This is Today

This is Today features the stories that make this day unique.  It’s Wednesday, January 27, 2021 and here is what we talk about today:

• International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
• National Chocolate Cake Day
• PG Ratings
• Roots
• A very 80's awards show
• Bill Clinton
• iPad Announcement

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This is Today features the stories that make this day unique.  It’s Tuesday, January 26, 2021 and here is what we talk about today:

• Spouses Day
• National Peanut Brittle Day
• Michigan
• Louisiana
• Virginia
• Banned Songs
• Dukes of Hazard

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Today you will get to hear the first episode of our new podcast, "Learning More." In this first episode, we talk with Steven Fagin, the Curator of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza about JFK and the relationship between the president and the press.

Before the special sneak peek, we will, of course, tell you about the events of the day.

Today's events:

• National Irish Coffee Day
• Opposite Day
• The first Wedding March
• Payola
• Charles Manson Conviction
• Ray Kroc Buying the Padres
• recording of We are the World

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Today, we announce a spinoff of This is Today and return to our roots. Also, on the show, we learn:

1. What it takes to become a member of the Swiss guard
2. Why Ruth Buzzi is awesome
3. Why 1984 was like 1984

We also talk about National Answer Your Cat's Questions Day and National Blonde Brownie Day.

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Trev Harwood, the founder of Soaring Productions and a child of a Vietnam War veteran, joins me to discuss his short film, Lamentations. We talk about intergenerational PTSD and the effect of Agent Orange on the kids of vets.

Show Links:

Short Film Link

COVVHA on Facebook

Crisis text line Text HOME to 741741 (US)

C-PTSD Foundation

Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families

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Today we are joined by Mark Satta about the origins of President-Elect's title and the history of inauguration day. 

Show Links:

https://theconversation.com/profiles/mark-satta-1173820

https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-the-term-president-elect-in-the-united-states-152215

https://founders.archives.gov/

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Today, we see how historical events from hundreds of years ago are eerily similar to the events we are seeing unfold in America.  Professor Martyn Bennett joins us. 

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Today we talk about Martin Luther King Jr. with Dr. Noelle Trent, the Director of Interpretation, Collections, and Education from the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel.

Show Links:

National Civil Right Museum

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Today we are joined by adult education coordinator and curator of the Rosa Parks Museum, Madeline Burkhardt.  We discuss Rosa Parks, the bus boycotts and Martin Luther King Jr.

Show Links:

The Rosa Parks Museum

Email Address for Madeline - For Virtual Tour Videos

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Today we talk about Marilyn Monroe with Scott Fortner, a collector who owns the Marilyn Monroe Collection. 

Show Links:

The Marilyn Monroe Collection

Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe (Fred Lawrence Guiles Hollywood Collection)

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