The Year Was

Took a bit to get this episode up but here it is.

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 109. This time we examine the year 1874 as Erik Weisz, also known as Harry Houdini, was born.

This week we are joined by special guest Tim Kreitz, who is always a blast to talk to and I can always count on to make me sound like I know what I'm talking about.

Find Tim at:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDbVyT85kw&list=WL&index=310

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfWw1m1Qos&list=WL&index=311&t=17s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhJLs3-i9M&list=WL&index=312

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMVVHcRxiY&list=WL&index=313

https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2010/12/illicit-loves-of-harry-houdini.html

http://www.houdinifile.com/2015/10/monkey-glands-revisited.html

Harry Houdini's Voice

Houdini (1953)

Photo: 

http://coilhouse.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/houdinihimself.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 108. This time we examine the year 461 A.D. as St. Patrick dies and gives birth to St. Patrick's Day.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Patrick

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/did-st-patrick-get-rid-of-the-snakes-in-ireland/2021/03/12/324458e4-7c97-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-wilderness/

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/how-did-saint-patrick-die

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saint-patrick-dies

https://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Death-St-Patrick.php

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Patricks-Day

https://www.celticdruidtemple.com/thetruestoryofstpatrick.html

https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-symbols-and-traditions

https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-st-patricks-day-parade

https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis

https://parade.com/1006852/kelseypelzer/st-patricks-day/

Photo: 

http://www.celtic-irish.co.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/saint-patrick-serpents.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 107. This time we examine the year 1876 as Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic

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

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisha-Gray

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

https://griffonagedotcom.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/the-first-published-accounts-of-the-reis-telephone-october-1861/

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Graham-Bell

https://www.biography.com/inventor/alexander-graham-bell

https://www.wired.com/2011/03/0310bell-invents-telephone-mr-watson-come-here/

https://www.onthisday.com/articles/mr-watson-come-here-i-want-you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBethune20092-161

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

Photo: 

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/og-alexander-graham-bell-650.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 106. This time we examine the year 1875 as Georges Bizet premiers his final opera, Carmen.

Please excuse my  Bane voice in the Interview portion.

On this episode we are joined by composer Stephen Montalvo.

Find Stephen at:

https://stephenmontalvo.com/

https://www.instagram.com/smontalvomusic/

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carmen-opera-by-Bizet

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bizet/guides/story-georges-bizets-carmen/

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

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/georges-bizet-397.php

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bizet/guides/facts-gallery/carmen-premiere/

https://www.operatoursitaly.com/operas/carmen

Photo: 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carmen-opera-by-Bizet

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 105. This time we examine the year 1868 as the first united states parade to have floats is held during mardi gras in Mobile, Alabama. Apologies on the sound issues, we are working to get them figured out.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ash-Wednesday-Christian-holy-day

https://www.history.com/news/first-mardi-gras-mobile-alabama-new-orleans

https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-mardi-gras

http://www.famousdaily.com/history/the-first-parade-to-have.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras_in_Mobile,_Alabama

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/learning/mardi-gras.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1hPOIEtfAc

https://www.stumpsparty.com/how-to-build-a-float

https://www.loc.gov/item/2010646338/

Photo: 

https://www.mobile.org/articles/post/first-mardi-gras-not-in-new-orleans/

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 104. This time we examine the year 1936 as Lee Falk introduced the world to the first superhero,The Phantom aka “The Ghost Who Walks”.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

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

https://www.superworldcomics.com/blog/the-first-superhero/

http://www.phantomwiki.org/Lee_Falk

https://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-first-superhero

https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/Julie_Walker

https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/The_Phanto

https://thephantom.fan/collectibles/phantom-rings/

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/products/books/superlatives/superhero-timeline

http://deepwoods.org/lee_falk.html

https://www.the-first-ever.com/first-superhero-ever/

Photo: 

https://phantomcomicsurvey.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/phantom-art-frame1.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 103. This time we examine the year 1942 as Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold record for the song “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlLA

https://www.npr.org/2017/02/10/514522626/how-chattanooga-choo-choo-became-the-worlds-first-gold-record

https://www.riaa.com/about-riaa/

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo

https://www.glennmiller.com/biography/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034241/

https://vocal.media/serve/celebrities-that-served-in-wwii

https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/12/01/origins-gold-record

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/21/glenn-miller/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8ceJY0pks

Photo: 

http://media.al.com/living/photo/glenn-miller-gold-recordjpg-ad769e42c9a36030.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 102. This time we examine the year 1959 as we examine “The Day the Music Died”.

Special Guest Tim Kreitz joins to talk about planes, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson, Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and conspiracy theories.

Find Tim at: https://www.youtube.com/user/LittleNuclearBastard

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWE63o3qTk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r4_8pjJPxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M6u7-9yNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgC4Aiu5Gw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crN8llSM-FQ&t=23s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cHUkUsoKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3WsFCuEHg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 101. This time we examine the year 1967 as astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward White lose their lives in the Apollo 1 fire.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://earthhow.com/earth-atmosphere-composition/

https://www.aip.org/news/2019/trial-fire-legacy-apollo-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1

https://www.space.com/14379-apollo1-fire-space-capsule-safety-improvements.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2692032/apollo-1-crews-last-moments-revealed-by-nasa-flight-director-kris-kraft-who-listened-in-from-mission-control/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/the-hell-of-apollo-1-pure-oxygen-a-single-spark-and-death-in-17-seconds/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/50-years-ago-three-astronauts-died-in-the-apollo-1-fire/

https://www.space.com/14367-obama-nasa-remembrance-day-space-tragedies.html

https://www.space.com/35477-apollo1-new-nasa-hatches-exhibit.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/9adbba/apollo-fire-feature

https://spacepolicyonline.com/events/nasa-day-of-remembrance-2021-jan-28-2021-1100-am-et/

Photo: 

https://www.space.com/17338-apollo-1.html

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 100. This time we examine the year 2008 as we remember the Vann Cave and Breaking Bad Premier.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/van-gogh-chops-off-ear

Sources:

https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Breaking_Bad

https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Vince_Gilligan

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91302/25-fascinating-facts-about-breaking-bad

https://screenrant.com/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-struggle-show-made-why/

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

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/11/769312766/breaking-bad-creator-vince-gilligan-reflects-on-meth-and-morals

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439100/

Photo: 

http://nyc.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/breaking-bad-season-2.jpg