Ep. 268: more than a hero, a union man

Two horrors for the price of one this week, as Corrigan tells the story of the greatest hard rock mining disaster in American history, and the murder of a man who tried to help the workers organize in its aftermath. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Granite Mountain-Speculator mining disaster, and a union man who tried to prevent it from happening again[53:36] The Knicks win prompts a discussion of sports fandom, trump's stupid UFC circus, and eugenics![01:10:28] There's a lot of news! Including a couple of British bans that CoRri and Mark do not see eye to eye on.[01:26:05] We recap watching Evil Dead and go through other things coming up on our Ko-Fi and Discord[01:43:00] What we watched!: The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Insomnia, Hokum, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, Natchez Stuff we referenced: Speculator Mining Disaster The Granite Mountain – Speculator Mine Disaster Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine Disaster The mysterious lynching of Frank Little: activist who fought inequality and lost A Reexamination of the Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine Disaster Frank Little: The Hobo Agitator