Strange Country

In Strange Country Ep. 89, co-hosts Beth and Kelly share their beauty secrets before candida auris takes over the planet and destroys us all. Might as well look good during the next pandemic, right? Here's what you can do: make your breasts look like pineapples, enamel your face, and slather on the spermaceti. Cook for 20 minutes, and viola! Cancer!

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O'Neill, Therese. Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners. Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly hit the road and travel to the place that started this whole venture--the Fox sisters home in Hydesville, NY. They are there to celebrate the anniversary of the knocking that launched the spiritualist movement and enjoy the thicker thin mints.

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"We believe the children" became the rallying cry of the Satanic Panic even as stories tottered on the ridiculous. Bones being replaced by Satan's bones; kids being flown to Mexico to be raped by soldiers; shot than brought back to life. The 1980s and early 1990s were rife with stories of abuse at day care centers throughout the country. Over 80 people were falsely convicted and it sometimes took decades to overturn. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly have chosen the best guitar riff to accentuate all this craziness.

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Beck, Richard. We Believe the Children: a Moral Panic in the 1980s. Perseus Books Group, 2015.

Gayle Dove - National Registry of Exonerations, www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3947.

Nathan, Debbie, and Michael Snedeker. Satans Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt. Authors Choice Press, 2001.

Selk, Avi. "Falsely Accused of Satanic Horrors, a Couple Spent 21 Years in Prison. Now They're Owed Millions." The Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08/24/accused-of-satanism-they-spent-21-years-in-prison-they-were-just-declared-innocent-and-were-paid-millions/?utm_term=.80d8ad1925f1.

Smith, Jordan. "Believing the Chldren." The Austin Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2009, www.austinchronicle.com/news/2009-03-27/believing-the-children/.

Zirpolo, Kyle. "I'm Sorry." The Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2005, articles.latimes.com/2005/oct/30/magazine/tm-mcmartin44.

Richard Jewell was called a hero, credited for saving lives when a bomb ripped through the Olympics park in Atlanta, Ga. in 1993. Then the security guard was called a zero, and many other things--mainly by Jay Leno--and Jewell's life was turned upside down as the media descended upon his house and the FBI took his mom's Tupperware. Join Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly as they dissect this case and do really brilliant impressions of Jay Leno and Tom Brokaw. Even today, Jewell's name is forever linked to the bombing. And Jay Leno is forever linked with being unfunny.

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Barringer, Felicity. "Once Accused, Now the Accuser; Ex-Bomb Suspect's Suit Challenges an Atlanta Newsroom." The New York Times, 8 Feb. 1999, www.nytimes.com/1999/02/08/business/once-accused-now-accuser-ex-bomb-suspect-s-suit-challenges-atlanta-newsroom.html.

Bragg, Rick. "Focus on Bombing Suspect Brings Tears and a Plea." The New York Times, 27 Aug. 1996, www.nytimes.com/1996/08/27/us/focus-on-bomb-suspect-brings-tears-and-a-plea.html.

Brenner, Marie. "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell." Vanity Fair, Feb. 1997, www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1997/02/brenner199702.

Goodman, Brenda. "Falsely Accused Suspect Pursues Libel Case." The New York Times, 27 May 2006, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/27/us/27jewell.html

Graham, Bryan Armen. "The Atlanta Olympic Park Bombing, 20 Years on: Have We Learned the Lessons?" The Guardian, 27 July 2016, www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/27/olympic-park-bombings-atlanta-1996-richard-jewell.

"Postscript: The Ballad of Richard Jewell." Vanity Fair, Sept. 2007, www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/09/postscript200709.

Sack, Kevin. "A Man's Life Turned Inside Out By Government and the Media." The New York Times, 28 Oct. 1996, www.nytimes.com/1996/10/28/us/a-man-s-life-turned-inside-out-by-government-and-the-media.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm&module=inline.

Sack, Kevin. "Retro Report: A Bombing Suspect, and the Rush to Judgment." The New York Times, 7 Oct. 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/booming/a-bombing-suspect-and-the-rush-to-judgment.html.'

Sack, Kevin. "Richard Jewell, 44, Hero of Atlanta Attack Dies." The New York Times, 30 Aug. 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/us/30jewell.html?rref=collection/timestopic/Jewell, Richard A&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=collection.

Well if you are sick of hearing friends, librarians and uber-researchers Beth and Kelly talk about our periods, then just stop listening. This one is period gold. Period. Clelia Duel Mosher was one of America's first physicians, a major researcher, and proponent of women's health issues and a woman on a mission to ease the pain of period cramps via "mosher-ing." And horseback riding and basketball. So get off your chocolate-covered potato chip eating rear-ends and have a listen to Strange Country. Heads up: you may get an earful about the current vaccination debate-and we love you. All of you.

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You know what cures a depressing winter? A baker's dozen of cookies, that's what. Have you ever heard that expression or been the recipient of such dozen? Kelly and Beth will take you down history's path to where this baking expression originated, in good old New York- Dutch County. Hear a haunted house story that is sure to... leave you wanting a better ghost story. Join librarians, friends, and former reporters this week as we ramble through some strange little New York tales as told in the old book by Harold Thompson, Body, Boots and Britches. Hike up your britches or else you're going to Hell in a Handbasket this week on Strange Country.

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America, the land of truck nutz and morbid obesity, is also the land of guns. In episode 83, Beth and Kelly explore our obsession while telling the story of Amy Bishop, a biology professor at University of Alabama in Huntsville, who opened fire at a faculty meeting, killing three colleagues. Her trail of violence didn't begin there, but started decades earlier with Bishop killing her brother Seth in a shooting deemed accidental. This show's going to get stuck inside your head.

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Ammons, Pat. "Stephanie Monticciolo Sees 1-Year Mark as 'Rebirth' from UAH Shooting Injuries." AL.com, 12 Feb. 2011, mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-com-alabama-news/.

Aizenman, Nurith. "Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World." NPR, NPR, 9 Nov. 2018, www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/11/09/666209430/deaths-from-gun-violence-how-the-u-s-compares-with-the-rest-of-the-world.

Beckett, Lois. "How Often Are US Mass Shooting Carried Out by Female Attackers?" The Guardian, 4 Apr. 2018, www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/04/youtube-shooting-gun-attacks-in-the-us-are-rarely-carried-out-by-women.

Daly, Michael. "The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest." The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 30 May 2014, www.thedailybeast.com/the-first-modern-school-shooter-feels-responsible-for-the-rest.

Fisher, Max, and Josh Keller. "What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer." The New York Times, 7 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html.

Jamieson, Christine. "Gun Violence Research: History of the Federal Funding Freeze." American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, Feb. 2013, www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence.

Johnson, Alex. "After 5 Years, Alabama University Killer Apologizes for the First Time." NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 19 Oct. 2015, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-5-years-alabama-university-killer-apologizes-first-time-n447481.

Keefe, Patrick Radden. "A Loaded Gun." The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2013, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/11/a-loaded-gun?mbid=contentmarketing_facebook_citizennet_paid_magazine_a-loaded-gun_5-8-visit.

"Mass Shootings in 2019." Gun Violence Archive, 2019, www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting.

Pappas, Stephanie. "Female Mass Killers: Why They're So Rare." LiveScience, Purch, 3 Apr. 2018, www.livescience.com/53047-why-female-mass-shooters-are-rare.html.

Roop, Lee. "Joseph Leahy, Survivor of Amy Bishop Shooting, Died of Heart Attack, Coroner Says." The Huntsville Times, 7 Oct. 2017, www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/10/joseph_leahy_survivor_of_amy_b_1.html.

Wallace, Amy. "What Made This University Researcher Snap?" Wired, 28 Feb. 2011, www.wired.com/2011/02/ff-bishop/.

Journalist Stephen Glass just seemed to have a knack for being in the craziest scenarios surrounded by the most quote-worthy subjects. He wrote about working for a psychic hotline, finding a George H. W. Bush cult and attending a hacker's convention to the delight of his editors at The New Republic. Trouble was, it was all a steaming pile of horse doo. Glass made it all up. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss their own reporting experiences while shattering Glass's tale of lies and Kelly finds a new motivation for working out.

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Bissinger, Buzz. "Shattered Glass." Vanity Fair, Sept. 1998, www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/09/bissinger199809.

Gross, Terry. "Former Editor of The New Republic Charles Lane." Fresh Air, NPR, 17 Nov. 2003, www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2003/11/17/13039121/.

HACK HEAVEN by Stephen Glass (The Realist No. 140, Autumn 1998), The Realist Archive Project, www.ep.tc/realist/140/11.html.

Hiltzik, Michael. "Stephen Glass Is Still Retracting His Fabricated Stories--18 Years Later." Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2015, www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-stephen-glass-is-still-retracting-20151215-column.html.

Kroft, Steve. "Stephen Glass: I Lied for Esteem." 60 Minutes, season 35, episode 37, CBS, 7 May 2003, www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-glass-i-lied-for-esteem-07-05-2003/.

Mahbubani, Kishore, et al. "Letters." Harper's Magazine, harpers.org/archive/2016/01/letters-841/.

Mullen, Benjamin. "Stephen Glass Says He's Repaid $200,000 to 4 Magazines." Poynter, 29 Mar. 2016, www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2016/stephen-glass-says-hes-repaid-200000-to-4-magazines/.

Noer, Michael. "Read The Original Forbes Takedown Of Stephen Glass." Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 12 Nov. 2014, www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2014/11/12/read-the-original-forbes-takedown-of-stephen-glass/#b7436b6683ae.

Ray, Billy, director. Shattered Glass. 2003.

Rosin, Hanna. "Hello, My Name Is Stephen Glass, and I'm Sorry. The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2014, newrepublic.com/article/120145/stephen-glass-new-republic-scandal-still-haunts-his-law-career.

Rosin, Hanna. "Remembering the Fall of Stephen Glass." Slate Magazine, Slate, 21 May 2003, slate.com/culture/2003/05/remembering-the-fall-of-stephen-glass.html.

Shafer, Jack. "The Trial of Stephen Glass." Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 7 Dec. 2011, blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2011/12/07/the-trial-of-stephen-glass/.

S196374. In Re STEPHEN RANDALL GLASS on Admission. 27 Jan. 2014, assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647356/CSC-Glass.pdf.

Hit Me Baby One More Time: Rule Following with Beth and Kelly Hey Readers, are you rule followers? Really what we are asking here is, are you a potential Nazi? Join friends, librarians, contrarians, and mothers Kelly and Beth as they grapple with the rules of society and just how far we will go to please someone who appears to have authority. In this episode of Strange Country, we uncover the complexities of psychologist Stanley Milgram's famous experiment of the 1960's. Subjects in the experiment were paid $4 to play a teacher armed with a little electricity to zap a student if they were incorrect. Sounds fun right? Would any of you have signed up for this experiment? As you listen, you may find out if Beth deserves a parking ticket or a sticker for being a good rule follower, while Kelly tries to figure out if there are any good rules worth following. Dashhounds- listen in-or it's 350 volts for you!

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Cite Your Sources:

Beck, Martha. What Redefining Virtue Can Teach You About Happiness. http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/how-to-handle-bad-luck-martha-beck-life-advice. Accessed Feb. 2019

Blass, Thomas. The Man Who Shocked the World. Basic Books, 2009.

Cherry, Kendra. Stanley Milgram, A Biography. VerywellMind. https://www.verywellmind.com/stanley-milgram-biography-2795532. Accessed Feb. 2019.

McLeod, S. A. (2017, Feb 05). The Milgram experiment. Retrieved from https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

Milgram, Stanley. Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View. Harper Perennial Modern Thought. Reprint 2009.

On this very special Valentine's Day episode, Beth and Kelly discuss the life and work of John Brinkley, a man who put goat testicles where no goat testicles had gone before. Brinkley, who bought his medical diploma for $100, made millions "curing" erectile dysfunction with the help of goat balls he sewed into patients' scrotums. People say love hurts for a reason.

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Brock, Pope. Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flim Flam. Crown Publishers, 2008.

Edemariam, Aida. "John Kerry: 'People Are Going to Die Because of the Decision Donald Trump Made'." The Guardian, 16 Nov. 2018, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/16/john-kerry-paris-climate-donald-trump-presidential-bid.

Gunter, Jen. "Dear Gwyneth Paltrow, I'm a GYN and Your Vaginal Jade Eggs Are a Bad Idea." Dr. Jen Gunter, Dr. Jen Gunter, 12 May 2017, drjengunter.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/dear-gwyneth-paltrow-im-a-gyn-and-your-vaginal-jade-eggs-are-a-bad-idea/.