That Happened

Take on America's first really weird rich guy, and decide for yourself if he's brilliant...or just annoyingly lucky. Listen to the story of "Lord" Timothy Dexter, a man who surged from indentured servitude to one of the richest men in early American history.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

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

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/timothy-dexter-ridiculous-millionaire-sold-coals-newcastle/

https://priceonomics.com/the-strange-life-of-lord-timothy-dexter/

https://historicipswich.net/2021/03/26/lord-timothy-dexter/

http://www.lordtimothydexter.com/Antiquarian_Transcript.htm

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

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Experience a series of unfortunate events with the Navy on the USS William D Porter! Red teaches Scoot just how ridiculous a bad day can be when you're on a battleship.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_D._Porter_(DD-579)

https://www.mesotheliomahelp.org/navy/ships/destroyers/uss-william-d-porter/#:~:text=The%20USS%20Porter%20is%20now,history%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Navy.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/casablanca

https://navyhistory.au/the-story-of-the-willie-d/

http://www.hmm-364.org/all-years/uss-willy-d.html

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/william-d-porter.html

https://www.fold3.com/image/270531119/war-diary-111-3043-page-14-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945

https://www.fold3.com/image/271024885/war-diary-111-3043-page-13-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945

https://www.fold3.com/image/270787927/war-diary-111-3043-page-14-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945

https://www.fold3.com/image/270737214/war-diary-111-3043-page-15-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945

https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldOfWarships/comments/ckan9l/most_of_the_claims_about_uss_william_d_porter/

https://ussguidemso447.com/about-naval-ships/shakedown-cruise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship

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In what might be our funniest podcast yet...Part 2 of the amazing story of William & Ellen Craft, in which we go downhill about halfway through

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/-a-desperate-leap-for-liberty-the-escape-of-william-and-ellen-craft.htm

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/ellen-and-william-craft/

https://time.com/6252083/ellen-william-craft-escape-master-slave-husband-wife/

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

https://richmondhillreflections.com/the-great-escape/

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts#section_2

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Today, we discuss a courageous couple in history - William & Ellen Craft, famed for their daring escape from the horrors of slavery.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/-a-desperate-leap-for-liberty-the-escape-of-william-and-ellen-craft.htm

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/ellen-and-william-craft/

https://time.com/6252083/ellen-william-craft-escape-master-slave-husband-wife/

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

https://richmondhillreflections.com/the-great-escape/

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/a-brief-history-of-buses/vQVBCgQMbTStvg?hl=en

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/language-of-slavery.htm

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Ride the waves with a drink in your hand if you're fancy like that. We have a Scoot takeover! This time Scoot tells Red about a big-hearted surfer who became a cultural icon.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://www.theeddieaikau.com/?fbclid=IwAR1MQmNTVquzRw7t_oSMyQEyCLEph5vhJCUItD0Ro2HdXVz3mbx37RJ9uh4

https://www2.hawaii.edu/~turner/oahu/waimea.htm?fbclid=IwAR1ciq94SR_o_rv-lKXx8pSctH6ykmwQZC7npxkUPROXawkM8_5jYmH4lQA#:~:text=The%20bay%20is%20like%20a,sometimes%20reaching%20thirty%20feet%20high

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eddie?fbclid=IwAR0Xlyon1hyGXFZdf8-HXeMOWuG_R50tZb4BII9swTL47X5xGrjk16uitxA

http://holoholo.org/quikeddy/qhistory.html?fbclid=IwAR0YBv51SmBR09Zmb6FoJwmO6Lbz7x3AIyMM9H3fWCeDKXNOIpwNdn5Mk8Y

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In which we discuss Mona Lisa's rather audacious rise to fame, and Scoot has strong opinions about the Mona Lisa smile.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/08/24/104834427.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece

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

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

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

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

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

https://web.archive.org/web/20090429103602/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1894006,00.html

https://www.artandobject.com/news/mona-lisa-brief-history-da-vincis-famous-painting#:~:text=Leonardo%20da%20Vinci's%20iconic%20Mona,was%20installed%20in%20the%20Louvre.

https://www.voanews.com/a/mona-lisa-left-unharmed-but-smeared-in-cream-in-climate-protest-stunt/6595129.html

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Year 536: in which Scoot is delighted because we discuss the weather! Grab a warm drink this winter and be glad of seasons, because many years ago, the seasons just up and disappeared.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16765/16765-h/16765-h.htm

https://www.history.com/news/536-volcanic-eruption-fog-eclipse-worst-year

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2076713-125-year-mini-ice-age-linked-to-the-plague-and-fall-of-empires/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536

https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100001A/

https://research.ucc.ie/celt/document/T100004

https://research.ucc.ie/celt/document/T100002A

https://www.thoughtco.com/dust-veil-environmental-disaster-in-europe-171628

https://medievalreporter.com/worst-year-ever-536/

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/12/medieval-peasants-winter/

https://www.medievalists.net/2016/01/a-medieval-guide-to-predicting-the-year/

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

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Explore the legend of the infamous female serial killer, Giulia Tofana, and her liquid death, alongside Red & Scoot, who have their own liquid not-so-death.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/

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

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

https://allthatsinteresting.com/aqua-tofana

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We enter modern bite-sized trivia territory with a deep dive into the infamous military owned by a corporation--PepsiCo. Grab a drink, give a russian cheers (vashe zdorov'ye) and join us as Scoot learns about the importance of his favorite fizzy drink during the Cold War.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

-         https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2022/02/09/how-pepsi-came-to-own-a-soviet-naval-fleet/#:~:text=In%20a%20bizarre%20agreement%2C%20Russia,naval%20fleet%20in%20the%20world.&text=Their%20reign%20didn't%20last%20long%2C%20though.

-         https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-10/pepsi-navy/

-         https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1990/04/10/pepsico-sets-3-billion-barter-deal-with-soviets/d5c3d727-2808-463a-b956-15245ae11bed/

-         https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/09/business/international-report-pepsi-will-be-bartered-for-ships-vodka-deal-with-soviets.html

-         https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/03/31/89173291.html?pageNumber=39

-         https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/04/10/83679630.html?pageNumber=4

-         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PepsiCo

-         https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/11/17/79479342.html?pageNumber=1

-         https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1989/05/10/803289.html?pageNumber=35

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Flipping the standard, Scoot comes to the table with his own story! Let's talk about man vs avian beast, flightless birds vs flightless humans, and the desire for good farmland.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

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

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

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