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2024 is the year for women’s sports and we’re here for it! Female athletes are popping off and we want to talk about it, especially in the spirit of the 2024 Olympics where women make up 50% of the athletes for the FIRST time

Other FIRSTS we highlight: 

First woman to officially run a marathon: Katherine Switzer

First woman to unofficially run a marathon: Bobbi Gibb

First woman to swim across the English channel: Gertrude Ederle

First woman to swim from Cuba to Florida: Susan Maroney

If you ain’t first…

Links:

https://www.sportsmuseum.org/curators-corner/bobbi-gibb-marathon-pioneer/

https://kathrineswitzer.com/1967-boston-marathon-the-real-story/

https://longswims.com/events/english-channel/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gertrude-Ederle

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/from-the-archives-1997-susie-s-record-swim-from-cuba-to-florida-20220428-p5agst.html

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Hold onto your butts because this is a wild twisty turny TRUE tale of a man who broke out of prison not once but FIVE times and the daring women who helped. Michel Vajour, known as the ‘King of Escape’ was an elusive prisoner and a chronic escapee. One breakout included help from his wife, Nadine Vajour, who obtained her pilot’s license to help her husband escape from the roof of a jail. Listen for more details and the other escapes which include Babybel cheese, soap, and nectarines. 

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29eCSaXtYlw

https://www.readingolive.com/storyDetails?story=nadine-vaujour-the-woman-who-got-a-pilots-license-to-help-her-husband-escape-from-prison

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/27/world/a-paris-prisoner-flees-by-copter.html

https://thelesserstories.com/blogs/the-lesser-stories-the-blog/posts/6351838/a-delicious-prison-break

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Bachelor and bachelorette parties gone wrong offset by some highlights of GINA’S bach

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Difficult to answer moral questions 

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Major outbreaks of frenzied and fatal dance broke out in Europe during the Middle Ages. Specifically referred to as Choreomania aka dance mania aka dancing plague- where can’t stop, won’t stop dancing.. How? Why? Tune in

Links:

https://dictionary.apa.org/choreomania

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696655/the-book-of-phobias-and-manias-by-kate-summerscale/

https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736%2809%2960386-X/fulltext

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/strange-case-dancing-mania-struck-germany-six-centuries-ago-today-180959549/

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Dancing on TikTok and a Utopian city in the Oregon Desert are not as harmless as they seem. Maria and guest star, Maddie, dive into the spurious world of cults- what are they, the red flags, why do people join, and more

*Spoiler Alerts: episode discusses details regarding Netflix documentaries Wild Wild Country and Dance with the Devil 7M TikTok Cult 

Madeline Leitner: 

IG: @madsdoesrealestate 

Email: [email protected]

Links:

https://www.peopleleavecults.com/post/statistics-on-cults

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1280&context=jj_etds

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-a-cult

https://www.markvicente.com/thoughts/2023/5/15/what-is-a-cult

https://www.shekinahnetwork.org/

https://www.shekinahchurch.org/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflixs-tiktok-doc-the-unsettling-reality-behind-dancing-for-the-devil/

https://www.today.com/popculture/news/robert-shinn-now-rcna153534

https://www.netflix.com/title/80145240

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Jasmin Paris makes history as the first woman to conquer the Barkley Marathon in 2024. The Barkley Marathon is THE marathon distinguishing the best of the best testing runners not only physically but mentally as well

Purposefully obscure, the Barkley Marathon is the most famous race that everyone knows nothing about. Exclusive to only 40 brave souls per year with only a total of 20 runners to ever complete it in it’s 38 year history - and Jasmin Paris was the first woman to tame the beast

Links:

https://run247.com/running-news/trail/how-did-barkley-marathons-start-when-where-history

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/60-hours-hell-story-barkley-marathons/

https://www.avma.org/news/veterinarian-makes-history-first-woman-finish-barkley-marathons

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What peeves your pet? Pets your peeve? What really grinds yer gears? Reasons for unhinged

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Do you really get the true college experience without a weird roommate? Or two or three or all of them?

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Part 2 continues the atrocious story of how Georgia Tann sold over 5,000 kidnapped, abused, neglected babies in her 25 year reign of terror in Memphis, TN and was solely responsible for the highest mortality rate in the country

Part 2 covers the specific horrid details of what happened to children in The Home, how Georgia acquired the babies, what happened to Georgia, and the lasting effects of her dreadful reign 

Links:

https://www.nchgs.org/html/a_story_of_stolen_babies.html

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/588336.The_Baby_Thief

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6696600/

https://lisawingate.com/books/before-we-were-yours/

https://www.amazon.com/Before-After-Incredible-Real-Life-Tennessee-ebook/dp/B07Q4LSNVB

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32148570-before-we-were-yours

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