The Not Historians Podcast

The Boys are back in town and they are hitting you with an event from London in the 50s.  If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This week we hope to retain the honor of our podcast, because the alternative is ritual suicide. Which also this week's subject! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Welcome to the show!and Konichiwa to season 2! This is the second time around and we move from the roaring twenties to the land of the rising sun. It's Samurai! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Season 2: Samurai is upon us! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Nicky T! The boys do the Internet's favorite ol' timey scientist as only they can. Happy New Year to everyone! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.    

We take a break from crime and focus on the crime fighter institution and man most well known to us in the modern day.   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today or buy some merch! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This is a rough one. Join us as we take a look at a somber, forgotten moment in American history. One that changed the face of labor and safety laws in the country. Sources used include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire http://www.history.com/topics/triangle-shirtwaist-fire https://www.osha.gov/oas/trianglefactoryfire.html https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/ http://www.csun.edu/~ghy7463/mw2.html https://www.dol.gov/shirtwaist/ If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This was a live AMA we did on Twitter to celebrate hitting 15,000 downloads in October. We discuss some phrases, talk about our own experiences with the show, the goals, talk random nonsense with people, and just do it live. We are posting here for everyone that couldn't make it.

This week we have our worst singing intro ever and Shalom tells the tale of the Shogun of Harlem.

We take a break from just the history to take a personal look at the history of culture and ideas behind the Salem Witch Trials. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Shalom tries to tell the tale of Dutch Schultz. Desmon tries to pay attention.   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.  

This week we take a look at the phrase "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" in the most rambling, tangent-filled, fun, and personal way yet. Enjoy.   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.  

Need we say more? It's Freakin Scarface!   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.  

The guys are joined by 2 very knowledge, charming, and hilarious ladies to talk the history of birth control and discuss its current state. You can find the Geekend Amazons on facebook, twitter, and Apple Podcast.   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Today, Shalom takes us all on a journey following the jackrabbit himself, public enemy number one, Johnny D! John Dillinger   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.   Sources used in this show include: https://www.biography.com/people/john-dillinger-9274804 https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/john-dillinger https://jalopnik.com/5531311/the-real-history-of-john-dillinger-and-henry-ford

Oh, it's the greatest thing! So get some knowledge or some laughs...whatever, just listen. Thank you all! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This week we take a look at one of the names that we all know, but about whom we all know very little about. Pretty Boy Floyd. The Robin Hood of Oklahoma who became Public Enemy Number One. If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This episode we tackle another epic piece of video game history, the Sony PlayStation franchise! Joining us is Nok of the Geek Yogurt Podcast and a special *drunk* appearance from our dear friend Konnect. It's something else, but you'll love it. Nok and the Geek Yogurt Podcast can be found on Twitter, iTunes, and podbean. Check them out!   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This week we take a shot at the history of the hockey puck with one of our listeners and patrons, Ray. So join us as we form a flying V to take on the history of the puck. If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

We are backing the gangsterisms in! doubling up with the man, the myth, the mostly legend, Machine Gun Kelly! A hardened expert machine gunner or a bootlegger in over his head with an ego and rep bigger than him? Find out! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe. Sources for this show include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly https://vault.fbi.gov/machine-gun-kelly http://www.biography.com/people/machine-gun-kelly-507610#synopsis http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/mgk.htm  

Join us on a trip down memory lane as learn the history SEGA and discuss some of our favor parts of their consoles, games, marketing, and history. All with our good friend and  the man who made our theme, Justin Stallings! If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Benny Blue Eyes. The man, the myth, the legend. The man that helped helm Murder Inc., the National Crime Syndicate, and brought the mob to Vegas. Join us as we take a look this larger than life character who met a tragic, but predictable end. If you are interested in our guest then you can find his music on BandCamp.  If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe. Sources for this show include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bugs_and_Meyer_Mob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City_Conference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Las_Vegas http://www.biography.com/people/bugsy-siegel-9542063 http://www.history.com/topics/bugsy-siegel https://vault.fbi.gov/Bugsy%20Siegel%20 http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-bugsy-siegel https://youtu.be/LYYQGhIEzTk

Just a show update. This one is releasing for everyone, but in the future, they will drop for patrons a few weeks earlier and include extra content and more details. If you like the sound of that then you can click here and support us on Patreon.

Welcome to a very special edition of the show. We decided that with all the violence, slavery, buttholes, and scams, that it would be nice to do something a little different and nice, so we present to you...The History of Nintendo and...our own discussion and history with Nintendo, fun for us, fun for you, fun for everyone. Regular show will still hit next week. You can find Kris on Massive Score on YouTube, on Twitter, and with Desmon on the Nerdtastic 4.

Join us for an adventure through the history of two color phases of America. Grandfathered In and Sold Down the River.   If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe. Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Grandfather Clause.” Encyclopedia Britannica, May 29, 2015. Web Farlex. “Grandfather Clause.” The Free Dictionary by Farlex. Retrieved: Dec 17, 2016. Web Article. Brenc, Willie. The Grandfather Clause (1898-1915). Retrieved: Dec 17, 2016. Black Past. Web. Wikipedia. “Grandfather clause.” Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. Web. Nov 18, 2016. Merriam-Webster. “Grandfather Clause.” Online Dictionary. Retrieved: Dec 17, 2016. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/01/27/265421504/what-does-sold-down-the-river-really-mean-the-answer-isnt-pretty http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/326500.html http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Sold-Down-the-River,5110.aspx

This week Desmon and the Michaels from the TX Files Podcast take on the story of one of the largest infiltrations of the US government. Operation Snow White by members of the Church of Scientology.  You can find the TX Files on Apple Podcasts and Twitter.  If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/NotHistorians Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Apple Podcasts. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Join us for a stroll down the boardwalk as we take a look at the Czar of the Ritz himself, Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson. The basis of one of the most iconic gangsters to ever hit TV, the real Nucky doesn't stretch fact too far from fiction wit his iron grip on AC.  If you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/NotHistorians Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

Join us as we take the Chevy to the levee and look a day that forever shaped not only rock n roll, but all of America. The plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and their pilot. and if you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/NotHistorians Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe. Sources include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died http://www.biography.com/news/the-day-the-music-died--plane-crash#! http://fiftiesweb.com/music/day-music-died/ http://fiftiesweb.com/music/coroner-report/ https://spectator.org/42196_day-music-died/ http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1876542,00.html

This week we tackle one the tale of a man went to war with the law, the KKK, and his former bootlegging partners. He is the one, the only, the deadly Charlie Birger. Sorry for the lackluster audio, we had a technical glitch with our mics. All will be fixed by next show! and if you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/NotHistorians Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Birger http://carolyar.com/Illinois/Govern/Birger.htm http://genealogytrails.com/ill/franklin/charlie.html http://thesouthern.com/news/local/notorious-gangster-charlie-birger-hanged-years-ago/article_3e055ed8-033d-556c-bb05-36b8a195e240.html http://www.heritech.com/soil/birger/birger.htm  

This week we are joined by a very cool and very special guest, the Toph from the GravityBeard Podcast (iTunes) to talk the the man, the mystery, the legend himself, Dan "DB" Cooper. He walked on a plane Nov. 24, 1971 and jumped out the back of it mid-air into a rainy night with $200,000, never to be seen again. You find the GravityBeard Podcast on Twitter and Facebook. and if you like us then you can support the show and become a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/NotHistorians Also, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This time around we come bring news! We have a Patreon! We have merch coming! and... we talk about the bane of many a childhood writer, cursive. Become a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/NotHistorians Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe. Sources include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_cursive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancery_hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist_minuscule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_minuscule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cursive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/1hour.asp http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/ http://mashable.com/2013/06/11/technology-and-cursive/#TONKYJmVikqM https://www.good.is/articles/stop-teaching-handwriting http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/long-held-tradition-cursive-handwriting-slowly-dying-america/ http://time.com/2820780/five-reasons-kids-should-still-learn-cursive-writing/ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-23-cursive-handwriting_N.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/cursive-handwriting-disappearing-from-public-schools/2013/04/04/215862e0-7d23-11e2-a044-676856536b40_story.html?utm_term=.9c529d330d88 http://abcnews.go.com/US/end-cursive/story?id=12749517 https://psmag.com/handwriting-is-history-9312bc557e07#.xn3aec40p http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/cursive-handwriting-philip-ball/ http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/matlack_tim.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=0 http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-cursive-writing-definition-history-types.html

This episode we discuss the man, the myth, the legend, a guy who apparently had an incredibly youthful face...George "Baby Face" Nelson. ‪It's so close to learning that you just might‬.   Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes.   Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.

This episode we look at two very intesting and unqiue phrases. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes. Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.   Blowing Smoke Sources: http://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709 https://youtu.be/188bad2I9VA http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-expression-blow-smoke-ass/   Katy Bar The Door Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Douglas http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/213750.html http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-kat1.htm https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006011003999 http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Katie+bar+the+door http://www.word-detective.com/2012/01/katie-bar-the-door/ http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/katy_bar_the_door/

This week we are joined by a very special guest, author, and historian, Jay Sandlin. Jay is the creator and writer of the Novel Comics and a contributor at Buzzfeed. He is also currently on tour speaking at various colleges and institutions around the country. He can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and his website. He will also be appearing on the Geek Vibes Podcast next.   All 16 episodes of The Adventures of Superman, Klan of the Fiery Cross can be found here.   We can be found on Twitter and Facebook.   As always, please, Rate. Subscribe. Share.

This time we take a stab at a man nicknamed after a candy who robbed over 200 banks and whose attempted rescue is known as the Kansas City Massacre. ‪It's so close to learning that you just might‬.   Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes.   Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.  

We jump into the world of podcasting with an episdode about the game you love to hate, Monopoly. The story that so many were told about the birth and development of the game is a lie. Find out the truth. ‪It's so close to learning that you just might‬.   Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes.   Please. Rate, Share, and Subscribe.   Resources used for this show:   “Parker Brothers.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Dec. 8, 2016. “Elizabeth Magie.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.July 4, 2016. “Charles Darrow.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Nov. 18, 2016. “History of the Board Game Monopoly.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Dec 11, 2016. “Rich Uncle Pennybags>” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Dec 11, 2016. “Monopoly (game show).” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Oct 17, 2016. Forsyth, Thomas. “Monopoly Game History, Landlord's Game History; Game Images, Game Rules, Articles, Commentary.” Landlord's Game.Info.Dec 13, 2016. Web Horton, J. Matthew. “A Comprehensive History of Monopoly.” World of Monopoly. 2016.  Web. Tostie Productions, LLC. “Under The Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story.” Tostie Productions, LLC. Documentary < www.monopolydocumentary.com/> Pilon, Mary. “ Monopoly's Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn't Pass ‘Go'.” The New York Times. Feb 13, 2015. Article https://web.archive.org/web/20120614141058/http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/discover/history.cfm Pilon, Mary. “How a Fight Over a Board Game Monopolized an Economist's Life. The Wall Street Journal. Oct. 20, 2009. Article. Pilon, Mary. “Monopoly Goes Corporate.” The New York Times. Aug 24, 2013. Tonniges, Kyle. “Do Not Pass Go: The Real Story Behind Monopoly: PW Talks with Mary Pilon.” Publishers Weekly. Jan 09, 2015. Article. Ketcham, Christopher. “Monopoly Is Theft.” Harper's. Oct. 19, 2012. Blog. History Detectives. “Early Monopoly.” PBS June 28, 2004. TV Series (clip). Talks at Google. “Mary Pilon: The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game.” Youtube. April 23, 2015. Online Video. Game/Show. “The Hidden Genius of Monopoly's Rules. Youtube PBS. June 9, 2015. Video.