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Welcome to Stuff Our Mom Doesn't Know, where every other week we ask our mom a question and then teach her about it through the power of podcasting. We are your tour guides through bizzare history and hope you enjoy your ride. please keep your hands in th


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    #60 Ring ring ring ring ring cat phone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2022 13:35


    This week we talk about the 1929 princeton sound experiment and how it helped deaf people. sources blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2017/04/the-cat-telephone/ allthatsinteresting.com/princeton-cat-telephone fantasticfacts.net/1611/ https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/princeton-cat-experiment/ https://www.history101.com/turned-a-cat-into-a-phone/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #59 Holy shit marathons are hard

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 25:44


    this week we talk about the disaster that was the 1904 olympic marathon and what a mess it was. sources: smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/ runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a37039437/1904-olympic-marathon/ olympics.com/en/news/st-louis-marathon-the-strangest-race-in-olympic-history abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/the-wildest-olympic-event-in-modern-history/12467362 marathonhandbook.com/the-marathon-from-hell/ theatlantic.com/photo/2019/09/the-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair-photos/597658/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #58 Lets go, In and out, 38 minute adventure (the Anglo-Zanzibar War)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 20:00


    This week everyones favorite co-host Morgan takes over to tell us about the shortest war in history. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Anglo-Zanzibar-War --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #57 Give me all your money German Airline! this is a robbery

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 18:12


    this week we talk about one of the largest heists in American history. the Lufthansa Heist and those involved. sources: britannica.com/event/Lufthansa-heist aetv.com/real-crime/lufthansa-heist-murders-mafia-mobsters https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lufthansa-heist-jfk-airport-goodfellas-henry-hill biography.com/news/real-goodfellas-lufthansa-heist-henry-hill abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-goodfellas-henry-hill/story?id=16557945 businessinsider.com/what-happened-during-the-lufthansa-heist-of-1978-2014-1 nytimes.com/1979/05/17/archives/exlufthansa-agent-guilty-in-6-million-airport-theft-witness.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #56 What a great time we had. (The Click and Clack story)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 21:01


    this week we dive into some childhood memories for all of us and explore the wonderful NPR program Car Talk and its hosts Ray and Tommy Magliozzi. this episode is dedicated to our dad. hes still alive but we just want him to know we remember the things he showed us Sources: https://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77 npr.org/people/2100834/tom-and-ray-magliozzi https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/09/25/car-talk-click-clack-ray-tom-magliozzi https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/tom-magliozzi/ radiohalloffame.com/tom-ray-magliozzi cartalk.com/content/tom-and-ray-magliozzi-bios https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/09/26/ray-magliozzi-recounts-44-years-of-car-talk/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #55 what if we just take the building, and push it somewhere else

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 17:55


    we are back for a new and exciting 2022 and we are kicking things off with just a fucking ridiculous engineering feat. the moving of the Indiana Bell Telephone Building sources: https://www.logically.ai/factchecks/library/f8602d8d vintag.es/2021/04/indiana-bell-building-moving.html amusingplanet.com/2019/10/an-incredible-move-indiana-bell.html indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/01/07/indiana-bell/4354705/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #54 Dude looks like a lady (the Deborah Sampson story)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 21:43


    this week we talk about a revolutionary war hero who risked it all to fight for freedom sources: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/deborah-sampson/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deborah-Sampson https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diary-sheds-light-deborah-sampson-who-fought-revolutionary-war-180972547/ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/deborah-sampson https://historyofmassachusetts.org/deborah-sampson-woman-warrior-of-the-american-revoultion/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #53 Thanksgiving Episode. Fun facts and the best story of all

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 26:29


    this thanksgiving we thought we would share some fun facts about thanksgiving and then tell the best thanksgiving story of all time with full orchestration and 5 part harmonies sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-alices-restaurant-180967276/ https://www.alicebrockstudio.com/ https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/arlo-guthrie-gets-arrested-littering/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #52 The Boston Molassacre (yes you read that right)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 15:05


    This week we talk about the Boston Molassacre when giant waves of molasses caused untold damage through the North End of Boston sources: --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #51 Give me back my land rich man

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 28:11


    in this episode we do some local history for us. Daniel Shays Rebellion help shape this country in a more postive way. enjoy sources https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/shays-rebellion https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/shays-rebellion/ https://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-shays-rebellion-starts-in-massachusetts http://www.historic-northampton.org/highlights/shays.html https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=3&page=transcript https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/constitutional-convention-begins https://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=f7feed72-0a10-4b77-9dfc-931b6c63cd82 http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/person.do?shortName=william_shepard --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #50 Can you please help us! someone, anyone, please! (the forgotten town of Vulcan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 15:50


    Holy guacamole Batman its our 50th episode already. we forgot. So here is a story about how a town was used as a pawn in the dick measuring contest that was the Cold War. sources: amusingplanet.com/2019/03/how-soviet-helped-vulcan-american-town.html https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/16/archives/stranded-mining-town-awaits-bridge-connection-for-miners-impetus.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap&smid=em-share --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #49 communism bad. america is number 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 52:55


    this week we finally release the episode causing me mental problems. we talk about the 1970 presidential elections in Chile and the fallout that occured. also with special guests; super fan eric and our brother Jeff sources history.com/this-day-in-history/allende-dies-in-coup https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/allende theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/07/chile-coup-pinochet-allende nacla.org/article/declassifying-us-intervention-chile nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB437/ library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-10-chile/primary-documents-w-accompanying-discussion-questions/document-25-final-speech-by-salvador-allende-1973/ marxists.org/archive/allende/1970/september/20.htm --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #48 You ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2021 34:45


    this week we take our first dive into the music industry and we dive in head first in the shallow end. here is the story of sid vicious and the sex pistols.  sources: biography.com/musician/sid-vicious https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/flashback-nancy-spungen-found-dead-at-chelsea-hotel-118648/ independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/sid-vicious-40th-anniversary-sex-pistols-nancy-spungen-murder-heroin-john-lydon-malcolm-mclaren-a8757761.html sexpistolsofficial.com/bio/sid-vicious/ history.com/this-day-in-history/sid-vicious-dies-of-a-drug-overdose-in-new-york-city britannica.com/topic/the-Sex-Pistols rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-the-sex-pistols-come-to-a-chaotic-end-57410/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #47 Calamity Jane is coming to town

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 29:48


    this week we talk about one of the wild wests greatest heroes. or was she. Calamity Jane is exactly how her name describes her. so sit back relax and get ready for a wild wild west ride through history. sources https://www.biography.com/performer/calamity-jane https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-calamityjane/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calamity-jane-is-born https://www.britannica.com/biography/Calamity-Jane-American-frontierswoman https://allthatsinteresting.com/calamity-jane http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.gen.006 http://montanawomenshistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/21-45EtulainSum2014.pdf --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #46 The medal that never was (who would have guessed there was racism in 1936) the Marty Glickman Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 40:04


    we are back and better then ever. this week we talk about an olympian who lost his shot at gold the day of but rose above his troubles and became the voice of a generation. Mr. Marty Glickman sources https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/glickman-martin-irving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14HeJUQb6xQ https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/olympics/?content=jewish_athletes_more https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1746428-marty-glickman-jesse-owens-and-a-forgotten-story-of-the-1936-berlin-olympics jewishvirtuallibrary.org/marty-glickman h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=1253 nytimes.com/2001/01/04/sports/marty-glickman-announcer-and-blocked-olympian-83.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #45 The British Call Me Daddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 48:59


    this week we talk about the father of the American navy and a terror to the British; John Paul Jones. sources: britannica.com/biography/John-Paul-Jones-United-States-naval-officer history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/people/historical-figures/john-paul-jones.html usna.edu/PAO/faq_pages/JPJones.php history.com/topics/american-revolution/john-paul-jones johnpauljonesmuseum.com/about-john-paul-jones-us-navy/ johnpauljonesmuseum.com/about-john-paul-jones-us-navy/letter-from-john-paul-jones-to-lord-selkirk/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #44 Where the hell is everybody?!? (the mystery of the Mary Celeste)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 33:18


    IT'S OUR 1 YEAR SUPER SPECTACULAR SHOW. Join us as we have very special guests who have been major supports for us over the years and helped us create this little podcast we got going. Thank you Lizz and Eric. We love you a little more than our fans but that could change you never know. Sources: britannica.com/topic/Mary-Celeste history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/ allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celeste ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/may/solved-mystery-mary-celeste abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/radiotonic/the-mystery-of-the-mary-celeste...-solved/6573000 museumhack.com/mary-celeste/ https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/video/show/the-true-story-of-the-mary-celeste/13278 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #43 Harvey Milk Lives!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 46:53


    "Gay people, we will not win our rights by standing quietly in our closets. ... We are coming out to fight the lies, the myths, the distortions. We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk about it. And I want you to talk about it. You must come out."- Harvey Milk this week we talk about the Castro district and Harvey Milk and how they helped shape America for the gay movement. sources: https://www.kqed.org/w/hood/castro/castroHistory.html https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/castro-district-people-and-place/ http://sfbaytimes.com/history-of-the-castroupper-market/ http://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/ https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/harvey-milk https://www.biography.com/activist/harvey-milk https://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harvey-Milk --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #42 General Order Number 3 and Juneteenth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 50:55


    this week we dive into the origins of Juneteenth and the recent passing of the Juneteenth Nation Independence Day Act making Juneteeth a federal holiday. Sources: https://juneteenth.com/ https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation/transcript.html https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/juneteenth-original-document https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html https://news.yahoo.com/14-house-republicans-voted-against-094140822.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #41 There IS something out there

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 34:21


    this week morgan takes over to tell us about the UFO sightings over the history of New England. Lets get weird team! Sources: --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #40 the Terminator

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021 55:56


    this week we dive into the horrible traditions in Malawi of child marriage and the real life Terminator who doesn't say "I'll be back" she says "fuck off, no more 12 year olds getting married" a true hero if there ever was one. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/5/16/malawis-fearsome-chief-terminator-of-child-marriages https://www.lifegate.com/theresa-kachindamoto-child-marriage-malawi https://www.vitalvoices.org/people/chief-theresa-kachindamoto/ http://thecanalesproject.org/theresa-kachindamoto https://www.africaportal.org/features/women-policy-making-chief-theresa-kachindamoto/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #39 I'll probably be going to jail

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 48:04


    This week we talk about a man who was described as a candidate for decaffinated coffee by his peers. Mr. George Gordon Battle Liddy. One of the Plumbers of Richard Nixons white house. https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/982920228/g-gordon-liddy-chief-operative-behind-watergate-scandal-dies-at-90 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/07/g-gordon-liddy-obituary https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56585169 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/g-gordon-liddy-planner-watergate-burglary-dies-90-n1262545 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gordon-liddy-dead/2021/03/30/4d50c40c-91ae-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/g-gordon-liddy-dead.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #38 Real Life Red Dead Redemption

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 22:49


    this week on Stuff Our Mom Doesn't Know, We have a new studio, we talk about the biggest train robbery in American history, and a surprise appearence from a late night tv host? sources https://www.legendsofamerica.com/newton-gang-loot/ http://www.lonestartreasure.com/buried-loot-newton-gang/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/nov/13/reel-history-the-newton-boys-richard-linklater-matthew-mcconaughey https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/newton-boys https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/newton-boys-bank-robbers.htm --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #37 Allan Mcdonald vs. NASA (new age David vs. Goliath)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 42:41


    this week we dive into the event that changed the NASA shuttle program and the massive cover up that ensued. sources: npr.org/2021/03/07/974534021/remembering-allan-mcdonald-he-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover nytimes.com/2021/03/09/us/allan-mcdonald-dead.html nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_Colloquium1012.html ksl.com/article/50122513/allan-mcdonald-engineer-who-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-dies-in-ogden space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #36 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Cuban Grand Prix (live episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 28:34


    this week our 2nd live episode went off with only minor technical difficulty to start. this episode we talk about the bizarre kidnapping of a F1 champion and an even more bizzare race through the streets of Cuba. all of the eve of revolution. sources: iliasblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/cuba-international-race-tragic-ending/ espn.com/f1/story/_/id/28999493/when-f1-legend-fangio-was-kidnapped-cuba https://www.thedrive.com/video/7859/f1-champ-juan-manuel-fangio-kidnapped-in-cuba-59-years-ago-today https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/formula-one-champ-kidnapped https://wtf1.com/post/on-this-day-in-f1-juan-manuel-fangio-was-kidnapped-in-cuba/ http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=442746&CategoryId=14510 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #35 William Paterson and the Darien Scheme failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 41:39


    WE ARE BACK BABY! after a couple of weeks of due to covid-19 we are back and better then ever. This week we talk about how a simple conversation turned into the biggest financial disaster in Scottish history and how an investment across an ocean would come to change everything. sources; https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-Darien-Scheme/ https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21504596/darien-scheme-scottish-colonialism-panama http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/scotland_darien_01.shtml https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/darien-chest/ https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/p/williampaterson.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Paterson-British-economist --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #34 Mr. Grumpy Gills Goes To Washington

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 32:25


    this week we have two stories to tell you about nonsense in the House of Representatives in the early founding of America. sources- https://history.house.gov/Blog/2018/January/1-19-Lyon-Griswold/ https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/14179 https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/17273 https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1800-1850/A-fatal-duel-between-Members-in-1838/ https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CILLEY,-Jonathan-(C000395)/ https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/G/GRAVES,-William-Jordan-(G000392)/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #33 modern humans vs. a bunch of fucking birds A.K.A. dude what the fuck is going on in Australia?!?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 25:04


    this week after weeks of me talking my head off, morgan takes control to tell us a story that should not be a true story but because Australia makes no sense at all it happened. buckle up folks. also sorry about our developing improv skills. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #32 Kate Warne Professional Badass

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 26:58


    In this episode we talk about Pinkerton Detective Kate Warne and what she did for women everywhere and how she helped save the United States from devistation. sources: https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/kate-warne-female-detective/ https://pinkerton.com/our-insights/blog/unsung-heroes-first-female-detective-kate-warne https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/latest-news/today-in-security/2019/august/detective-kate-warne/ https://time.com/4689230/first-female-detective/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #31 The powder keg has been lit and it is in the Balkans (Part 3 of 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 42:35


    the final part on our three part special on the causes of WW1. in this episode we talk about how an ill advised trip to bosnia and a wrong turn caused the world to erupt into the worst war we have ever seen. sources. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-black-hand-serbian-terrorists-1222113 https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWblackhand.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Hand-secret-Serbian-society https://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #30 The Belligerent Balkans and The Powder Keg in which they live (Part 2 of 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 31:34


    in the second part of our three part series on what started WW1 we dive into what happened in the Balkans and how them pushing the Ottomans out of the area ended up cuasing more problems for the rest of Europe. Even though the Ottomans were some horrible ass people sources: britannica.com/topic/Young-Turks-Turkish-nationalist-movement https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-balkan-war-ends history.com/this-day-in-history/serbia-and-greece-declare-war-on-ottoman-empire-in-first-balkan-war encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/balkan_wars_1912-1913 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #29 The April Uprising and the Unlikely Journalist Hero J.A. Macgahan (PART 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 70:17


    this week we start our 3 part series on the start of WW1 in Europe. we start in the country of Bulgaria where one of the worst atrocities in human history happened in the small town of Batak. sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/April-Uprising https://www.britannica.com/event/Bulgarian-Horrors https://www.historynet.com/nor-prayers-for-mercy.htm https://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/related/macgahan.php --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #28 Glasgow Ice Cream Truck Wars and the subsequent arrest of Thomas Campbell and Joseph Steele

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 28:48


    this week we have a treat for you. a story full of twists and turns and ups and downs. up is east and down is white in this tale of murder, drugs, guns, and push pops. sources https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-violent-ice-cream-wars-of-1980s-scotland https://knowledgenuts.com/brutal-ice-cream-truck-wars-of-glasgow/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48770579 https://allthatsinteresting.com/ice-cream-wars https://www.9news.com.au/world/glasgow-ice-cream-van-wars-andrew-doyle-joe-steele-tc-campbell-scotland-news/83d39728-f744-4148-b081-ca07d8982fc7 https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/the-innocent-manif-we-had-a-friendship-it-was-one-forged-in-hell-i-am-glad-though-we-spoke-before-he-died-and-i-will-pray-for-him/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17732301.glasgow-ice-cream-wars-killed-doyle-family/ Trial and Error Documentary --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #27 Who Was Paul Bunyan? Live episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 22:01


    We went live this week on facebook live! We talk about the real story behind Paul Bunyan. Also joining us was our sister Emily who gave no input at all. sources https://www.history.com/news/was-paul-bunyan-a-real-person http://www.paulbunyanscenicbyway.org/tall-tales/true-story-paul-bunyan-legend --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #26 Blanck, Harris and the empty water buckets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 20:38


    this week we talk about the fire that changed American labor laws. we love you. sources https://www.history.com/news/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-labor-safety-laws https://www.britannica.com/event/Triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/uncovering-the-history-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire-124701842/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #25 Hey America! Can You Calm Down For 5 Minutes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 18:22


    back at it again here at SOMDK! check out our latest episode just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. this week we talk about the march from Selma to Montgomery and the violence that ensued. sources https://www.britannica.com/event/Selma-March https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #24 The Queen Vs. Dudley And Stephens (do i have cabin boy in my teeth?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 29:58


    welcome to 2021. we bring in the new year with a tale of cannibalism and a murder trial. sources https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-dressler/principles-of-punishment/the-queen-v-dudley-and-stephens/ https://canestrinilex.com/en/readings/lifeboat-case-is-murder-allowed-by-necessity-queen-vs-dudley-and-stephens/ https://la.utexas.edu/users/jmciver/357L/QueenvDS.PDF Justice by Michael Sandel --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #23 MK Ultra

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 27:38


    this week morgan teaches us about project MK Ultra and how awesome the CIA was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra#Aftermath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Climax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Kinzer https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/When-the-CIA-ran-a-LSD-sex-house-in-San-Francisco-7223346.php https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/from-mind-control-to-murder-how-a-deadly-fall-revealed-the-cias-darkest-secrets --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #22 Jacobson Vs Massachusetts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 23:53


    we went right after a bunch of people with this episode. this is our most current event episode we have done. we teach you all how you can be mandated to get vaccinated in massachusetts if the government says so. so suck on that losers. get your vaccines sources- https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1824/jacobson-v-massachusetts#:~:text=Court%3A%20Requiring%20smallpox%20vaccine%20does,and%20safety%20of%20the%20public. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449224/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/197/11 https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1824/jacobson-v-massachusetts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #21 Alexander Graham Bell Vs Deaf People

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 19:13


    we are having a tough time with this covid pandemic. thank you for hanging in with us. this week morgan takes control and tells us the story of how Alexander Graham Bell was a driving force behind what American Sign Language is today. https://www.gallaudet.edu/history-through-deaf-eyes/online-exhibition/language-and-identity/the-influence-of-alexander-graham-bell/ https://www.pbs.org/weta/throughdeafeyes/deaflife/bell_nad.html https://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/edu/essay.html?id=59 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #20 J. Hatch & Company (lets boil some penguins)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 45:17


    this week we talk about Joseph Hatch and the horrors he caused on Macquarie island Works Cited Chapple, Geoff. "Harvest of Souls." New Zealand Geographic (2005). Eden, Allan W. Island of Dispair. 1955. Field, The. The Field (1905). Hurley, Frank. "Sydney Morning Herald." 1919. Murray, Lorraine. "Macquarie Island." (2012). Wells, H.G. The Underlying Fire. 1918. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #19 Remember Remember the 5th of November

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 20:00


    episode 19! this week we talk about the november plot and Guy Fawkes sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Gunpowder-Plot https://www.britannica.com/topic/Guy-Fawkes-Day https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/guy-fawkes-gunpowder-plot-facts-bonfire-night/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #18 Stanford Prison Experiment (lets have some teenagers tourture each other)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 27:32


    this week morgan and i dive into the psychologocal torture that was the Stanford Prison Experiment. please like share and follow sources: https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo-prison.jpg?ezimgfmt=rs:382x287/rscb24/ng:webp/ngcb24 https://www.prisonexp.org/ https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-real-lesson-of-the-stanford-prison-experiment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #17 the Original Hoarders

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 32:43


    this week morgan teaches us about the original hoarders. the Collyer Brothers of New York. strap in strap on and get ready for a ride through towers of newspaper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers https://allthatsinteresting.com/collyer-brothers#9 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #16 British Rambo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 26:05


    this week we talk about the man who could not be stopped by the Germans and how much of a badass he was sources https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Fighting-Jack_Churchill/ https://coffeeordie.com/mad-jack-churchill/ https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #15 The man who didnt drop the bomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 19:16


    this week we did a quick short episode about the man who prevented WW3 by not trusting a dumb old soviet made computer, Stanislav Petrov sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/world/europe/stanislav-petrov-nuclear-war-dead.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #14 Che Guevara and how America cant leave other countries alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 42:30


    this week we talk about one of my heroes, Che Guevara. an amazing traveller and revolutionary who wanted to change the world. please forgive the morgans audio this 2 microphone thing is not working and we are trying to solve it. sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Che-Guevara/The-Congo-Bolivia-and-death https://www.biography.com/political-figure/che-guevara http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/guevara_che.shtml https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-che-guevara-1928-1967/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/07/alberto-granado-obituary --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #13 Notorious R.B.G.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 39:18


    this week we change course and honor an amazing woman who has made this country better Ruth Bader Ginsberg, certified badass sources https://www.aclu.org/other/tribute-legacy-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-wrp-staff https://www.biography.com/law-figure/ruth-bader-ginsburg https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/ruth-bader-ginsburg https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_09-18-20 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #12 Original Florida Man Carl "Corpse Bride" Tanzler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 17:52


    this week on stuff our mom doesnt know Morgan takes the wheel and tells us about a bizarre ass German man (arent they all). Carl Tanzler, George Karl Tanzler,and Carl Von Cosel. some other name. who the fuck knows. morgan knows, thats who https://historydaily.org/carl-tanzler https://rare.us/people/carl-tanzler-elena-hoyos-florida/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #11 Newt (go fuck yourself) Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 33:22


    this week we talk about a bad mother from Mississippi who defied the south to free the south from the south sources- https://newtknightsfreestate.com/story/ http://mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/309/newton-knight-and-the-legend-of-the-free-state-of-jones --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

    #10 How to win a war in 6 days

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 21:14


    Episode 10! this week we talk about the 6 day war in Israel sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39960461 https://mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/history/pages/the%20six-day%20war%20-%20june%201967.aspx https://mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/maps/pages/events%20leading%20to%20the%20six%20day%20war-%201967.aspx --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuffourmomdoesntknow/support

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