Every other week I a musician and history teacher investigate the culture, the important events, or the weirdos from American History.
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As England and the United States go to war the tribes of the upper Mississippi region are left to make a choice.
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The Black Hawk War was a conflict in 1832 which resulted from a group of Native Americans entering Illinois apparently to reoccupy land they'd been forced to surrender. These are the first seeds of that so called 'war.'
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I start my deep dive into the history of Punk by going back to one of the first bands that is often listed as being a major progenitor of the style: The Velvet Underground.
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The story of the 38 witnesses watching on and doing nothing as Kitty Genovese was attacked multiple times before ultimately being killed is one of the most famous stories in true crime and psychology and yet its also not really true.
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Many have like heard the story of how in 1964 a young woman named Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered in New York City while 38 witnesses watched on and did nothing. This is the part of that story that gets left out and why that tale is far from accurate.
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While Kyuss wasn't around long they would leave a massive legacy as one of the bands responsible for inspiring the stoner metal/desert rock genre.
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After learning more about the great diamond find and fearing that they might have missed something Clarence King and his men set off to rectify this mistake only to make a much greater discovery.
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We continue our tale of the Great Diamond Hoax by following Clarence King, the man who would eventually reveal this grand deception, as he begins his career as an adventuring scientist risking his life exploring the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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New episode covering the fraught creation of Metallica's biggest album ever. The album that made them forever a household name. The Black Album.
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The word of a discovery of veritable field of diamonds and other precious gems some where in the western territories excites Americans from San Francisco to New York. The only problem is this discovery is actually a part of the long history of mine fraud.
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Klan leader DC Stephenson commits a crime so heinous that not even all of his power and influence is enough for him to escape justice. A fall from grace which eventually also helps to lead to the downfall of the 1920s klan.
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The recently fired Ozzy Osborne believes his time as a rock star is at an end until the daughter of his manager Sharon Arden throws him a life line. He then launches his solo career and in doing so brings the worlds attention to a talented young guitarist.
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As the 1920s klan spreads its brand of racist, anti-immigrant ultra patriotism it welcomes women into its ranks. While in Indiana one man builds a political machine that sees the klan essentially take over the state government.
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📣 New Podcast! "1920s Klan Part 1 Rebirth" on @Spreaker #american #history #immigration #podcast #politics spreaker.com/episode/1920s-k…
📣 New Podcast! "The First Klan Part 3 Fall of the Klan" on @Spreaker #history #klan #podcast #reconstruction spreaker.com/episode/the-fir…
📣 New Podcast! "The First Klan Part 2 Reign of Terror" on @Spreaker #american_history #history #klan #podcast #reconstruction spreaker.com/episode/the-fir…
📣 New Podcast! "Sound Stories Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die" on @Spreaker #blacksabbath #heavymetal #history #music #ozzy spreaker.com/episode/sound-s…
📣 New Podcast! "The First Klan Part 1 Birth and Reconstruction" on @Spreaker #american_history #history #podcast #reconstruction spreaker.com/episode/the-fir…
📣 New Podcast! "William Walker the man who would conquer Nicaragua Part 5 The End" on @Spreaker #american #filibuster #history #latin #nicaragua spreaker.com/episode/william…
