History Sleuth

In this episode, I talk about the Trump administration's “1776 Commission” and how it was created, received, butchers history, and, worst of all, has no citations or footnotes. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_Commission https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/546034-south-carolina-may-implement-trumps-controversial-1776-report-in-its https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_1776_Report Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the new character in Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Isaiah Bradley, and how his story has its roots in the harsh realities of American history. Sources: https://gamerant.com/falcon-winter-soldier-isaiah-bradley/ https://www.ign.com/articles/isaiah-bradley-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-explained-captain-america https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I go through a few conspiracies about Jack the Ripper, Tesla's death ray, whether Shakespeare actually wrote anything, and more! Sources: https://www.insider.com/historical-figures-with-conspiracy-theories-2019-4#according-to-some-nikola-tesla-invented-whats-been-called-a-death-ray-and-the-us-government-has-the-plans-7 https://www.history.com/news/nikola-tesla-files-declassified-fbi https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/12-of-the-most-popular-conspiracy-theories-in-american-history.html https://poets.org/poem/jabberwocky Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Contact Me: sleuthhistory@gmail.com Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I discuss the myth, movie, and musical surrounding the story of Anastasia. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_%281997_film%29 https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a9247552/princess-anastasia-romanov-true-story/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_%28musical%29 Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Contact Me: sleuthhistory@gmail.com Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I pull apart the narrative of the Reynolds' Pamphlet and question whether Hamilton was telling the truth, or if he used Maria Reynolds to hide a bigger scandal. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzoo7z7aZNM https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/linmanuelmiranda/saynotothis.html https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0029 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-21-02-0138-0002 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBj2GL_12R4&list=PLV78EPlNCZ5B1vHkRicCAdpbDqZ1DpLgM&index=36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2I8Dlu3_U Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Contact Me: sleuthhistory@gmail.com Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I discuss Colin Kaepernick and his protests. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: Black Herstory 101 https://open.spotify.com/show/1lr0WrlT3W6N5yvrxbeBq7?si=Edt8EaJ8TtqbrnXQBmdjbQ Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick https://kaepernick7.com/ https://sports.yahoo.com/why-takeo-spikes-believes-colin-220825866.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/02/19/alex-smith-says-country-wasnt-ready-colin-kaepernick/4508703001/ https://letterfromjail.com/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the Harlem Renaissance and read poetry from famous writers including Langston Hughes and Claude McKay. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: Bold Women in Black History https://open.spotify.com/show/0DqOOvIvQHt3hgxRPafvzH?si=Hk2aMKJiRPyP8HAq-c8HlQ Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzVtXbtEow https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/harlem-renaissance https://www.nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/harlem-renaissance.html https://www.britannica.com/event/Harlem-Renaissance-American-literature-and-art https://poets.org/poems/claude-mckay https://poets.org/poems/langston-hughes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdmp5lnj2WQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0URpI9nKQ https://poets.org/poem/song-son https://www.zedge.net/ringtone/7e78335e-37f7-46d5-b9a9-932ba255eb30 Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I compare the thoughts of Harlem Renaissance writer Carter G. Woodson to the present day research and controversy surrounding the 1619 Project. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: Black History Buff https://open.spotify.com/show/6CDExrHONAzUy8ksCgXsYy?si=Kg7L2tjOTQy7p_ZUIiylYA Sources: Graham, Bryan Arman. “Tom Cotton Calls Slavery ‘necessary Evil' in Attack on New York Times' 1619 Project.” The Guardian, 26 July 2020, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project-new-york-times. Hannah-Jones, Nikole. “1619.” The New York Times, 2019. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project. Lockwood, Frank E. Bill by Sen. Tom Cotton Targets Curriculum on Slavery. 26 July 2020, https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/26/bill-by-cotton-targets-curriculum-on-slavery/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_ArkansasOnline. Serwer, Adam. “The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts.” The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2019, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/. Solender, Andrew. “Trump Launches 'Patriotic Education' Commission, Calls 1619 Project 'Ideological Poison'.” Forbes, 2 Nov. 2020, https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/09/17/trump-launches-patriotic-education-commission-calls-1619-project-ideological-poison/. “The 1619 Project (Published 2019).” The New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html. Watson, Kathryn, and Grace Segers. Trump Blasts 1619 Project on Role of Black Americans and Proposes His Own “1776 Commission.” 18 Sept. 2020, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-1619-project-1776-commission/. Woodson, Carter Godwin. “The Mis-Education of the Negro.” The Mis, 1933, p. 94. Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I share the research I did for my history capstone and explore how the Bible was used for and against American slavery. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: Black History Lessons https://open.spotify.com/show/2V6L9fCkfUDzUll1vyxYUI?si=qFlLBx0mR-ujBHAwhAIR-w Sources: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section2/section2_church.html. https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/exodusters.htm. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/slavery-jim-crow-and-chri tianity. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dabney_Robert_Lewis_1820-1898. http://archive.org/details/defenceofvirgini00dabn. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/january-february/frederick-douglass-at-200-remembering-his-radical-christian.html. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1866/12/reconstruction/304561/. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/. https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/go-down-moses#A. https://manifoldgreatness.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/the-king-james-bible-and-the-u-s-civil-war/ https://hqudc.org/history-of-the-united-daughters-of-the-confederacy/. http://archive.org/details/lifelettersofrobert00john. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/stanley-sara-g-1837-1918/. https://usctwillcotn.blogspot.com/2019/03/williamson-countys-exodusters.html. https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/benjamin-pap-singleton/12205. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christian-confederate-slavery_n_7638676. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln2. https://www.nps.gov/linc/learn/historyculture/lincoln-second-inaugural.htm. https://www.docsouth.unc.edu/church/intro.html. /history/issues/issue-33/christianity-and-civil-war-did-you-know.html. https://loc.gov/exhibits/african-american-odyssey/reconstruction.html. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reconstruction-timeline/. https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210633. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1856-sara-g-stanley-addresses-convention-disfranchised-citizens-ohio/. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Children_U_D_C_Catechism_for_1904. https://www.ahgp.org/women/cornelia_branch_stone_1840_1925.html. https://aaregistry.org/story/the-black-church-a-brief-history/. http://www.frederick-douglass-heritage.org/reconstruction-civil-rights/. https://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll18/id/1126. https://doi.org/10.2307/3169030. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/12/05/discriminating-in-the-name-of-religion-segregationists-and-slaveholders-did-it-too/. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/lost-cause-religion. “Robert Lewis Dabney: Religion and the Southern Holocaust.” https://doi.org/10.2307/2208359. Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the Transatlantic slave trade, how it was justified, and how that effects the understanding we have about the history of racism today. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: Black History For White People https://open.spotify.com/show/2FUVtLeFfAHVLZznVbCrkJ?si=5TLh1y-gRQq4wnigbL-6yA Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0002 https://www.britannica.com/summary/Transatlantic-Slave-Trade-Key-Facts https://www.statista.com/chart/19068/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-by-country-region/ https://historyincharts.com/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-destinations-and-statistics/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/slavery/ethics/justifications.shtml https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-1776-commission-report-slavery_n_600627e1c5b6df63a9194243 Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I go through some of the major events in Black History in America and give a brief overview of the different people and events you should know about. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: It's a Continent https://open.spotify.com/show/16rc6UHQgcHh4zMcSExDdP?si=JcnzQVxBRzivfr0nZ8ebrw Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones https://www.fs.fed.us/people/aasg/calendar/timeline.html https://www.thoughtco.com/shocking-moments-in-20th-century-black-history-2834634 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman http://juneteenth.com/history.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre https://www.malcolmx.com/biography/ https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-deaths-u-s-map-shows-number-fatalities-compared-confirmed-n1166966 Further Reading: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-facts Fire in Beulah by Rilla Askew Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Kindred by Octavia Butler The Age of Phillis by Honoree Jeffers Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I research the general facts about what Black History Month is, where it came from, and answer some hard questions people have about it. FEATURED BLACK HISTORY POD: One Mic: Black History https://open.spotify.com/show/7vAE4U25jFI9jxKqcFV1yo Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month https://www.rd.com/article/why-black-history-month-is-more-important-than-ever/ https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/bhm-intros/why-black-history-month-is-more-important-than-ever-this-year/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the topics that came up quite a bit in the first season of this show and what I hope to accomplish moving forward. Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I interviewed Sarah Olzawski, my history advisor, about her work investigating her genealogy and talked about the importance of learning family history. Follow Sarah on Twitter: @SOlzawski Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

This episode is the second half of last week's, where I talk with the officers from the University of Oklahoma History Club about a PragerU video on the British empire. It's an incredibly historically inaccurate video. Hilarity, outrage, and brain melting ensues. Sources: https://www.prageru.com/video/if-you-live-in-freedom-thank-the-british-empire/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Follow the OU History Club: @OUHistoryClub Follow all the officers: VP Marley Lunsford @nakachokos, Treasurer Jason Hughes @JasonLHughes, and Secretary Skylar Mcdonald @sky_has_a_sword Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk with the officers from the University of Oklahoma History Club about a PragerU video on the British empire. It's an incredibly historically inaccurate video. Hilarity, outrage, and brain melting ensues. Sources: https://www.prageru.com/video/if-you-live-in-freedom-thank-the-british-empire/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Follow the OU History Club: @OUHistoryClub Follow all the officers: VP Marley Lunsford @nakachokos, Treasurer Jason Hughes @JasonLHughes, and Secretary Skylar Mcdonald @sky_has_a_sword Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the PragerU video on Columbus Day by Stephen Crowder and break down how he interprets and misrepresents history to make his point. Sources: https://www.prageru.com/playlist/mythbusting-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Crowder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music Transitions: zedge.com

In this episode, I looked through some of the wacky things people say about history on Twitter and explained why they're wrong. Here are the sources I used: https://twitter.com/KevinLevin/status/1306506701219266567?s=09 https://twitter.com/badhistorytakes/status/1306603225659961347?s=09 https://twitter.com/badhistorytakes/status/1306274144477155328?s=09 https://twitter.com/ecmaEditors/status/1305868975289532426 https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1304385740063805440 Hank Green math video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ADi5JlFf1E Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the announcement of the 1776 Commission, a project to reinstate “patriotic” education of American history. Here are the sources I used: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/09/17/trump-launches-patriotic-education-commission-calls-1619-project-ideological-poison/#45c5a4ea155a https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-1619-project-1776-commission/ https://twitter.com/srleccese/status/1306965365763776515?s=09 https://twitter.com/SassyProf/status/1306960876499603459?s=09 https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1306647765309681664?s=09 https://twitter.com/jxmcd26/status/1306966394370764804?s=09 https://twitter.com/JoeStreckert/status/1306684054180302848?s=09 https://twitter.com/KeriLeighMerrit/status/1306925038369734657?s=09 https://twitter.com/DrIbram/status/1306955755564789762?s=09 https://twitter.com/AdamHDomby/status/1306702495813701632?s=09 https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1306698933549363200?s=09 https://twitter.com/rothmanistan/status/1306636476990529539?s=09 Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

What does “Make America Great Again” actually mean?? And what assumptions does this phrase make about American history? I do my best to sleuth out the answers to those tough questions in the least political way possible in this episode. Here are the sources I used: https://www.dictionary.com/e/politics/make-america-great/ https://www.newsexpressngr.com/news/53970-Up-to-10-reported-dead-in-US-school-shooting-44 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again https://www.voanews.com/usa/make-america-great-again-racist https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/22/what-does-make-america-great-again-actually-mean/ https://www.voanews.com/usa/make-america-great-again-racist Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about incidents of racism at the school I currently attend, the University of Oklahoma, how we need to evaluate the clear patterns in this more recent history, and how OU represents a larger issue in America today. All events are taken primarily from news articles and not my own experiences. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_University_of_Oklahoma_Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_racism_incident https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ff-oklahoma-racism-20150311-story.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-oklahoma-sorority-kicks-member-racist-blackface-video/story?id=60502553 https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/ou-blackface-video/index.html https://nypost.com/2019/01/23/man-spotted-walking-around-oklahoma-campus-in-blackface/ https://www.koco.com/article/university-of-oklahoma-at-center-of-another-blackface-investigation/29197193 https://www.news9.com/story/5e347062527dcf49dad6ef2d/ou-students-faculty-react-to-third-blackface-incident-of-2019 https://twitter.com/BERT_OU https://twitter.com/OU_Unheard https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/02/11/university-oklahoma-professor-under-fire-allegedly-using-n-word/4729988002/ http://www.oudaily.com/news/second-ou-professor-uses-n-word-in-class-in-two-weeks-interim-president-joseph-harroz/article_76a29e62-5761-11ea-a486-278bb60525e0.html https://nypost.com/2020/02/28/students-stage-sit-in-outside-university-of-oklahoma-offices/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma/articles/2020-02-27/students-stage-sit-in-outside-university-of-oklahoma-offices http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-evans-hall-sit-in-bert-leadership-says-majority-of/article_835fc096-5a7f-11ea-919e-4361cf5c20d9.html Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

This episode discusses a variety of topics sparked by 15 different tweets from PragerU, CNN, and other Twitter users to determine whether or not the comment they make on specific historical topics is a good history take or a bad history take. “Frontier” was the name of the Netflix show with Jason Momoa that I mentioned but forgot! It's about the fur trade between Native Americans and the Hudson Bay company, definitely would recommend. Sources: https://twitter.com/badhistorytakes https://twitter.com/stealthygeek https://twitter.com/paniyaaq https://twitter.com/afneil https://twitter.com/Stagosaurus https://twitter.com/TribLIVE https://twitter.com/PriyamvadaGopal https://twitter.com/CNN https://twitter.com/michaelharriot https://twitter.com/ChristianWalk1r https://twitter.com/abbi_smithy22 https://twitter.com/badhistorytakes https://twitter.com/e_klumpyan https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum https://twitter.com/Azzygayglasses Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

This episode is about the face of the five dollar bill, Andrew Jackson, and what he did during his presidency that might have warranted this kind of honor. Here are the sources I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/03/06/why-is-andrew-jackson-on-the-20-bill-the-answer-may-be-lost-to-history/ https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/462402-six-reasons-to-leave-andrew-jackson-on-the-20-bill https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1281269895519514625 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/09/supreme-court-allows-native-american-jurisdiction-half-oklahoma/3208778001/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode I talk about the 1619 Project again and defend it from comments Senator Tom Cotton made about it and about slavery being a “necessary evil.” Here are the sources I used: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project-new-york-times https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/26/bill-by-cotton-targets-curriculum-on-slavery/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_ArkansasOnline https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1287489209469734915 https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1287607485327523843?s=09 Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, my sister Audrey and I talk about the musical Hamilton, the criticism surrounding it--including a play denouncing it funded by Toni Morrison--and our own opinions after watching it. (Listen to the end for my favorite song of the show!) Here are the sources I used: “Hamilton” watched on Disney+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_%28musical%29 https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/on-stage/cancelhamilton-lin-manuel-miranda-s-hit-musical-under-fire-due-to-alexander-hamilton-s-slavery-ties-1.1044919 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_of_Lin-Manuel_Miranda https://medium.com/@antr.saman/i-dont-want-to-watch-hamilton-here-s-why-fe8f892d80f0 https://slate.com/culture/2016/04/historians-are-criticizing-hamilton-and-fans-should-be-thrilled.html https://twitter.com/Phillipasoo/status/1279943007979143169?s=09 https://www.zedge.net/find/ringtones/hamilton Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, my sister Audrey and I talk about the musical Les Mis and how the story lines up with the June 1832 Paris rebellion. Here are the sources I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_%28musical%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Rebellion https://historythings.com/victor-hugos-inspiration-les-miserables-june-rebellion-1832/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, my sister Audrey and I talk about the Broadway musical Newsies. We share our opinions on it, evaluate how history is incorporated into the musical, and have a good time! (listen until the end!) Here are the sources I used: The musical “Newsies” can be found on Disney+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys%27_strike_of_1899 Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talked about the military bases that are named after Confederate generals, why that happened, and whether we should really consider them war heroes (spoiler alert: we should not). Here are the sources I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Army_installations_named_for_Confederate_soldiers https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/10/03/ten-army-bases-named-after-confederate-officers.html https://taskandpurpose.com/history/u-s-military-get-confederate-named-bases-anyway Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the different games we played in history classes to learn about the Underground Railroad, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the French Revolution. Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

This episode is about how NASCAR recently banned the Confederate Flag and how culture today treats the history of the Civil War. Here are the sources I used: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ray-ciccarelli-leaving-nascar-after-sport-banned-confederate-flag-its-n1229926 https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/south-carolina-declaration-of-causes-of-secession/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a35912/confederate-flag-banned/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3621818/confederate-flag-racist-banned-symbol-white-supremacy/ Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

This episode is about a statue of Christopher Columbus that was taken down in Minnesota and what Texas Senator Ted Cruz has to say about it. Here are the sources I used: https://abcnews.go.com/US/christopher-columbus-statue-debate-rises-controversial-statues-fall/story?id=71172075&cid=social_twitter_abcn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus https://www.history.com/news/columbus-day-controversy https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1270850224777396224 https://twitter.com/tedcruz Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about the “1619” project from The New York Times and the criticism from historians that surround it. Here are the sources I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/212 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/ Resources if you're interested: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi https://www.thoughtco.com/teaching-anti-racism-4149582 https://countway.harvard.edu/news/black-lives-matter-antiracism-health-suggested-resources Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk about Pirates of the Caribbean, one of my favorites movies, and the problem of romanticizing criminals. Here are the sources I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean History of the Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Exquemelin The History of Piracy by Philip Gosse Follow me on Twitter: @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music

In this episode, I talk a little bit about what motivated me to start a podcast and research some of the truth about P.T. Barnum in comparison with how he was portrayed in the movie, The Greatest Showman. Here are the articles I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum https://www.biography.com/business-figure/pt-barnum https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/ Follow me on Twitter @SleuthHistory Intro: Time to Dream from Purple Planet Music