Podcast appearances and mentions of James W Lies

Officially, this episode is on the amazing glowing algae living in the waters of three of Puerto Rico's bays, most notably Puerto Mosquito on Vieques, one of Puerto Rico's smaller islands. Listener and boriqueño native Roberto Cancel describes swimming in the bay on a dark night, surrounded by glowing blue waters. But most of the episode is devoted to perhaps the most important event in world history: 1493. Not 1492, but 1493. That's the year when Christopher Columbus returned to the Americas, not as an explorer, but as a conqueror. We discuss (and really only scratch the surface of) the impact of this second voyage. It's only the beginning, because every episode to come will exist in the new world (pun intended) created by this event. And we have shrimp mofongo, a boriqueño specialty that blends European, African, and American in a way that exemplifies the new global world. Sources: Bergreen, Laurence. Columbus: the Four Voyages Diamond, Jared. Germs, Guns, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Fodor's Puerto Rico Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American History Textbook Got Wrong Mann, Charles C. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus  Mann, Charles C. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Photograph by Edgar Torres CC 3.0

Many of our textbooks tell this beautiful story of Thanksgiving Day being a historic fest that took place in America in 1621 where Pilgrims and colonizers broke bread together in peace and harmony. While it sounds beautiful many Historians have pointed out that the events surrounding the real Thanksgiving don't match up with the stories in our textbooks. In this episode, we debunk 5 myths of that textbook Thanksgiving story to uncover the truth. This episode is not going to make you feel bad about enjoying eatin', drinkin', and celebratin' with your fam. It's just going to help you have a more woke and informed celebration that acknowledges the Indigenous groups aka the original occupants of this land. Listen to this episode to find out:5 lies our teachers told us about Thanksgiving like there wasn't a damn Plymouth rockLearn about one of the 1st Pandemics here in AmericaFigure out the real reason leaders of Indigenous groups helped out the Pilgrims aka colonizerUncover why Abe Lincoln declared the 3rd Thurs. In November ThanksgivingFind out 1 thing you can do on Thanksgiving that celebrates Indigenous groupsAvailable wherever you listen to podcasts!Sources:Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. "The Truth About Thanksgiving". p 70-92.New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.9 Myths About Thanksgiving & The Real Facts Behind ThemA few things you (probably) don't know about ThanksgivingThe Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They ImbueThanksgiving 2020Follow and SupportTo learn more about the podcast hostToya, visit ToyaFromHarlem.com. Connect with Toya on Instagram, Twitter,and LinkedInVisit our website. Follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and watch episodes on Youtube

Many of our textbooks tell this beautiful story of Thanksgiving Day being a historic fest that took place in America in 1621 where Pilgrims and colonizers broke bread together in peace and harmony. While it sounds beautiful many Historians have pointed out that the events surrounding the real Thanksgiving don't match up with the stories in our textbooks. In this episode, we debunk 5 myths of that textbook Thanksgiving story to uncover the truth. This episode is not going to make you feel bad about enjoying eatin’, drinkin’, and celebratin’ with your fam. It’s just going to help you have a more woke and informed celebration that acknowledges the Indigenous groups aka the original occupants of this land. Listen to this episode to find out:5 lies our teachers told us about Thanksgiving like there wasn’t a damn Plymouth rockLearn about one of the 1st Pandemics here in AmericaFigure out the real reason leaders of Indigenous groups helped out the Pilgrims aka colonizerUncover why Abe Lincoln declared the 3rd Thurs. In November ThanksgivingFind out 1 thing you can do on Thanksgiving that celebrates Indigenous groupsAvailable wherever you listen to podcasts!Sources:Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. "The Truth About Thanksgiving". p 70-92.New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.9 Myths About Thanksgiving & The Real Facts Behind ThemA few things you (probably) don’t know about ThanksgivingThe Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They ImbueThanksgiving 2020Follow and SupportTo learn more about the podcast hostToya, visit ToyaFromHarlem.com. Connect with Toya on Instagram, Twitter,and LinkedInVisit our website. Follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and watch episodes on Youtube

This episode discusses the problematic use of heroification in K-12 curriculum, some sheroes you should know, and how to teach women’s history when women weren’t there. Brooke nails Paul Revere history and Kelsie gets embarrassed. Bibliography“About Medgar and Myrlie.” Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute. Last modified 2020. https://eversinstitute.org/about-medgar-myrlie/.A Little Herstory Editors. “Committed to Reporting the Truth.” A Little Herstory. Last modified September 1, 2019, https://www.herstory-online.com/single-post/2019/09/01/Committed-to-Reporting-the-Truth. A Mighty Girl. “Today in Mighty Girl history, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington became a hero of the American Revolutionary War.” Last modified April 26, 2014. https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl/photos/today-in-mighty-girl-history-16-year-old-sybil-ludington-became-a-hero-of-the-am/670800216289628/.Burk, Martha. “D-Day: 150,000 Men — and One Woman.” Huffington Post. Last modified December 6, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/d-day-150000-men---and-on_b_5452941.Caiazza, Amy “Does Women's Representation in Elected Office Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Kershaw, Alex, The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, 2003.Michals, Debra. “Sybil Ludington.” National Women’s History Museum. Last modified 2017. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sybil-ludington.Osmont, Marie-Louise. “The Normandy Diary of Marie-Louise Osmont.”New York: Random House, 1994.Parker, Laura. “Q&A: Widow of Murdered Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers Moves Beyond Hatred: On the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Myrlie Evers describes her journey from bitterness to hope.” National Geographic. Last modified June 25, 2014. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/6/140625-myrlie-evers-widow-medgar-evers-civil-rights-history/.Stamberg, Susan. “Power Couple, Covering War (And Waging Their Own).” Morning Edition from NPR. Last modified May 22, 2012. http://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153218450/power-couple-covering-war-and-waging-their-own.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/remedialherstory)