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Join us for an illuminating journey into the life of Jackie Shane, a groundbreaking soul singer who carved her own path through the 1960s music scene. This episode explores how Shane's unwavering authenticity and electrifying performances challenged societal norms and paved the way for transgender representation in popular music. From her early days in Nashville to her transformative years in Toronto's vibrant music scene, discover how Jackie Shane's powerful voice and fearless self-expression left an indelible mark on music history. Learn about her chart-topping hit "Any Other Way," her mysterious disappearance at the height of her career, and the enduring legacy that continues to inspire generations. ---------------------------------------------------------- @translessonplan @mariiiwrld Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://trans-lesson-plan.printify.me/products⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mailchi.mp/a914d2eca1cf/trans-lesson-plan⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------------------------- References: Allen, Dan. “Trailblazing Black Trans Singer Jackie Shane Finally Gets Her Due in Tennessee.” ⁠NBCNews.Com⁠, NBCUniversal News Group, 20 Sept. 2024, ⁠www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/jackie-shane-singer-black-trans-lgbtq-tennessee-rcna171975⁠. Darling, Harper-Hugo. “Jackie Shane.” Making Queer History, Making Queer History, 29 May 2024, ⁠www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/2020/2/24/jackie-shane-part-i⁠. Fensterstock, Alison. “Jackie Shane, a Force of Nature Who Disappeared, Has a Story All Her Own.” NPR, NPR, 25 Oct. 2017, ⁠www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/10/25/559775225/jackie-shane-a-force-of-nature-who-disappeared-has-a-story-all-her-own⁠. “Jackie Shane: Remembering the Groundbreaking Trans Soul Singer.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 25 Feb. 2019, ⁠www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/25/jackie-shane-groundbreaking-trans-soul-singer⁠. Mcgowan, Douglas. “Jackie Shane: It's just, ‘yes ma'am, no ma'am.'” Southern Cultures, vol. 24, no. 3, 2018, pp. 30–44, ⁠https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.2018.0030⁠. “No Other Way: The Story of Jackie Shane.” Museum of Toronto, 2 Apr. 2024, ⁠www.museumoftoronto.com/collection/no-other-way-the-story-of-jackie-shane/⁠. Stack, Liam. “Jackie Shane, Transgender Pioneer of 1960s Soul Music, Dies at 78.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 23 Feb. 2019, ⁠www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/obituaries/jackie-shane-dead.html⁠.

  The Friday Five for January 17, 2025: TikTok Ban & Popular Alternatives Part D Cost-Sharing Successor Regulation Rules Creditable Coverage Determination MA and Part D Advance Notice   TikTok Ban & Rising Alternatives: “A Possible Tiktok Ban Is Just Days Away. A List of Other Apps Available.” Apnews.Com, AP News, 14 Jan. 2025, apnews.com/article/tiktok-alternative-social-media-platforms-ban-49af1bfd2a1543a09b327544c380f217. Rosenblatt, Kalhan. “Chinese TikTok Alternative RedNote Tops App Charts Ahead of Potential TikTok Ban.” NBCNews.Com, NBCUniversal News Group, 14 Jan. 2025, www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/rednote-chinese-tiktok-alternative-tops-app-charts-ahead-ban-rcna187497. Habeshian, Sareen. “Tiktok Ban Timeline: Here's Where Things Stand.” Axios.Com, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025, www.axios.com/2025/01/13/tiktok-ban-timeline. “TikTok Prepares for US Shutdown from Sunday, Sources Say.” Reuters.Com, Reuters, 15 Jan. 2025, www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-preparing-us-shut-off-sunday-information-reports-2025-01-15/.   CMS Draft CY 2026 Part D Redesign Program: “CMS Releases Proposed 2026 Payment Policy Updates for Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 10 Jan. 2025, www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-releases-proposed-2026-payment-policy-updates-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-programs. “Draft CY 2026 Part D Redesign Program Instructions Fact Sheet.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 10 Jan. 2025, www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/draft-cy-2026-part-d-redesign-program-instructions-fact-sheet. “Draft CY 2026 Part D Redesign Program Instructions.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, www.cms.gov/files/document/draft-cy-2026-part-d-redesign-program-instructions.pdf. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025 “Final CY 2025 Part D Redesign Program Instructions.” Cms.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 10 Jan. 2025, www.cms.gov/files/document/final-cy-2025-part-d-redesign-program-instructions.pdf.   CMS 2026 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Advance Notice: “2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice Fact Sheet.” Cms.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, www.cms.gov/files/document/2025-advance-notice-fact-sheet-and-faq.pdf. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025. “2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 1 Apr. 2024, www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/2025-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-rate-announcement. “2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice Fact Sheet.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 10 Jan. 2025, www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/2026-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-advance-notice-fact-sheet. “Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2026 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies.” Cms.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 10 Jan. 2025, www.cms.gov/files/document/2026-advance-notice.pdf. Goldman, Maya. “Biden Proposes $21B Pay Increase for MA Insurers.” Axios.Com, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025, www.axios.com/2025/01/13/biden-proposes-insurer-pay-increase . Pifer, Rebecca. “CMS Revised Medicare Advantage Star Ratings. Here's Which Payers Benefited.” Healthcaredive.Com, Healthcare Dive, 9 July 2024, www.healthcaredive.com/news/cms-revised-medicare-advantage-star-ratings-plan-scores/720697/.   Resources: 2025 ACA Enrollment Updates: https://lnk.to/asgf20250110 CMS Announces Part D Savings & 2026 Maximum Fair Prices for First 10 Medicare-Negotiated Drugs: https://lnk.to/BkBrUZ  How to Find Balance Between Life & Work: https://ritterim.com/blog/how-to-find-balance-between-life-and-work/ Instagram Basics for Insurance Agents: https://lnk.to/asg634   The Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Determination Changes for 2025 or Beyond: https://ritterim.com/blog/the-medicare-part-d-creditable-coverage-determination-changes-for-2025-or-beyond/ Top 5 Apps of 2024: https://lnk.to/QkLB8T Why Gen Z is a Good Fit for Selling Insurance: https://lnk.to/asg640   Follow Us on Social! Ritter on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/RitterIM Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/ritter.insurance.marketing/ LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ritter-insurance-marketing TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@ritterim X, https://twitter.com/RitterIM and Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/user/RitterInsurance     Sarah on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjrueppel/ Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/thesarahjrueppel/ and Threads, https://www.threads.net/@thesarahjrueppel  Tina on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-lamoreux-6384b7199/   Contact the Agent Survival Guide Podcast! Email us ASGPodcast@Ritterim.com or call 1-717-562-7211 and leave a voicemail.   Not affiliated with or endorsed by Medicare or any government agency.

Happy Pride Month from Turn-Based Besties! In today's episode, the boys discuss queerness in video games, give you a sampling of RPGs that have queer or queer coded characters in them, and even give suggestions on how to improve your allyship as you game! Also, if you loved listening to us rattle off statistics, check out these fantastic articles for more in depth detail. Shaw, A., Durkee, B., Cook, A., & Marra, T. (2024). (rep.). GLAAD Gaming: The State of LGBTQ Inclusion in Gaming. GLAAD. Retrieved June 2024, from https://assets.glaad.org/m/5ab9a335d607edcd/original/2024-GLAAD-Gaming-Report.pdf Kline, K. (2024, February 29). A growing number of gamers are LGBTQ+, so why is representation still lacking?. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234590117/a-growing-number-of-gamers-are-lgbtq-so-why-is-representation-still-lacking#:~:text=Close%20to%201%20in%205%20American%20gamers%20identify,can%20join%20%E2%80%94%20common%20in%20multiplayer%2C%20team-based%20games.  NBCUniversal News Group. (2024, February 13). Less than 2% of console video games have LGBTQ Representation, GLAAD report finds. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/less-2-console-video-games-lgbtq-representation-glaad-report-finds-rcna138646  Mejeur, C., & Ho, X. (2023, October 19). Queer lives are not side quests. Public Books. https://www.publicbooks.org/queer-representation-videogames/  Shaw, A., Lauteria, E., Yang, H., Persaud, C., & Cole, A. (2019). Counting Queerness in Games: Trends in LGBTQ Digital Game Representation, 1985‒2005. International Journal Of Communication, 13, 26. Retrieved from https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9754

What were the ideas propelling forward the Stay at Home Daughter movement and who were the leaders? In this episode, we do a deep dive into the theology and philosophies that drove women to pursue a life of protection instead of explore the outside world. The Daughters is an audio documentary exploring the way the Stay at Home Daughter movement - the idea that daughters should never leave the covering of their fathers until and unless they are married - affected those who grew up in it, including in their relationships, careers, education choices, emotions, dress, and religious choices. The documentary is open to those affected by this movement - both positive and negative. Rebekah Hargraves is a Bible Teacher and Arthur at Hargraves Home and Hearth - Living out Biblical Womanhood in Light of the Gospel. You can find her on her website: https://www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/ Emily Elizabeth Anderson runs a Trauma Recovery Advocacy & Resources group. She describes her goal as helping victims of domestic violence, spiritual abuse, and physical and emotional trauma heal from the past and fill the gap between surviving and thriving. Emily can be reached on https://www.thrivingforward.org/ To learn more about the movement and project visit: https://www.thedaughtersdocu.com/ AUDIO/SOUND Production: Jake Musiker WRITING EDITOR: Shalom Baer Gee Sources: Botkin, A. S., & Botkin, E. (2007). So much more: The remarkable influence of visionary daughters on the Kingdom of God. Vision Forum, Inc. Institute in Basic Life Principles. (1984). Training Faithful Men Resources Manual. IBLP Publications. Institute in Basic Life Principles. (2023b, October 17). About - Institute in basic life principles. https://iblp.org/about/ NBCUniversal News Group. (n.d.). Ministry that once nourished Duggar family's faith falls from Grace. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ministry-nourished-duggar-familys-faith-falls-grace-rcna14024 Ohlheiser, A. (2022, May 12). An Infidelity Scandal Just Shuttered a Major 'Biblical Patriarchy' Organization. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/infidelity-scandal-just-shuttered-major-biblical-patriarchy-organization/355143/ Pearl, D. (2004). In Created to be His Helpmeet (p. 163). essay, No Greater Joy Ministries. The Return of the Daughters. [DVD]. 2007. The Western Conservancy of the Arts and Sciences. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joanna-adams9/support

On this episode JT tells the story of the murder of Josh Sutter on the new theme Crimes of the Power Rangers. SourcesEx-Power Ranger released from jail after no charges filed; DA requests further investigation. ABC7 Los Angeles. (2015, February 4). https://abc7.com/palmdale-stabbing-roommates-roommate-crime/502465/Fitz-Gerald, S., & Fitz-Gerald, S. (2015, February 2). Former power ranger Ricardo Medina Jr.. arrested in stabbing death. Vulture. https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/ricardo-medina-power-ranger-sword-murder.htmlKenneally, T. (2017, March 16). Ex-'Power Rangers' actor Ricardo Medina Jr.. pleads guilty to killing his roommate. TheWrap. https://www.thewrap.com/power-rangers-actor-ricardo-medina-jr-pleads-no-contest-to-killing-his-roommate/NBCUniversal News Group. (2017, March 17). “power rangers” star Ricardo Medina Jr.. admits to killing roommate with sword. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/power-rangers-star-ricardo-medina-jr-admits-killing-roommate-sword-n735031Project Casting. (2021, September 29). Former Red Power Ranger charged with killing roommate with a sword. https://www.projectcasting.com/blog/news/ricardo-medina-power-ranger/RangerWiki, C. to. (n.d.). Ricardo Medina Jr.. https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/Ricardo_Medina_Jr. Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 30). Ricardo Medina Jr.. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Medina_Jr.Promo: Social Detective Brew CrimeWebsite, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Group, Youtube, patreonThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3268019/advertisement

TW: Murder, animal neglect/death Two tragic murders strike separately in one family. One killer is brought to justice, but one mystery still remains... learn more as Sadie and Madeline dive into the cases of Tamika and Anthony Huston this week. Sources: Burke, Minyvonne. “Scott Peterson, Convicted of Killing Pregnant Wife, Laci Peterson, Resentenced to Life in Prison.” NBC News, NBCUniversal News Group, 8 Dec. 2021, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scott-peterson-convicted-killing-pregnant-wife-laci-re-sentenced-life-rcna7909. “Coroner: Man, Woman Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide.” The Washington Times, 10 Jan. 2017, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/10/coroner-man-woman-found-dead-in-apparent-murder-su/. Demby, Gene. “What We Know (and Don't Know) about 'Missing White Women Syndrome'.” NPR, 13 Apr. 2017, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/13/523769303/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-missing-white-women-syndrome. Flowers, Ashley, and Brit Prawat, host. “MURDERED: Tamika Huston.” Crime Junkie Podcast, Audiochuck, 2 November 2020, https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-tamika-huston/. Keyes, Allison. “The Search for Tamika Huston.” NPR, 10 May 2005, https://www.npr.org/2005/05/10/4646085/the-search-for-tamika-huston. “Missing Persons Statistics 2021.” Black and Missing Foundation, https://blackandmissinginc.com/statistics/. Montgomery, Bob, and Zach Fox. “Update: Couple Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide.” Spartanburg Herald Journal, 10 Jan. 2017, https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2017/01/09/update-couple-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide/22744732007/. Morrison, Alexander. “Jailhouse Interview: Tamika Huston's Killer: No More Secrets.” Spartanburg Herald Journal, 28 Mar. 2017, https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2005/08/16/jailhouse-interview-tamika-hustons-killer-no-more-secrets/21851445007/. “Natalee Ann Holloway.” FBI, 20 Sept. 2010, https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/natalee-ann-holloway. “Obituary for Anthony Huston.” Articobits, https://www.articobits.com/obituaries/jw-woodward-fh/anthony-huston-obituary. “Obituary for Joanne Huston.” Articobits, https://www.articobits.com/obituaries/jw-woodward-fh/joanne-huston-obituary. Robinson, Bryan. “Former Boyfriend Charged in Missing S.C. Woman Case.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 12 Aug. 2005, https://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=1032722. “The 'Runaway' Story That Wasn't.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 9 May 2005, https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=740214&page=1. “Spartanburg Man Receives Life Prison Sentence for Murder Plea.” Spartanburg County, https://www.spartanburgcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/877/040306---Spartanburg-Man-Receives-Life-Prison-Sentence-For-Murder-Plea. “Spartanburg Man Tells Newspaper Details of Missing Woman's Killing.” WISTV, 15 Aug. 2005, https://www.wistv.com/story/3722886/spartanburg-man-tells-newspaper-details-of-missing-womans-killing/. Tron, Gina. “How Did a Beloved Dog Convince Tamika Huston's Family That She Was in Danger?” Oxygen True Crime, 24 Nov. 2021, https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/tamika-hustons-murder-overshadowed-by-runaway-bride-natalee-holloway-is-black-and. Theme and background music from Anchor.

We're kicking off the week with a super-sized Squawk Pod!  Three big interviews that all start with the key question Wall Street is asking: how bad is the impact of 2022's high energy prices? Becky Quick and Brian Sullivan weigh the influence higher gas prices have on the stock market, and G7 leaders convene in Germany to discuss additional Ukraine support and new sanctions that include a proposal to cap the price of Russian oil exports. Goldman Sachs' Jeff Currie says a brief pullback in global energy prices signals a buying opportunity for investors.  Noted tech investor John Doerr has a legendary track record – he was an early back of both Google and Amazon – and today, he calls the shift away from fossil fuels a revolution that rivals the creation of the Internet. Andrew Ross Sorkin catches up with Doerr at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.  NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of the Aspen Ideas Festival. Plus, Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone joins Squawk Box for a special interview that covers inflation, divisiveness and the complicated balancing act of policy and politics.  In this episode:Jeff Currie, @goldmansachs John Doerr, @johndoerrBecky Quick, @BeckyQuickAndrew Ross Sorkin, @AndrewrsorkinBrian Sullivan, @SullyCNBCZach Vallese, @ZachVallese

TW: Murder, blood, mentions of r*pe and child molestation 53 years after Penn State graduate student was stabbed to death in the campus library in broad daylight, the truth of who is responsible remains as mysterious as ever. Do you have any information that could help investigators solve the murder of Betsy Aardsma? If so, please contact the Pennsylvania State Police at 717-783-5599. Sources: “After 45 Years, the Unsolved Murder of Betsy Aardsma in Penn State Library Remains a Mystery.” PennLive, 1 Dec. 2014, https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/12/45_years_murder_in_the_stacks.html. Cavallier, Andrea. “Unsolved Murder of Penn State Student Betsy Aardsma Haunts Community 52 Years after She Was Stabbed in Library Stacks.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 28 Nov. 2021, https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/unsolved-murder-penn-state-student-betsy-aardsma-haunts-community-52-n1284867. Hogge, Erin. “Murder in the Stacks: 50 Years Later, Still No Answers.” The Daily Collegian, 10 Dec. 2019, https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/murder-in-the-stacks-50-years-later-still-no-answers/article_b6280ed6-1a18-11ea-a966-2b1ac6ebcdcb.html. Mautner, Chris. “Author David Dekok Discusses Penn State's Infamous 'Murder in the Stacks': A Live Chat Recap.” PennLive, 21 Aug. 2014, https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/08/author_david_dekok_a_live_chat.html. Miller, Gary Dwight, and David DeKok. “A 39-Year Mystery: The Hunt for a Killer.” PennLive, The Patriot-News, 8 Dec. 2008, https://www.pennlive.com/specialprojects/2008/12/dr_elmer_reed_at_ritenour.html. Sederstrom, Jill. “Mystery Still Surrounds Murder of Penn State Graduate Student Found Dead in the School's Library.” Oxygen Official Site, Oxygen, 30 Nov. 2021, https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/betsy-aardsma-murder-mystery-still-surrounds-death-of-penn-state-student. Smart, Gil. “Who Killed Betsy Aardsma?” LancasterOnline, 10 Oct. 2010, https://lancasteronline.com/news/who-killed-betsy-aardsma/article_960ccf9d-03af-59f4-a8fb-4c5749caff40.html. “Who Killed Penn State Student Betsy Aardsma?” The Murder Squad, 23 Aug. 2021, http://themurdersquad.com/episodes/who-killed-penn-state-student-betsy-aardsma/. Theme and background music from Anchor.

Twin sisters were once local celebrities in Palm Beach, FL, but did they let money get to their heads? One of the twin's lives ended on the cliffs of Hana, HI. Was this just a terrible accident or was there something more sinister going on? Editing & Audio Engineering: Dane Ostrander. Sources: ABC News. “Mysterious Hawaii Crash Leaves One Twin Dead ...” Youtube, 9 June 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukrxc8du9ck. Baker, KC. “Pastor Tips off Police in Antifreeze Murders after 2 Congregants Die in the Same Way, He Tells 20/20.” PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022, https://people.com/crime/pastor-tips-police-in-antifreeze-murders-ive-never-had-two-family-members-die-in-the-same-type-of-situation/. Griffith, Keith. “Surviving Yoga Twin Breaks Her Silence after Being Acquitted of Murdering Her Sister.” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 25 Oct. 2018, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6316201/Surviving-yoga-twin-breaks-silence-acquitted-murdering-sister.html. Ortiz, Erik. “Yoga Instructor Accused of Murdering Twin by Driving Her off Maui Cliff.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 8 June 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/yoga-instructor-accused-murdering-twin-driving-her-maui-cliff-n587261. Support the showCheck us out on Instagram! instagram.com/criminallyinsanepodcastOr join us on Patreon for even more information. patreon.com/criminallyinsane

The current spate of book banning is nothing new in America. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly take readers back to Kanawha County in 1974 when protestors firebombed schools and shot at school buses to protest the adoption of a new textbooks. The books, they said, were obscene and would hurt children so what better way to save them but by throwing sticks of dynamites into their classrooms, right? Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Bloch, E. (2021, May 18). Florida Education commissioner says he made sure Amy Donofrio was fired; now her legal team's responding. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2021/05/17/florida-education-commissioner-richard-corcoran-says-fired-duval-county-teacher-supporting-blm/5134544001/  Foerstel, H. N. (2002). Banned in the U.S.A.: A reference guide to book censorship in Schoolsand Public Libraries. revised and expanded edition. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.  Franklin, B. A. (1975, April 15). Bomber testifies that minister blessed dynamiting of schools in book dispute. The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/15/archives/bomber-testifies-that-minister-blessed-dynamiting-of-schools-in.html  Harris, E. A., & Alter, A. (2022, January 30). Book ban efforts spread across the U.S. The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html  Martin, W. (1982, November 1). The guardians who slumbereth not. Texas Monthly. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/the-guardians-who-slumbereth-not/  Mason, C. (2009). Reading appalachia from left to right conservatives and the 1974 kanawha county textbook controversy. Cornell University Press.  Mechem, B. (2022, January 20). Parents protest after black lives matter video shown to Sarasota students: Sarasota. Your Observer. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.yourobserver.com/article/parents-protest-after-black-lives-matter-video-shown-to-students  Meckler, L., & Natanson, H. (2022, February 15). New Critical Race Theory Laws Have Teachers Scared, confused and self-censoring. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/14/critical-race-theory-teachers-fear-laws/  NBCUniversal News Group. (2021, December 8). Texas School District pulls 400 books from library shelves for review after legislator's inquiry. NBCNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-school-district-pulls-400-books-library-shelves-review-lawmakers-rcna7891  Posner, Sarah. "Debate over teaching books by Black authors has roots in violent 1974 clash in West Virginia." Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021, p. NA. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A680608885/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=36a235ac. Accessed 12 Feb. 2022. Schwartz, S., & Pendharkar, E. (2022, February 22). Here's the long list of topics Republicans want banned from the classroom. Education Week. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/heres-the-long-list-of-topics-republicans-want-banned-from-the-classroom/2022/02  Vass, Kyle ”West Virginia textbook battle shows how GOP turned its image from 'blue blood to blue collar'; Before conservatives weaponized critical race theory, a violent 1974 clash over school books helped Republicans rebrand to appeal to white workers." Guardian [London, England], 25 Nov. 2021, p. NA. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A683847032/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=06158f7f. Accessed 12 Feb. 2022. Whiteleather, M. (2022, February 10). Bill could require posting a year's worth of lesson plans. teachers aren't happy. Education Week. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/bill-could-require-posting-a-years-worth-of-lesson-plans-teachers-arent-happy/2022/02 

We're goin back in time to place you probably never want to visit. It's the inspiration behind Bram Strokers "Dracula", Vlad Tepes, and his horrid methods that even Kristen won't divulge too deep in... enjoy. Be sure to follow us at: Twitter: @rarwpodcast Instagram: @rarwpodcast Contact us at: E-mail: redrumandredwinepodcast@gmail.com All music written and produced by: Savasas savasas | Free Listening on SoundCloud Resources: All That's Interesting. “The Real-Life Dracula Was Much Worse than the Count Ever Was.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 18 Oct. 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/vlad-the-impaler. Lallanilla, Marc. “Vlad the Impaler: The Real Dracula Was Absolutely Vicious.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 31 Oct. 2013, https://www.nbcnews.com/science/vlad-impaler-real-dracula-was-absolutely-vicious-8C11505315. “Vlad Tepes .” Vlad Tepes - The Historical Dracula, http://www.donlinke.com/drakula/vlad.htm.

TV news networks are swarming streaming, and NBCUniversal News Group is no exception. The Comcast-owned news organization already operates three standalone news streaming outlets — NBC News Now, Today All Day and MSNBC's The Choice — and is stepping up its streaming operations. NBCUniversal “is becoming a streaming company in large ways, in addition to parks and other things. And so streaming is clearly a priority for our company, with Peacock and the success that we've seen there. And by association with that, streaming is part of the competency that we're building for the news group,” said Chris Berend, evp of digital for NBCUniversal News Group, in the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast. As part of building that streaming competency, NBCUniversal News Group's digital organization has hired around 100 people in the past few months -- roughly doubling its headcount -- with the bulk of its new hires working on streaming, according to Berend. It is also adding more programming across its streaming properties, such as a nightly news show hosted by Tom Llamas that premiered on NBC News Now in September. “Right now what we're investing in is our primetime lineup. We've got original hours in the morning and in the afternoon. We're looking at prime now. We'll be looking at weekends as well and seeing what the smart thing to do there is,” Berend said. In general, the smart thing to do seems to be plugging its streaming properties with more original programming. Viewers are spending, in aggregate, 20 million hours or more per month streaming NBC News Now, and that watch time grows in proportion to the programming. “We see the hours go up when we invest in original programming,” said Berend.

It's October 1st and you know what that means, party people! It's spooky season! All month long, we are going to be sharing tales of creepy history and today we kick it off with two people in history who created the iconic Frankenstein's Monster and Count Dracula--both directly and indirectly, respectively. That's right, we are discussing Mary Shelley and her novel Frankenstein Or, A Modern Prometheus as well as Vlad the Impaler and Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. **Content Warning** Mary Shelley's story deals with a lot of loss surrounding children and suicide. Vlad the Impaler is just gruesome. Listener discretion is advised *~*~*~*~*~*~ The Socials! Email -- hightailinghistorypod@gmail.com Instagram -- @hightailinghistory Facebook -- Hightailing Through History or with user name @hightailinghistory *~*~*~*~*~*~ Sources: Mary Shelley-- Biography.com Editors. “Mary Shelley.” The Biography.com Website, A&E Networks Television, 6 May 2021, https://www.biography.com/writer/mary-shelley. Jenner, Greg, host. “Mary Shelley.” You're Dead To Me, Muddy Knees Media Production, BBC Radio 4, September 4, 2021. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08532gd Lepore, Jill, et al. “The Strange and Twisted Life of ‘Frankenstein.'” The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein. Sampson, Fiona. “Frankenstein at 200 – Why Hasn't Mary Shelley Been given the Respect She Deserves?Fia.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 13 Jan. 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/frankenstein-at-200-why-hasnt-mary-shelley-been-given-the-respect-she-deserves-. Vlad the Impaler-- “Dracula.” Character List, https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/dracula/character-list. Lallanilla, Marc. “Vlad the Impaler: The Real Dracula Was Absolutely Vicious.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 31 Oct. 2013, https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/vlad-impaler-real-dracula-was-absolutely-vicious-8c11505315. “Vlad the Impaler.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Sept. 2021, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler. “Was Dracula a Real Person?” History.com Editors, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/was-dracula-a-real-person. Wenzel, Devon. “History Course on Dracula Goes beyond the Story of a Bloodthirsty Killer.” University of Chicago News, https://news.uchicago.edu/story/history-course-dracula-goes-beyond-story-bloodthirsty-killer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laurel-rockall/message

It's October 1st and you know what that means, party people! It's spooky season! All month long, we are going to be sharing tales of creepy history and today we kick it off with two people in history who created the iconic Frankenstein's Monster and Count Dracula--both directly and indirectly, respectively. That's right, we are discussing Mary Shelley and her novel Frankenstein Or, A Modern Prometheus as well as Vlad the Impaler and Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. **Content Warning** Mary Shelley's story deals with a lot of loss surrounding children and suicide. Vlad the Impaler is just gruesome. Listener discretion is advised *~*~*~*~*~*~ The Socials! Email -- hightailinghistorypod@gmail.com Instagram -- @hightailinghistory Facebook -- Hightailing Through History or with user name @hightailinghistory *~*~*~*~*~*~ Sources: Mary Shelley-- Biography.com Editors. “Mary Shelley.” The Biography.com Website, A&E Networks Television, 6 May 2021, https://www.biography.com/writer/mary-shelley. Jenner, Greg, host. “Mary Shelley.” You're Dead To Me, Muddy Knees Media Production, BBC Radio 4, September 4, 2021. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08532gd Lepore, Jill, et al. “The Strange and Twisted Life of ‘Frankenstein.'” The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein. Sampson, Fiona. “Frankenstein at 200 – Why Hasn't Mary Shelley Been given the Respect She Deserves?Fia.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 13 Jan. 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/frankenstein-at-200-why-hasnt-mary-shelley-been-given-the-respect-she-deserves-. Vlad the Impaler-- “Dracula.” Character List, https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/dracula/character-list. Lallanilla, Marc. “Vlad the Impaler: The Real Dracula Was Absolutely Vicious.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 31 Oct. 2013, https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/vlad-impaler-real-dracula-was-absolutely-vicious-8c11505315. “Vlad the Impaler.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Sept. 2021, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler. “Was Dracula a Real Person?” History.com Editors, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/was-dracula-a-real-person. Wenzel, Devon. “History Course on Dracula Goes beyond the Story of a Bloodthirsty Killer.” University of Chicago News, https://news.uchicago.edu/story/history-course-dracula-goes-beyond-story-bloodthirsty-killer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laurel-rockall/message

The girls are back after yet another mishap... But don't worry Sara brought a mishap of her own as she talks about a man by the name of Scott Rodgers. Be sure to follow us at: Twitter: @rarwpodcast Instagram: @rarwpodcast Contact us at: E-mail: redrumandredwinepodcast@gmail.com All music written and produced by: Savasas savasas | Free Listening on SoundCloud Resources: Anne Lang Updated September 06, Lang, A., Lang, A., & 06, U. S. (n.d.). Louisiana TV HOST killed in murder suicide had a dark past – and Unraveling secrets. PEOPLE.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://people.com/crime/louisiana-tv-host-killed-in-murder-suicide-had-a-dark-past-and-unraveling-secrets/. Barber, M. (2014, September 11). Scott Rogers murder: TV Host's daughter 'PULLED plug' on his 'killer'. BBC News. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-29125795. Barber, M. (2014, September 11). Scott Rogers murder: TV Host's daughter 'PULLED plug' on his 'killer'. BBC News. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-29125795. ben wallace and terry L. jones bwallace@theadvocate.com tjones@theadvocate.com. (2014, August 29). Baton Rouge TV HOST Scott Rogers' Life UNRAVELING at time of shooting. The Advocate. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_4feec793-5280-54ff-8ab8-1f3e3d9be443.html. Lying King: Inside Slain tv Personality Scott Rogers' dark, twisted world. Investigation Discovery. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/lying-king--inside-slain-tv-personality-scott-rogers--dark--twis. NBCUniversal News Group. (2015, June 11). Louisiana TV Host Scott Rogers killed In MURDER-SUICIDE ATTEMPT. NBCNews.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-tv-host-scott-rogers-killed-murder-suicide-attempt-n192986. Scott Rogers' double life. The American Conservative. (2019, November 13). Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-double-life-of-scott-rogers/. tjones@theadvocate.com, T. L. J. |. (2015, March 10). Unraveling of Scott Rogers', Mathew Hodgkinson's lives before MURDER-SUICIDE revealed in new RECORDS, MARIA Edwards' account. The Advocate. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/westside/article_5e49e85a-9329-5424-8d20-17bf2e560f60.html. writer, G. E. O. R. G. E. M. O. R. R. I. S. | S. (2020, August 5). 'The Scott Rogers Story': Investigation discovery to air documentary On slain Baton rouge TV host. The Advocate. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_8a164c00-d736-11ea-ad73-a7987b9bb604.html.

One constant--besides death and taxes--is the notion that women need to work to attain that ever-morphing ideal body that doesn't actually exist. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about diet plans like ingesting tapeworms to obtain the consumption look in Victorian times. There's also asides on the many ways humans choose to destroy themselves. Fun! Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Collins, Ben, and Brandy Zadrozny. “Ivermectin Demand Drives Some to pro-Trump Telemedicine Website.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 27 Aug. 2021, www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ivermectin-demand-drives-trump-telemedicine-website-rcna1791. Fuller, Kristen. “What Is the Cotton Ball Diet?” Verywell Mind, www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-cotton-ball-diet-5115569. “Graves' Disease.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 5 Dec. 2020, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240. Kesa, Ingrid. “Inside the Lasting Legacy of Tapeworm Diets.” VICE, 18 Mar. 2018, www.vice.com/en/article/xw5nnq/inside-the-lasting-legacy-of-tapeworm-diets. Klein, Gavi, and Audrey Gibbs. “Tools of the Patriarchy: Diet Culture and How We All Perpetuate the Stigma.” Ms. Magazine, 12 Aug. 2020, msmagazine.com/2020/07/16/tools-of-the-patriarchy-diet-culture-and-how-we-all-perpetuate-the-stigma/. Migala, Jessica. “What Is The Sleeping Beauty Diet-And Why Are People Doing It?” Women's Health, Women's Health, 11 June 2019, www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/a19908241/sleeping-beauty-diet/. Mullin, Emily. “How Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Fashion.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 10 May 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tuberculosis-shaped-victorian-fashion-180959029/. O'Neill, Therese. “Diet: You're a Little Bag of Pudding.” Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage & Manners, Little Brown and Company, 2016, pp. 75–90. Sommer, Will. “Trump's New COVID Doctor Says Sex With Demons Makes You Sick.” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 28 July 2020, www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine. Starr, Michelle. “Vintage X-Rays Reveal the Hidden Effects of Corsets.” CNET, CNET, 26 Feb. 2015, www.cnet.com/news/vintage-x-rays-reveal-the-hidden-effects-of-corsets/. “Tapeworm Infection.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 16 Mar. 2021, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tapeworm/symptoms-causes/syc-20378174. Wells, Diana. “Tapeworm Diet: Weight Loss, Risks and Side Effects.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 11 June 2019, www.healthline.com/health/diet-and-weight-loss/tapeworm-diet. “What Are Sea-Monkeys?” LiveScience, Purch, 11 May 2012, www.livescience.com/33907-sea-monkeys.html.

Listen as we dive into the extremely recent case of Matthew Coleman.  He wanted to save the world, but at what cost?Sources:Fry, Wendy. “Santa Barbara Surfer Dad 'Enlightened by Qanon' to Kill His Kids, Feds Say.” Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2021, www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2021-08-11/coleman-charged-mexico-killings-qanon. HellingAugust, Steve, and Steve Helling. “Matthew Coleman's Wife Wants to Meet with Him and Get Answers about Children's Alleged QAnon-Inspired Murders.” PEOPLE.com, 2021, people.com/crime/matthew-colemans-wife-wants-answers-about-childrens-alleged-qanon-inspired-murders/. Lovewater, LLC. “The Team.” Lovewater Surf School, 5 Mar. 2021, lovewatersurf.com/about-us/. Madani, Doha, et al. “California Dad Killed His Kids over QANON and 'Serpent Dna' Conspiracy Theories, Feds Claim.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 12 Aug. 2021, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-dad-killed-his-kids-over-qanon-serpent-dna-conspiracy-n1276611. Support the showCheck us out on Instagram! instagram.com/criminallyinsanepodcastOr join us on Patreon for even more information. patreon.com/criminallyinsane

This week I am joined by my friend Melany Del Carpio. Melany is Peruvian, a taurus, and is just trying to discover more of her truest self. She is also a llama lover and life long learner who wants to believe there is still good in the world.  Melany and I dive into a taboo topic in the Black and Brown community: colorism. She shares about her own exploration of her racial identity, why she believes colorism is just a safe way to say antiblack, and why she no longer identifies as a person of color. We also explore the importance of knowing ourselves in order to be the best allies we can be. This was an incredibly honest conversation that I hope you all enjoy. Stay in Touch with our guests: ↳ @mel_delcarpio  Ways to support the show:    

Maybe you've tried Keto or Atkins or the blood type diet, but have you thought about maybe trying God? The Weigh Down Workshop was founded by Gwen Shamblin in 1986. She didn't believe in dieting, exercising or counting calories. Shamblin instead told followers to rely on God and pray that He will slap the Doritos out of your hand. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about this program turned church and how some cult experts see it as a cult. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Dello Stritto, Mike. “Weigh Down: Faith or Fraud?” News Channel 9, Cult Education Institute, 25 Nov. 2002, culteducation.com/group/1224-weigh-down/21806-weigh-down-faith-or-fraud.html. Dugan, Jeanne. “Church Lady of Diet Weighs In On Trinity and Her Flock Flees.” Wall Street Journal, Cult Education Institute, 30 Oct. 2000, culteducation.com/group/1224-weigh-down/21821-church-lady-of-diet-weighs-in-on-trinity-and-her-flock-flees.html. Ellin, Abby. “Religion Journal; Seeing Overeating as a Sin, and God as the Diet Coach.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 29 May 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/05/29/us/religion-journal-seeing-overeating-as-a-sin-and-god-as-the-diet-coach.html?searchResultPosition=3. “Firm Beliefs.” NewsChannel 5, Cult Education Institute, 5 Feb. 2004, culteducation.com/group/1224-weigh-down/21827-firm-beliefs.html. Levenson, Michael, and Jesus Jiménez. “7 Presumed Dead After Plane Crashes Into Tennessee Lake, Officials Say.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 May 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/plane-crash-tennessee.html?searchResultPosition=2. Mead, Rebecca. “Slim for Him.” The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2001, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/01/15/slim-for-him. “Parents Convicted of Killing Son, 8.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 16 Feb. 2007, www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17191330. Ross, Rick Alan. “Has Gwen Shamblin's ‘Weigh Down' Diet Turned into a ‘Cult'?” Cult Education Institute, 30 June 2017, culteducation.com/group/1224-weigh-down/21804-praying-to-be-thin.html. Shamblin, Gwen. The Weigh down Diet. Waterbrook Press, 2013. “Why People Become Overweight.” Harvard Health, 24 June 2019, www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/why-people-become-overweight. Williams, Phil. “Controversy Surrounded Brentwood Church, Founder for Years; Gwen Shamblin Lara among Those Presumed Dead.” WTVF, WTVF, 30 May 2021, www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/controversy-surrounded-brentwood-church-founder-for-years-gwen-shamblin-lara-among-those-presumed-dead.

The only two things that are inevitable are death and Strange Country winning all the awards. So with that said, what are your plans? Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss some of the possibilities post-life, and the horror story of the Tri-State Crematory in Noble, Ga where corpses were strewn about the property and stacked like cordwood. The ashes given to loved ones contained burned wood chips and cement dust. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: “$39.5 Million Settlement in Crematory Case.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 11 Mar. 2004, www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4508246. Arey, Norman. "CREMATORY PROBE: MARSH SISTER, PARENTS CHARGED DEATH CERTIFICATE SIGNINGS AN ISSUE." Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, GA], 9 Mar. 2002, p. H1. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A83639840/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=d005f29b. Accessed 23 May 2021. Arey, Norman. "FATHER OF CREMATORY CASE SUSPECT DIES." Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, GA], 21 May 2003, p. B5. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A102084453/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=c2c96302. Accessed 23 May 2021. Arey, Norman. "FAMILIES SETTLE CREMATORY SUIT FOR $80 MILLION." Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, GA], 27 Aug. 2004, p. A1. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A121319424/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=e9632de2. Accessed 23 May 2021. “Attorney Says Mercury Poisoning May Explain Tri-State Crematory Case.” Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's Source for Breaking Local News, 7 Feb. 2007, www.chattanoogan.com/2007/2/7/101204/Attorney-Says-Mercury-Poisoning-May.aspx. Barry, Ellen. “Georgia Crematory Operator Apologizes, Offers No Excuse.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2004, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-nov-20-na-marsh20-story.html. Brett, ByJennifer. "BIBB COUNTY: Man in notorious crematory case free from prison: 334 decaying corpses were found at Tri-State Crematory in 2002." Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, GA], 30 June 2016, p. B1. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A456602215/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=a757b8b6. Accessed 23 May 2021. Erizanu, Paula. “The Biodegradable Burial Pod That Turns Your Body into a Tree.” CNN, Cable News Network, 11 Jan. 2018, www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html. Firestone, David. “Scores of Bodies Strewn at Site Of Crematory.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Feb. 2002, www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/us/scores-of-bodies-strewn-at-site-of-crematory.html?searchResultPosition=7. Galloway, Jim. "TRI-STATE CREMATORY INVESTIGATION: PATH OF GOOD INTENTIONS TURNS ROUGH FOR LAWMAKER." Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, GA], 6 Mar. 2002, p. B4. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A83505156/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=db372c49. Accessed 23 May 2021. Hendricks, Brent R. A Long Day at the End of the World: a Story of Desecration and Revelation in the Deep South. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. Johnson, Dirk, and Vern E. Smith. "Unearthing A Grim Tale: The woods of North Georgia hid a terrible secret: a family business devoted to cremating the dead was not doing its job. A haunted community wonders why." Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2002, p. 30. Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A83283930/PPPM?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=PPPM&xid=d619cb35. Accessed 22 May 2021. Little, Becky. “The Environmental Toll of Cremating the Dead.” Science, National Geographic, 3 May 2021, www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/is-cremation-environmentally-friendly-heres-the-science. Mikkelson, David. “Was the Weight of a Human Soul Determined to Be 21 Grams?” Snopes.com, 29 Dec. 2019, www.snopes.com/fact-check/weight-of-the-soul/. Moskowitz, Clara. “Fact or Fiction?: Energy Can Neither Be Created Nor Destroyed.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2014, www.scientificamerican.com/article/energy-can-neither-be-created-nor-destroyed/. Pearson, Michael. "CREMATORY INVESTIGATION: WHY DIDN'T TRI-STATE JUST CREMATE THE BODIES?" Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, GA], 24 Feb. 2002, p. C1. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A83221950/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=03925209. Accessed 23 May 2021. Rimer, Sara. “Crematory Owners Family Asks Why.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 Feb. 2002, www.nytimes.com/2002/02/24/us/crematory-owners-family-asks-why.html?searchResultPosition=3. Roach, Mary. Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. Schwarcz, Joe. “The Real Story Behind ‘21 Grams.’” Office for Science and Society, 21 June 2019, www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/story-behind-21-grams. Thomas, Ben. “The Man Who Tried to Weigh the Soul.” Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2019, www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-man-who-tried-to-weigh-the-soul. “UPDATE: Ray Brent Marsh Writes Public Letter of Apology.” WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports, www.wrcbtv.com/story/19611865/update-ray-brent-marsh-released-from-prison-after-crematory-conviction.

The Perseverance Mars rover landed safely! Do you know how they did it? Listen up and learn all about the craziness that is the skycrane! You're Wrong About: https://yourewrongabout.com/ Maintenance Phase: http://maintenancephase.com/ Perseverance Landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Anna's Sources: Administrator, NASA Content. “Curiosity's Sky Crane Maneuver, Artist's Concept.” NASA, NASA, 8 Oct. 2015, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14839.html. Betz, Eric. “The Skycrane: How NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Land on Mars.” Astronomy.com, 18 Feb. 2021, astronomy.com/news/2021/02/skycrane-how-perseverance-will-land-on-mars. Coulter, Dauna. “Strange but True: Curiosity's Sky Crane.” Phys.org, Phys.org, 31 July 2012, phys.org/news/2012-07-strange-true-curiosity-sky-crane.html. “Curiosity's Skycrane Maneuver.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/space-images/curiositys-skycrane-maneuver. “How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 1: Entry.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/06221711-how-curiosity-land-part-1. “How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 2: Descent.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/06290700-how-curiosity-land-part-2. “How Curiosity Will Land on Mars, Part 3: Skycrane and Landing.” The Planetary Society, www.planetary.org/articles/07060700-how-curiosity-land-part-3. “Watch Online: TV Schedule.” NASA, NASA, mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/. Henna's Sources: Berger, By Brian. “Helicopter Inspires NASA's Mars Lander.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 29 Nov. 2006, www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15953785. Betz, Eric. “The Skycrane: How NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Land on Mars.” Astronomy.com, 18 Feb. 2021, astronomy.com/news/2021/02/skycrane-how-perseverance-will-land-on-mars. “Mars Exploration Rovers.” NASA, NASA, 7 Sept. 2019, mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-exploration-rovers/. “Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Feb. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-64_Skycrane. “The Sky Crane Solution.” NASA, NASA, appel.nasa.gov/2012/07/31/the-sky-crane-solution/#:~:text=The%20novel%20solution%20the%20MSL,essentially%20hover%20as%20it%20lowers. “The Sky Crane Solution.” NASA, NASA, appel.nasa.gov/2012/07/31/the-sky-crane-solution/#:~:text=The%20novel%20solution%20the%20MSL,essentially%20hover%20as%20it%20lowers. “Strange but True: Curiosity's Sky Crane.” NASA, NASA, science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/30jul_skycrane. “Viking 1 & 2.” NASA, NASA, 7 Sept. 2019, mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/viking-1-2/.

In 1984, college student Angela Samota was brutally murdered in her home. Her case went unsolved for over 20 years until her best friend decided to take matters into her own hands. Find out how Sheila Wysocki solved her best friend’s murder. Sources “Court of Criminal Appeals Donald Andrew Bess Jr. v. The State of Texas.” Donald Andrew Bess Jr. v. The State of Texas, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, cases.justia.com/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/ap-76-377.pdf?ts=1462448597. Death Row Information, www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/bessdonald.html. “Excerpt: the Evolution of DNA Evidence in the Courtroom.” Innocence Project, The Innocence Project, 18 July 2017, innocenceproject.org/excerpt-the-evolution-of-dna-evidence-in-the-courtroom/. Graf, Bridget. “Man Convicted of Rape, Murder of SMU Student Loses Appeal.” The Daily Campus, SMU Daily Campus, 14 Apr. 2016, www.smudailycampus.com/news/man-convicted-of-rape-murder-of-smu-student-loses-appeal. Karen Gren Scholer United States District Judge. “Bess v. Davis.” Legal Research Tools from Casetext, 23 Mar. 2020, casetext.com/case/bess-v-davis-1. McDermott, Sarah. “My Best Friend's Killer Got Away - until I Made Police Try Again.” BBC News, BBC, 25 June 2018, www.bbc.com/news/stories-44470377. “Read the Orignal Police Report for Angie Samota.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 8 June 2012, www.nbcnews.com/news/world/read-orignal-police-report-angie-samota-flna820561. Staff, Inside Edition. “Woman Becomes Private Eye to Help Solve Murder of Best Friend Killed in 1984.” Inside Edition, Inside Edition, 22 Feb. 2018, www.insideedition.com/woman-becomes-private-eye-help-solve-murder-best-friend-killed-1984-40956. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/melancholiapodcast/support

Do you ever lay in bed at night and wonder what lurks in the woods? Unknown, aloof, wild.. In today's episode, Emily and Maddy take a look into the one and only elusive Bigfoot. It is up to you to decide whether or not you believe in one of the most talked-about cryptids of North America.  ABC News, ABC News Network, abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-unveils-documents-related-1970s-bigfoot-investigation/story?id=63511477.  “Bigfoot (Sasquatch) Legend.” The Oregon Encyclopedia, www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bigfoot_sasquatch_legend/#.X_t_J9hKhhE.  Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, www.bfro.net/.  Bigfoot. 24 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot.  Crair, Ben. “Why Do So Many People Still Want to Believe in Bigfoot?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Sept. 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/.  Creative, Efelle. “The Legend of Bigfoot: Washington State Military Department, Citizens Serving Citizens with Pride & Tradition.” Washington State Military Department, mil.wa.gov/the-legend-of-bigfoot.  Google My Maps, Google, www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?msa=0&ie=UTF8&ll=45.86515084068463%2C-120.926514&spn=7.455553%2C6.987305&source=embed&mid=16apX-AuST0x23-wrN68CJF_MfB8&z=6.  Kent, Lauren. “The 10 Most Convincing Bigfoot Sightings.” Outside Online, 8 July 2016, www.outsideonline.com/2097161/10-most-convincing-bigfoot-sightings.  List of Cryptids. 14 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids.  Little, Becky. “Bigfoot Was Investigated by the FBI. Here's What They Found.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 6 June 2019, www.history.com/news/bigfoot-fbi-file-investigation-discovery.  Little, Becky. How the Bigfoot Legend Began. 30 July 2018, www.history.com/news/bigfoot-legend-newspaper.  Mangan, Dan, and Cnbc. “FBI Releases 'Bigfoot' Documents from 1970s.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 6 June 2019, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-releases-bigfoot-documents-1970s-n1014346.

If you ever encountered someone who told you to "do the research" after that person posted something beyond delusional then you're likely communicating with someone in the Qanon conspiracy. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly break down the plan, the storm, the crumbs, the delusions, and lament the future of our country where so many live in a different reality. As Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources:  Aisch, Gregor, et al. “Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 10 Dec. 2016, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/pizzagate.html. Beer, Tommy. “Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce House Resolution Condemning QAnon 'Cult'.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 25 Aug. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/08/25/bipartisan-lawmakers-introduce-house-resolution-condemning-qanon-cult/?sh=395a78f37f84. Bergengruen, Vera. “How Ashli Babbitt Is Being Used As a Far-Right Recruiting Tool.” Time, Time, 10 Jan. 2021, time.com/5928249/ashli-babbitt-capitol-extremism/. Butler, Kiera. "THE MOTHER OF CONSPIRACIES: How QAnon found a home in parenting groups." Mother Jones, vol. 46, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2021, p. 55+. Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A646877733/PPPM?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=PPPM&xid=8154972f. Accessed 12 Jan. 2021. “‘Calm Before The Storm’: Donald Trump Makes Cryptic Remark At Military Dinner .” NBC Nightly News, 6 Oct. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF7alkwdHw&list=LLinu4UEZX7AKcFtNfRtv1RQ&index=234. Collins, Ben. “QAnon Falsehoods Move to Text Message Chains.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 12 Jan. 2021, www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/qanon-falsehoods-move-text-message-chains-n1253962. Fieldstadt, Elisha. “Satanic Statue Erected in Illinois State Capitol with Other Holiday Decorations.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 6 Dec. 2018, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/satanic-statue-erected-illinois-state-capitol-other-holiday-decorations-n944706. Francescani, Chris. “The Men Behind Qanon.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 22 Sept. 2020, abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-qanon/story?id=73046374. Freedman, David H. "As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic; Donald Trump may be QAnon's most influential 'node,' but scientists are developing 'infodemiology': mapping the disruption like a disease and experimenting with ways to counter the addiction." Newsweek, vol. 175, no. 11, 23 Oct. 2020. Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A639068245/PPPM?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=PPPM&xid=1015af70. Accessed 12 Jan. 2021. Grzegorek, Vince. “CMSD Occupational Therapist Resigns After Photographs Suggest She Participated in Storming of Capitol, Says She's Moving On to Fighting Pedophilia in Government.” Cleveland Scene, Cleveland Scene, 19 Jan. 2021, www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/01/08/cmsd-teacher-resigns-after-photographs-suggest-she-participated-in-storming-of-capital-says-shes-moving-on-to-fighting-pedophilia-in-governm. Kramer, Jillian. “Why People Latch on to Conspiracy Theories, According to Science.” Science, 15 Jan. 2021, www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/why-people-latch-on-to-conspiracy-theories-according-to-science/. Levine, Barry, et al. “Trump the Predator.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Oct. 2019, www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/19/trump-predator-new-book-fresh-allegations. Mansell, William. “Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge After Blocking Hoover Dam Bridge with Armored Truck.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 13 Feb. 2020, abcnews.go.com/US/man-pleads-guilty-terrorism-charge-blocking-bridge-armored/story?id=68955385. Miller, Austin L. “More Details Emerge in Marion Oaks Fatal Shooting.” Ocala, Ocala Star-Banner, 17 Nov. 2020, www.ocala.com/story/news/2020/11/17/more-details-emerge-marion-oaks-fatal-shooting/6330403002/. Pierre, Joseph M. “4 Keys to Help Someone Climb Out of the QAnon Rabbit Hole.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 1 Sept. 2020, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202009/4-keys-help-someone-climb-out-the-qanon-rabbit-hole. “QAnon: a Timeline of Violence Linked to the Conspiracy Theory.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 16 Oct. 2020, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/qanon-violence-crimes-timeline. Spring, Marianna. “Wayfair: The False Conspiracy about a Furniture Firm and Child Trafficking.” BBC News, BBC, 15 July 2020, www.bbc.com/news/world-53416247. Voytko, Lisette. “How To Talk With-And Maybe Help-Someone Who Believes In QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 26 Aug. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08/26/how-to-talk-with-and-maybe-help-someone-who-believes-in-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories/?sh=e475883412df. Wong, Julia Carrie. “QAnon Explained: the Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory Gaining Traction around the World.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 25 Aug. 2020, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/25/qanon-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump-what-is. Zadrozny, Brandy, and Ben Collins. “How Three Conspiracy Theorists Took 'Q' and Sparked Qanon.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 20 Aug. 2018, www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531. Zitelmann, Rainer. “How Many Americans Believe In Conspiracy Theories?” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 28 June 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2020/06/29/how-many-americans-believe-in-conspiracy-theories/#17d7dc515e94.

One way to get rid of people was to petition to have them declared feeble-minded and locked away. That's what happened to 17-year-old Carrie Buck in 1924. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about the Supreme Court case, Buck v. Bell, that led to Buck's sterilization, and the sterilization of a voiceless many under the banner of eugenics. And hey, it's still on the books so. . . ugh. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Amend, Alex. “From Eugenics to Voter ID Laws: Thomas Farr's Connections to the Pioneer Fund.” Southern Poverty Law Center, 4 Dec. 2017, www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/12/04/eugenics-voter-id-laws-thomas-farrs-connections-pioneer-fund. Cohen, Adam. Imbeciles: the Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. Penguin Press, 2017. Edgers, Geoff. “The 30-Year Love Affair between Germany and David Hasselhoff Started at the Berlin Wall.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 17 Dec. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/12/17/year-love-affair-between-germany-david-hasselhoff-started-berlin-wall/?arc404=true. Gamboa, Suzanne. “Fearing Trump's Green Card Policy, Families with Immigrants May Opt out of Coronavirus Care.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 18 May 2020, www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/fearing-trump-s-green-card-policy-families-immigrants-may-opt-n1209196. Holbrook, Sara. “I Can't Answer These Texas Standardized Test Questions About My Own Poems.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 5 Jan. 2017, www.huffpost.com/entry/standardized-tests-are-so-bad-i-cant-answer-these_b_586d5517e4b0c3539e80c341. Johnson, Corey G. “Female Inmates Sterilized in California Prisons without Approval.” Reveal, 7 July 2013, www.revealnews.org/article/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california-prisons-without-approval/. Lombardo, Paul A. Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Okrent, Daniel. Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and... Other European Immigrants out of America. Scribner, 2020. Rosenberg, Jeremy. “When California Decided Who Could Have Children and Who Could Not.” KCET, 1 Jan. 2017, www.kcet.org/history-society/when-california-decided-who-could-have-children-and-who-could-not. Yang, Jia Lynn. “The Surprising Origin of Our Modern Nation of Immigrants.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 13 June 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/sunday-review/immigration-history-us.html.

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Brutal South Podcast. My guest this week is Dr. James N. Gilmore, assistant professor of media and technology studies at Clemson University.I met Jimmy at the University of South Carolina in the freshman Honors College dorm, which was an old building full of lovable weirdos. He had a film criticism blog going at the time that I really loved, and when I became an editor at the Daily Gamecock student newspaper, I convinced him to start writing reviews for us. I considered it a coup.Jimmy went to grad school, then he went to more grad school, and he became an expert in subjects like wearable technology, digital infrastructure, and Southern cultural studies. Every few months now, it seems like, he announces the title of a new paper he's just published, and each one is a certified club banger.I invited him onto the podcast to talk about wearable tracking devices, parenting, protest, and policing, all of which have surprising common threads. As a bonus, he sent me a recent article he had published about a Google data center that was built right in my backyard, and we talked about that too.You can follow Dr. Gilmore on Twitter at @JamesNGilmore or visit his website at JamesNGilmore.com. One book he recommended during the podcast is The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop Per Child by Morgan G. Ames, which you can find at your local bookstore or via the Brutal South Bookshop page.Here are the articles and papers we discussed in this episode:Sen, Ari. “UNC Campus Police Used Geofencing Tech to Monitor Antiracism Protestors.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 21 Dec. 2019, www.nbcnews.com/news/education/unc-campus-police-used-geofencing-tech-monitor-antiracism-protestors-n1105746.Gilmore, J. N. (2019). Securing the kids: Geofencing and child wearables. Convergence. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856519882317Gilmore, J. N., & Troutman, B. (2020). Articulating infrastructure to water: Agri-culture and Google’s South Carolina data center. International Journal of Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877920913044The image at the top of the page is Colonial Policy by Pavel Filonov, c. 1926. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at brutalsouth.substack.com/subscribe

Strange Country tackles another trial of the century. This time it's the trial of Pamela Smart, a woman accused of bewitching a teen and his friends into murdering her husband. Co-hosts Beth and Kelly take about the impact of the media's glare. Smart's trial was the first to be broadcast live as it was happening and many of the participants acted more than a little starstruck. Also Beth does a spectacularly poor job of trying to explain a principle of quantum physics. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Cronin, Patrick. “Pam Smart Settles Suit over Racy Jail Photos.” Seacoastonline.com, Seacoastonline.com, 5 Nov. 2009, https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20091105/NEWS/911050442. Dimond, Diane. “Petition, TV Special Revive Pamela Smart Case.” Boston Herald, Boston Herald, 17 Nov. 2018, https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/08/19/petition-tv-special-revive-pamela-smart-case/. Finn, Natalie. “Pamela Smart's Tangled Web Only Started With Her Husband's Murder.” E! Online, E! News, 20 Apr. 2019, https://www.eonline.com/news/1034158/still-to-die-for-inside-the-tangled-web-around-pamela-smart-that-started-with-the-murder-of-her-husband. Juceam, Robert E. “PETITION FORM AND MATERIALS IN SUPPORT OF PAMELA SMART’S PETITION FOR COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE,” PDF. https://www.nhpr.org/sites/nhpr/files/201904/complete_petition_pdf.pdf Ramer, Holly. “Pamela Smart Denied Chance at Freedom in Husband's Death.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 15 May 2019, https://apnews.com/d121271723964f9ba2a7a1edc8102248. Stern, Marlow. “Did Sexpot Schoolteacher Pamela Smart Hire Teens to Kill Her Husband?” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 19 Jan. 2014, https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-sexpot-schoolteacher-pamela-smart-hire-teens-to-kill-her-husband. Thomas, Karen M. “SEDUCTION AND MURDER CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION.” Chicagotribune.com, 2 Sept. 2018, https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-03-23-9101260413-story.html. “A Violation behind Prison Walls?” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 13 Feb. 2006, http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11325793/ns/msnbc-rita_cosby_specials/t/violation-behind-prison-walls/?hasFlash=true&#.Xh5sEhlKhmC. Williams, Justin. “Pam Smart Points to Randall as Triggerman in Husband's Death.” Seacoastonline.com, Seacoastonline.com, 8 Apr. 2015, https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20150408/NEWS/150409235. Zagar, Jeremiah, director. Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart. Passion Pictures.

This week's sponsored episode of The Underculture is brought to you Chris Matthews and the NBCUniversal News Group, featuring exclusive spillover coverage of the 2019 Democratic Primary and Debates that couldn't fit on any of the existing NBC, MSNBC, or CNBC affiliated platforms.Chris Matthews reports LIVE from the first Democratic Primary debate of 2019 in Miami, FL and presents previously unaired sit-down interviews with Cory Booker (Robert King) and Beto O'Rourke and his campaign aide Buster (Michael Gardner and Matthew Brian Cohen).Plus leaked phone calls between... Joe Biden and Cory Booker! Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke! Only on The Underculture!Created by and starring James AdomianArt by Barry BlankenshipTheme song by Henry KoperskiSupport The Underculture on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theundercultureFollow The Underculture:https://www.instagram.com/underculturepodhttps://twitter.com/theunderculturehttps://www.facebook.com/TheUndercultureThe Underculture with James Adomian is a Forever Dog podcast:https://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-underculture

It's Mueller Time, readers. Beth spent the last week reading the entire Mueller Report so you didn't have to. But you should. Really. Go read it. Now. I'll wait. Get ready for Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly to mangle some Russian names, attempt terrible Russian accents and get really, really angry. Total exoneration? This ain't it. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Abramson, Seth. “A Thread Written by @SethAbramson.” Threader, threader.app/thread/1118631217212067841. Banco, Erin. “Mueller Exposes Erik Prince's Lies About Russian Rendezvous.” The Daily Beast, 18 Apr. 2019, www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-exposes-erik-princes-lies-about-his-seychelles-rendezvous-with-top-russian-kirill-dmitriev. Benen, Steve. “Trump Tries to Dismiss Adviser He Praised as an 'Excellent Guy'.” MSNBC, NBCUniversal News Group, 31 Oct. 2017, www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-tries-dismiss-adviser-he-praised-excellent-guy. Bevan, Matthew, and Ruby Jones. “Papadopoulos and Downer Tell Us about the Drink Date That Started the Mueller Investigation.” ABC News, 23 May 2019, www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-24/mueller-investigation-george-papadopoulos-alexander-downer-speak/11107712. Blake, Aaron. “What Does the Trump Team Say to Russia behind Closed Doors? We’re about to Get a Glimpse.” The Washington Post, 17 May 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/17/what-does-trump-team-say-russia-behind-closed-doors-were-about-get-glimpse/?utm_term=.cdbd221ceb2a. Chaffin, Joshua, and Kiran Stacey. “Mueller Report: Trump Inner Circle and Russians Were Desperate to Connect.” The Irish Times, 20 Apr. 2019, www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/mueller-report-trump-inner-circle-and-russians-were-desperate-to-connect-1.3865875. Corn, David, et al. “The Mueller Report: a Detailed Account of Trump's Lies and Misconduct.” Mother Jones, 18 Apr. 2019, www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/04/mueller-report-donald-trump-russia-lies/. “Fusion GPS/Steele Dossier.” The Moscow Project, themoscowproject.org/tags/fusiongpssteeledossier/. Gesson, Masha. “The Hustlers and Swindlers of the Mueller Report.” The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2019, www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-hustlers-and-swindlers-of-the-mueller-report. Hamburger, Tom. “Longtime Manafort Associate Konstantin Kilimnik Rejects His Depiction in Mueller Report.” The Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/longtime-manafort-associate-konstantin-kilimnik-rejects-his-depiction-in-mueller-report/2019/04/19/af9221ce-62bc-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html?utm_term=.15489ea53a0e. Hamburger, Tom, et al. “Manafort Offered to Give Russian Billionaire ‘Private Briefings’ on 2016 Campaign.” The Washington Post, 20 Sept. 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/manafort-offered-to-give-russian-billionaire-private-briefings-on-2016-campaign/2017/09/20/399bba1a-9d48-11e7-8ea1-ed975285475e_story.html?utm_term=.ba67e3b40955. Hasan, Mehdi. “Trump's Transition Team Colluded With Israel. Why Isn't That News?” The Intercept, 5 Dec. 2017, theintercept.com/2017/12/05/michael-flynn-jared-kushner-israel-settlements-trump/. Johnson, Carrie. “2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support.” NPR, NPR, 4 Dec. 2017, www.npr.org/2017/12/04/568310790/2016-rnc-delegate-trump-directed-change-to-party-platform-on-ukraine-support. Leonnig, Carol D., and Rosalind S. Helderman. “Judge Orders Public Release of What Michael Flynn Said in Call to Russian Ambassador.” The Washington Post, 16 May 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-orders-public-release-of-what-michael-flynn-said-in-call-to-russian-ambassador/2019/05/16/1e68712a-7825-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html?utm_term=.4c8d632d4c5e. Lichtblau, Eric. “Questions Remain About Putin's Request for a Back Channel to the Trump Transition.” Time, 21 May 2019, time.com/5592739/donald-trump-petr-aven-alfa-bank/. Liptak, Adam. “Brett Kavanaugh Urged Graphic Questions in Clinton Inquiry.” The New York Times, 20 Aug. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-clinton-starr.html. Mayer, Jane. “In the Mueller Report, Erik Prince Funds a Covert Effort to Obtain Clinton’s E-Mails from a Foreign State.” The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2019, www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/in-the-mueller-report-erik-prince-funds-a-covert-effort-to-obtain-clintons-e-mails-from-a-foreign-state. Mueller, Robert S., et al. The Mueller Report. Scribner, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019. Neuman, Scott. “Firm That Contracted Steele Dossier Says It Was 'Shocked' By Findings on Trump.” NPR, NPR, 3 Jan. 2018, www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/03/575259858/firm-that-contracted-steele-dossier-says-it-was-shocked-by-findings-on-trump. Ohlheiser, Abby. “No, John Podesta Didn’t Drink Bodily Fluids at a Secret Satanist Dinner.” The Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/04/no-john-podesta-didnt-drink-bodily-fluids-at-a-secret-satanist-dinner/?utm_term=.5395c544b0c4. “Papadopoulos Told Kotzias That the Russians Had Hillary’s Emails.” The National Herald, 12 Sept. 2018, www.thenationalherald.com/212864/papadopoulos-told-kotzias-that-the-russians-had-hillarys-emails/. Rogin, Josh. “Dimitri Simes Flew Too Close to Trump, and His Think Tank Got Burned.” The Washington Post, 2 May 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/02/dimitri-simes-flew-too-close-trump-his-think-tank-got-burned/?utm_term=.b50cdc0b9434. “Sex & The Starr Report: Excerpts from the Starr Report Concerning Seven Sexual Encounters.” Famous Trials, www.famous-trials.com/clinton/892-starrreport. Stanley-Becker, Isaac. “Roger Stone Wanted WikiLeaks Dump to Distract from ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape, Mueller Witness Says.” The Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/29/roger-stone-wanted-wikileaks-email-dump-distract-access-hollywood-tape-associate-claims/?utm_term=.f58014a27516. Vogel, Kenneth P. “Deripaska and Allies Could Benefit From Sanctions Deal, Document Shows.” The New York Times, 21 Jan. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/oleg-deripaska-russian-sanctions.html. 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America, the land of truck nutz and morbid obesity, is also the land of guns. In episode 83, Beth and Kelly explore our obsession while telling the story of Amy Bishop, a biology professor at University of Alabama in Huntsville, who opened fire at a faculty meeting, killing three colleagues. Her trail of violence didn't begin there, but started decades earlier with Bishop killing her brother Seth in a shooting deemed accidental. This show's going to get stuck inside your head. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources Ammons, Pat. “Stephanie Monticciolo Sees 1-Year Mark as 'Rebirth' from UAH Shooting Injuries.” AL.com, 12 Feb. 2011, mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-com-alabama-news/. Aizenman, Nurith. “Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World.” NPR, NPR, 9 Nov. 2018, www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/11/09/666209430/deaths-from-gun-violence-how-the-u-s-compares-with-the-rest-of-the-world. Beckett, Lois. “How Often Are US Mass Shooting Carried Out by Female Attackers?” The Guardian, 4 Apr. 2018, www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/04/youtube-shooting-gun-attacks-in-the-us-are-rarely-carried-out-by-women. Daly, Michael. “The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest.” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 30 May 2014, www.thedailybeast.com/the-first-modern-school-shooter-feels-responsible-for-the-rest. Fisher, Max, and Josh Keller. “What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer.” The New York Times, 7 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html. Jamieson, Christine. “Gun Violence Research: History of the Federal Funding Freeze.” American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, Feb. 2013, www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence. Johnson, Alex. “After 5 Years, Alabama University Killer Apologizes for the First Time.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 19 Oct. 2015, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-5-years-alabama-university-killer-apologizes-first-time-n447481. Keefe, Patrick Radden. “A Loaded Gun.” The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2013, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/11/a-loaded-gun?mbid=contentmarketing_facebook_citizennet_paid_magazine_a-loaded-gun_5-8-visit. “Mass Shootings in 2019.” Gun Violence Archive, 2019, www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting. Pappas, Stephanie. “Female Mass Killers: Why They're So Rare.” LiveScience, Purch, 3 Apr. 2018, www.livescience.com/53047-why-female-mass-shooters-are-rare.html. Roop, Lee. “Joseph Leahy, Survivor of Amy Bishop Shooting, Died of Heart Attack, Coroner Says.” The Huntsville Times, 7 Oct. 2017, www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/10/joseph_leahy_survivor_of_amy_b_1.html. Wallace, Amy. “What Made This University Researcher Snap?” Wired, 28 Feb. 2011, www.wired.com/2011/02/ff-bishop/.  

Is Morgellons disease real or is it one of those women diseases caused by our wandering uteri? Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly look into this alleged condition and the many ways women are dismissed by the medical community. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands Cite Your Sources: “Borrelia Burgdorferi.” Bay Area Lyme Foundation, www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/what-causes-lyme-disease/borrelia-burgdorferi/. Brown, Frederick M. “The Bizarre Backstory of Joni Mitchell's Chronic Illness.” The Cut, 3 Apr. 2015, www.thecut.com/2015/04/joni-mitchells-bizarre-medical-mystery.html. Cara, Ed. “Morgellons Skin Disease Isn't Real Doctors Say, But Its Sufferers Haven't Gone Away.” Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2016, www.newsweek.com/2016/08/12/morgellons-skin-disease-485638.html. Dusenbery, Maya. Doing Harm: the Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. HarperOne, 2018. Engelhardt, Katie. NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, www.nbcnews.com/leftfield/video/does-lyme-disease-cause-morgellons-1097342531585. Harlan, Chico. “Mom Fights for Answers on What's Wrong with Her Son.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 23 July 2006, www.post-gazette.com/local/2006/07/23/Mom-fights-for-answers-on-what-s-wrong-with-her-son/stories/200607230221. “History of Lyme Disease.” Bay Area Lyme Foundation, www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/history-lyme-disease/. Levy, Sara Gaynes. “Another Reason We Need More Female Doctors: Their Patients Live Longer.” Glamour, 20 Dec. 2016, www.glamour.com/story/study-finds-patients-with-female-doctors-live-longer. McFadden, Cynthia. “Nightline.” Morgellons' Mystery, ABC, 16 Jan. 2008, www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOjgOJ6csPU. “Morgellons Disease: Managing a Mysterious Skin Condition.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 1 Apr. 2015, www.mayoclinic.org/morgellons-disease/art-20044996. “The Morgellons Mystery.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 9 June 2016, www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200703/the-morgellons-mystery. Nedelman, Michael. “For Decades, Women Had Heart Attacks in Silence.” CNN, 14 Feb. 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/health/women-heart-attack-research/index.html. Nelson, Jeff. “Joni Mitchell Says Battle with Rare Morgellons Disease Makes Her Feel Like She's Being 'Eaten Alive'.” People, 12 Oct. 2017, people.com/music/joni-mitchell-morgellons-syndrome-mysterious-disease-eaten-alive/. Schopen, Fay. “ The Healthcare Gender Bias: Do Men Get Better Medical Treatment?” The Guardian, 20 Nov. 2017, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/20/healthcare-gender-bias-women-pain. Storr, Will. “Morgellons: A Hidden Epidemic or Mass Hysteria?” The Guardian, 6 May 2011, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/07/morgellons-mysterious-illness. Thorpe, JR. “Women Who Defied Gender Roles Were Once Imprisoned In Asylums.” Bustle, Bustle, 20 Mar. 2018, www.bustle.com/p/women-who-defied-gender-roles-were-once-imprisoned-in-asylums-55320 What Is Morgellons? | The CEHF, www.thecehf.org/what-is-morgellons.html. Women's Health Research: Problems, Pitfalls, and Promise. Institute Of Medicine, 2010, www.nap.edu/resource/12908/Womens-Health-Research-2010-Report-Brief.pdf.

This bonus episode we review Acupuncture. Articles: Lim, Hee-Don, et al. "Anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture stimulation via the vagus nerve." PloS one 11.3 (2016): e0151882. Lew, Henry L., Carlos Tun, and David X. Cifu. "Prevalence of chronic pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, and persistent postconcussive symptoms in OIF/OEF veterans: polytrauma clinical triad." Journal of rehabilitation research and development 46.6 (2009): 697. "Acupuncture Point ST36 - Zusanli - Stomach." TCM Points. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 June 2017.   Constante, Agnes. "Bill to Provide Veterans with Acupuncture Access Introduced in House."NBCNews.com. NBCUniversal News Group, 14 June 2017. Web. 15 June 2017. Publications, Harvard Health. "Relieving Pain with Acupuncture." Harvard Health. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 June 2017. Welcome to TalkingMed, the podcast where we discuss current medical news. Contact: talkingmedpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TalkingMedPod Song credit: Night Owl by Broke For Free from the Free Music Archive, used under CCBY Attribution License, modified from the original. Disclaimer: The information presented on this podcast are our own personal views, opinions, and research on the subject matter and do not represent those of our institution or our department. Anything discussed on this podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please contact a professional if you have any medical concerns. All content found on TalkingMed, including text, images, audio, or other formats were created for informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have learned it from TalkingMed. Under no circumstances shall Vivek, Stephen, TalkingMed, any guests or contributors to the podcast or blog, or any employees, associates, or affiliates of TalkingMed be responsible for damages arising from use of the podcast or blog. This podcast or blog should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast or blog. You hereby acknowledge that nothing contained on TalkingMed shall constitute financial, investment, legal and/or other professional advice and that no professional relationship of any kind is created between you and the TalkingMed. You hereby agree that you shall not make any financial, investment, legal and/or other decision based in whole or in part on anything contained on TalkingMed. Nothing on TalkingMed or included as a part of TalkingMed should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call 911 immediately.  The content may contain health- or medical-related materials or discussions regarding sexually explicit disease states. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use this content.