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We are finally wrapping up our series on the Irish Potato Famine! We get into the third year of crop failures and the mass exodus of the Irish to ports unknown. People were desperate enough to leave on ships without shoes, without food or water sometimes, to Liverpool, North America and beyond. The famine didn't end with a big resolution or solution, it unfortunately faded out over time and many people continued to suffer for years. And while the English may not have intentionally killed 1.2 million Irish people, they certainly made choices that caused needless death. Sources: The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John KellySend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue our series on the Irish Potato Famine. And it's getting rough here folks. We're coping with the subject matter with a Irish whiskey tasting along with some rough information!We're into a second year of crop failure, and the British government is finally realizing it might be helpful to just feed people? They replace their commissioner and decide to close the public worksites and open a network of soup kitchens but  its much too little much too late. Sources: The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John KellySend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue our series on the Irish Potato Famine. We are really getting into the thick of it. This episode starts in 1846, when the harsh reality of a second year with so much crop failure catches up to everyone. The new prime minister John Russell has a tough time filling his predecessor's shoes and Trevelyan is still there, mailing people books about scarcity and talking about the plans in generalities while ignoring true human suffering. The UK government continued to believe they didn't want to create a dependency on government, while the Irish struggled to simply stay alive.The public works programs were changed and many less men were hired, while thousands of other people put aside their pride and went to the workhouses in droves. Mass famine is upon a huge population in Ireland, and winter is ushered in with a whole week of snow. It's getting bleak here folks, but I think we're all learning a lot!Sources: The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John KellySend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue our series on the Irish Potato Famine of 1845. We start to dive into the committee relief programs that Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel instated. He wanted the Irish to work for wages to buy subsidized food, instead of bartering or getting food donated to them.  London also expected the middle class of Ireland to donate to the cause, but they were very hesitant because they feared for their own prosperity. Most of the country survives the 1845 harvest, although the prosperous Irish have started to leave the country in hopes of finding greener pastures. And while the public works programs paid several hundred thousand men, they mostly built roads to nowhere. And at the beginning of the harvest of 1846, the potato blight returns. Sources: The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John KellySend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we start our series on the potato famine that struck Ireland in 1845. Between 1845-1855 Ireland would lose a third of its population, 1.1 million to death and 2 million leaving the country because of the dire situation. In this episode we discuss how the Irish had become incredibly dependent on the potato in the years leading up to the famine and the UK's government inability to organize any real strategy to help.  Terrible weather, a lack of distribution systems, and a real misunderstanding of what was actually hurting the crop would delay any real help from getting to people for the first year. We will get into the government commissions, proposed solutions, and the British thinking that the Irish needed to simply work harder and be purer of heart. Sources: The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John KellySend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are wrapping up the Henrietta Lacks Story! We will talk about the increased attention on the Lacks family including a BBC Documentary team, A con artist who called himself Doctor Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield, and Rebecca Skloot, the author of our source material. We will actually get into the trail of breadcrumbs that Skloot used to meet Deborah Lacks for the first time and then talk about there relationship as they uncover more and more about Henrietta's life together over a nearly 10 year long process to write "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" Scientists also discover what actually caused Henriettas Cancer in the first place and use that information to help create a HPV Vaccine. We talk about the attempt to create a Henrietta lacks Museum in Turner Station. Then we finish by discussing a movie based on the book, a new law recognizing Henrietta passed through congress, and an ongoing group of unjust enrichment lawsuits against some major biomedical companies who profited off of the manufacture of Hela cells over the years. This was a crazy story and we hope you enjoyed it!Sources:“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (2010)“Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act” by American Cancer Society Cancer action network(2014)“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks-IMDB page” Directed by George C. Wolfe (2017)“What does the historic settlement won by Henrietta Lacks's family mean for others” by Meredith Wadman (2023)“Novartis Settles with Henrietta Lacks' Estate over use of her cancercells to advance medicine” by Brian Witte Associated Press (2026)“Henrietta Lacks: Family of woman whos cells were 'stolen' settles second lawsuit” by Max Matza (2026)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Hey all,We're taking two weeks off to regroup and catch up on life stuff and try to get our baby to sleep again. We will back July 7th and hit the group running! In the meantime, enjoy some of our old series or just enjoy the warm weather! See you in July! Thanks for listening! Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This episode we get a bit more into how the family was effected by the news that part of their mother was still alive. We talk about the founding of John Hopkins and the pretty warranted fears that the black community had for night doctors and scientists looking to use black bodies for experiments. Then we get into the beginning of a legal debate determining whether we should retain property rights to parts of our body once they are disguarded. We talk about Ted Slaven who set up his own deal with the pharmaceutical companies to sell his blood eventually starting a company to produce and sell biological products splitting profits directly with the donors as partners. Slaven's blood would eventually be used to create a Hepatitis Vaccine. We also talk about John Moore who had an incredibly rare type of Leukemia and a 22 lbs spleen. The cell line created with his spleen and samples taken were valued at  three billion dollars. He would eventually take UCLA and his doctor to court suing them for theft of his body. Hope you enjoy!Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we get into how doctors at John Hopkins purposefully gave misleading information to the public about the HeLa strain. They gave a false name to obscure Henrietta Lack's true name, successfully hiding her identity for about 20 years. We also talk about Chester Southam and some incredibly unethical uses of the Hela cells. He injected over 600 patients with live cancer cells to see if cancer was communicable. Other than a small study with prisoners, he never told the patients about what he was doing, just telling them it was an innocuous immunity test. Though Southam was only ever given a temporarily suspended license and a slap on the wrist the debate about his actions helped solidify the country's stance on informed consent. Meanwhile researchers began learning how to create hybrid cells going so far as to make the first HeLa/Mouse hybrids. They used this practice to help accurately map the Human Genome discovering what each individual chromosome did. Scientists were very excited about hybrids but the public immediately feared the worst. Worried about an army of mouse men and other half man monsters sweeping the nation. Fears about mousemen proved unfounded but Hela was about to rock the scientific world when they discovered that the cells were so robust and resourceful that they were able to move from culture to culture with ease through unwashed hands or equipment or even through the air on a speck of dust. This revelation would later be called the HeLa Bomb and rectifying the massive contamination problem would cost millions and millions of research dollars as well as thousands of hours of wasted time. And we will finally talk about how Henrietta's name finally reached public knowledge and then how that news made it back to the Lacks Family.Hope you enjoy!Sources:“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (2010)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we talk about the darker side of cell culturing history including a man named Alexis Carrell and his not so "Immortal Chicken Heart". Also unfortunately more about eugenics...We also get into the final months of Henrietta's life. Her cancer was incredibly aggressive and in the end there was nothing that doctors could do to stop it. However they also could have treated her with much more kindness and dignity in her final days. After that we look into all of the fast medical advancements and breakthroughs that happened because of  Henrietta's cells. We talk about the first HeLa production and Distribution factory set up at the Tuskegee Institute in order to help perfect the Polio Vaccine. We also get into the notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Study happening at the same time and going on for 40 years!???After that  we discuss the creation of the first private for profit HeLa factory at Micro Biologic Associates moving the use of Henrietta's cells from pure research and  altruistic development of lifesaving vaccines to a money driven for profit tool. And can you believe it, even after  making massive piles  of money no one thought to compensate the source of their fortunes. This episode is a bit of a  long one but  we hope you enjoy! Thanks for listening!Sources:“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (2010)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are talking about Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman born in the 1920’s and her cells that would change the face of modern medicine. Scientists would call Henrietta's cells HeLa cells. The First HeLa cells were removed from her cervix in 1951 at Johns Hopkins hospital only a few months before her death caused by cervical cancer. Henrietta was 31 when she died. These cells however would live on long after their owners death.The HeLa cells would become one of the most medically significant breakthroughs in science over the next half a century. They were used to help cure polio, Sent into space to test what happened to human cells in zero gravity, testing chemo therapy, Made Genetic Screening possible, Advanced In vitro fertilization research Advancing cloning research(yuck).Basically anything that needs to be tested for human use has spent some time working with HeLa. it has become the defacto research workhorse. Demand for HeLa cells grew so large that factories had to be built just to propagate her cells. Today there are trillions of descendants of those original cells taken from Henrietta in labs all over the world. However Henrietta died just months after the first sample was taken. That sample was taken without her explicit consent and the family didn't even learn that scientists  were using her cells until 20 years  later and even after a multi million dollar industry was created around the  Hela Cells, the family didn't receive a dime until 2023.We also talk about a woman named Mary Papanicolaou who voluntarily received a Pap Smear every day for 21 years! Wild. Hope you enjoy!Sources:“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (2010)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are wrapping up the Jay Gould story! After tanking the Gold exchange, Jay got right back to work messing up the train industry. He had a dream of connecting a transcontinental rail path, and he got to work purchasing any train companies he could get his rascally little hands on. By WHATEVER means necessary. All the while, perpetrating some stunning examples of price fixing, insider trading, and pump and dump schemes leaving most of his business partners in his wake. All activities that are highly illegal today but were just part of doing business back in Gilded Age America!By 1881, Gould personally owned over 15,000 miles of rail line or about 15% of the countries total railways. We follow the ups and downs of this last chapter of his life before he eventually contracting tuberculosis and passing away at 56 leaving behind a huge legacy and a massive fortune but since he liked to stay mysterious and not put his name on anything most people don't think of him as the shady titan of business that he actually was.We hope you enjoy!Sources: American Rascal How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune by Greg SteimetzSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We are back with another installment of the Jay Gould story. This week we have moved on from leather and firmly landed in the world of trains.Gould thought he saw a prime opportunity in the Erie Railroad. however he wasn't the only one. In order to gain control of these tracks and trains, Gould would have to pick a fight with the already infamous Cornelius Vanderbilt. Both men were willing to stop at no cost to get control including but not limited to tanking the entire economy to do it. Eventually Gould and his partner James Fisk were able to narrowly gain control of the railroad. This fight between Gould, Fisk, and Vanderbilt would later be called the Eerie War. The success against Vanderbilt really put Gould on the map giving him enough power and money to make some even riskier bets and perpetrate some even more brazen rule breaking. This time with much wider reaching consequences. But that will be next week.We hope you enjoy!Sources: American Rascal How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune by Greg SteimetzSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We are back with another installment of the Jay Gould story. This week we have moved on from leather and firmly landed in the world of trains.Gould thought he saw a prime opportunity in the Erie Railroad, however he wasn't the only one. In order to gain control of these tracks and trains, Gould would have to pick a fight with the already infamous Cornelius Vanderbilt. Both men were willing to stop at no cost to get control including, but not limited to, tanking the entire economy to do it. Eventually Gould and his partner James Fisk were able to narrowly gain control of the railroad. This fight between Gould, Fisk, and Vanderbilt would later be called the Erie War. The success against Vanderbilt really put Gould on the map giving him enough power and money to make some even riskier bets and perpetrate some even more brazen rule breaking. This time with much wider reaching consequences. But that will be next week!We hope you enjoy!Sources: American Rascal How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune by Greg SteimetzSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we start a new series on Jay Gould, one of the richest men in America in the 1800s. He isn't one of the most well known titans of the time, but he was one of the richest men in America and was one of the pioneers of taking advantage of the stock market. He manipulated the money markets in innovative, possibly criminal ways, and was the catalyst for a lot of market regulation on Wall Street and the railroads. For the start of our series we talk about his beginnings in map surveying and leather tanning, his first forays in the railroad, and the lessons he was learning from the wealthy men of the time. Sources: American Rascal How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune by Greg SteimetzSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are wrapping up our series on Floreana Island in the Galapagos. The Baroness and Robert have been missing for weeks, Rudolph is no better off, and Friedrich has forgotten that poison is bad for you. Thankfully the drought is finally over, and the Wittmers just keep working away and trying to mind their own business. Sources: Eden Undone- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War 2 by Abbott KahlerThe Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to EdenSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week things are getting spicy on Floreana Island. Tensions are rising in a drought that will never seem to end, and the desperation is causing everyone to act a little out of character. People are starting to suffer, animals are dying, and a few folks even disappear! Dore and Margret's accounts of 1933 continue to diverge, as the story gets more complicated and we work on keeping it together. Sources: Eden Undone- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War 2 by Abbott KahlerThe Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to EdenSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are back on Floreana Island for more flawed  Utopian hijinks. The Baronese with her two sexy male "assistants" have fully moved onto the island. She very quickly begins playing political games all while stealing everyone's rice. They begin work on a "luxury" hotel but do not get very far before it all starts to fall apart.Meanwhile the young family living farther into the island successfully gives birth to a healthy baby named Rolf. *Trigger Warning for a section on a complicated pregnancy* Though the birth is incredibly harrowing both the mother and baby survive the experience and  recover. More wealthy good Samaritans show up to share gifts with the intrepid Floreanans. The Baroness uses as many of her wiles as she has left to get as much out of each expedition as possible eventually resorting to literally stealing milk from a baby. But when one wealthy group decides to avoid that camp completely, tensions begin to rise and foreshadow a chaotic and possibly violent turn.Sources: Eden Undone- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War 2 by Abbott KahlerSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we journey to Floreana Island, in the heart of the Galapagos Islands. Millionaires from all over had started visiting the Galapagos Islands after Charles Darwin did, for the exotic animals and uncharted territory and to bring back plenty of critters and carcasses. Foreign businessmen were also visiting with the intent of figuring out how to profit there, and how to buy the islands for their governments. Then, three different groups: an odd couple, a family, and a pretend baroness with her two young lovers came to the island separately to all create their own version of utopia, but these 10 people wouldn't even share the island for a before several would meet tragic ends. Sources: Eden Undone- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War 2 by Abbott KahlerSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We are Wrapping up the Ma Mandelbaum Story this week and boy is she going out with a bang. We have The SHADIEST of lawyers, wild court cases, Running from the law, vigilantly Private Investigators. We talk more about Howe and Hummel her silly and corrupt lawyers, The Pinkerton National Detective Agencies. and how ma continued to evade Justice. Enjoy!Sources:“The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss” by Margalit Fox (2025) Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue our journey through the life of Frederika Mandelbaum notorious gilded age crime boss. Ma is getting into not only the illegal silk trade but also the bank robbing business!. Funding and planning multiple bank robberies including the Oceans National Bank Heist and the Manhattan Savings Institute heist, with the help of some new criminal masterminds and partners. We also discuss her connection with Tammany Hall and her suspiciously good ability to avoid suspicion by the police and other political figures. We finish the episode with a bank heist gone wrong, the loss of one of her most trusted compatriots, and the ground getting a little shaky under Ma Mandelbaum's feet. Sources:“The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss” by Margalit Fox (2025) Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Week two of our Ma Mandelbaum Series. This week Ma is starting her own shop and really working to train an army of thieves. We talk about tricky diamond heists, and a how too handbook she created to teach new thieves how to steal. Then we get into how she constructed her shop to help her do all of her clandestine activities. Hope you enjoy!We did have a few technical difficulties this week and lost a little bit of data. Sorry for the glitchiness working to fix!Sources:“The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss” by Margalit Fox (2025) Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week our story is set in Gilded Age New York City. the Rising center of wealth and crime during an era with one of the worst examples of wealth inequality until maybe now? Huge amounts of money made from industrialization and the consolidation of industries by America's robber barons. And the Subject of this series is a woman named Frederika Mandelbaum aka Marm Mandelbaum. She became one of NYC first and most infamous crime bosses and ruled over the theft and sale of stolen luxury goods for over 20 years from the 1860’s to her downfall in 1884.I'm really excited about this series. It is a little off the beaten path for us but it is really fun full of hijinx and heists and we hope you enjoy!Sources:“The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss” by Margalit Fox (2025) Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We're going back in time to one of our first episodes to learn all about Thomas Holloway in the 1800s and all the fake medicines of the day. We talk about his history, legal lying in advertising, and what people will resort to when they cant afford a proper doctor. This story has everything! Opium, asylums, Charles Dickens, and even college for women!Source Material: The Mighty Healer: Thomas Holloway's Victorian Patent Medicine Empire-  Verity HollowayFollow the podcast: @yeettherichpodFollow Danny: @dmoss315Follow Emily @thefunnywalshSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Join us on an absolutely unhinged ride through the 2019 movie Sister Aimee! Starring our favorite pretend kidnap victim, Sister Aimee Semple McPherson. This movie states at the very beginning that only 5 1/2% was true, and that sounds about right! It focuses on the time Aimee disappears until the day she shows up in the desert, and the screenwriters certainly took some creative liberties. There’s gun smugglers, mustaches, possible lesbian love stories, and just enough eggs for one! Join us on a silly romp through a movie that maybe could have been good if everything was completely different!! Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

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The saga continues! This week we continue the discussion of Ted Kennedy and the accident/negligent homcide/scene from Succession that ended in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Ted gets a foam collar to show off his injuries, they attend the funeral, investigators start doing a tiny bit of investigating, no one talks to anyone else at the party, and we have a seven minute court hearing, that feels like justice right? Oh, and Emily tries to do a Boston accent again with very little success. Sources: Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and the Ted Kennedy Coverup by Leo DamoreSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue the story of Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, and the tragedy at Chappaquiddick. We are talking about what actually happened that night and the beginning of Teds schemes to avoid accountability. The main Kennedy family finally gets notified of the accident and their political machine begins powering up to help Ted.  Meanwhile Ted is doing everything he can to muddy the waters but ends up making things worse.Next week we will talk about the actual coverup and the leadup to the court case.Sources: Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and the Ted Kennedy Coverup by Leo Damorehttps://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/the-kennedy-family-in-tragedy-and-triumph-a-brief-guide?srsltid=AfmBOor1kvUb07x6rdYgEQmT9v2F5ho_N4E0u1_hcCx7hFUSCqHBxrx7https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkopechne.htmSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we get into the story of Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, and the tragedy at Chappaquiddick. Ted Kennedy, the 9th of the Kennedy siblings, was able to be a senator for forty seven years after being responsible for the death of Mary Jo, in one of the most flagrant examples of rich white guys getting away with stuff. These week we discuss the actual accident, how Ted left the scene, and the initial reactions. Next week we'll get into how he tried to make sure he wasn't held responsible in any way shape or form.Sources: Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and the Ted Kennedy Coverup by Leo Damorehttps://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/the-kennedy-family-in-tragedy-and-triumph-a-brief-guide?srsltid=AfmBOor1kvUb07x6rdYgEQmT9v2F5ho_N4E0u1_hcCx7hFUSCqHBxrx7https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKkopechne.htmSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

The Final installment of the P.T. Barnum Story!!! This week we are Finally talking about the Circus! Which means we are also talking about some very sad and abused elephants. Turns out American Elephant training was pretty horrible! Some trainers eventually learned that kindness was the key all along. But definitely too little too late. We also get into Barnum's brief stint as Mayor of Bridgeport, CT. And the sad passing of his wife charity followed by an uncomfortably fast marriage to a much younger woman!Prepare your self for heartbreak, carnies, and way too many taxidermy elephants!Sources:“Barnum: An American Life” by Robert Wilson(2020)“Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, PT Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison” By Michael Daly(2013)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Week Three of the P.T. Barnum saga. This week we talk about Barnum's attempts to rehabilitate his relationship with his family and his reputation with the world. Though it seems like he did some real work on his marriage it seems like his reputation as a dishonest humbug man would be set in stone. We talk about the real relationship between him and Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" and Barnum's failed attempt to rebrand himself as a purveyor of high brow entertainment. Then we get into Barnum as an investor with a spotty track record and a shady real-estate deal that would eventually lead to his complete bankruptcy. Eventually Barnum drags himself back out of debt and tries his hand at Politics becoming a representative to the Connecticut State Legislature. Serving for two terms, promoting his abolitionist and temperance beliefs. Then his life is riddled with fires from the destruction of Iranistan to the American Museum Burning down twice within a couple years. Barnum would never own a major museum again but this may have given him the push to create his famous circus which we will talk about next week.Enjoy!Sources:“Barnum: An American Life” by Robert Wilson(2020)“Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, PT Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison” By Michael Daly(2013)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Week two of The P. T. Barnum Story and we get into some more racist shenanigans. We talk about more of Barnum's early acts and the use of blackface in his shows.Then we get into the purchasing of The American Museum and some of the wild exhibits Barnum Put into it. Including one of Barnum's most famous living wonders "General Tom Thumb".We talk about how Barnum met 5 year old Charles S. Stratton and worked with the boy to create the character of Tom Thumb. Tom Thumb quickly becomes one of Barnum's most successful acts eventually touring with him around England and Europe performing for nobles and Royalty including Queen Victoria. We will also talk about Barnum's strained relationship with his wife Charity and his inability to just be home with his family. And we will finish the episode with the construction of a massive home and estate that Barnum called "Iranastan" Hope you enjoy!(Photos for the episode will be on our Instagram and our website time codes below.)Sources:“Barnum: An American Life” by Robert Wilson(2020)“Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, PT Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison” By Michael Daly(2013)Photos:Pic 1- The American Museum (36:45)Pic 2- Fiji Mermaid (41:40)Pic 3+4- Tom Thumb +Barnum (49:10)Pic 5- Tom Thumb as Napoleon (54:55)Pic 6+7- Tom Thumb's Carriage (1:15:34)Pic 8, 9, 10- Iranastan (1:26:18)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are beginning the story of P.T. Barnum aka "The Greatest Showman". He was a showman, museum owner, international celebrity, Politician, and of course co-owner of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. There is so much to get into in this story he was both a Con artist and a beloved entertainer, he maybe owned a slave woman for a short time but also became a big advocate for the abolitionist movement. He was a naturalist but also led to the deaths of SOOOO many elephants. We will talk about his childhood and his wily grandfather who loved playing practical jokes including one particularly cruel joke played on Young PT Barnum that lasted for over 10 years. Then we get into some of Barnum's early schemes, hoaxes, and humbugs. Then we will finish the episode with a very old blind slave woman named Joyce Heth who became Barnum's first major exhibition. So much to get into and we hope you enjoy it!Sources:“Barnum: An American Life” by Robert Wilson(2020)“Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, PT Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison” By Michael Daly(2013)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Hey Yall We are doing another silly Movie Night Mess around for the week of thanksgiving. This episode we are going ALLLL the way back to the beginning with the Dupont Teflon Scandal with a movie called Dark Waters.Dark Waters was actually a pretty good movie and very informative and relatively accurate to life so its definitely worth a watch, If you want to be in on all our nonsense check it out.We had some fun with this one hope you Enjoy!Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we wrap up the story of Aimee McPherson and the Four Square Church. She's not going to jail, and now shes back in the church and shes ready to spend more money. Aimee continues to build her congregation as well as build her own castle, while also remarrying and traveling the world on tour. This episode is full of financial issues, fistfights, and facials! Get into it! Sources: Sister, Sinner The Miraculous, Scandalous Story of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire HoffmanSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

In the fourth installment of the Aimee Semple McPherson story we get into Aimee's harrowing story of how she spent her 33 days after everyone thought she had drown. How she wandered into a small town in Mexico, either from a kidnappers shack or perhaps from a car that had just driven around in circles a bit.We discuss the court case that almost didn't happen, and all the indictments that followed. And how Aimee's insistence on being a martyr led to her being entangled in the most expensive court proceedings in California all the way up to Charles Manson.Sources: Sister, Sinner The Miraculous, Scandalous Story of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire HoffmanSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Tonight is part three of the Aimee Semple McPherson saga, where we get into her return from her 33 day disappearance. We detail her story about being kidnapped and ending up in Mexico, and all the other witnesses that tell a difference story. Lots of people accuse her of lying, and even more accuse her of having thick ankles! Then we get into the the grand jury testimonies and the court process of it all! Next week we will wrap up her story! Sources: Sister, Sinner The Miraculous, Scandalous Story of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire HoffmanSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue talking about Aimee Semple McPherson. We get into her journey to Los Angeles to fulfill her celebrity preacher destiny, the building of the Angelus Temple which still stands today, and her establishing her style as a preacher with style, scenery, and sometimes camels on stage!And we finally get into the day she walked into the sea and disappeared for over 30 days. Sources: Sister, Sinner The Miraculous, Scandalous Story of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire HoffmanSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are diving in the world of the famous pentecostal preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. Born on a small farm in Canada in the late 1800s, she was one of the first women preaching and traveled the country, eventually landing herself in Los Angeles, one of the most famous people in the country and a millionaire before the age of 35. Then one day she went into the ocean, and thousands searched for her, and the month long search would only increase her imfamy, but we'll get into that next week! This week we get into the background and lay the groundwork for her rise to fame. Sources: Sister, SinnerThe Miraculous, Scandalous Story of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire HoffmanSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We are wrapping up our series on the Deepwater Horizon Disaster and the BP Gulf Oil Spill. This episode we get into the weird way that BP was using security to create a media blackout on what was happening in the gulf sometimes seemingly with the help of the coast guard and local authorities.We will talk a bit about BP's history of bad behavior and a few smaller disasters that should have been huge red flags leading up to the Deepwater disaster. They FINALLY get the flow to stop so we will talk about the Gulf is recovering, some of the longer term damage that was caused, and some actual consequences for BP (Unfortunately never enough in our opinion) Hope you enjoy!Sources:“A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout” By Carl Safina (2011)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we are getting back into the wonderful world of Deep Sea Oil Cleanup! We discuss the direct aftermath of the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig and BP's many Failed attempts to stop the underwater leak. We get a little into politics and then we talk about the effects on the local Gulf community and the disastrous effect on the Gulf Ecosystems. We get VERY Sad about the effects on Gulf Birds and Turtles and then Get incredibly mad about BP's refusal to give there cleanup workers masks. Mmmm the smell of righteous indignation in the morning!! Enjoy!Sources:“A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout” By Carl Safina (2011)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This episode we are going to do something a little different. At the suggestion of multiple listeners, Emily and I have both watched Armageddon and Deepwater Horizon! Armageddon because: Drilling and Space and we thought it was going to be a fun movie. Spoiler Alert it opened up some existential questions about women's portrayal in the media and what that means for our daughter! Then we watched Deepwater Horizon because we wanted to know what Marky Mark knows about Oil Rigs! It turns out he was the smartest person on the boat and Emily has a theory about a different Iconic film that we will discuss at length.We will talk about how closely the movie seems to match real life events and then get into the actual explosion and what they think caused the disaster. Next episode we should be back to our normally scheduled programming but Let us know what you think about this format we may be mixing in some of these looser episodes in the future. Hope you enjoy our Movie Night!“A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout” By Carl Safina-2011“Armageddon” Directed by Michael Bay (1998) Starring Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi ect..“Deepwater Horizon” Directed by Peter Berg (2016) Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russel Kate Hudson John MalkovichSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

The BP Gulf Oil spill is the largest marine oil spill in the history of the Petroleum Industry. The spill lasted for 87 days resulting in a conservative estimate of 3.19 Million Barrels or 134 Million Gallons of petroleum into the gulf of Mexico. Leading to over 1300 miles of oiled shoreline and 43,000 mile oil slick on the oceans surface. Not to mention the millions of gallons of oil dispersed under the water. The breakout began with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizons Oil Drilling Platform. Leading to the deaths of 11 crewmen and the injury of 17 serious injuries. Because of the chaos of the disaster and the subsequent fumbled clean up effort. The exact circumstances of the explosion are a bit foggy but what we do know paints a picture of bad management, poor decision making, faulty equipment and materials, and a general sense of recklessness and need for cost cutting. This will be a story of fingerpainting, ineffective fixes, and ham-fisted coverup attempts all while tens  of thousands of barrels of toxic sludge get pumped into a marine ecosystem that is pivotal for hundreds of species that come from near and far to rest in the calm warm waters. Sources:“A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout” By Carl Safina (2011)“A Very Brief History of Offshore Drilling” Costalreview.org by Frank Tursi (2015) https://coastalreview.org/2015/06/a-very-brief-history-of-offshore-drilling/Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we wrap up the Spinach King! We get into the demise of the company and the sons trying to declare their father incompetent, while he tries to claim they've kidnapped him! It's a wild ride but we're going to button up all the loose ends and finish all our spinach. Sources: The Spinach King The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty  by John Seabrook Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

The Spinach Saga continues! We get into the Seabrook families involvement in WW2, the expansion of quickfrozen vegetables and the wonder of the mylar bag, the Japanese internment camps sending workers to New Jersey, movie stars, a stroke, skinny dipping and more! The Seabrooks are peaking and demise is coming soon, but this episode gets into the hey day. Because war is always good for someone's wallet. Sources:The Spinach King The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John SeabrookSend us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

This week we continue the story of C.F. Seabrook and the family farm. We discuss how they started innovating with frozen vegetables, using the expertise of Clarence Birdseye, how they changed the farm to make progress, and the path leading to C.F.'s youngest son Jack taking over. This episode also gets into the strike of 1934, when black and white workers banded together to strike for higher wages and fairer treatment, and how the Seabrook farm, with the help of the police force, vigilantes and the KKK tried to suppress the movement. Plus communism! Sources:The Spinach King The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John Seabrook Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Welcome back! This week we start our series on the Seabrook family, and C.F. Seabrook, the Spinach King and "Henry Ford of irrigation"! The Seabrooks were a farming dynasty that peaked in the 1950s, and at one point were shipping a third of the vegetables in the United States, only to lose it all a few years later. This episode we get into their humble origins, how irrigation changed their fortunes, their weird family dynamics, the racism that permeated the industry, and break down how farming has evolved in America in the past hundred years. Sources:The Spinach King The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John Seabrook Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

We are finally Wrapping up the story of the historic Womens National Soccer Team's Fight for equal pay! The end of this series and this episode is all about how you can work really hard and be really good at your job and not get recognized for what you have done. Then you can try and work within the system, use reason and logic and still hit a brick wall over and over again.You unify the players, gain a huge following and fan base, get the media on your side but still go nowhere. And then somehow almost miraculously a perfect combination of new leadership, lawsuits, Public pressure, and Persistence finally pays off. There are just so many moments when you think that they are going to finally get better compensation then it falls through but I promise by the end of this EP there will be a big change!Sources:“A Greater Goal: The epic Battle for Equal pay in Women’s Soccer-And Beyond” By Elizabeth Rusch(2024)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Welcome Back! Sorry for the delay; babies are tough, but we are getting back on track!! This week we are talking about common injuries faced by professional soccer players and the tragic outcomes for those players who unlike many other men's professional athletes have no safety net because of their habitually low career income. We will talk about a heated battle over astroturf in the canadian worlds cup and a few more examples of Women's Professional Soccer being under valued and under invested in. The team will officially become more popular and more viewed by the men's team. Bring in more eyes and more revenue but still US Soccer refuses to pay them fairly. A new passionate consultant named Becca Roux joins the fight on the side of the Women's national team and helps kick the fight up into high gear. Eventually lawsuits start to fly and the players band together to make a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Frankie really hopes you all enjoy this episode! Thanks for listening!Sources:“A Greater Goal: The epic Battle for Equal pay in Women’s Soccer-And Beyond” By Elizabeth Rusch(2024)“U.S. Women’s Soccer Stars Take Lead on Risks of Heading” By Juliet Macur New York times (2014)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

Thank you all so much for your patience and sorry for the absence over the last few weeks. We had a surprise addition to our staff here at Yeet The Rich Pod and it took a little longer to onboard her than we anticipated. We would like to Introduce you to Frankie Hazel Moss our new social Media manager. She doesn't have a lot of experience since she was born about a month ago but she makes up for it with a lot of passion! We are back to talk about the Women's National Soccer team and their fight for pay equality against their employers, the US Soccer Federation! This episode we will continue that story of really stellar fetes of athletic prowess followed by underwhelming response and support. We will talk about America's first Olympic women's soccer team. And the beginning of the team fighting back and demanding more from the Soccer Federation. We are going to do our best to get back on a regular schedule but parenthood is tricky so no promises! Thank you all so much for listening!Sources:“A Greater Goal: The epic Battle for Equal pay in Women’s Soccer-And Beyond” By Elizabeth Rusch(2024) “19 of the youngest OIlimpians in the history of the games”- Teen Vogue By Colleen Curry and Marilyn Le Jeunesse (2024)“Billie Jean King” National Women’s History Museum Website  Brandman, Mariana. (2021)Send us a text! Let us know what topics you want us to cover!