Thingamabob

This week Joshua and Briana discuss Garrett Morgan and Bessie Blount.

Donate:
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan
Black Women's Health Imperative

Time Stamps:
Garrett Morgan- 8:22
Bessie Blount- 24:30

Sources:

Garrett Morgan

Biography

Transportation.gov

Thought co

US Airforce

Insider story about California couple house

Brief history of traffic signals

pbs

Bessie Blount

Life of Bessie Blount Griffin

NY Times “overlooked” obituaries

Edison and Bessie

 Early life

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg

This week Briana and Joshua discuss the Babylonian Zodiac and the Chinese Zodiac.

Time Stamps:
Babylonian Zodiac- 10:51
Chinese Zodiac- 40:43

Sources:

Babylonian Zodiac:

general history

sumerian translations

Earth’s movement

zodiac definition

Rise in Popularity

Chinese Zodiac:

Zou Yan

History of chinese astrology 

China highlights

Chinese new year

Year of the ox

Story of the race

Slightly different version of the race

Thought co

Chinese astrology

Reading

Wikihow

Lunar calendar

China foreign affairs

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg

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This week Joshua and Briana discuss BDSM, the Ball Gag, and the Vibrator.

Time Stamps:
BDSM, Ball Gag-8:58
Vibrator-37:35

Sources:

BDSM/Ball Gag:

Kinkly-mouth gag

Branks

Mens health

50 shades

Black Leather

Kinky documentary

History of BDSM

More history

BDSM

Peter Tupper

Polling on quora

Vibrator:

A Brief History of Hysteria, Medium.com

history of the vibrator

Hallie Liberman article

Hallie Lieberman for NYTimes

historical photos

vibrators through the years

vibrators in media

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Briana and Joshua discuss skiing and the footBALL.

Time Stamps:
Skiing-7:10
Football-29:54

Sources:

Skiing:

BBC brief history

norwegian skiing

celebrity deaths

blood doping

yearly injuries

skadi

Ullr

timeline

speed skiing

Football:

Wilson and Ada factory

Free healthcare worker tickets to super bowl

CNBC football factory facts

Smithsonian mag

Who invented football- History

Rugby history

footBALL

Football history

Why laces

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg

This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Windigo and Sirens.

Time Stamps:
Windigo-11:36
Siren- 34:39

Sources:

Windigo:

Mythology- wendigo

Legends of america-wendigo

Backstory radio- misrepresentation of the windigo

Canadian encyclopedia

Stolen spirits: The appropriation of the Windigo spirit in horror literature

Kallie Hunchman, ball state university

Story of anwe by Bird

Siren:

greek history

persephone

Sirens are not Mermaids

Harpy info

sirens in paintings

The Odyssey quote

Siren names

Emily Wilson twitter thread

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman and Joshua Steckelberg

This week Briana and Joshua discuss Animal Crossing and Joshua's switch journey.

Time Stamps:
Animal Crossing- 8:33
Joshua's Switch- 39:45

Sources:

Animal Crossing:

Dobutso no Mori

AC history

general info

gameplay breakdowns

sales new horizons

sales new leaf

ACNH black market

shop closing music

Joshua's Switch Journey:

Final fantasy announcement

Console Rankings

Nintendo units sold

Hollow knight history

Other information came from playing the videogames mentioned

Music from Hollow Knight by Christopher Larkin

Music from Dragon Quest 11 by Koichi Sugiyama

We don’t own the rights to any music played.

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg

This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Typhoid vaccine and the Smallpox vaccine.

Time Stamps:
Typhoid- 10:31
Smallpox- 32:34

Sources:

Typhoid:

THIS ONE!

CDC vaccine info

emedicine- typhoid symptoms

Typhoid general info

Typhoid fever history

History news-medical

passport health

New World Encyclopedia 

Science of Ty21a

History of water treatment

Vivotif

Mary mallon and salmonella 

The efficacy of the two vaccines

More trials

Ty21a

WHO

Smallpox:

brief history of smallpox vaccine

smallpox symptoms

names, dates, new vaccines

Last known case

more symptoms

smallpox vaccines

smallpox origins

smallpox deaths and survivors 1

smallpox deaths and survivors 2

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Briana and Joshua discuss the vibrating belt and the exercise bike.

Time Stamps:
Vibrating Belt- 6:15
Exercise Bike- 29:25

Sources:

Vibrating Belt:

general history

kool-aid commercial

vibrations re: mice

mouse study

belt as massage therapy

slenderizing salon video

not the video Bri was talking about but incredible

Exercise Bike:

Fittous history of bike

gymnasticon

Timeline

Stationary bike wiki

Bikes reviewed

Bike History

Spinning

Schwinn heritage

Chicago tribune

Fly wheel

Spinning history

Peloton

Schwinn Exerciser

Assault and airdyne

Soul cycle

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

Happy Holidays!
This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Christmas Tree and Stockings.

Time Stamps:

Christmas Tree- 8:04
Stockings- 29:46

Sources:

Christmas Tree:

Biggest tree- trip savvy

kenya - christianity 

Invention of christmas lights

Rockefeller tree

Christmas in china

Christmas in africa

Addis brush and the tree

Christmas tree production

Tree facts

Tree facts part 2

Christmas spider

History.com

Time

Stockings:

stocking story

A Visit From St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas

more st. nick info

Stocking history

20th century stockings

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg

This week Briana and Joshua discuss the bra and the jockstrap.

Time Stamps:
Bra- 6:17
Jockstrap- 43:18

Sources:

Bra:

Lori Smith youtube video

mary phelps jacobs

bra history

sports bra invention

mary phelps jacobs quote

stamford bra murders

fun facts

Jockstrap:

Bike jockey

How the jock became gay

Jock facts

General invention

Heidelberg electric belt

History of underwear

Jockstrap central

Shock doc website

Russell crowe jock

Jockstrap general info

Difference between jock and thong

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.