Midwest Educated

Once upon a time, you could beat Senators with a cane...

Rat poison is the best of all of the PED's.

This is the second episode of our 2-part series covering The Red Summer of 1919. This week we focus more on the Elaine Massacre, which happened the day after the events of the Omaha Race Riot that we covered in last week's episode.

Every trigger warning possible applies to this episode. It's brutal. And in two parts. You have been warned.

And you thought the Nazis were bad?

How strong is your will to survive?

As Tom teaches us this week, when in Jersey be afraid, be very afraid!

Poppy loves you. Do you love Poppy?

Wash your hands, people! *****Sources*****https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarterCarter20059-21 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignaz-Semmelweis https://globalhandwashing.org/about-handwashing/history-of-handwashing/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144018/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives http://semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/ https://info.debgroup.com/blog/evolution-of-hand-hygiene https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149661 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87082456/1917-11-18/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=1&rows=20&words=Ignaz+Semmelweis&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Ignaz+Semmelweis&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

This week Tom forces us to ask the question, "How bouncy are your pickles, Connecticut?"

As a bonus gift, we give you "The Reason For The Season", a deep dive into why we celebrate Christmas at all and where most of the traditions we observe today came from.                                               **************************                                           *********Sources************* https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas https://rcg.org/realtruth/articles/169-ttooc.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree#18th_and_19th_centuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/winter-solstice-and-christianity?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenbgMjRvlY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_loghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus

This week Jr teaches us about how the losing Confederates bungled another battle close to where we live.

This week Justin brings us a tale of flight (kinda) from the 1920's.  

You've heard of it for a reason.

This week Tom takes us back to WWII to teach us all about a training exercise gone horribly wrong. 

This week JR takes us all on a journey back to the 1990's to learn about the controversial black metal band Mayhem and the insanity that was/is that band's history. 

This week Justin gives a lesson to Tom and Jr about FedEx Flight 705, a super bloody flight that happened in 1994.*Episode Information Sources*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Express_Flight_705#cite_note-USA_v_C-4 https://www.damninteresting.com/aches-on-a-plane/ http://aenlogistics.com/general-interest/remembering-fedex-flight-705/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/19159/true-crimes-man-who-hijacked-cargo-jet https://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1058021.html https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N306FE