Podcast appearances and mentions of Ida M Tarbell

For a long time it was just a hole in the ground. Then, for twelve months, it was the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania and the biggest oil field in the world. And then, just as abruptly, it was a hole inthe ground again. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/skeedaddled-and-gone-to-hell Key sources for this episode include Brian Black's Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom; Ernest C. Miller's Pennsylvania's Oil Industry; John J. McLaurin's Sketches in Crude Oil; the autobiography of Ida M. Tarbell; and most importantly, William C Darragh's Pithole: The Vanished City. The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/uEVrmKZzq2 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

Tarbell saw her family and community clash with Standard Oil when she was growing up. This second part covers her work for McClure's Magazine and the most important journalistic work of her life – “The History of the Standard Oil Company.”  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Ida Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists, and the biggest work of her life involved exposing exploitive and illegal business practices at Standard Oil. Part one covers her early life, which led her to that story. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

October 1, 1904. Show up at a newsstand this morning, and you'll see that the October issue of McClure's magazine has hit the shelves. Alongside it, newspapers advertise what's inside: "Ida M. Tarbell renders her final judgment of Rockefeller's Trust." It's the 19th and last installment in a series that has made people sit up and take notice of a powerful monopoly and the man behind it. How did a scrappy reporter take on the richest man in the country? And how, in the process, did she change corporate America and investigative journalism itself?Special thanks to our guests, Stephanie Gorton, author of Citizen Reporters: S. S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine that Rewrote America; Kathleen Brady, author of Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker; and Steve Weinberg, author of Taking on the Trust: How Ida Tarbell Brought Down John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Om Napoleon Bonapartes väg till maktens höjder och om den hybris som orsakade ett av historiens mest monumentala fall och lämnade honom förvisad och förnedrad, fängslad på en enslig och vindpinad ö mitt ute i havet. Redaktionen för det här avsnittet består av: Cecilia Düringer - programledare och manus Marie Fjellborg - research och manus Emilia Mellberg - producent Pablo Leiva Wenger - scenuppläsare Julia Öjbrant ljuddesign och slutmix Medverkar i avsnittet gör också Thomas Roth, militärhistoriker Vill du veta mer om Napoleon ? Här är några av de böcker som ligger till grund för avsnittet: Adam Zamoyski Napoleon: The Man behind the Myth Andrew Roberts Napoleon: A Life Andrew Roberts - Waterloo Ida M. Tarbell A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Mark Braude The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape

Det här är berättelsen om Napoleon Bonapartes väg till tronen. En hård general som ledde blodiga anfall, men som kunde bryta ihop av ett obesvarat kärleksbrev. Redaktionen för det här avsnittet består av: Cecilia Düringer - programledare och manus Marie Fjellborg - research och manus Emilia Mellberg  - producent Pablo Leiva Wenger  - scenuppläsare Julia Öjbrant  ljuddesign och slutmix Medverkar i avsnittet gör också Thomas Roth, militärhistoriker. Vill du veta mer om Napoleon ? Här är några av de böcker som ligger till grund för avsnittet: Adam Zamoyski Napoleon: The Man behind the Myth Andrea Stuart Joséphine: Fransmännens kejsarinna Andrew Roberts Napoleon: A Life Ida M. Tarbell A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Oscar Browning: The Boyhood and Youth of Napoleon: 1769-1793 Robert B. Asprey - The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte