The Missing Chapter Podcast

Everyone loves a good magic trick.  My kids love showing me card tricks, coin tricks, and my favorite, the bippity boppity boo magic wand tricks that makes something appear or disappear.  If only we could do that in real life right?  Well, in 1915, a group of Allied forces kind of did.  In a brilliant evacuation plan, or in this sense, disappearing act, a group of Australian soldiers disappeared before the enemy’s eyes, and without a magic wand I might add.  How did they do it?  And was it fully successful?  Why don’t you pour yourself a nice cup of joe, turn your volume up, and find out.  Welcome to the MC, everyone, let’s get started.

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For this episode of the Missing Chapter, we’re tapping into one of our new segments, the MC Profile.  This individual, to be mentioned later, and hopefully identified by my co-host and our listeners, is a normal, everyday kind of man who had an affinity for activity, fun, and thinking outside the box.  His life story is filled with unbelievable obstacles, only to be overcome by a strong will, supportive people around him, and an undying faith.  He’s a sports guy, just like us, and he may know someone else that bares the same name that he does, a little guy by the name of Gym Nasium - You’ll see what I mean, and yeah, you’re probably going to need another coffee after that one, so pour that black gold into your MC mug and let’s get started.

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In February 1825, Samuel Morse, was painting in New York City, blissfully unaware of the tragic news that was about to befall him. At the age of 34, he was carrying out a $1000 commission to paint the Marquis de Lafayette, a returning American Revolutionary War hero, and life was going well. Little did Morse know, however, that his wife, Lucretia, had suffered a heart attack in their New Haven, Ct. home just days after giving birth to their third child, James. What should have been a time of joy was, instead, one of immense sorrow.

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Some of our veteran listeners of the Missing Chapter know a little something about us…the Phils love their 80s and 90s movies and sitcoms.  We loved our Saturday morning cartoons, our Saved By The Bell routine, and our Fresh Prince of Bel Air rapping montage.  My sisters, though, were addicted to one of the 90s shows that was a huge hit…Beverly Hills 90210. But it wasn’t referred to as the full title, it was always referred to as 90210…the zip code.  And that brings me to this episode of the Missing Chapter.  The inquiry into the origins, facts, and unknowns about the national zip code.  Maybe listening in today will allow this message to deliver easier and faster, leaving us more time for conversation and coffee.  Welcome to the Missing Chapter, everyone, let’s get started.

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On June 13, 1926, 26-year-old Gladys Baker brought her 2-week-old daughter, to the foster home of Ida and Wayne Bolender in Hawthorne, California. There was no sign of any father—officially unknown - though Baker would insist for years that it was a Hollywood Studios employee named Charles Stanley Gifford. The sad drop-off of an infant and the sudden and abrupt departure of her single mother, certainly not the beginning to a life that would become as fame-filled and seemingly glamorous as any in American history.  Glamor… fame… luxury… sex appeal… all words that have come to embody the figure that today’s Missing Chapter Podcast profiles. When, the word that best describes her life is more accurately… tragic.

So, refresh that coffee and settle in for the true-story of a red-carpet icon. Lights, camera, action… The Missing Chapter Podcast.

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You know what’s a real pain in the neck?  Well, technically, a pain in your mouth?  When you know you have to go to the dentist.  It’s one of those necessary dreadful things that you know you HAVE to do, and no matter how often you go, it’s never really a good time, right?  Thankfully, I have good dentists in my life, so I’m certainly blessed in that regard, which got me thinking…with all of my dental woes in my life, what would my time in the dentist chair be like if I wasn’t born in the 20th century with modern medicine?  Ouch, yeah that thought alone makes my teeth hurt.  Welcome to the Missing Chapter, let’s just get to the coffee pour…the sugarless, coffee pour. 

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The most powerful position in the free world. Regardless of political party, time period, or historical circumstances, the office of president in the United States demands a level of respect and appreciation. 

As we recognize President’s Day in the U.S. and reflect on the individuals who have guided our great nation through history, Phil and I take you on a separate journey… the stories you don’t know about the men you do. 

So, take the oath to always listen to the Missing Chapter Podcast and celebrate over 4 years of entertaining, historic episodes…

With today’s unknown presidential stories. Let’s get started!

Famous author CS Lewis coined a phrase that really speaks volumes about our own society and culture, chronological snobbery - Lewis defines this chronological snobbery as “the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate of our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that count discredited. In other words, we think we’re the best generation and our technology and lifestyles are far superior to those that came before us.  Ask any adolescent who listens to their parents or teachers try to keep up with the lingo these days and laughter will ensue - why?  Because deep down, they’re suffering from chronological snobbery.  And don’t think they’re the only one, we’ve all done it!  And that certainly applies to how we view history.  We look at some of the cultures that came before us and laugh - until we find something that challenges that thought - something that tells us that we’re not superior at all to those that came before us, as if our new, modern technology somehow makes us better.  Well, a fairly recent discovery is challenging just that.  I hope I don’t mess with our egos too much today, you might want to get a second, or third cup of coffee.  Welcome to the Missing Chapter, everyone, let’s get to it.

Today we welcome former guests on the show - Justice Parker and Joe DiVisconti - to kick off a new format on the Missing Chapter. Same show, new episode, different format and we call it The Department Meeting.

Educators unite! We talk everything education-related in an informal, yet reflective setting in hopes that we target anyone who has a link to education! Enjoy!

If you’re new to the Missing Chapter, welcome! If you’re a continued fan of the Missing Chapter, welcome back! And if you’re a student listening in to the Missing Chapter, welcome to the topic of social studies that you most likely hate the most - geography.

For whatever reason, especially within the past few years, students in almost all of our classes have been very vocal about this topic - they say they struggle the most with geography, and consequently, it has become what they dislike the most. Well, let’s turn that around and talk about the areas of the world that even the adults listening in get wrong sometimes!

What better way to kick off one of the most feared topics in our classes by going head-on into the Top 10 most mistaken facts about geography. It’s time for the coffee pour, let’s get started!

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