We Effed Up

It's the final episode! We have our two last matchups between our runner-ups, Ronald Reagan v. Louis the Pious, and the championship for our grand effer-upper, Emperor Maurice v. Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot. Thanks to all of our listeners! Please check out our other projects: Attack of the Final Girls https://shows.acast.com/attack-of-the-final-girlsImperfect Men https://shows.acast.com/imperfect-menHard Ticket to Sidaris https://shows.acast.com/hard-ticket-to-sidaris Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, Theresa and Cody determine the biggest effer upper for 2023, going through the sordid cast of characters from episodes 27-50. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody discuss the final effer upper, John Green, and the cup of Diet Coke that altered the careers of several NBA players.Podcast to recommend: History of Egypt (https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/)SourcesAbrams, Jonathan. “The Malice at the Palace.” Grantland. 29 Feb 2012. . Retrieved 17 Oct 2023.Hill, Jemele. “The Brawl: Were Lessons Learned?” ESPN. 18 Nov 2009. . Retrieved 17 Oct 2023.“Fan Details Strides Made Since Brawl.” ESPN. 19 Nov 2009. . Retrieved 17 Oct 2023.Russ, Floyd, dir. Untold: Malice at the Palace. Netflix, 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of We Effed Up, Theresa flips the script on Cody and explores the 1996 Mount Everest Disaster.SourcesBoukreev, Anatoli. (1997) The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest. New York: St. Martins. Claypole, Jonty (Director); Kunzru, Hari (Presenter) (2003). Mapping Everest (TV Documentary). London: BBC Television.Krakauer, Jon. (1997) Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. Doubleday.Lewis, Jon E. (2012). The Mammoth Book of How it Happened – Everest. Little, Brown Book Group. Turning Point: Mountain without Mercy. ABC, 27 Apr. 1997, Season 4, Episode 14.Weathers, Beck. (2000) Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest. New York: Villard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween! In this spooky episode, Theresa and Cody discuss the real Dracula, Vlad III of Wallachia, and the night attack that could have toppled an empire.Podcast to recommend: The Hellenistic Age (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/)SourcesFlorescu, Radu. Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and Times. London, UK: I' B. Tauris, 1989.Georgescu, Vlad. The Romanians: A History. Columbus, OH: Ohio State U. Press, 1991.Treptow, Kurt. Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula. Ann Arbor, MI: U. of Michigan Press, 2000.Trow, M. J. Vlad the Impaler: In Search of the Real Dracula. London, UK: Thistle, 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody talk about one of the most infamous restrictions on personal freedoms in the modern era, China's one-child policy, and the role it will play in China's future.Podcast to recommend: The Explorers (https://explorerspodcast.com/)SourcesAird, John S. Slaughter of the Innocents: Coercive Birth Control in China. Washington, DC: AFI Press, 1990.Fong, Mei. One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment. New York City, NY: Mariner Books, 2016.Johnson, Kay Ann. China's Hidden Children: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One Child Policy. Chicago, IL: U. of Chicago Press, 2017.Larmer, Brook, and Jane Zhang. “China's Population Is Shrinking. It Faces a Perilous Future.” National Geographic. 22 Mar 2023. < https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/china-population-shrinking-feature>. Retrieved 25 Sept 2023.Silver, Laura, and Christine Huang. “Key Facts About China's Declining Population.” Pew Research Center. 5 Dec 2022. < https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/05/key-facts-about-chinas-declining-population/>. Retrieved 25 Sept 2023.Vogel, Ezra. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2013.“World Population Prospects 2022.” United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. < https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/156>. Retrieved 25 Sept 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody explore how the British and French created the several countries in the Middle East by literally drawing random lines on a map.Podcast to recommend: The Civil War (http://civilwarpodcast.org/)SourcesBarr, James. A Line in the Sand: Britain, France, and the Struggles That Shaped the Middle East. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2012.Berdine, Michael. Redrawing the Middle East: Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism, and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. London, UK: I. B. Touris, 2018.Fromkin, David. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. London, UK: Macmillan, 2009.McMeekin, Sean. The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-23. New York City, NY: Penguin, 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we finally tackle the most overrated politician in American history, Ronald Reagan, and the monumental screw-up that kept a loaded gun to the world's head up to the present day.Podcast to recommend: The Almost Forgotten (http://almostforgotten.squarespace.com/)SourcesBrood, William J. Teller's War: The Top Secret Story Behind the Star Wars Deception. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992.McCouley, Martin. Russia, America, and the Cold War, 1949-91. New York City, NY: Routledge, 2008.Powaski, Ronald E. The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-91. Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 1998.Service, Robert. The End of the Cold War, 1985-91. New York city, NY: Public Affairs, 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody chip away at the behemoth that is the French Revolution and talk about why running away from your problems isn't a solution.Podcast to recommend: Age of Napoleon (https://ageofnapoleon.com/)SourcesDavidson, Ian. The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2016.Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution (3rd ed). Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 2018.Hardman, John. Louis XVI: The Silent King (2nd ed). New Haven, CT: Yale U. Press, 2016.McPhee, Peter. The French Revolution, 1789-99. Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 2002.Price, Munro. The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Baron de Breteuil. London, UK: Macmillan, 2011. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody discuss why drinking on the job is frowned upon and the annoying naming conventions of the medieval period as they take on the White Ship disaster.Podcast to recommend: Rejects and Revolutionaries (http://americanhistorypodcast.net/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yet another in the long line of incompetent Roman Emperors, Honorius, is the subject of today's episode, as Theresa and Cody make an important announcement about the future of the show.Podcast to recommend: Passed (https://shows.acast.com/passedpod)SourcesBain, Douglas. Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome. New York City, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 2020.Barlag, Philip. Evil Roman Emperors: The Shocking History of Ancient Rome's Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More. Guilford, CT: Prometheus Books, 2021.Doyle, Chris. Honorius: The Fight for the Roman West, AD 395-423. New York City, NY: Routledge, 2018.Elton, Hugh. The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U. Press, 2018.Herrin, Judith. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe. Princeton, NJ: Princeton U. Press, 2021.Kershaw, Stephen P. The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2021.Procopius. History of the Wars. Trans H. B. Dewing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press, 1954. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody discuss the seizure of the Suez Canal and the inevitable response by the British: the empire strikes back.Podcast to recommend: Lafayette, We Are Here (https://www.lafayettepodcast.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody talk about the show's number one recurring topic: military incompetence. And they talk about Jaws, too.Podcast to recommend: Flatpack History of Sweden (https://flatpackhistorysweden.podbean.com/)Sources“Court of Inquiry, Guam, 13 August 1945.” Naval History and Heritage Command. . Retrieved 12 Jun 2023.Lech, Raymond. The Tragic Fate of USS Indianapolis: The U. S. Navy's Worst Disaster at Sea. New York City, NY: Cooper Square Press, 2000.Newcomb, Richard. Abandon Ship!: The Saga of USS Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster. New York City, NY: Harper Collins, 1960.Stanton, Doug. In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. New York City, NY: Owl Books, 2003.Vincent, Lynn and Vladic, Sara. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U. S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Theresa and Cody discuss yet another instance of a damn fool saying “no” to the Mongol horde.Podcast to recommend: History of Persia (https://historyofpersiapodcast.com/)SourcesAtiyeh, George N. & John P. Hayes. The Genius of Arab Civilization. New York City, NY: New York U. Press, 1992.Favereau, Marie. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press, 2021.Hancabay, Halil. “Ibn al-Alkami: The Last Vizier of Abbasid and His Relationship with the Mongols.” Turkish Journal of History, Issue #72. Published 31 Dec 2020. Retrieved 4 Jun 2023.Huff, Toby. The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China, and the West. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U. Press, 1993.Morgan, David. The Mongols. Boston, MA: Blackwell, 1990.Polk, William R. Understanding Iraq. New York City, NY: Harper Collins, 2005.Strathern, Paul. Empire: A New History of the World. New York City, NY: Pegasus Books, 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Theresa and Cody talk about how one man's improv led to one of the most iconic moments of the 20th century.Podcast to recommend: History of the Germans (https://historyofthegermans.com/)SourcesCrozier, Brian. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire. . New York City, NY: Rocklin, CA: Forum, 1999.Dale, Gareth. Popular Protest in East Germany, 1945-89: Judgments on the Street. New York City, NY: Routledge, 2005.Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York City, NY: Penguin, 2005.Harrison, Hope Millard. Driving the Soviets Up the Wall: Soviet-East German Relations, 1953-61. Princeton, NJ: Princeton U. Press, 2003.Sarotte, Mary Ellen. The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall. New York City, NY: Basic Books, 2014.Sebestyen, Victor. Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire. New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 2009. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of We Effed Up, Theresa and Cody reminisce about their childhoods as they discuss the first episode about something that happened during their lives: the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Podcast to recommend: History in the Bible (https://www.historyinthebible.com/)Sources“Millions Displaced by U. S. Post-9/11 Wars.” The Costs of War, 8 Sept 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.Bremer III, L. Paul. My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006.Gordon, Michael R. “Fateful Choice on Iraq Army Bypassed Debate.” The New York Times, 17 Mar 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2023.Gordon, Philip H. Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East. New York City, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2020.Harriman, Ed. “So, Mr. Bremer, Where Did All the Money Go?” The Guardian, 6 Jul 2005. Retrieved 5 May 23.Robertson, John. Iraq: A History. London, UK: Oneworld, 2015.Woodward, Bob. State of Denial: Bush at War Part III. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of We Effed Up, Theresa and Cody discuss how a Karen's need for her tea-set led to one of the biggest intelligence coups of the 20th century.Podcast to recommend: Historium (https://historium.buzzsprout.com/)SourcesDuffy, James P. Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II. Lincoln, NE: U. of Nebraska Press, 2005.Robinson, Stephen. False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II. Chatswood, Australia: Exisle Publishing, 2016.Seki, Eiji. Mrs. Ferguson's Tea-Set and the Second World War: The Global Consequences Following Germany's Sinking of the SS Automedon in 1940. London, UK: Global Oriental, 2006.Slavic, Joseph P. The Cruise of the German Raider Atlantis. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for episode 35 of We Effed Up, where we discuss Peacemaker and why you have to give your big gun time to cool off.Podcast recommendation: Age of Victoria (https://ageofvictoriapodcast.com/)SourcesBeach, Edward Latimer. The United States Navy: A 200-Year History. New York City, NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1986.Brockmann, R. John. Commodore Robert F. Stockton, 1795-1866: Protean Man for a Protean Nation. Amherst, MA: Cambrian Press, 2009.Crapol, Edward P. John Tyler: The Accidental President. Chapel Hill, NC: U. of North Carolina Press, 2006.Merk, Frederick. History of the Westward Movement. New York City, NY: Alfred Knopf, 1978.Schneider, Dorothy and Carl J. Schneider. First Ladies: A Biographical Directory. New York City, NY: Facts on File, 2010.Walters, Kerry. Explosion on the Potomac: The 1844 Calamity aboard the USS Princeton. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we dive headlong into the collapse of imperial China with our first female effer-upper, Empress Dowager Cixi.Podcast to Recommend: The History of China (https://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com/)SourcesHsu, Immanuel. The Rise of Modern China, 6th ed. Oxford, England: Oxford U. Press, 1999.Kwong, Luke. A Mosaic of the Hundred Days: Personalities, Politics, and the Ideas of 1898. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press, 1984.Laidler, Keith. The Lost Empress: She-Dragon of China. Chichester, England: Wiley, 2003.Muhlhahn, Klaus. Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a couple of light-hearted episodes, we dive back into the more horrific side of humanity as we take a look at the Army officer behind Native American boarding schools.Podcast to recommend: Wonders of the World (www.wonderspodcast.com)SourcesAdams, David Wallace. Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928. Lawrence, KS: U. of Kansas Press, 1995.Child, Brenda. Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families. Lincoln, NE: U. of Nebraska Press, 2000.Churchill, Ward. Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools. San Francisco, CA: City Lights, 2004.Hoxie, Frederick. A Final Promise: The Campaign to Assimilate the Indians, 1880-1920. Lincoln, NE: U. of Nebraska Press, 1984.Sa, Zitkala. The School Days of an Indian Girl in the American 1890s. Winston-Salem, NC: Duke U. Press, 2000.Witmer, Linda F. The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1879-1918. Carlisle, PA: Cumberland County Historical Society, 1993. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 32nd episode, Cody educates Theresa on the fact that baseball curses are an actual thing by citing the most famous example: the Curse of the Bambino.SourcesCreamer, Robert W. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992.Rader, Benjamin G. Baseball: A History of America's Game. Champaign, IL: U. of Illinois Press, 2018.Shaughnessy, Dan. The Curse of the Bambino. New York, NY: Dutton, 1990.Vaccaro, Mike. Emperors and Idiots: The 100-Year Rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2005. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 31st episode, we dip our toes into video game history by talking about the game that killed the console industry in the early 1980s.SourcesBrode, Douglas. The Films of Steven Spielberg. New York, NY: Citadel, 1995.“Diggers Find Atari's E.T. Games in Landfill.” Associated Press, 26 Apr 2014. Retrieved 4 Feb 2023.“E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.” Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 Feb 2023.Hubner, John & William Kistner. “What Went Wrong at Atari.” Info World, Vol. 5, No. 49, 5 Dec 1983.Kent, Steven. The Ultimate History of Video Games. Roseville, CA: Prima Press, 2001.Vendel, Curt & Marty Goldberg. Atari, Inc.: Business Is Fun. Carmel, NY: Syzygy Press, 2012. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on a very unique episode of We Effed Up - a whodunit! In this episode, Theresa uses her powers of deductive reasoning to determine who the real effer-upper is in regards to the loss of Special Order 191 during the Civil War.Sources“An Invitation to Battle: Special Order 191.” National Park Service, 27 May 2020. Accessed 25 Jan 2023. https://www.nps.gov/mono/learn/historyculture/an-invitation-to-battle.htmCannan, John. The Antietam Campaign: August-September 1862. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, TN, 1994.Harsh, Joseph. Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862. John Hopkins U. Press, Baltimore, 2012.Jamieson, Perry. Death in September: The Antietam Campaign. McWhiney Press, Abilene, TX, 1999.Jones, Wilbur Jr. “Who Lost the Lost Orders? Stonewall Jackson, His Courier, and Special Order 191.” Civil War Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997.Sears, Stephen W. George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon. De Capo Press, New York, 1988.Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Louisiana State U. Press, Baton Rouge, 1959. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 29th episode, we take a look at a man synonymous with fearmongering and baseless accusations: Joseph McCarthy.SourcesAdams, John G. Without Precedent: The Story of the Death of McCarthyism. W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1983.Belfrage, Cedric. The American Inquisition, 1945-1960: A Profile of the McCarthy Era. Thunder's Mouth Press, St. Paul, 1989.Doherty, Thomas. Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture. Columbia U. Press, New York, 2005.Fried, Albert. McCarthyism, The Great American Red Scare: A Documentary History. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 1997.Tye, Larry. Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2020.Von Hoffman, Nicholas. Citizen Cohn: The Life and Times of Roy Cohn. Doubleday, New York, 1988.Wicker, Tom. Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy. Harcourt, Orlando, 2006. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! In our 28th episode, we investigate the man who led the horrible English response to the Irish Great Famine and how his actions harmed Ireland, even to this day.SourcesCoogan, Tim Pat. The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy. St. Martin's Press, New York, 2012.Donnelly, James. The Great Irish Potato Famine. Sutton Publishing, London, 2005.Gallagher, Thomas. Paddy's Lament, 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Orlando, 1987.Kelly, John. The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2012.Martin, Francis and Moody, Theodore, Ed. The Course of Irish History (5th edition). Mercier Press, Cork, 2011.Murchadha, Ciaran. The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852. Continuum, London, 2011. O'Grada, Cormac. Black '47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, 1999.Woodham-Smith, Cecil. The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849. Harper & Row, New York, 1962. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our long-delayed one year anniversary special episode, we look back at the effer-uppers from the past year and crown one as the Effer-Upper of the Year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 27th episode of We Effed Up, where we examine one of the more macabre eff-ups in history with special guest Bry from Pontifacts.SourcesCummins, Joseph. History's Great Untold Stories: Obscure Events of Lasting Importance. Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, Australia, 2011.Mann, Horace K. The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages. Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner, & Co., London, 1910.Moore, Michael E., et al. “The Attack on Pope Formosus: Papal History in an Age of Resentment.” Ecclesia et Violentia: Violence Against the Church and Violence Within the Church. Cambridge Scholars, Cambridge, 2014. Retrieved 20 Sep 2022.Reardon, Wendy J. The Deaths of the Popes. McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2004.Squatriti, Paolo, trans. The Complete Works of Liutprand of Cremona. Catholic U. Press of America, Washington, 2007.Wilkes Jr., Donald E. “The Cadaver Synod: Strangest Trial in History.” Flagpole. Athens, Ga., 2011. Retrieved 20 Sep 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 26th episode of We Effed Up, where we take a look at how one of the most infamous days in American history could have been avoided if one careless lieutenant had shown a bit more concern.SourcesBarnart, Michael. Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941. Cornell U. Press, Ithaca, NY, 1987.Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1989.“Opana Mobile Radar Site.” National Park Service, 1 Jun 2017, .Proceedings of the Army Pearl Harbor Board. 78th Congress (1944). Joseph Lockard, First Lieutenant.Proceedings of the Army Pearl Harbor Board. 78th Congress (1944). Joseph McDonald, Technician 4th-Class.Proceedings of the Army Pearl Harbor Board. 78th Congress (1944). Kermit Tyler, Lieutenant Colonel.Zimm, Alan. Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions. Casemate, Havertown, PA, 2011. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 25th episode of We Effed Up, where we look at how a simple mistake led to the creation of an entire musical genre.SourcesBush, John. “Dub Revolution: The Story of Jamaican Dub Reggae and Its Legacy.” ND. .Degiorgio, Kirk. “The Roots of Dub.” 24 Aug 2018. .Gill, Pablo. “Dub Music: Exploring the Genre's Jamaican Origins.” 15 May 2018. .Veal, Michael. Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae. Middletown (CT), Wesleyan U. Press, 2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 24th episode of “We Effed Up,” where we talk about another blink-and-you'll-miss-it eff-up that managed to derail the restoration of an empire.SourcesHekster, Olivia. Rome and Its Empire, AD 193-284. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2008.Hijmans, Steven. Sol: The Sun in the Art and Religions of Rome. U. of Groningen Press, Groningen, 2009.Snyder, Graydon. Ante Pacem: Archaeological Evidence of Church Life before Constantine. Mercer U. Press, Macon, 2003.Southern, Pat. The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine. Routledge, Oxon, 2001.Watson, Alaric. Aurelian and the Third Century. Taylor & Francis, London, 1999.White, John. Restorer of the World: The Roman Emperor Aurelian. Pen & Sword, London, 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 23rd episode of “We Effed Up,” where we continue the never-ending saga of English screwing with Ireland, featuring a familiar villain from the American Revolution.SourcesBew, John. Castlereagh: A Life. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2011.Elliot, Marianne. Partners in Revolution: The United Irishmen and France. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 1982.Geoghan, Patrick. The Irish Act of Union, 1798-1801. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 1999.Johnson, Paul. Ireland, Land of Troubles: A History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day. Holmes & Meier, London, 1982.Whelan, Kevin. The Tree of Liberty: Radicals, Catholicism, and the Construction of Irish Identity, 1760-1830. Cork U. Press, Cork, 1996.Wickwire, Franklin and Mary. Cornwallis: The Imperial Years. U. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1980. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 22nd episode of We Effed Up, where we examine how one man's distraction brought down a president.SourcesBrown, DeNeen. “'The Post' and the Forgotten Security Guard Who Discovered the Watergate Break-in.” The Washington Post. 22 Dec 2017.Dean, John. The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It. Viking, New York, 2014.Nelson, Jack. “Excerpts from Interview with Man Who Says He Helped in Bugging of Democrats.” The New York Times. 7 Oct 1972.O'Sullivan, Shane. Dirty Tricks: Nixon, Watergate, and the CIA. Skyhorse, New York, 2018.Rugaber, Walter. “Watergate Trial in Closed Session.” The New York Times. 18 Jan 1973.Smith, Harrison. “Alfred Baldwin, Chief Watergate Eavesdropper and Lookout, Is Dead at 83.” The Washington Post. 5 May 2022. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the twenty-first episode of “We Effed Up,” where we discuss Scotland, England, and why you just can't rush romance.SourcesBrown, Michael. The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2004.Campbell, Marion. Alexander III, King of Scots. House of Lochar, Edinburgh, 1999.Lynch, Michael. Scotland: A New History. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 1991.Maxwell, Herbert, ed. 1909. “Chronicle of Lancercost.” The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 6, no. 184.Webster, Bruce. Medieval Scotland: The Making of an Identity. St. Martin's Press, Edinburgh, 1997.Woolf, Alex. From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2007. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the twentieth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we discuss the dire consequences of impatience.SourcesBurns, Thomas. Barbarians Within the Gates of Rome: A Study of Roman Military Policy and the Barbarians, Ca. 375-425 A.D. Bloomington, Indiana U. Press, 1994.Heather, Peter. The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians. Oxford, Oxford U. Press, 2007.Lee, A. D. From Rome to Byzantium: The Transformation of Ancient Rome. Edinburgh, Edinburgh U. Press, 2013.Lenski, Noel. Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D. Berkeley, U. of California Press, 2003.Marcellinus, Ammianus. Res Gestae (Book 31). Translated by C. D. Yonge, London, George Bell & Sons, 1911.Panello, R. J. The Private Orations of Themistius. Berkeley, U. of California Press, 2000. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 19th episode of “We Effed Up,” where we begin our journey into the repeated offences against Ireland with the king-not-king of England, Oliver Cromwell.SourcesBennett, Martyn. Oliver Cromwell. Routledge, London, 2006.Bennett, Martyn. The Civil Wars Experienced: Britain and Ireland 1638-1661. Routledge, London, 2000.Gentles, Ian. The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 1994.Lenihan, Padraig. Consolidating Conquest: Ireland 1603-1727. Routledge, London, 2008.O'Callaghan, Sean. To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland. Brandon, Dublin, 2000.O'Siochru, Michael. God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland. Faber & Faber, London, 2008. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the eighteenth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we talk about one of the strangest nights in the history of baseball.SourcesDahl, Steve & Hoekstra, Dave. Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died. Curbside Splendor, Chicago, 2016.Dickson, Paul. Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick. Walker, New York, 2012.Frank, Gillian. “Discophobia: Antigay Prejudice and the 1979 Backlash against Disco.” Journal of the History of Sexuality, May 2007.Graves, Jeremiah. “30 Years Later: Disco Demolition Night.” Bleacher Report, 12 Jul 2009. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216590-30-years-later-disco-demolition-night.Marsh, Dave. “The Flip Sides of '79.” Rolling Stone, 22 Dec 1979.Young, Christopher. “When Fans Wanted to Rock, the Baseball Stopped: Sports, Promotions, and the Demolition of Disco on Chicago's South Side.” The Baseball Research Journal, Summer 2009. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the seventeenth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we learn why professional qualifications are essential.SourcesColeman, Neil M., Wojno, Stephanie, and Kaktins, Uldis. (2016). Dam-breach hydrology of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 – Challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report. Paper No. 178-5. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper283665.html“Johnstown Flood National Memorial.” National Park Service. 15 February 2022. http://www.nps.org/joflMcCullough, David. The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Disasters America Has Ever Known. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1968. “Statistics about the Great Disaster.” Johnstown Flood Museum, The Johnstown Area Heritage Association. 3 June 2019. http://www.jaha.org/attractions/johnstown-flood-museum/flood-history/facts-about-the-1889-flood/Zebrowkski, Ernest. Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives of Natural Disasters. Cambridge U. Press, London, 1998. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode sixteen of “We Effed Up,” where we discuss why it's a good idea to know where you're going.SourcesBelfield, Richard. The Assassination Business: A History of State-Sponsored Murder. Carroll & Craft, New York, 2005.Clark, Christopher. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. Penguin, London, 2012.King, Greg & Woolmans, Sue. The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World. St. Martin's Press, New York, 2013.MacMillan, Margaret. The War That Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War. Profile Books, New York, 2013.McMeekin, Sean. 7/1/1914: Countdown to War. Basic Books, New York, 2013. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of “We Effed Up,” on which we discuss the Twilight Zone movie accident and the director in charge.SourcesFarber, Stephen, and Marc Green. Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case. Arbor House, New York, 1988.Feldman, Paul. “John Landis Not Guilty…” Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1987.LaBrecque, Ron. Disaster at Twilight Zone: The Tragedy and the Trial. Charles Schribner, New York, 1988.McBride, Joseph. Steven Spielberg: A Biography. U. Press of Mississippi, Oxford, 2010.Murray, Robin, and Joseph Heumann. Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge. SUNY Press, Albany, 2009.Noe, Denise. “The Twilight Zone Tragedy.” Crime Library. March 2, 2014. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we FINALLY get around to the American Revolution and the stuffy British aristocrat responsible for Saratoga.SourcesFerling, John. Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-81. Bloomsbury, New York, 2021.Ketchum, Richard. Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolution. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1997.Luzader, John. Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution. Savas Beattie, New York, 2008.O'Shaughnessy, Andrew. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of Empire. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2013. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the thirteenth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we discuss a consequence of that age-old enemy of progress: corporate greed.SourcesLange, Brenda. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Infobase, New York, 2008.Marrin, Albert. Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy. Alfred Knopf, New York, 2011.Stein, Leon. The Triangle Fire. Cornell U. Press, Ithaca, 1963.Von Drehle, David. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America. Atlantic, New York, 2003.Waldman, Louis. Labor Lawyer. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1944. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the twelfth episode of “We Effed Up!” It's finally time to talk about the Mongols, and why it's a really bad idea to tick off Genghis Khan.SourcesHildinger, Erik. Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 BC to AD 1700. Sarpedon, New York, 1997.Jackson, Peter. The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2017.Ratchnevsky, Paul. Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy. Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.Soucek, Svat. A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2008. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the eleventh episode of “We Effed Up!” Today, we dive back into eff ups with a death toll, as we look at how a member of the British royal family is responsible for the chaotic partition of India.SourcesKhan, Yasmin. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2007.Read, Anthony, and David Fisher. The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence. W. W. Norton, New York, 1998/Singh, Jaswant. Jinnah: India, Partition, and Independence. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2009.Sordesai, Damodar. India: The Definitive History. Westview, Boulder, 2007.Talbot, Ian, and Gurharpal Singh. The Partition of India. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2009.White, Matthew. The Great Big Book of Horrible Things. W. W. Norton, New York, 2015.Wolpert, Stanley. Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2006.Ziegler, Philip. Mountbatten: The Official Biography. Harper Collins, London, 1985. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the tenth episode of “We Effed Up!” We take a more light-hearted tack in this episode, as we look at why sports games always preempt other TV programming.SourcesClary, Jack. Pro Football's Greatest Moments. Bonanza, New York, 1981.Davis, Jeff. Rozelle: Czar of the NFL. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008.Garlett, Kyle. What Were They Thinking?: Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports. Harper Collins, New York, 2009.LaMarre, Tom. Stadium Stories: Oakland Raiders. Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, 2003.Rappoport, Ken. The Little League That Could: A History of the American Football League. Taylor Trade, Lanham, 2010.Strother, Sidney. NFL Top 40: The Greatest Pro Football Games Ever Played. Viking, New York, 1988. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the ninth episode of “We Effed Up!” In this episode, we examine the disregard for safety that led to the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger and death of her crew.SourcesHouston, Rick, and Jerry Ross. Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011. University of Nebraska Press, Omaha, 2013.Jenkins, Dennis R. Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon, 1972-2013. Specialty Press, New York, 2016.Leighton, Ralph. What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character. W. W. Norton, New York, 1988.McDonald, Allan, and James Hansen. Truth, Lies, and O-Ring: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 2009. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the eighth episode of “We Effed Up!” On this installment, we talk about why William Paterson's hare-brained Darien scheme led to the end of an independent Scotland.SourcesMcKendrick, John. Darien: A Journey in Search of Empire. Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2016.Orr, Julie. Scotland, Darien, and the Atlantic World, 1698-1700. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2015.Watt, Douglas. The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union, and the Wealth of Nations. Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2007. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the seventh episode of “We Effed Up!” On this episode, we discuss the collapse of the Carolingian Empire and how one man's decision to follow tradition led to a millennium of conflict.SourcesDavis, Jennifer R. Charlemagne's Practice of Empire. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2015.Fried, Johannes (Lewis, Peter, Trans.). Holy Roman Empire. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 2016.McKitterick, Rosamond. Charlemagne: The Formation of European Identity. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2008.Nelson, Janet L. King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne. U. of California Press, Oakland, 2019.Norwich, John Julius. A History of France. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2018.Wilson, Derek. Charlemagne. Doubleday, New York, 2007Wilson, Peter H. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 2016. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the sixth episode of “We Effed Up!” On this episode, we try to untangle the mess that is King Leopold II's pursuit of the Congo and why reading the fine print is so important.SourcesHochschild, Adam. King Leopold's Ghost: A Study of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Mariner Books, New York, 1998.Jeal, Tim. Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer. Yale U. Press, Cambridge, 2007.Packenham, Thomas. The Scramble for Africa. Abacus History, New York, 1991.Reeves, Thomas C. Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester A. Arthur. Alfred Knopf, New York, 1975.Van Reybrouck, David. Congo: The Epic History of a People (Sam Collins, Trans.). Harper Collins, New York, 2014. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the fifth episode of We Effed Up! In this installment, we examine Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and how a single eunuch brought down an ancient empire.SourcesFields, Nic. Warlords of Republican Rome: Caesar vs. Pompey. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2008.Freeman, Philip. Julius Caesar. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008.Goldsworthy, Adrian. Caesar: Life of a Colossus. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2006.Graninger, John D. Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judea. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2013.Manning, J. G. The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, 2010.Raaflaeb, Kurt A. Ed. (Caesar, Julius). Commentaries on the Civil War. Pantheon, New York, 2017.Schiff, Stacy. Cleopatra: A Life. Little, Brown, & Co., New York, 2010. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the fourth episdoe of We Effed Up! In this episode, we talk about the racism of President Woodrow Wilson and the effect it had at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.SourcesCooper, Jr., John Milton. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2009.Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From the Tokugawa Times to the Present. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2003.Lauren, Paul Gordon. Power and Prejudice: The Politics and Diplomacy of Racial Discrimination. Routledge, New York, 1996.MacMillan, Margaret. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. Random House, New York, 2001.Shimazu, Naoko. Japan, Race, and Equality: The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919. Routledge, New York, 1998.Zachmann, Urs Matthias, Ed. Asia After Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919-33. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2017. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the third episode of We Effed Up! On this installment, we discuss Bishop-General Leonidas Polk and why religious leaders don't make for good generals.SourcesBrown, Kent. The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Savas Publishing Co., USA, 2000.Chernow, Ron. Grant. Penguin Press, New York, 2017.Dollar, Kent, et al. Border Wars: The Civil War in Kentucky and Tennessee. Kent State U. Press, Kent, 2015.Harrison, Lowell. Kentucky's Governors. U. Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2004,Horn, Huston. Leonidas Polk: Warrior Bishop of the Confederacy. U. Press of Kansas, USA, 2019. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.