The Fighting Moose

Today, we ride the rails with Thomas Edison and we look at his early career as a newspaper boy on the train from Port Huron to Detroit. The story for today is “The Young Newsboy” from the book “The Boy's Life of Edison” written by William H. Meadowcroft. There is a lot of information in this episode that I learned about Mr. Edison. I hope that you find these historical episodes interesting and informative. I know that I do.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode137.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/nOWeXDANwlY/

Books:

“The Boy's Life of Edison”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50523

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2016

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755

Today, is a double feature about spiders. Last night, I was asked by my son, to do a story about dady long legs. I couldn't find one but I did find two stories, from our friend, Clara Dilingham Pierson. These come from her books, “Among the Meadow People” and “Among the Pond People.”

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode136.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/e7Y7hbvrPwM/

Books:

“Among the Meadow People”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34943

“Among the Pond People”

http://www.gutenberg.com/ebooks/35002

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2016

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755

To continue on with the recap of my recent trip to the Washington DC area, I will give you an audio tour of DC by reading the story, “Washington, A Capital City,” from the book “Great Cities of the United States,” written by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth and Stephen Elliott Kramer. It is nice to have recently been there since I can remember a lot of the buildings that are talked about even though I couldn't go into a lot of them. If you haven't been there, I definitely recommend going. A special thanks goes out to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum for the sound clip used in today's podcast.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode135.pdf

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

https://www.jfklibrary.org/

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

Book:

“Great Cities of the United States”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44854

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

Two days ago, we got home from visiting the Baltimore/DC area. Our flight and hotel were in Baltimore but we mostly went to go to DC. We didn't get to do much sight seeing in Baltimore because it was raining but that just gives us a reason to go back. After all, where we were in Baltimore was only about 16 miles away from the famous Fort McHenry, which you will hear about in today's story. Today's story comes to us from the book "Great Cities in the United States" written by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth and Stephen Elliott Kramer.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode134.pdf

DataUSA – Baltimore Statistics

https://datausa.io/profile/geo/baltimore-md/

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/OXx25KTqQVI/

Book:

“Great Cities of the United States”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44854

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

So the other day, I was helping my neighbor out with his lawn mowing. While mowing the lawn, I found out, he had a ground nest of yellow jackets in his yard and I got stung. It hurt, not gonna lie, and it was funny because John and I were jut talking a few weeks ago about bee stings and when was the last time I got stung. Oh well, I survived and found out I'm still not allergic to bees, so that's good. So today, we read the story of “The Queen Bee” written by The Brothers Grimm.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode133.pdf

Ducksters – Yellow Jacket Wasp

https://www.ducksters.com/animals/yellow_jacket_wasp.php

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/YPM4CAHY00g/

Book:

“Fairy Tales”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2591

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

My latest educational endeavour is studying to obtain my ham radio license. While studying for this license, I have come across references to morse code and have seen it used in movies and such throughout my life. I have no idea if or how often it is used in 2020 but it might be another educational pursuit, later on down the road. In today's story, we read the story “Learning to Send” written by Allen Chapman.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode132.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/SGZBksDS61I/

Book:

“The Radio Boys at the Sending Station”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27455

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

Visiting the moon would be awesome. I personally don't think I will ever make it there but it's fun to look at it through some binoculars or a telescope or just with your naked eye. However, it kind of sounds like they are looking to colonize the moon and if they needed volunteers to go up, I would definitely throw my name in the hat. Being up there, you would get lonely and want to talk with your family and friends and maybe want some snail mail. Well, in today's story, we see what happens when they do try to deliver the mail with the story “The Space Mail Run” from the book “Young Readers Science Fiction Stories” written by Richard Elam.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

NASA - Atemis

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode131.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/jcCMmcWZINM/

Book:

“Young Readers Science Fiction Stories”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53456

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

A group of giraffes is called a tower. A piece of trivia for you. Who knows, next time you are at trivia night with your friends, that answer will win you the grand prize! Maybe not, but it is always fun to learn new things, like in today's episode. We learn about the Okapi which are an animal in the Congo that are closely related to a giraffe but resemble a large horse. Today's story is titled “Giraffes and the Okapi” from the book “From an Easy Chair” written by Sir Ray Lankester.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

National Geographic – Okapi

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/o/okapi/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode130.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/T1j4rj1GqkU/

Book:

“From an Easy Chair”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61795

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

Today's episode is another result of our trip to the zoo about a week back. My son wanted to see the prairie dogs so on our travels around the zoo, we made sure to stop there. Today, we read the story, “Where Yap-Ya the Prairie Dog Used His Wits” from the book “Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories” written by Thornton W. Burgess.

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode129.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/p-uzxUcSoiQ/

Book:

“Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17250

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler

Going to the zoo is always fun. One of my favorites to see is the wolverine. However, in my 36 years of life and the countless times I have been there, I have only ever seen it a handful of times. It's pretty awesome when you do see it. Makes you feel connected to nature, I mean Michigan is, after all, named “The Wolverine State.”

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode128.pdf

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/iO-qZKd2XQU/

Book:

“Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17250

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

Songs Used:

Like Music (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature

(c) copyright 2015

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915

Ft: Phasenwandler