2000)

James D. Watson | The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA | (first published 1968; W&N, 2010)

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In our VERY FIRST EPISODE, Wes, Joe & Craig talk about Majel Barrett: actress, producer & wife of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of STAR TREK. An interesting discussion of sexism & nepotism in Hollywood, how the myth of a person of interest takes shape after their death, and how a person can inspire idealism & positivity while still having some very unsavory aspects.

Sources:

Memory Alpha

Wikipedia

Interview about Lincoln Enterprises

Obituary

Her Doggies!

Trek Geeks Episode 188 - Majel Barrett Roddenberry

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Join hosts Wes Walcott, Craig Blanchard & Joe Stilwell as they discuss, dissect & dunk on History’s Greatest Garfunkels