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The besties are here! We talk about the history of Santa and take a quiz.The OriginsSanta's story starts with St. Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian bishop from Myra (modern-day Turkey). Known for his generosity to children and the poor, St. Nicholas inspired legends that were passed down through generations.From St. Nicholas to Sinterklaas to SantaThe Dutch brought their version of St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, to America, where the name morphed into Santa Claus. By the 1800s, Santa began evolving into the figure we recognize today.Modern Santa Takes ShapeIn 1822, Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also called "The Night Before Christmas") gave Santa his jolly personality, sleigh, and reindeer.In 1881, political cartoonist Thomas Nast refined Santa's look with the red suit, white beard, and round belly.Santa in Pop CultureThe 1930s Coca-Cola campaigns brought us the cheerful, plump Santa we know today, thanks to illustrator Haddon Sundblom.Features like his North Pole home, magical sleigh, and toy workshop became staples in Christmas traditions.The Magic of BeliefMany children believe in Santa until around ages 6 to 9, when they start questioning the logistics of his journey.Even so, adults keep the tradition alive, spreading the festive spirit to younger generations.Santa's legend has become a global phenomenon, blending history, myth, and marketing into a magical figure who continues to inspire joy each holiday season.All the Clopen links: https://linktr.ee/theclopeneffectAll material, unless otherwise stated, written and performed by The Clopen Effect

Unlocked for this week: Historian Dael Norwood joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about a Thomas Nast's 1869 "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner" comic and what it means about for what America could have been and then what it actually became.Show Notes:Rob's thread on the homeless sweepRichard White EpisodeThe racist Thanksgiving cartoonFreedom and Slavery at Delaware College: A Student Research Symposium

Historian Dael Norwood joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about a Thomas Nast's 1869 "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner" comic and what it means about for what America could have been and then what it actually became.See the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/TheHighlandsBunker

Rerun: Why are the Republican Party represented by an elephant, and the Democrats (unofficially) by a donkey? The answer lies in the work of revered political cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose picture ‘Third Term Panic' was published in Harper's Weekly on 7th November, 1874 - the day before the mid-terms. His Aesop-style symbolism is rather tricky for modern readers to untangle, but the satiric thrust of this particular cartoon related to news that President Ulysses S. Grant was considering running for an unprecedented third term in office.  In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why 19th century political cartoonists were so influential;   consider whether Nast's view of the Irish corresponded with his more enlightened views on African-Americans; and reveal how Andrew Jackson reclaimed his portrayal as a ‘jackass' and turned it into a political positive…  Further Reading: • ‘Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons by Fiona Deans Halloran' (University of North Carolina Press, 2012): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Thomas_Nast/HlX6kAxzyRYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=thomas+nast+elephant&printsec=frontcover • ‘Why are an elephant and a donkey the Republican and Democratic party symbols?' (The Sun, 2020): https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12977208/elephant-republican-donkey-democratic-party-symbols-elections/ • ‘Elephant or Donkey? How Animals Became U.S. Political Symbols' (National Geographic, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5MmEfkli9o ‘Why am I hearing a rerun?' Each Thursday and Friday we repeat stories from our archive of 800+ episodes, so we can maintain the quality of our independent podcast and bring you fresh, free content every Monday-Wednesday…  … But

National corned beef hash day. Entertainment from 2015. Warren Commision gave its final report, 1st blues song ever recorded, E=mc2 released. Todays birthdays - Samuel Adams, Thomas Nast, Wilford Brimley, Randy Bachman, Meatloaf, Shaun Cassidy, Stephen Jenkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Arnold, Lil Wayne, Avril Lavigne. Hugh Hefner died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard     http://defleppard.com/Corned beef hash - Yungg CheffCan't feel my face - The WeekndStrip it down - Luke BryanMemphis blues - WC hardyBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent     http://50cent.com/Aint seen nothin yet - BTOTwo outta three aint bad - MeatloafDa do ron ron - Shaun CassidySemi-charmed life - Third Eye BlindKryptonite - 3 Doors DownGo DJ - Lil Waynesk8ter boi - Avril LavigneExit - It's not love - Dokken      http://dokken.net/

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1198, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Poetic Animals 1: These animals "couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again". the king's horses and king's men. 2: When asked "Is there balm in Gilead?", this bird replied in the negative. the raven. 3: Thomas Gray wrote an "Ode on the Death of" 1 of these pets, "drowned in a tub of goldfishes". "a Favourite Cat". 4: In William Blake's poem, it was "burning bright in the forests of the night". Tyger Tyger. 5: By the end of "The Walrus and the Carpenter", the title gluttons have eaten every 1 of these. oysters. Round 2. Category: 2011 News 1: He fell out of the top 50 world golf rankings for the first time since 1996. Tiger Woods. 2: Acting under Chapter VII of their charter, the U.N. voted to institute one of these over Libya, grounding Qaddafi's aircraft. a no-fly zone. 3: Starting Sept. 17, part of Lower Manhattan was occupied 24/7 by the protest group "Occupy" this. Wall Street. 4: This homeless man from Ohio stepped into the batter's box of fame thanks to his golden voice. Ted Williams. 5: Democratic state senators fled this state to stall Gov. Walker's union-busting budget bill. Wisconsin. Round 3. Category: Ben And Jerry'S Flavors 1: There are almond cookies in the flavor called "Mission to" this confection. Marzipan. 2: This fan-suggested flavor is the first named for a rock legend. Cherry Garcia. 3: The U.K. was treated to "Bohemian Raspberry", a flavor in honor of this band. Queen. 4: In a Ben and Jerry's flavor, this candy bar comes between "Coffee" and "Crunch". Heath. 5: It's the rhyming name of the flavor that includes fudge-covered peanut butter-filled pretzels. Chubby Hubby. Round 4. Category: Famous Amos'S 1: John Amos got an Emmy nomination for playing this character as an adult in. Kunta Kinte. 2: Living to age 102, pioneer coach Amos Alonzo Stagg was acclaimed as this sport's "Grand Old Man". football. 3: Before he became "Famous" for cookies, Wally Amos was 1 of these with William Morris. an agent. 4: This comedian of Lebanese descent, aka Amos Jacobs, was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for humanitarianism. Danny Thomas. 5: On "The Real McCoys", he was Grandpappy Amos "Head of the clan, he roars like a lion, but he's gentle as a lamb". Walter Brennan. Round 5. Category: A Clash Of Symbols 1: The eagle on the one-dollar bill grasps in its talons these seemingly antithetical items. arrows and an olive branch. 2: In 2013 France's Communist party said adieu to this pair of symbols, saying "It isn't so relevant to a new generation". the hammer and sickle. 3: In the NFL, both the Raiders and the Buccaneers have these weapons clashing on their logos. swords. 4: In an 1874 cartoon Thomas Nast drew this creature scaring other animals, including an elephant. a donkey. 5: The shield of Mars and the mirror of Venus are symbols for these, often known to clash. men and women. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Rising from humble beginnings, Thomas Nast soon became something very much like the conscience of America. His illustrated takedowns of corruption spoke directly to people who were often illiterate, reaching the common man. While Nast could be undoubtedly difficult to work with, he also had a strong (if imperfect) moral code. In the second part of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max dive into Nast's personal quest to oust the corrupt Boss Tweed, as well as the legendary cartoonist's late-life career switch: diplomacy in Ecuador.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tons of people have a soft spot for their favorite cartoon or comic strip -- yet few have attained the social status of the legendary artist Thomas Nast, the caricaturist often referred to as the "Father of the American Cartoon." In the first part of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore Nast's early childhood, the beginnings of his career, and the path that led him to become, in a very real way, the conscience of America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Irish have been a race of people that have known their share of suffering.  Millions died during the An Gorta Mor, The Great Hunger or better known as the Potato Famine.  The uprising of 1916 resulted in the partition of Ireland, a bloody civil war and untold dead.  English politics and the result of having an island next to a world power ended up with Ireland oppressed and made to seem by their rulers, less than human.  That sentiment was brought to the United States and pushed by such people as Thomas Nast, who gave us the wholesome image of Santa Claus, but with the same pen also gave us African-Americans and Irish the shared image of subhuman apes. Enter Albert Balfour, who felt his suggestion to partition Ireland could work in other parts of the world.  Thus Palestine, taken by the British after WWI was thought to be partitioned to create "a Jewish Ulster" and so keep the hostile Arabs at bay.   The Jewish state came to fruition with the post WWII creation of Israel in 1948.  The idea of two states, one Israeli and the other Palestinian has been the holy grail of peace lovers ever since.   The recent events in Israel and Palestine, horrific and tragic, only serve to make it plainer to those who have been victims themselves of the utter uselessness that violence and pain will never give either side any satisfaction, let alone peace. Support the showWe are always grateful to have you listening to STRUNG OUT. Here are some important links:SUPPORT THE SHOW:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MartyfineaKMARTIN'S WEBSITE:http://www.MARTINMcCORMACK.COM (note---you can get my weekly bulletin when you sign up on the list!)MARTIN'S MUSIC: Music | Martin Laurence McCormack (bandcamp.com)Martin McCormack | SpotifyMARTIN'S YOUTUBE CHANNELMartin McCormack - YouTubeFACEBOOKFacebook...

In the bustling streets of 19th-century New York, amid the ink-stained presses and frenetic energy of the newsroom, Thomas Nast, a German-born American artist, rose from humble beginnings to become the preeminent political cartoonist of his time. However, it was his whimsical and heartwarming illustrations of Santa Claus that would cement his legacy as the Father of the Modern Santa. Check out my other podcasts  Art Smart | Rainbow Puppy Science Lab Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each Christmas, millions of children around the world eagerly await the arrival of Santa Claus, the jolly old man in the bright red suit who carries a sack full of presents for all the good boys and girls. However, the iconic representation of Santa Claus is a relatively modern invention that largely originated with the well-known poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” more commonly known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” written in 1823, as well as a famous illustration by cartoonist Thomas Nast, inspired by that poem, from 1863. But the story of Santa Claus is far from the only Christmas legend told around the world to this day. In fact, there are countless folktales about Christmas that star other figures entirely, particularly in Europe, and many of them have origins that predate not only Santa Claus, but the spread of Christianity itself. In fact, many of these tales were born of pagan customs that were later adapted to fall in line with Christian values. https://allthatsinteresting.com/christmas-legends credits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits History Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was passt besser als der Weihnachtsmann und ein kaltes Glas Coca-Cola? In unserer von der Werbung beeinflussten Wahrnehmung wahrscheinlich nicht viel. Das Gerücht, dass die Coca Cola Company den Weihnachtsmann erfunden hätte, hält sich daher hartnäckig. Schließlich trägt Santa Claus doch auch die Farben des Konzerns! In dieser weihnachtlichen Spezial-Episode schauen wir uns etwas genauer an, wie der Weihnachtsmann entstanden ist und springen etwas durch die Zeit vom 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr. bis in die 1960er Jahre. Kontakt und Blog:Wenn du mir Feedback oder einen Themenvorschlag zukommen lassen möchtest, schreib mir am besten eine Mail (marketinggeschichten@gmail.com) oder schreib mir hier. Falls du lieber eine Kurzfassung lesen möchtest, besuch mich doch mal auf meinem Blog. Hier bekommst du zu jeder Folge einen kurzen Abriss und (falls vorhanden) Bildmaterial. Links Michael Bublé: “Twas the night before christmas” vermutlich von Clement Clarke Moore: shorturl.at/eklK6Too many tabs - der Podcast in der ARD Audiothek: “krampus-angst/x-mas bei den osbournes”: shorturl.at/jOU07 Zeichnung vom Weihnachtsmann von Thomas Nast: shorturl.at/jkw47 (Extra) Google Santa Tracker: santatracker.google.comQuellen (online, Auswahl)Süddeutsche Zeitung: shorturl.at/hlvO1 Stern: shorturl.at/hLN06 katholish.de: shorturl.at/bdpy4 NDR: shorturl.at/ikvY1 ; shorturl.at/oDJNS Spiegel: shorturl.at/oFJOQ Coca-Cola Company: shorturl.at/joT19 Stuttgarter Zeitung: shorturl.at/jpHZ7 White Rock Beverages: shorturl.at/bsDEN Sounds Santa Claus Merry Christmas Ho-ho-ho/ pixabayThe Bells of Santa Claus/ pixabayMusik AudioJungle/audiojungle.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 94 of the official podcast of Your Unofficial Boys. Every week we review beers, talk sports and discuss funny current events. Please like and Subscribe! Episode Guide: Beers of the Week: EggNog Shake by Westbrook Brewing (Mt. Pleasant, SC) - Rating: 3.50 Cranberry Crumble by Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Co (Concord, NC) - Rating: 4.00 Facts of the Week: People have been sending Christmas cards since 1843. In 1843, the custom of sending Christmas cards began. At the time, Sir Henry Cole worked as a senior civil servant and had helped set up what would become the Post Office, and he wanted to try and encourage it to be used by ordinary people. The biggest Christmas gift ever was sent in 1865. In 1865, Edouard de Laboulaye proposed a gift from France to the United States to commemorate their commitment to democracy and honor the late president Abraham Lincoln. The Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated in 1886 and has since become an iconic symbol of the United States! Jingle Bells was the first Christmas song in space. In 1965, it became the first song to be played in space. That's right, not just the first Christmas song...but the first song ever! During the Gemini 6A space flight, it was broadcast as a prank from the astronauts to those down below. Santa wasn't always dressed in red. The common myth is that Santa Claus was green before Coca-Cola used their colors, red, for their marketing campaigns in the early 1900s. Whilst this is true to an extent, Santa was shown in red as early as the 1870s by the American cartoonist Thomas Nast. The modern-day depiction of Santa, with his reddened cheeks and large stomach, his little glasses, and a beaming smile, is what we can genuinely thank Coca-Cola for. We can't imagine a Santa that isn't red! Spiders are a traditional Eastern European Christmas decoration. In many Eastern European countries, particularly in Ukraine, finding a spider or a spider's web in your Christmas tree is a symbol of good luck! That's because these countries have the legend of the Christmas spider, which tells that a poor widow lived in a small hut with her children. They found a pinecone in summer and cared for it diligently until it became a pretty tree! This Week in History: Another Christmas Story Unofficial News Police in Florida say they arrested an 11-year-old who reported a fake school shooting because he 'wanted to go home early'. Men who stole items from Kohl's asked for lesser charges since items were ‘on sale'. AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text. Tourist busted smuggling otters, prairie dog through airport Unofficial Fanzone: Fantasy Football Playoffs NFL Week 15 Match-Ups. Big MLB Free Agents NHL Standings. NBA Standings. Unofficial Thoughts: Are you Ready for Christmas? We are proud to announce that Your Unofficial Boys has become Ambassadors for the ShankItGolf brand. Please use the following link and use promo code: “YourUnofficalBoys” to receive 15% off any purchases. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shankitgolf.com/?ref=yourunofficialboys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please go follow us on our social media and subscribe to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Google Podcast. Also check out our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yourunofficialboys.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/your-unofficial-boys/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/your-unofficial-boys/support

Santa Claus History, Special Episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. Introducing you to another one of my podcasts, it is called the Knowledge: Things You Should Know Podcast. If you are looking for any information about if Santa Claus is real or not, you are in the wrong place. We definitely will not be covering that, instead we will be learning about the history of Santa Claus. Santa Claus, alternatively recognized as Saint Nicholas or Kris Kringle, boasts a rich and intricate history interwoven with Christmas traditions. While contemporary perceptions depict him as the jolly, red-clad bearer of gifts for well-behaved children on Christmas Eve, his origins trace back to the 3rd century. Saint Nicholas, revered for his generosity, initially gained recognition as the patron saint of children. This exploration delves into the evolution of Santa Claus, spanning from his ancient roots to the ubiquitous presence of mall Santas, with a focus on the influential roles played by two New Yorkers, Clement Clark Moore and Thomas Nast, in shaping the enduring image eagerly anticipated by millions of children each Christmas Eve. Interested in being a guest, sponsorship or advertising opportunities send an email to the host and producer of the show jay@letradio.com. Follow us on MeWe, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer. Be sure to check out our website.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tweed's corrupt practices were exposed by investigative journalists such as those at The New York Times and he was regularly attacked by Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist for Harper's Weekly whose cartoons helped to identify Tweed in ...

National corned beef hash day. entertainment from 1973. Warren Commision gave its final report, 1st blues song ever recorded, E=mc2 released. Todays birthdays - Samuel Adams, Thomas Nast, Wilford Brimley, Randy Bachman, Meatloaf, Shaun Cassidy, Stephen Jenkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Arnold, Lil Wayne, Avril Lavigne. Hugh Hefner died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Corned beef hash - Yungg CheffLets get it on - Marvin GayeBlood red & goin down - Tanya TuckerMemphis blues - WC hardyBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Aint seen nothin yet - BTOTwo outta three aint bad - MeatloafDa do ron ron - Shaun CassidySemi-charmed life - Third Eye BlindKryptonite - 3 Doors DownGo DJ - Lil Waynesk8ter boi - Avril LavigneExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/

And part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Thomas Nast, the creator of the modern political cartoon.

And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography on Thomas Nast, the inventor of the modern political cartoon.

What I learned from reading American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune by Greg Steinmetz.Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly which I will answer in Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes [0:01] A series of spectacular financial triumphs had made Gould fabulously rich. At age thirty-six, he was the most notorious businessman in the country.[1:00] Vanderbilt told a newspaper that Gould was "the smartest man in America." Rockefeller, when asked who he thought had the best head for business, answered "Jay Gould" without pausing to think.They  recognized Gould as a master of his craft. No one disputed that he was an extraordinary problem solver, an unparalleled negotiator, an expert communicator, a lightning-fast thinker, and a masterful tactician with a staggering memory.[2:00] Railroads changed America in the nineteenth century much as automobiles changed the country in the twentieth century and the internet has changed the twenty first century.[5:00] American Rascal shows the complex and quirky character of the nineteenth century's greatest robber baron. He was at once praised for his brilliance by Rockefeller and Vanderbilt and condemned for forever destroying American business values by Mark Twain. He lived a colorful life, trading jokes with Thomas Edison, figuring in Thomas Nast's best sketches, paying Boss Tweed's bail, and commuting to work in a 200-foot yacht.[6:00] I consider this part two in a two part series on Jay Gould. Make sure you listen to part 1: Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons by Edward J. Renehan Jr. (Founders #258)[9:00] He read whatever he could get his hands on. Jay was often nowhere to be found. He was off hiding somewhere with his books.[10:00] He would wake up at three to study by firelight.[10:00] My Life and Work by Henry Ford. (Founders #266)[12:35] “As you know. I'm not in the habit of backing out of what I undertake, and I shall write night and day until it is completed.”[13:00] Relentless and self-confident: Gould toyed with the idea of college. He visited Rutgers, Yale, Harvard, and Brown. He concluded college was an expensive indulgence. Why bother with college when he could teach himself from books?[13:00] I am determined to use all my best energies to accomplish this life's highest possibilities.[22:00] The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson. (Founders #191)[22:00] All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense by Peter Bevelin[26:00] Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by Ryan Holiday. (Founders #31)[30:00] The good ones know more. — Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy (Founders #82)[37:00] The story of how Gould seized Erie shows his brilliance as a financial strategist, his deep understanding of law, a surprising grasp of human nature, and a mastery of political reality.[41:00] Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer by Stephen Dando-Collins (Founders #55)[42:00] There isn't any secret. I avoid bad luck by being patient. Whenever I'm obliged to get into a fight, I always wait and let the other fellow get tired first.[44:00] James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone. (Founders #96)[52:00] Edison and Gould shared some traits. Both were born into poverty. Both thought about little beside their obsessions —inventions for Edison, money for Gould. Both worked all the time. Both had spent their childhoods reading anything that came their way.[53:00] Edison: A Biography by Matthew Josephson. (Founders #267)——Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly which I will answer in Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes I use Readwise to organize and remember everything I read. You can try Readwise for 60 days for free https://readwise.io/founders/“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Seeking to create a unified American culture, in the early and mid-19th century Americans created their own fashion for celebrating Christmas – The American Way of Christmas. In this episode we explore that creation and the folks who made it – Washington Irving, Clement Clarke Moore, Charles Dickens, Sarah Josepha Hale, and Thomas Nast. Ho, ho, ho -- all this and more” on Episode 29 of The American Tapestry Project.

Our modern image of Santa and the character of Scrooge are icons of Christmas that were born of the era of the civil war and workers rights. Charles Dickens and Thomas Nast were artists in service to human values.

With only one week left in 2022, the biggest story looking forward to the new year is who will become the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has already started his pitch for House Speaker, as people speculate who will join former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Senior Political Correspondent at Axios Josh Kraushaar highlights which stories to pay attention to once the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, and explains how the GOP can have a productive legislative year.   How did Santa Claus, the character beloved by children across the world, help the Union Army win the Civil War? FOX & Friends Co-Host and the Narrator of the FOX Nation special How Santa Won The Civil War, Brian Kilmeade joins to discuss how cartoonist Thomas Nast created the modern image of Santa, how it was used to boost morale and promote enlistment during the war, and the impact it had on shaping Christmas for generations to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With only one week left in 2022, the biggest story looking forward to the new year is who will become the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has already started his pitch for House Speaker, as people speculate who will join former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Senior Political Correspondent at Axios Josh Kraushaar highlights which stories to pay attention to once the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, and explains how the GOP can have a productive legislative year.   How did Santa Claus, the character beloved by children across the world, help the Union Army win the Civil War? FOX & Friends Co-Host and the Narrator of the FOX Nation special How Santa Won The Civil War, Brian Kilmeade joins to discuss how cartoonist Thomas Nast created the modern image of Santa, how it was used to boost morale and promote enlistment during the war, and the impact it had on shaping Christmas for generations to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With only one week left in 2022, the biggest story looking forward to the new year is who will become the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has already started his pitch for House Speaker, as people speculate who will join former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Senior Political Correspondent at Axios Josh Kraushaar highlights which stories to pay attention to once the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, and explains how the GOP can have a productive legislative year.   How did Santa Claus, the character beloved by children across the world, help the Union Army win the Civil War? FOX & Friends Co-Host and the Narrator of the FOX Nation special How Santa Won The Civil War, Brian Kilmeade joins to discuss how cartoonist Thomas Nast created the modern image of Santa, how it was used to boost morale and promote enlistment during the war, and the impact it had on shaping Christmas for generations to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I'm “live” with one of my classes, discussing the history of Santa Claus, and his ties to New Jersey. If you haven't already so done, listen to my episode on our connection to the Christ as Tree. From Odin to an elf, and Thomas Nast in Morristown to the Santa shortage of 2021, come with us on a trip to discover the origins of Santa. Don't forget to follow my socials: njhistorypodcast@gmail.com mrkbhistorynj on the TikTok newjerseyhistorypodcast on the Snapchat The New Jersey History Podcast on the ‘Gram *UPDATE*- My New Jersey History YouTube Channel is going to be merged with my regular YouTube channel, allowing easy access for my 8th grade students, college students, podcast listeners, and the world.

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Thomas Nast, Charles Dickens and Francis Pharcellus Church were all important figures in the most important 53 years of Santa Claus. While Christmas Spirit was rising, the new addition of "Letters to Santa" and "Christmas Cards" changed the way Santa handled toys.  Also Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, and even Galileo played a part.  

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. Artistic Director and founding company member of Dance Theater of Harlem, Virginia Johnson, discusses her 40-year career in dance and the legacy of one of the most recognized ballet companies. The company is in the Houston area this week, visiting schools and providing outreach and education initiatives for local students.  Here are some of their public events. For the full list, visit PerformingArtsHouston.org/education Many Hues, One Line: Dance Theatre Harlem dancers will join Houston Ballet dancers for a panel discussion moderated by Virginia Johnson at the Houston Ballet dance lab on December 6, 2022, from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Freedmen's Town tour: Dance Theatre of Harlem company members will take a tour of Houston's Freedmen's Town Conservancy on December 8, 2022, to learn about Houston's history. Public Master class: On December 10, 2022, at Houston Ballet, intermediate and advanced dancers are invited to challenge and expand sharpen their ballet technique in a masterclass led by Dance Theatre of Harlem company members. Registration is $20 and limited to 35 pre-professional and professional dancer participants. Holiday in the Tre: On December 10, 2022, Dance Theatre of Harlem dancers will attend the annual Holiday in the Tre festival at Houston's Emancipation Park, leading a workshop and offering a meet & greet for festivalgoers from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mini performance at Wheeler Baptist Church: Dance Theatre of Harlem's last event of the Houston Residency will be a performance of their work Holy, Holy at Wheeler Baptist Church, during the 11:30 am worship service on December 11, 2022. In the new year, Dance Theatre of Harlem performs at Jones Hall on February 3 – 4, 2023.  For more information, log on to PerformingArtsHouston.org. Then, we shift topics to discuss St. Nicholas. We hear his name in Christmas songs, but who is he? What is his relationship to the modern image of Santa Claus? Today, December 6th, is St. Nicholas Day, a day to celebrate the saint of the same name who was known for his kindness and generosity. Celebrated with parades, singing, and a hope to receive some treats in exchange for good behavior, this holiday certainly rings familiar. We talk with an expert on how St. Nicholas inspired Santa Claus, his evolution in America over the years, and the origins for all the attributes found in the modern image of the Christmas mascot, from the red suit to the flying sleigh with reindeer. Plus, we discuss equivalents of Santa Claus found in other countries from over the world and how their traditions compare with our take on the gift bringer.   Guests: Virginia Johnson Artistic Director and Founding Company Member, Dance Theatre of Harlem Robert Thompson Director, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture Trustee Professor, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps

Hey everybody! Today we're traveling to Germany to discuss the history of Christmas there, and the super interesting character named der Weihnachtsmann! You'll learn all about the different traditions that have been around for hundreds of years and how they have evolved and influenced how the Yuletide time is celebrated today. As promised here's some notes from this episode - Knecht Ruprecht (aka Krampus) and Odin (Hruod Percht / Rhumreicher Percht). Thomas Nast image of Santa from 1880s (woo boy was I off on this, I mistakenly said the 1820s) link As always, please like and subscribe to the podcast, and share it to all of your friends! Follow the podcast on social media as well, and reach out to us via email: lostchristmaspodcast@gmail.com www.facebook.com/lostchristmaspodcast www.twitter.com/lostchristmasp1 www.instagram.com/lostchristmaspodcast Special thanks to: The Christmas Song/Heaven/Slow 3/4 Song by Peter Evans, Tom Blancarte, and Brandon Seabrook - CC by 3.0 Santa Claws is Coming by Ergo Phizmiz - CC by 3.0 holiday by Dee Yan-Key - CC by 3.0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lostchristmaspodcast/message

Why are the Republican Party represented by an elephant, and the Democrats (unofficially) by a donkey? The answer lies in the work of revered political cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose picture ‘Third Term Panic' was published in Harper's Weekly on 7th November, 1874 - the day before the mid-terms. His Aesop-style symbolism is rather tricky for modern readers to untangle, but the satiric thrust of this particular cartoon related to news that President Ulysses S. Grant was considering running for an unprecedented third term in office.  In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why 19th century political cartoonists were so influential;   consider whether Nast's view of the Irish corresponded with his more enlightened views on African-Americans; and reveal how Andrew Jackson reclaimed his portrayal as a ‘jackass' and turned it into a political positive…  Further Reading: • ‘Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons by Fiona Deans Halloran' (University of North Carolina Press, 2012): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Thomas_Nast/HlX6kAxzyRYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=thomas+nast+elephant&printsec=frontcover • ‘Why are an elephant and a donkey the Republican and Democratic party symbols?' (The Sun, 2020): https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12977208/elephant-republican-donkey-democratic-party-symbols-elections/ • ‘Elephant or Donkey? How Animals Became U.S. Political Symbols' (National Geographic, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5MmEfkli9o #1800s #US #Politics #Publishing  Love the show? Join 

The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today by Mark Twain audiobook. The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. The term gilded age, commonly given to the era, comes from the title of this book. Twain and Warner got the name from Shakespeare's King John (1595): "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Gilding a lily, which is already beautiful and not in need of further adornment, is excessive and wasteful, characteristics of the age Twain and Warner wrote about in their novel. Another interpretation of the title, of course, is the contrast between an ideal "Golden Age," and a less worthy "Gilded Age," as gilding is only a thin layer of gold over baser metal, so the title now takes on a pejorative meaning as to the novel's time, events and people. Although not one of Twain's more well-known works, it has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication in 1873. Twain and Warner originally had planned to issue the novel with illustrations by Thomas Nast. The book is remarkable for two reasons–-it is the only novel Twain wrote with a collaborator, and its title very quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism, and corruption in public life.

================================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1================================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA ADOLESCENTES 2022“UN SALTO EN EL TIEMPO”Narrado por: DORIANY SÁNCHEZDesde: PERÚUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church  07 DE SEPTIEMBRE EUNGLE SAM (EL TIO SAM)«Al vencedor le daré de comer del maná escondido, y le daré una piedrecita blanca y en la piedrecita un nombre nuevo escrito, el cual nadie conoce sino el que lo recibe. (Apocalipsis 2: 17, RV95).En este día de 1813, los Estados Unidos recibieron un apodo por el que lo conocen los estadounidenses hasta el día de hoy: Uncle Sam sel Tío Sam). La expresión derivada de cuando Samuel Wilson, un empacador de carne de Nueva York, transportaba barriles de carne de res durante el ejército de los Estados Unidos la Guerra de 1812. Wilson sellaba los barriles con las letras «US», haciendo referencia a los Estados Unidos (United States en inglés), pero los soldados resultaron a referirse a la comida como «Uncle Sams'», que significa «la comida del tío Sam». Los periódicos locales se hicieron eco de la historia y, finalmente, el nombre comenzó a ser utilizado por la gente. Uncle Sam [Tío Sam] se convirtió en un apodo para los Estados Unidos.Cincuenta años después, en las décadas de 1860 y 1870, un caricaturista político llamado Thomas Nast revivió la imagen popular del Tío Sam. Nast añadió algunos toques a la imagen del Tío Sam, dotándole de una barba blanca y un traje de estrellas y rayas que hoy vemos en los carteles del personaje. Nast también es famoso por haber creado la imagen que tenemos ahora de Papá Noel, y también los símbolos del burro y el elefante utilizados por los partidos políticos estadounidenses demócrata (burro) y republicano (elefante). Pero probablemente la imagen más famosa del Tío Sam fue creada por James Flagg. La imagen de Flagg muestra al Tío Sam con un gran sombrero de copa y una chaqueta azul, y señalando de frente al espectador. Este retrato del Tío Sam con las palabras «I Want You for the U.S. Army» [Te quiero para el ejército de los Estados Unidos) se utilizó como cartel de reclutamiento durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.Samuel Wilson fue enterrado en su ciudad natal, Troy, Nueva York, que hoy se llama con orgullo «El hogar del Tío Sam». Esa sí que es una buena forma de irse. En 1861, el Congreso de los Estados Unidos reconoció a Samuel Wilson como el padre del símbolo nacional del Tío Sam. No podría haberle ocurrido a un hombre más agradable.Algún día, cuando Jesús vuelva, todos tendremos una nueva imagen y un nuevo nombre. Pero a diferencia del Tío Sam, no nos veremos viejos y grises. Seremos jóvenes y atractivos, y llenos de vida. No recordaremos todos los malos momentos que pasamos aquí en la tierra. Solo sabremos que estamos gozosos de estar con Jesús. Él mismo nos dará la bienvenida al cielo, y será él quien nos dé un nuevo nombre. El nombre nos describirá perfectamente, porque habremos vencido por medio de Jesús.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 568, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yangtze Doodle 1: The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River to this other major river. the Yellow River. 2: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze. the Amazon and the Nile. 3: The Yangtze flows through this province that's China's most populous and known for its spicy cuisine. Szechuan. 4: Native to the Yangtze river valley, this fruit is also known as a Chinese gooseberry. a kiwi. 5: This dam, one of the world's largest when completed, is being built on the Yangtze to control flooding. the Three Gorges Dam. Round 2. Category: Men And Women Of Science 1: In the 1930s this California transplant posthumously received plant patents No. 12-16. Luther Burbank. 2: In 1925 this American anthropologist first visited Samoa; she wrote a book about it 3 years later. Margaret Mead. 3: In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich. Albert Einstein. 4: In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus. Pasteur. 5: The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle. Hans Krebs. Round 3. Category: Medical Milestones 1: Louise Brown, the first human conceived by in vitro fertilization, is better known as the 1st this "baby". test tube baby. 2: In 1853 Charles Gerhardt buffered salicylic acid, creating acetylsalicylic acid, later marketed as this. aspirin. 3: This type of surgery introduced in 1961 uses extreme cold to perform a "bloodless" operation. cryogenic (or cryosurgery). 4: In 1977 the balloon type of this procedure was used for the first time to unblock clogged heart arteries. angioplasty. 5: In 1866 Dr. Thomas Allbutt was all brain when he invented a 6-inch one of these; safer fluids have replaced mercury. a thermometer. Round 4. Category: Music Of The '70s 1: In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. 2: This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady". Paul Anka. 3: His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979. Billy Joel. 4: This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You". How Sweet It Is. 5: In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors". Charlie Rich. Round 5. Category: Politics 1: Cities as big as L.A. and Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no "D"' or "R" after the candidates' names. nonpartisan. 2: In 1913 James Hamilton Lewis became the first senator in this job of counting votes and rounding up members. whip. 3: Military-sounding term for a local leader who oversees a political party's activities in one precinct. a captain. 4: The rooster was symbol of this party before Thomas Nast drew their new one in 1870. the Democrats. 5: A contraction of "procuracy", it's a person you authorize to vote in your place. proxy. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

During the reign of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan, no one navigated markets more successfully, or ruthlessly, than shadowy Jay Gould. In “AMERICAN RASCAL: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune” Author Greg Steinmetz revisits the often-overlooked robber baron. Greg traces Gould's rise from an enterprising youth to owning 15% of all the railroads in the United States, and fortunes won and lost along the way. He shares how Gould isn't the caricature that appears in Thomas Nast's cartoons, but rather a complex figure during a time when insider trading was legal, and only the crooked survived.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The gripping biography of Jay Gould, the greatest 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial reforms.Had Jay Gould put his name on a university or concert hall, he would undoubtedly have been a household name today. The son of a poor farmer whose early life was marked by tragedy, Gould saw money as the means to give his family a better life…even if, to do so, he had to pull a fast one on everyone else. After entering Wall Street at the age of twenty-four, he quickly became notorious when he paralyzed the economy and nearly toppled President Ulysses S. Grant in the Black Friday market collapse of 1869 in an attempt to corner the market on gold—an event that remains among the darkest days in Wall Street history. Through clever financial maneuvers, he gained control over one of every six miles of the country's rapidly expanding network for railroad tracks—coming close to creating the first truly transcontinental railroad and making himself one of the richest men in America.American Rascal shows Gould's complex, quirky character. He was at once praised for his brilliance by Rockefeller and Vanderbilt and condemned for forever destroying American business values by Mark Twain. He lived a colorful life, trading jokes with Thomas Edison, figuring Thomas Nast's best sketches, paying Boss Tweed's bail, and commuting to work in a 200-foot yacht. Gould thrived in an expanding, industrial economy in which authorities tolerated inside trading and stock price manipulation because they believed regulation would stifle progress. But by taking these practices to new levels, Gould showed how unbridled capitalism was, in fact, dangerous for the American economy. This eye-opening history explores Gould's audacious exploitation of economic freedom triggered the first public demands for financial reform—a call that still resonates today.Support independent booksellers - ​https://wellingtonsquarebooks.indiecommerce.com/book/9781982107406

Morristown, NJ is a town rich in history. It was the winter encampment of General George Washington and his troops, as well as the home of notable figures in history such as Thomas Nast. Glenbrook Brewery pays homage to Morristown's history the only way they know how, with beer! Each craft beer produced by their award winning Head Brewer is carefully brewed with the finest ingredients and artisan craftsmanship. Segment 1We learn about the background of how Heath Traver and Darren Cregan came up with the idea of Glenbrook Brewery. It all started with a one gallon home brew kit and has turned into the first brewery in Morristown. We also learned the process of how they brew the beer, especially on this large of a scale compared to a home brew kit.Today in New Jersey History: The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company, based in Newark, became the first brewery to produce their beer, Krueger Beer, in a can on January 24, 1935.Segment 2Heath & Darren talk about the offerings Glenbrook has and some of the fan favorites. The brewery idea started with an award-winning pumpkin beer, but it's Colonial Ale, Morristown Ale, Kolsch, and more have all become staples! All of these beers picked up awards at the Brewski Awards. They also each have tie in names to not only Morristown, but connections throughout history. They also hint at some future offerings and ideas they have for the brewery.New Jersey Fun Fact: The Lambert Castle Museum in Paterson has a spoon exhibit with over 5,400 spoons from every state and almost every country in the world.   Segment 3Glenbrook Brewery is extremely active in the community. Supporting local restaurants and bringing in their food, education foundations, and toy drives is important to Heath & Darren. They do a lot of events like trivia, live music, and more to make it a family-friendly atmosphere. The team at Glenbrook Brewery is incredible, from their GM Conor to their servers, everyone makes you feel welcome and happy to be there. Glenbrook Brewery: glenbrookbrewery.comAddress: 95 Morris Street Morristown, NJ 07960Instagram: @glenbrookbreweryThank you to our sponsors: Albert & Whitney CPAs awcpasllc.comPayPro Corp payprocorp.comContact the show: greetingsfromthegardenstate@gmail.comWebsite: greetingsfromthegardenstate.comFollow us on Instagram: @greetingsfromthegardenstateMusic (used with permission): "Crazy" by Manny Cabo www.mannycabo.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GardenState)

On this day in 1870, political cartoonist Thomas Nast first used the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic Party in a cartoon titled “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize–winning titles, and MacArthur Fellowship recipients, comics shape American culture, in ways high and low, superficial, and deeply profound.In American Comics, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through their incredible but little-known history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic strips and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and '70s; and finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel by acclaimed practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel.Dauber's story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them. Throughout, he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell. Striking and revelatory, American Comics is a rich chronicle of the last 150 years of American history through the lens of its comic strips, political cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels, and more.HOST:  Rob MellonFEATURED BREW:  Buzzman Mutant American Ale, Unsung Brewing Company, Orange County, CaliforniaBOOK:  American Comics: A Historyhttps://www.amazon.com/American-Comics-History-Jeremy-Dauber/dp/0393635600/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FHZA7LKG90GU&keywords=jeremy+dauber+american+comics&qid=1640730901&sprefix=jeremy+dauber%2Caps%2C478&sr=8-1MUSIC:  Bones Forkhttps://bonesfork.com/

Hi, everybody! I am Georgiana, your English teacher and founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission is to help you speak English fluently. Merry Christmas everyone! Today I would like to share with you five fun facts about Santa Claus. And with a fun mini-story, I will help you improve your English fluency. You just have to answer some simple questions, as if we had an informal English conversation. There are so many things I love about Christmas. I love baking Christmas cookies, watching Christmas movies, buying presents, and decorating the tree. And let's not forget about Father Christmas, Santa Claus. I hope you're having a great Christmas this year.  1. Is Santa Claus real? Yes, of course. Santa Claus is real. The real name of Santa Claus was Saint Nicholas, but he was also known as Kris Kringle. Saint Nicholas was born in modern-day Turkey. After donating all his inherited wealth, he became famous for helping the poor and sick. Over the years, he became popular for his deeds and became known as the protector of children. In many countries, on December 6, people still celebrate Saint Nicholas Day. And this day was considered a lucky day to make large purchases or for marriage purposes. 2. Why is Father Christmas known as Santa Claus? St. Nicholas became known as Santa Claus after his Dutch nickname, Sintar Klaas. In the 18th century, a New York Historical Society member distributed woodcuts of St. Nicholas at the society's annual meeting. On the other hand, Washington Irving, the author of the book The History of New York, further popularized the tales of Sintar Klaas by referring to St. Nicholas as the patron saint of New York in his book. 3. How old is Santa? Santa Claus' origins go back to a monk named St. Nicholas, born between 260 and 280 AD in a village called Patara, part of modern-day Turkey. So in 2021, Santa Claus is about 1750 years old. That's amazing! :) 4. Who created the image of Santa Claus? One of the first artists to define the modern image of Santa Claus was Thomas Nast. This 19th century American cartoonist immortalized Santa Claus with an illustration for the January 3, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly. Santa was dressed in an American flag and riding in a sleigh pulled by reindeer in this drawing. 5. Is it true that Santa traditionally wears red because of Coca‑Cola? Many believe that Santa Claus wears red because of Coca-Cola. Although there is no doubt that the soft drink company has influenced the representation of Santa Claus, the fact is that Saint Nicholas appeared in many illustrations and written descriptions wearing a scarlet coat. Well, I hope you enjoyed learning these 5 fun facts about Santa Claus. Now let's continue with a mini-story. GET the TRANSCRIPT here: SpeakEnglishPodcast.com/podcast

Happy Holidays from DGMH... It's the Christmas Special... Again!For our Fifth and Final Day of Christmas, we have Shots Regular Guy, Luke Franchuk, telling us the origin story of our Jolly and Fat Santa... Plus Shots!On The DGMH Christmas Special... Again (Pt. 5)This year, I decided to remaster and re-release the DGMH Christmas Special - "DGMH's Favorite Things" this year... But, the holidays are a busy time for everyone, so I decided to re-lease each guest's favorite Christmas Tale separately!   Support the show here and get access to all sorts of bonus content:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=trueCheers!Be sure to join the Facebook Group at "Drinks with Great Minds in History Podcast"Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @dgmhhistoryMusic:Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3845-hall-of-the-mountain-kingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artwork by @Tali Rose... Check it out!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=true)

Saint Nicholas - Sinter Klaas - Santa Claus – all names for a major symbol of Christmas. But is he just a symbol? Join us today to hear the story of Nicholas, 3rd Century Bishop of Myra, Asia Minor (present- day Turkey), and how, over time, stories of his holy, generous life were embellished into legend. Discover additions made to the story by writer Washington Irving, minister Clement Moore, Civil War illustrator Thomas Nast, and Coca-Cola artist Haddom Sundblom. Don’t miss a minute of this fascinating history lesson.

4 dagar kvar till Julafton och i dagens lucka berättar marcus om den Waeliska traditionen Mari Lwyd medan Christoffer namedroppar Thomas Nast och anledningen till varför Tomten ser ut som den gör i USA och varför han bor på Nordpolen Stöd Oknytt på Patreon för att öka kvalitén på avsnitten och ta del av bonusmaterial: https://www.patreon.com/oknytt Följ Oknytt på sociala medier!  Insta: @oknyttpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Oknyttpod  Har du en berättelse du vill att vi ska ta upp? Maila den till: oknyttpod@gmail.com

En este primer especial de temporada nos fuimos por lo tradicopnal: hablar sobre Santa Claus y su origen, desde el obispo Nicolás de Bari por el siglo IV d. C, hasta Thomas Nast, el primer ilustrador en hacer una nueva versión de este personaje. Quedó corto para no rellenar, quisimos enfocarnos en los detalles importantes que llevaron a la invención de este personaje navideño y un poco sobre cómo Coca-Cola lo hizo parte de su marketing. Acompáñennos en la aventura para descubrir Santa Claus...ES HISTORIA Nuestras redes sociales en un par de clic's: https://flow.page/epocas.epicas.podcast . Música del genio de Kevin MacLeod: We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Episode 6 of Robin Morrow's series Christmas Fantasy. The first appearance of a modern Santa Claus, complete with what we consider to be the Santa suit was in drawings by Thomas Nast. Nast's original drawings were of a small Santa who could slide down chimneys, but his later works made him full size. He was also the first to draw Santa wearing a red suit with fur lining, a nightcap, and a black belt with a large buckle. Hear this and other stories of Christmas.

Today we talk to Karen Hicks, something of a polymath in areas of interest and writing. Karen is a screenwriter and journalist, a newsletter chronicler, a biographer, a romance novelist, a short story and ghost writer, a non-fiction writer, and a columnist. She shares with us her methods on research as well as the passion and discovery that writing can inspire. … Continue...Episode 126 – Interview with Karen Hicks

If you know Boss Tweed today, it's probably from political cartoons from the 19th century about greed and graft in NYC politics. And you're right! But what you probably didn't learn is that Boss Tweed eventually went to jail—for a while. Here, Kasey Howe recounts his checkered career, the high cost of chairs in in the 1800s, and why an escape by sea for a man who suffered from seasickness was never going to be an easy choice. Check out Thomas Nast's political cartoons here: https://www.thoughtco.com/thomas-nasts-campaign-against-boss-tweed-4039578 Logo: Jessica Balaschak Music: Caveman of Los Angeles by Party Store Music --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/american-scandals/support

In this quick bonus episode, I discuss one of my favorites Minds in History!  "The Father of the Political Cartoon," Thomas Nast... A man who is connected to more American History than you could ever imagine, way more than just Santa!Key Topics: Political Cartoons, Republicans, Democrats, Boss TweedSupport the show here and get access to all sorts of bonus content:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=trueBe sure to follow me on Facebook at "Drinks with Great Minds in History" & Follow the show on Instagram @drinkswithgreatminds_podcastMusic:Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3845-hall-of-the-mountain-kingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artwork by @Tali Rose... Check it out!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=true)

Photo: Street scene in London--winter evening / Thomas Nast. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling:  London winter is coming! @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://news.yahoo.com/where-does-uk-gas-facing-120045355.html

In this special episode of the BG Ideas podcast, we present a roundtable discussion about the significance of Kamala Harris's appointment to Vice President, brought to us by the Center for Women and Gender Equity and the Division of Diversity and Belonging. Titled “Being the First but Making Sure You Are Not the Last.” This panel was moderated by CWGE director Dr. Kacee Ferrell Snyder and features three guests: Dr. Melissa Miller, Dr. Kathleen Kollman, and Dr. Lisa Dubose.  Announcer:From Bowling Green State University and the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, this is BG Ideas.Musical Intro:I'm going to show you this with a wonderful experiment.Jolie:Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Big Ideas podcast brought to you by the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society and the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University. I'm Jolie Sheffer, associate professor of English and American culture studies, and the director of ICS.Jolie:What follows is a round table discussion hosted by BGSU Center For Women and Gender Equity about the first woman and person of color to serve as the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. Titled Being The First, But Making Sure You Are Not The Last, this conversation has been adapted for the Big Ideas podcast.Jolie:This panel was moderated by CWGE Director, Dr. Kacee Ferrell Snyder and features three guests. Dr. Melissa Miller is Professor of Political Science at BGSU and a former ICS faculty fellow. Dr. Kathleen Coleman is a lecturer of English at the Ohio State University and a recent graduate of BGSU's American Culture Studies PhD program.Jolie:Dr. Lisa Dubose serves as the Director of Human Resources for Employee Relations and Professional Development at BGSU, where she also earned her doctorate in leadership studies, and she has taught for the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.Jolie:Due to the ongoing pandemic, this round table was recorded remotely via computer. As always, the opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of BGSU or its employees.Jolie:Bowling Green State University is situated in the Great Black Swamp in the lower Great Lakes region. This land is the homeland of the Wyandotte, Kickapoo, Miami, Potawatomie, Ottawa, and multiple other Indigenous tribal nations, present and past, who were forcibly removed to and from the area.Jolie:We recognize these historical and contemporary ties and our efforts toward de-colonizing history. And we honor the Indigenous individuals and communities who have been living and working on this land from time immemorial. Kacee:Hello, thank you all so much for being with us. My name is Kacee Ferrell Snyder. I am the Director of the Center For Women in Gender Equity and the co-Director of the Center For Violence Prevention Education at BGSU. Today, we have some great guests with us to talk about our new Vice President, Kamala Harris, the first woman, and first woman of color into this role of Vice President of the United States.Kacee:In our program today, being the first, but making sure you are not the last, is presented by the Center For Women in Gender Equity and part of the Division of Diversity and Belonging. Our round table participants today are Dr. Melissa Miller, she is an expert on American politics with a specific focus on elections and voting behavior, women inAmerican politics, public opinion in the media. She teaches courses in American government, political parties, voter behavior, women in America, politics, and research methods. In 2016, Dr. Miller was named Master Teacher, which is the highest teaching award on campus.Kacee:Dr. Kathleen Coleman completed a PhD in American culture studies at Bowling Green State University in 2020, so congratulations. She's currently serving as a lecture of English at the Ohio State University. Her research focuses on representations of gender in film, television, literature, and other popular culture texts. Dr. Coleman is working on turning her dissertation, If She Were President: Fictional Representations of Female US Presidents in Film, Television, and Literature into a Monograph.Kacee:And Dr. Lisa E. Dubose is a duly certified Human Resources Administrator with nearly three decades of experience in public and private sector industries. She is currently employed as Director of Human Resources for Employee Relations and Professional Development at Bowling Green State University, where she also earned her EDD in leadership studies. She has instructed as an adjunct at two universities, which include teaching for the past two summers an accelerated master's level, strategic human resources course for the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.Kacee:So thank you all so much for being here for our round table discussion. I'm really excited to hear from all of you and hear your perspectives. So we're going to kind of dive right in here if we could. My first question, and I'm going to ask all of you to answer it. And Dr. Coleman, if you could start, share what your initial reaction was when you found out that a woman was nominated for the VP slot, and/or that there was a woman VP elect?Kathleen:Yeah, it was very exciting. I really didn't think that would happen. I was finishing my dissertation on a similar topic, right as the last woman who was still running for President dropped out of the race. I was literally finishing the last few bits of my manuscript that day that she dropped out. So to find out that Kamala had been picked as Joe Biden's VP choice, I was delighted.Kathleen: And then to have them actually win, I was also delighted, but again, I was surprised. All of my research was indicating that things were not necessarily going to go in that direction for this election cycle, because historically, we've had a lot of trouble getting women past a certain point in that process. And even the women have made it all the way to even the top of the ticket as a party nominee, a major party nominee, no woman had yet actually won the electoral college.Kathleen:So it was a sense of both joy and relief. And also, man, I'm going to have to revise a lot of stuff now in my work, but I'm happy to do that. I think it's a great reason to do that. So yeah.Kacee:Thank you, Dr. Miller?Melissa:Yeah. I actually have two responses. The first was when Joe Biden named Kamala Harris to be his VP nominee, which happened in August. I wasn't surprised, and I think that's kind of a cool thing, that in fact, there has been some normalization of women on a presidential ticket running for President. There had been two prior nominees for Vice President on a major party ticket.Melissa:And there had been a weeks long Veepstakes that I'd been following closely. Joe Biden had signaled that he would name a woman all the way back in March during a debate with Bernie Sanders, so I wasn't surprised. It was more like,"Oh, okay, good pick." I immediately went to my political science brain, "Okay. What does she bring to the ticket?" Et cetera, et cetera. Melissa:But then fast forward to the Saturday after the election which was the day that it became clear and was basically announced in the media that the Biden-Harris ticket had won. I was driving with my teenage son and I suddenly got this chill, and I turned to my son and I said, "I don't know if you understand what a big deal this is. We have our first woman VicePresident."Melissa:I started pumping my arm and my teenage son said, "Mom, you need to calm down or we're going to have to pull over." So for me, it was a little bit of a delay, but a real sense of the historic nature and a real turning of the page in women's political history in the United States.Kacee:Thank you, Dr. Dubose?Lisa:Yes. I mirror what my colleagues have stated. The level of excitement that I had was significant. It's significant because now there was representation of someone who lookedlike me, as a woman, as a Black woman, and as a researcher whose study was on the experiences of leadership advancement of African-American women. It told the different story, and just like my colleagues said, the information that I had gleaned over the time period where I was doing my research showed something else because that's what history dictated.Lisa:But this was a time of a shift, of a change during such an uprising of social injustice related issues. And so the excitement had many layers of it, but of course, key is representation is everything. When you have someone of a diverse background that looks different than what we had typically been seeing over the centuries that we have existed in this country, it tells us that there is acceptance.Lisa:So my initial feeling was that of excitement. And then as a person of color who experienced certain types of discrimination, and who has, as a human resources professional, investigated those types of discriminatory behaviors toward people that didn't look like the majority, I also had a little bit of fear, "What is this going to mean for the ticket? Will this ticket be allowed to actually push forward and win? And will there'll be additional threats that may not have been a consideration if a male had been selected for this position?"Lisa:And so I let that fear be overcome by the joy and excitement to say, "You know what?" It's a new day and we have to be a part of this continuation of change through conversations just like this. And so it's important for us to continue to talk about, yes we can, yes we are, yes we will. And then the third element is that I happen to be in the same sorority as Kamala Harris.Lisa:So as a Senator, and now as the Vice President, she is my sorority sister. So I am very happy to be able to state that as well, but it's very meaningful and I believe it's going to assist in helping to change the dynamic and the fabric of how we move forward in our country.Kacee:Thank you all so much. So Harris talks a lot about those who have come before her, and how important they have been to paving the way for her. She's also said that, although she's the first, she will not be the last woman or woman of color in this position.Kacee:Why do you think it's taken so long for a woman to be in one of the highest positions of government? And why do you think we still have not seen a woman in the highest position? So Dr. Dubose, do you mind starting? And then Dr. Miller?Lisa:Absolutely. Well, we all know the research that is surrounding the glass ceiling, and when it comes to women in the workplace and how there's this impenetrable wall or ceiling that exists, that says, "You can see what's out there for you, but we're not going to allow you to break through that ceiling to achieve it."Lisa: So that barrier is something that's real, there're entire commissions that have done research about it. A Federal Glass Ceiling Commission is one of them, and there's significant research on the Department of Labor website that talks about these trends. Now, when it comes to a woman of color, there's an additional element that is of concern, which is called the concrete ceiling.Lisa:So with the glass ceiling, you see it, but you can't attain it, where there are significant barriers. With the concrete ceiling, what it's stating is we don't know about it, we don't hear about it, and the intent is for us not to achieve that. So that's the precursor of all of the types of barriers that have existed, that prohibited women and women of color from advancing.Lisa:So as we move forward down the continuum of what's happened in our government, there were laws that were put into place to try and abate those issues, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is one of them. And that's Title VII, where it really addresses any kind of marginalization and making sure that there's an entity that is reviewing those kinds of cases that are coming forward, at no cost to those individuals that are feeling as if they're impeded. So we're beyond 50 years with that law, but guess what? We're still facing the same thing.Lisa:So the history of our country has said, "No, you women need to stay in a particular place. You can't have too much ambition. It's okay if you have this level of position, but not the senior level position. It's great for you to be support, maybe beside, but not ahead." And that's not true. We have to catch up with what other countries have done and how they've had women in senior leadership roles, running countries and making a huge difference. We're a super power, so our super powers have to be advanced by understanding that we are able, we are capable, we are knowledgeable, and we are forces to be reckoned with. And if we're at the table, we bring an entirely different discussion, an element that helps us move forward. Lisa:So it has hindered in the past, but every time we make an advancement, it chips away at that ceiling that's glass, and that ceiling that's concrete, and we're going to keep chipping away at it.Melissa:If I can just tag along on everything that Dr. Dubose said, and also add that everything that's true in the workforce, there's been a sort of a companion thread of research among gender scholars in political science and in women's studies, that those very same barriers have been present for women.Melissa:Just to put this in historical context, the first woman to run for President was Victoria Woodhull, who was born in tiny Homer, Ohio. And she ran for President in 1872 as the nominee of the Equal Rights party. She was famously caricatured in a political cartoon by Thomas Nast as literally the devil. But let me just underscore, that's quite a long wait until 2020, the first woman to be elected Vice President. Melissa: The office of President of the United States is the most masculinized elective office, probably in the world. And the traits that people associate with it are strength, decisiveness, authority. These are not stereotypically feminine traits. Stereotypically feminine traits are things like compassion and empathy, and caring, and that's not historically what Americans have been looking for in their President. So there has just been plain outright sexism among voters.Melissa:Now, that of course, has been chipped away at, in the feminism's first wave and the second wave. A lot of progress had been made and women began to enter elective office in greater number, but still that highest glass or concrete ceiling had not been broken. And there are some additional reasons why we have yet to see a woman as President.Melissa:One is that there just are so few women in the pipeline. We think of those stepping stone positions to the office of Vice President, or the office of President. And they are sitting US Senator, sitting Member of Congress, Governor of a key State. And when you think that even as we sit here today, women are just 27% of the US House and 26% of the Senate, and only 18% of Governor's mansions, there just aren't that many women that are there in those stepping stone positions.Melissa:Why is that? Well, so few women run for office and when they do run, they tend to wait until their children are grown up. Whereas a man might run for office for the first time, maybe at the local level, in his 30s. A woman, when she runs for office for that first time, tends to be in her 40s or 50s, which then means she's going to have a much more abbreviated career and won't get up to that maybe US Senate position. Melissa:So that is another key factor. I am just so thrilled, however, that this one glass ceiling has been broken, again, to begin to normalize women at the pinnacle of American politics. And hopefully that will lead to more women being excited, picturing themselves and envisioning being involved politically, and eventually running for office.Kacee:My next question is how does Harris' multiple identities, woman, she identifies as Black, Indian American, she's a daughter of immigrants, those are some of the identities that she holds, how does that play into her role as VP? And Dr. Miller, if you would like to answer that, and if anybody else wants to chime in after, that would be great.Melissa:First, let me say that those multiple identities were a factor in herbeing chosen, and that didn't surprise me at all. And in my view, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The number one reason anybody gets chosen as Vice President is because of something they bring to the ticket. So we think back to Barack Obama choosing Joe Biden to be his Vice President. Joe Biden had that lengthy resume in Washington, DC, a lot of foreign policy credentials that the ticket needed, that Barack Obama felt would help him get elected. Melissa:So now we look at Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris and the fact that she was a woman, and a woman of color in particular, was a real nod, an acknowledgement that women and people of color were absolutely essential to winning in November. So this pick in that regard was normal. She was picked because he felt that she would help him win.Melissa:In terms of those identities going forward, one thing that we'll be looking for is how visible and how prominent of a Vice President she is. In recent decades, Vice Presidents have been more active and been given more responsibilities by the President of the United States. And so I hope that we will see Kamala Harris play a very visible role as a governing partner, because again, the more visible she is, the more she is a role model, the more that normalizes women at the pinnacle of American politics. Melissa:So I'll be interested in watching for what portfolio she has as Vice President, and whether it might dovetail with some of those multiple identities, but at a minimum, if she's visible, she normalizes women and women of color in American politics. And I think will serve as an inspiration to women to hopefully run for office themselves.Kathleen:Can I add something to that too? That's an amazing answer, but I also want to point out that for any of us who take or teach women's studies courses, that we often instruct undergraduates in the idea of intersectionality when by Dr. Kimberly Crenshaw, and we think of intersectionality sometimes as being, here's how your identity markers interlace to increase oppression basically, that someone, if they're a person of color, if they're a person of a non-masculine gender, that it can be a detriment to their success.Kathleen:But I think that in terms of deciding who he wanted to be his Vice President, that Biden was looking at the fact that intersectionality can, as Dr. Miller said, help with representation and help the Vice President speak to multiple constituencies. So I think that multiple constituencies can take inspiration from the new Vice President's identity markers, and that those are all good things.Lisa:I agree with it and I will build on that even further. I used as a reference point in my research, Dr. Siddle Walker and Sneary, and they built upon research talking about the ethic of justice with Rawls and the ethic of care with Yale again. And added to it, it's not just the male perspective we need to consider, it's not just the female position that we need to consider. We also need to add that diversity element into it.Lisa:And when you ask a person who has been typically marginalized, you understand with a little bit greater depth, instead of thinking, "Well, I believe this is what they need." No, it's an inclusive conversation that allows us to give our voice, lend our experiences, which makes the overall outcome better, and it reaches a broader audience. And I'll give an example. There's a couple of different groups that Vice President Harris has mentioned in her acceptance speech.Lisa:And she talked about her experience within sorority life and what that means to the Divine Nine, which is the historically Black sororities and fraternities. And then also, historically Black colleges and universities. That is a huge factions of hundreds of thousands of individuals who could individually vote, but the level of influence that permeates from that group is significant.Lisa:And so that movement was expanded. So you have the female, you have the person of color, you have the educational background that sometimes had been underrated saying, "They can't accomplish certain things," and it has been demonstrated to be inaccurate. And so with this accurate review of who was selected, who was able to show and share that these experiences of her life brought her to the point of being qualified and capable, it's significant, and it made all the difference in the election. So I agree exactly with what my colleagues stated.Kacee:Thank you. I'm going to jump to a question because I think it relates to some of the things that you're talking about. Amanda Clayton, who's a political scientist at Vanderbilt University said that, "Women can either be seen as leaders or they can be seen as feminine, and two don't go together." And so this classic double bind, how do we get past that? How do women who want to go into politics, or who are in politics handle that?Melissa:Let me just say that for listeners to recall, one of the most prominent memories that many of us will have, and it's easy to Google, you can easily Google this and watch it on YouTube. And it was just shocking, but it really brought to millions of television viewers, the double bind in Technicolor. And that was a 2008 Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, where one of the reporters on the stage pointed out in his question to Hillary Clinton, that New Hampshire voters did, according to the polls, think that she was more qualified to be President, and had the experience necessary for the job more so than her male competitors, and Barack Obama in particular.Melissa:The reporter then went on to say, however, that New Hampshire voters didn't like her as much as they liked Barack Obama. And would she like to respond to that? That was sort of the double bind in a nutshell, that she had the qualities to be President, but it's another way of saying sort of like, "You're not feminine enough." One good bit of news I can report from the world of political science is that recent research on this question is suggesting that the double bind is not as pronounced as it used to be for women on the ballot.Melissa:So there was an interesting study by Deborah Jordan Brooks of Dartmouth, and she did a series of experiments in which she asked voters to read a mocked up news article that she made it look like an actual news article, about a US Senate candidate. And there were different news articles that she used. One was about a candidate who broke down, crying on the campaign trail. One was about a candidate who showed anger on the campaign trail.Melissa:And then at random, the people who participated in this experiment, they only read about one candidate. They either read about a candidate named Karen, or they read about a candidate named Kevin. And that was the only difference in what these voters read about in terms of these candidate descriptions for Us Senate. And guess what? There were no significant differences in how the candidates were rated.Melissa:So she interpreted this as evidence that maybe we're not any more penalizing women for appearing too feminine, and read that as sort of weak, not strong enough, susceptible to crying, nor do they penalize women for being real strong as when they show anger on the campaign trail. So that's one of several studies in recent years that at least in politics, we are no longer penalizing women on the campaign trail when they rub up against that double bind. So I think there has been progress made.Lisa:And I will add to that because I remember watching the four-part biopic of Hillary Clinton. And one of the comments she made is, "I wish I would have been more aggressive, but I was told that I should not come across harsh." And so in that moment, I think she believed that she could have changed the potential outcome if she would have followed her instinct, versus the advisement that people give on what people are thinking, and what people are writing.Lisa:One of the things that we have to become more comfortable with as women and women of color is being our authentic selves, because when we're taking on characteristics that are being pushed on us, it's not going to ring true. And so we should have the same rights to be authentically ourselves, to speak about things that are of value, speak of experiences that we've had from our lenses, that will build more rapport with audiences that look like us or audiences that support difference.Lisa:And so I think it's really important for us to be more conscious of controlling the narrative, and not always responding to the questions that are being asked of us in a way that's a lose-lose situation, but redirecting the question to say, "I appreciate the question you asked, let me tell you this." And speaking the truth of what their capabilities, qualifications are, because you will be penalized if they think you're too feminine, you'll be penalized if they think you're too masculine.Lisa:So just be your authentic self, which says you're qualified to do the work and speak to that, instead of emotions that are continually tried to be placed on us, to have to respond to. So even though the individuals may ask an innocent question, it can be skewed. And so we have to make sure we're prepared for that.Kacee:Thank you. Dr. Coleman, I think your research is so fascinating. And I am wondering if you can share a little bit more about prior to the election, the only examples that Americans had of President or Vice President came from popular culture, as far as women go in that role. So programs like Veep, if any of you have seen that, and Commander-in-Chief.Kacee:So to what extent did movies and television shows help pave the way for Vice President Harris' election, versus hinder the progress that she has made?Kathleen:Well, the examples of female presidency that are in popular culture texts in the 20th century are overwhelmingly negative to varying degrees. There's not a lot of them up until about 2000, and most of my current research has focused on 20th century representations, and those have been incredibly problematic. Those that are actually shown as somewhat positive, have still an air of the ridiculous around them.Kathleen:They're in either cartoons or comedies, or pieces with a little bit of unreality about them. There's a science fiction movie, for example. So having certain genres be represented with a female President, lends it an air of implausibility, whether or not that female President is shown as competent or not.Kathleen:And then as we get into second wave feminism, the representations actually get more negative up until about the late 1990s. In the 1980s, we see several incredibly, I would say direct pieces of backlash against women's pursuit of higher political power. We see comedies that are farces. We see there's a novel where the female President is completely insane, and we see just generally a lot of this masculine angst, where the first gentleman is a little bit more centered than his wife, even though she's presumably the one in more power, and that he is just endlessly full of a lot of complicated feelings around his wife having more political power than he does.Kathleen:So I think that these representations, even if they were designed to put the idea in the minds of the public and the audiences of women could achieve the presidency legally, it's a possibility, that it ended up having the perhaps deleterious consequence that it makes the voters think negatively of the idea, even if that wasn't the creator's intent.Kathleen:Once we see getting into the 21st century, there're more representations, there're a ton of novels. And then as you mentioned, Veep and Commander-in-Chief maybe the most notable examples, but bear in mind, Commander-in-Chief, even though that was actually an overtly positive portrayal of a female President, it only lasted one season. And it was very much designed to be the female West Wing.Kathleen: And you can see a lot of commonalities between those two shows, and yet unlike the West Wing, even though they're arguably of similar quality, Commander-in-Chief did not last nearly as long, and the main difference being this one is showing a female President. The West Wing is showing a male President.Kathleen:Veep, as wonderful as that show is and relatively high quality, she's not a competent leader at all. And similarly, House of Cards, we've got a high quality program, but the female President is arguably duplicitous and has a lot of political machinations, and she's really out for herself. So they have been gaining in number, which I think does help normalize it as an idea. But in terms of whether the character is shown as a positive leader, we really haven't seen that too, too much.Kathleen:I will say, there are several novels from the early 2000s that do show competent female presidential leadership, but unlike television and film, novels don't necessarily hit the zeitgeist as much. You don't necessarily have the wide audience as you do for visual media.Kacee:Thank you. So we've been talking a lot about politics at the national level, but representation obviously is important at every level. And I think you all have talked about that throughout your questions here. Do you all have any thoughts about having a woman and a woman of color at the VP level, is going to affect us at a local level?Lisa:As I stated earlier, representation is everything. And when you see someone looks like you, it is encouragement to say, "I can accomplish this too. Let me look to see what it is that Vice President Harris has that allowed her to achieve this level of success, and how do I need to equip and prepare myself in order to be able to do that at a local level, because she had to start the same way any other politician traditionally starts?"Lisa:And so with that, it's important for us to make sure that we're developing those pipelines that Dr. Miller talked about, and making sure that we have mentors and sponsors that are able to help with that development. And some of the outcomes of the findings from the research that I did, and where I was interviewing highly successful women who are over major organizations, they had achieved levels of experience being an African-American woman, and a lot of it talked about making sure that you're gaining the experience that you need, that you're having networking as a part of who you are and what you do on a regular basis, and not just touch points, but meaningful networking to say, "How is it that I can be successful?"Lisa:Now, the benefit of having social media and technology the way we have it now, while you can have interpersonal relationships and having dynamic conversations, you also have the ability to research and watch footage of others that can help with your development. So if it's something that you're interested in doing, making sure that you're finding someone who can help sow into you information that can help with your growth and development. Lisa:And it doesn't just have to be from a woman. It can be from others who can assist in understanding the process, doesn't mean that you have to follow it exactly, but getting that historical understanding and seeing what you can build and how you can navigate through that process to make the change that you're wanting to make.Lisa:So I think part of it is making sure that you have this fortitude, this courage to strike out and do something that's different, understanding that you may not be a part of the majority number wise, but you can be a part of the change that does happen. And so, as long as we are willing to nurture one another, we all have different skillsets. We all have different types of research, but our backgrounds and what we have to contribute all are factors that can assist someone or many in being able to reach their personal goals. And so I think that's the value of having a variety of lenses at the table experiences knowledge basis because it all works together.Melissa:I will just say that I think it may be some time before we see the effect of having Vice President Harris in that very visible national role, as well as other women. And so to the extent that there are women at the national level in prominent positions, it has this effect of young girls, young women, and all women really, of beginning to visualize themselves.Melissa:So there may be a little bit of a delay, but I'm happy to report that women... I should say girls who are in their pre-teens, their teen years now, watching the inauguration today, watching the next four years, there's going to come a point when they don't remember that the US ever didn't have a Vice President who was a woman, right?Melissa:So sometimes it takes some time, but I think what we can all hope for is that more girls and young women and women in general, women from diverse backgrounds, women from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, different socioeconomic backgrounds, do enter public office because as we've alluded to throughout today's conversation, women bring a different voice to the table, and it's a voice that needs to be part of the conversation.Melissa:So there may be a little bit of a delay, but at the local level, I'm looking forward to seeing it become that women aren't the anomaly, that they have for so long been on the ballot.Kacee:Thank you. Are there any other final thoughts that you all would like to share?Melissa:I'll just share one quick one, which is, if listeners out there want to accelerate the advancement of women in politics, it's very easy for you to take action. Just ask a woman to run for office, whether that's local office, whether it's City Council, or school board, or mayor, or County Commissioner, women are much more likely to run for office if they're asked to do so.Melissa:Men are much more likely to just take it upon themselves to run and not wait to be asked. It's an important ingredient in getting women on that ballot, is that they get recruited by others. So that's something we can all do, whether you're a Democrat or Republican, or an independent. If we are ever going to get women in those pipeline positions that will lead to a woman elected President someday, we need women in these lower level offices with the years it takes to get to the US Senate or get into a Governor's mansion. So that one day we can have a woman President of the United States.Lisa:And I'll make a quick comment. Businesses are a microcosm of our government, and from my human resources lens, it's important for us to ensure that when we are in positions that allow us to have influence, to use that influence to make sure that we're not just talking about diversity, we're not just talking about belonging or inclusion, and we're not just placing something on our website because it looks fantastic, but mobilizing it to make sure that there are provisions that are made to make these things move forward, to bring equity into the workplace more fully.Lisa:So that means that we have to put the money and the resources to make that happen, and understanding that it's not just a function of one department and division, it has to be the responsibility of everyone that is employed within organization to say, "This is the part that I am accountable to do to make these changes, and the best way to do that is policy development." But beyond that is including it in essential functions where that any individual that is in leadership, that's responsible for hiring, whether it's internally or externally, they are measured about how they're moving forward the goals of the organization. If there's a measure in place, then action will happen. It's easy to take action, you have to just do it.Kathleen:I want to add too that taking action and encouraging real life political movement and women in business, that if you're an artist and you feel like art isn't activism, art absolutely is activism because as Dr. Dubose said multiple times, representation matters. So if we have better representations on women in political power, I think that it will continue to help normalize it to audiences.Kathleen:So if you're an author, content creator, or even just some kind of influencer, you want to amplify the voices of people doing this kind of work well, use your position, use your power, use your voice to do that.Kacee:Thank you. Those calls to action, I think are exactly what I was hoping to hear. It's a great way to wrap this program up. So I want to thank you all again. I know that everyone is incredibly busy and I feel like I got so much out of this conversation personally, so I know that everyone else will as well.Kacee: So again, thank all of you so much for being here. This is an exciting time. It's a challenging time, and I hope that everyone has a fantastic day. And thank you again. Jolie:Thank you for listening to this special episode of Big Ideas, and thank you to Kacee Ferrell Snyder, Melissa Miller, Kathleen Coleman, and Lisa Dubose for the thoughtful conversation. Special thanks to the Center for Women and Gender Equity, and the Division of Diversity and Belonging. Sound editing for this episode was provided by DeAnna MacKeigan and Marco Mendoza.

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This week we take a break from our more serious topics to celebrate the holidays and explore the nature and origins of Santa Claus. From a 3rd century monk named Saint Nicholas to the familiar depiction given to us by Thomas Nast to the classic portrayal in Clement C. Moore's poem all the way up to the familiar department store Santa's kids line up to talk to every year we look at Santa through the years. We also compare Christmas traditions from around the world and look for similarities that link them all together. Ultimately we address the burning questions of "Is Santa Claus real" and "Do you believe in Santa Claus". We close with a very special creative presentation from all of our hosts for this joyous holiday. Thank you to all of our viewers over these past 46 episodes. We'll be taking a brief hiatus and will be back after the new year with more great podcasts. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!

Contam-se com a música de Jimi Hendrix e as odes à classe trabalhadora de Bruce Springsteen.Contam-se falando do lugar que vira muitas coisas ao contrário: republicanos que preferem o encarnado e são chamados de elefantes, democratas que preferem o azul e recebem o nome de burros.Contam-se compreendendo uma nação que se construiu assumidamente com ferro, fogo e lágrimas, na qual a religião funciona como “cola da sociedade” e a antiguidade clássica uma referência.Se há país que a Raquel Vaz Pinto conhece do avesso e do direito, são os Estados Unidos da América. E o Pedro Vieira não lhe fica atrás na curiosidade em querer compreender um dos países mais poderosos do mundo, fascinante pelas suas contradições. Vale muito a pena ouvir.REFERÊNCIAS E LINKS ÚTEIS:O regresso da América, Viriato Soromenho MarquesA revolução federal, Viriato Soromenho MarquesRazão e liberdade, José Gomes AndréPolybius, The Histories, a new translation by Robin Waterfield, Oxford World's ClassicsThe poems of Emma LazarusThe rise and fall on Athens: nine greek lives , Plutarch, Penguin ClassicsThe Origins of American Constitutionalism, Donald Lutz, Louisiana State University Press, 1988, p.142As memórias de Adriano, Marguerite YourcenarCartoons the Thomas Nast: https://maccullochhall.org/collections/the-thomas-nast-collection/Martin Luther King:"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entiretyBIOSRAQUEL VAZ PINTOÉ Investigadora do Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI) da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Prof. Auxiliar Convidada da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da mesma Universidade, onde lecciona a disciplina de Estudos Asiáticos.Foi Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política de 2012 a 2016. Autora de vários artigos e livros entre os quais A Grande Muralha e o Legado de Tiananmen, a China e os Direitos Humanos editado pela Tinta-da-China e Os Portugueses e o Mundo editado pela Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.Os seus interesses de investigação são Política Externa e Estratégia Chinesa; os EUA e o Indo- Pacífico; a Europa e o Mundo; e Liderança e Estratégia.É comentadora residente da rádio TSF. É membro da Comissão Cientifica do Fórum Futuro e consultora da Administração da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. PEDRO VIEIRA Pedro Vieira nasceu em Lisboa, em 1975.Licenciado pela Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, trabalhou no Canal Q das Produções Fictícias e é, atualmente, guionista e pivô do programa O Último Apaga a Luz da RTP3.É responsável pela Comunicação do Cinema São Jorge e foi consultor de Comunicação na Booktailors.Trabalha como ilustrador freelancer e escreve livros como se não houvesse amanhã. 

We discuss Robert Crumb and his influences including Fleischer Studios, Ralph Bakshi, Hieronymus Bosch, Thomas Nast, and similar artists like Robert Williams, Lisa Yuskavage, and John Currin. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/your-favorite-artists-favorite-artists/support

"The best cartoons have the fewest words." // Signe Wilkinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. She began cartooning for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1985, and her cartoons are syndicated by the Washington Post Writer's Group. In 2021, she illustrated Jonathan Zimmerman's book, 'Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn.' // On Episode #55 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Signe discuss how Signe began a career in cartooning, her creative process, finding ideas for cartoons, the importance of timing in cartooning, complaints and criticism, the issue of free speech, the origin of Signe's book collaboration with Jonathan Zimmerman, vicious cartoonists from history, Thomas Nast, Signe's best cartoons, blowing up on Reddit, and 'Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn' (2021). // Many thanks to the all-powerful Cesare Ciccanti for all of his efforts on podcast production. //

A lo largo y ancho del mundo, Papá Noel tiene múltiples y variados nombres: San Nicolás, Santa Claus, Viejito Pascuero, Padre hielo... Lo que no varía es la figura del viejecito barrigudo, de tez rosada, vestido con traje rojo y larga barba blanca que se ha convertido en el personaje de Navidad más querido. La leyenda de Papá Noel nos da a conocer su origen, historia y procedencia, algo que resulta muy curioso para todos los niños. ¿Quién es este señor al que miles de niños de todo el mundo escriben una carta contándole cómo se han portado y pidiéndole un regalo para la noche de Navidad? Te contamos la verdadera historia de Papá Noel, para que tú se la cuentes a los niños. ¡Ho, ho, ho! Cuenta la historia que Nicolás de Bari, que luego se convertiría en San Nicolás, nació en el siglo IV en Patara, una ciudad del distrito de Licia, en lo que actualmente es Turquía, dentro de una familia rica y acomodada. Desde su niñez, Nicolás destacó por su bondad y generosidad con los más pobres, preocupándose siempre por el bien de los demás. Siendo todavía muy joven, el muchacho perdió a sus padres, víctimas de una epidemia de peste, y se convirtió en el heredero de una gran fortuna. A sus 19 años, Nicolás decidió dar toda su riqueza a los más necesitados y marcharse a Mira con su tío para dedicarse al sacerdocio. Allí fue nombrado obispo y se convirtió en santo patrón de Turquía, Grecia y Rusia. Además fue nombrado Patrono de los marineros porque, cuenta una historia que, estando alguno de ellos en medio de una terrible tempestad en alta mar y viéndose perdidos, comenzaron a rezar y a pedir a Dios la ayuda del santo, y las aguas se calmaron. San Nicolás falleció el 6 de diciembre del año 345. Puesto que esa fecha está muy próxima a la Navidad, se decidió que este santo era la figura perfecta para repartir regalos y golosinas a los niños el Día de Navidad. Desde el siglo VI, se empezaron a construir templos en su honor y en 1087 sus restos fueron llevados a Bari, en Italia. Posteriormente, en el siglo XII, la tradición católica de San Nicolás creció por Europa, y hacia el siglo XVII emigrantes holandeses llevaron la costumbre a Estados Unidos, donde se suele dejar galletas o pasteles caseros y un vaso de leche a Santa Claus. Por cierto, como curiosidad, el nombre Santa Claus se creó a raíz del nombre del santo en alemán, San Nikolaus. De ahí saldrá lo de 'Claus'. El aspecto de San Nicolás de Bari era muy distinto al que se le atribuye hoy: tenía complexión delgada y era de gran estatura. Y el hecho de que lo representen siempre con una bolsa y tenga la fama de repartidor de regalos se debe a que, en cierta ocasión, el santo tuvo conocimiento de que la hija de uno de sus vecinos iba a casarse y su padre no tenía dinero para la dote, por lo que decidió entregarle una bolsa con monedas de oro. Así, la boda pudo celebrarse y, desde entonces, cobró fuerza la costumbre de intercambiar regalos en Navidad. Aunque la leyenda de Papá Noel sea antigua y compleja, y proceda en gran parte de San Nicolás, la imagen familiar de Santa Claus con el trineo, los renos y las bolsas con regalos es una invención estadounidense. En 1823, el escritor inglés Clement Moore escribió el poema 'Una visita de San Nicolás', imaginando que Papá Noel surcaba los cielos en un trineo llevado por, al menos, nueve renos - Rudolph, Donner, Blitcher, Cometa, Cupido, Brillante, Danzante, Centella y Zorro -, y no que repartía sus regalos a pie o montando en un caballo como se había aceptado hasta entonces. Se cree, además, que los norteamericanos también fueron quienes le dieron su actual aspecto. En 1931, una conocida marca de refrescos encargó al caricaturista Thomas Nast que dibujara un Papá Noel humanizado y cuya imagen fuera más cercana a las personas para su campaña navideña. Así surgió el Papá Noel vestido de rojo, con cinturón y botas negras que permanece hasta hoy en el imaginario popular. Esto consiguió que, además de ser un personaje entrañable de la Navidad, Santa Claus se convirtiera en casi una marca publicitaria, una garantía de éxito que las empresas podían utilizar para llamar la atención de los niños sobre sus productos. De hecho, como el investigador C. Michael Hall explica en su artículo titulado 'Santa Claus, place branding and competition' publicado por la revista de investigación Fennia, International Journal of Geography (volumen 186: No. 1, 2008), Santa Claus se ha convertido en la marca más potente del mundo. A menudo, se utiliza como un reclamo para promover el turismo navideño a zonas urbanas. A día de hoy, la historia cuenta que Papá Noel vive en el Polo Norte acompañado de la señora Noel y de un grupo de duendes que son los encargados de fabricar los juguetes que desean los niños de todo el mundo. Cuando llega la noche del 24 de diciembre, Papá Noel carga todos sus regalos en un saco y recorre el mundo dejando los regalos de los niños debajo del árbol de Navidad

Our Kid and Me Productions is pleased to present “Twas The Night Before Christmas. On the eve of Christmas day, one hundred and ninety years ago today, wealthy landowner and august Columbia professor Clement Clarke Moore completed a seasonal poem to read to his children. He penned the whimsical little tale — a throwaway, really, in comparison to his great and respected writings in Greek and biblical literature — from a desk at his comfortable, snow-covered mansion which the family called Chelsea. The poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and often referred to as “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas,” would eventually help define the Santa Claus mythology. It is perhaps the most important source in shaping the physical appearance and ritual behaviour of the North Pole gift-giver and would provide inspiration to New York illustrators like Thomas Nast and, in the 20th century, the Coca-Cola advertising of Haddon Sunblom.  And Clement Clarke Moore is even credited with naming the eight reindeer.

It’s the story of the department store, or mall, Santa - the origins of the job, who were the big players, and its lasting legacy on the industry of holiday joy. Join us as we talk with Dr. Sheila Hoffman, and hear the tale of the very first Department Store/Mall Santa, in a fireside story with Working Over Time Producer/Writer Aidan Laliberte. (recorded over zoom)

Saint Nicholas - Sinter Klaas - Santa Claus – all names for a major symbol of Christmas. But is he just a symbol? Join us today to hear the story of Nicholas, 3rd Century Bishop of Myra, Asia Minor (present day Turkey) and how over time, stories of his holy, generous life were embellished into legend. Discover additions made to the story by writer Washington Irving, minister Clement Moore, Civil War illustrator Thomas Nast, and Coca-Cola artist Haddom Sundblom. Don’t miss a minute of this fascinating history lesson.

Der junge Thomas Nast aus dem pfälzischen Landau war Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts einer von über 150.000 Menschen, die in der Hoffnung auf Wohlstand und Erfolg aus der Pfalz in die USA auswanderten. Dort entwickelte er sich zum bekanntesten amerikanischen Karikaturisten des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sogar die Figur des Santa Claus hat er erfunden.

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #37: Happy GRIEVANCES! We Have Endured THE YEAR of Festivus. Hello, all – Happy Grievances! Welcome back to the show. This week is our holiday episode for December, and we're decorating the pole — with nothing! This year has already had its ornaments of bullshit and insanity, no need for glitter or decorations. I'm having a Zoom party for one over here. It's Festivus! The good holiday that Seinfeld made famous. And in so many ways it is the perfect holiday for this year. In a year like 2020, Festivus is a good natured outlet to just let the grievances out. All holidays have their moments where they become more substantial. Columbus Day wasn't anything until he came back with all those slaves, Thanksgiving was nothing until the genocide of American Natives, and Christmas was nothing but a birthday before Thomas Nast invented our modern Santa Claus. Primis Player Placeholder Freestar All these holidays made use of their moment to become a permanent part of our collective experience, and few years set a better stage for Festivus to become a genuine and real event to process the insanity of our current reality. Festivus is officially on December 23, incidentally. But in honor of the most ridiculous "pick your grievance" year, I'm suggesting it go full-bore, with bank closures, no mail delivery, even shut off the Atomic Clock for the day. You have a problem any of that, include it in your grievance list! If we can have Daylight Savings Day, which many people complain about for months, we can certainly have an officially recognized Festivus, where many people would only complain for a night. To acknowledge the new federally protected day of grievance, this episode is partly a tribute to Jonathon Wolff, who invented the world's cheapest (and perhaps most lucrative) sitcom theme, composing the Seinfeld theme in half of an afternoon. With regard for that slapping fake bass note, learn about envelope following, which turns any signal into control voltage (a pitch envelope and a gate) and hear how something as identifiable as a sitcom theme can be used to control synthesizers and drum patterns in undetectable ways.

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #37: Happy GRIEVANCES! We Have Endured THE YEAR of Festivus. Hello, all – Happy Grievances! Welcome back to the show. This week is our holiday episode for December, and we're decorating the pole — with nothing! This year has already had its ornaments of bullshit and insanity, no need for glitter or decorations. I'm having a Zoom party for one over here. It's Festivus! The good holiday that Seinfeld made famous. And in so many ways it is the perfect holiday for this year. In a year like 2020, Festivus is a good natured outlet to just let the grievances out. All holidays have their moments where they become more substantial. Columbus Day wasn't anything until he came back with all those slaves, Thanksgiving was nothing until the genocide of American Natives, and Christmas was nothing but a birthday before Thomas Nast invented our modern Santa Claus. Primis Player Placeholder Freestar All these holidays made use of their moment to become a permanent part of our collective experience, and few years set a better stage for Festivus to become a genuine and real event to process the insanity of our current reality. Festivus is officially on December 23, incidentally. But in honor of the most ridiculous "pick your grievance" year, I'm suggesting it go full-bore, with bank closures, no mail delivery, even shut off the Atomic Clock for the day. You have a problem any of that, include it in your grievance list! If we can have Daylight Savings Day, which many people complain about for months, we can certainly have an officially recognized Festivus, where many people would only complain for a night. To acknowledge the new federally protected day of grievance, this episode is partly a tribute to Jonathon Wolff, who invented the world's cheapest (and perhaps most lucrative) sitcom theme, composing the Seinfeld theme in half of an afternoon. With regard for that slapping fake bass note, learn about envelope following, which turns any signal into control voltage (a pitch envelope and a gate) and hear how something as identifiable as a sitcom theme can be used to control synthesizers and drum patterns in undetectable ways.

Ready to learn about Christmas with a French flavor? In this episode Annie talks about the real story of Christmas as far as French people are concerned. And because it’s Christmas and we all want a nice giggle, I will also tell you about the French film classic about Christmas called “Le Père Noël est une Ordure”, definitely not your average Christmas movie and I’ll tell you why it’s been such a big hit in France for decades! Christmas with a French Flavor: Le Père Noël est une ordure Le Père Noël est une ordure. This movie came out in 1982 and it wasn’t a big hit at first because it is quirky, and I should probably say extremely quirky! But, seeing that it’s one of the few movies about Christmas made in France and it was cheap to buy, TV stations started showing it every year and it grew on us. American Remake: Mixed Nuts There is a remake of it called Mixed Nuts with Steve Martin and that one came out in 1994. It’s a similar story line, but not as gritty as the French version. The preview is really funny, it’s on Amazon Prime. It wasn’t popular for a Norah Ephrom film, but we’ll watch it on Christmas day because it seems fitting for 2020! La Troupe du Splendid Pere Noel est une ordure is from the same group of folks who brough us Les Bronzés, they were a theater troupe who started making movies and all of them became cult movies. Les Bronzés came out in 1978, Les Bronzés font du Ski in 1979 and Le Père Noël est une Ordure in 1982. It started out as a play with the same cast and that’s why almost everything in the movie happens in the same room. The actors didn’t think anybody would like this movie because it’s so over the top, but it did! And all the actors in the troupe got extremely popular individually leading to the group splitting up and reuniting only on occasion. Santa Is a Piece of Garbage The title Le Père Noël est une Ordure means Santa is a piece of garbage. Can you imagine the big ads in the metro with that title? There are a lot of kids reading the ads in the Paris metro! The RATP refused to advertise it with that title so they toned it down and they advertised it as Les Bronzés Fêtent Noël which is Les Bronzés (the ones who are tanned literally) celebrate Christmas. That was based on their first two movies that had been big hits. Volunteers at a Suicide Help Line The premise of the show is a group of people who volunteers at a suicide help line on Christmas Eve. Suicide help lines were brand new in France and there were a lot of ads with the phone number on TV and radio and all that. Christmas movies are typically feel-good but this is a cast of people who are all miserable. Not just the folks who call the suicide help line, they are all miserable and misfits of one sort or another. Basic Plot of Le Père Noèl Est Une Ordure The movie opens with Pierre is a stuffy, self-righteous volunteer at a telephone helpline for depressed people. He has a well-meaning but naïve co-worker called Thérèse. They are stuck with the Christmas Eve shift in the Paris office and they are not happy about it. The building's lift is malfunctioning, and they receive visits from unwanted callers: Katia, a depressed transvestite who tries to hit on Pierre, M. Preskovic who lives in the same building and always turns up unexpectedly to offer them various unappetizing pastries and Josette, a heavily pregnant woman on the run from her violent fiancé Félix. Félix (the violent husband) is working as a Santa Claus during the season and turns up on her trail in costume and brandishing a gun. Félix and Josette, a caricature trailer trash couple, end up struggling over the gun and accidentally shooting dead the lift repairman, whom they then butcher and feed to zoo animals. Cheerful Christmas movie, right?! Classic Lines The way classic movies work in France (and anywhere really) is that people memorize some of the lines and use them at opportune moments. One such line is “c’est fin, c’est très fin, ça se mange sans faim » It’s a play on words in French between homonyms “fin” which means fine or delicate and “faim” which means hunger. The guy who keeps bringing them horrible foods from Hungary brings them Christmas chocolates from his country. They look awful, he tells them they are hand made the traditional way and rolled under the armpit and she says c’est fin, c’est très fin, ça se mange sans faim”. So, we’ve been saying that ever since about anything we don’t want to eat. Tasteless Jokes Another joke which they kept in the American version is the guy who calls and says I’m at the end of my rope what shall I do and the woman Josette can’t hear him right and wants him to press a button. So, he pulls the trigger. Dark humor indeed. There’s the woman who volunteers to make gloves for unfortunate people in India who suffer from leprosy. The Red Cross asked her to make gloves with only 3 fingers and she complains that it would be easier to make mittens. So, Pierre jokes why don’t we just send them socks instead? Ah ah ah very Parisian laugh that makes the rest of France laugh at them and their haughty ways. But once they’re done laughing, the viewer may understand that they are making fun of well-meaning entitled Parisians who say horrible things because they have no idea about poverty and they are a little bit crazy themselves. Anyway, I’m not going to tell you the whole story, but this is a definite satire of both well-meaning volunteers and of poor people. Generally speaking in movies, the poor are depicted as good unfortunate folks. In this movie they are jerks! They thieve, lie, and kill. The poor are not nice because they have to fight for their survival. It’s a crazy story and French people love it! Maybe you would too, just keep in mind that it’s a crazy story that violates a lot of norms and makes us laugh about it. A Brief History of Christmas Nicolas de Myra in Turkey was born of wealthy parents called Epiphane and Jeanne in the year 270. They say he stood up in his bath on the day of his birth, which gave them great hope for his future. As an adult he turned away from all entertainment and loved to spend time in churches. He memorized the Holy Books. These were the early days of Christianity where it was spreading from Jerusalem towards Europe and to the East. Many new churches sprung up all over and were the source of great interest everywhere. We know all this from a book written by an Italian author Jacobus de Varagine who wrote a book called The Golden Legend in the 1200s. His book chronicled the life of saints and martyrs of the Catholic church. Among them was Saint Nicolas whose life can be summarized in one word: generosity. Having inherited much wealth from his parents Nicolas decided to do good in the world. One day he heard about a poor desperate man in his city had decided to sell his 3 daughters into prostitution so they could all survive. In secret, Nicolas threw gold pieces into the family’s window. But the destitute man saw him and ran to him to express his gratitude. Nicolas made him promise to keep the whole affair a secret. When the Bishop of Myra died, Nicolas was chosen to become the new Bishop. Despite getting the great honor of becoming a Bishop, Nicolas remained humble and faithful. He also performed several miracles. The most famous is when he saved 3 princes who were visiting from Rome and were the victim of a terrible injustice. The Golden Legend We learn from the Golden Legend (the book that chronicles the lives of Saints) that the 3 princes asked for Nicolas’ protection and put themselves under his benevolent care. Nicolas prayed so ardently for the welfare of these princes that he appeared in a dream to the Emperor Constantine the Great asking why these princes were held unjustly. In the dream Constantine heard him command that he should get up right away and set them free or else he would ask God to bring war to Constantine, a war that would destroy him. Who are you exclaimed Constantine to appear in my palace and dare speak like that? Nicolas replied that he was the humble Bishop of Myra, that’s who. Setting the Birth of Jesus to December 25th Let’s stop for one second on Constantine the Great. He was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. He did it on his death bed, but he was the first. And during his life he made laws to allow his people to worship as they saw fit. He is the one who called the Council of Nicaea in 372 that set many rules for Christianity, Nicolas attended this council. The purpose of this council was to smooth over the differences between all Christian churches and unite them under one set of beliefs. The credo they wrote was adopted by most Christian churches even if interpretations differed over time. This council is where the date for the birth of Christ was set and they all agreed on December 25th. At the time it was rare for anyone to celebrate a birthdate. Emperors and Kings did it, but regular people had no idea what day they were born and did not celebrate birthdays. Up until then Easter was the major Christian celebration, it is the holiday that marks the resurrection of Christ. Christmas Taking Over Saturnalia Why did they pick December 25th? Because of the established holiday called Saturnalia this was a holiday during which it was forbidden to execute a prisoner or start a war. For Romans, December 25th was the date of the winter solstice. Saturn was a God of agriculture. This was a time period (which lasted a week or so) during which masters could behave like slaves and slaves like master. It was a time of freedom and celebration when one could speak their minds and be themselves. December 25th was the day of the invincible sun, the day when days start to get longer. OK, we know now that it’s Dec 21st, but let’s cut them some slack. The Religion of Mithra Loses to Christianity The religion Mithra-ism was also a major player in the early 300s. This religion came from Persia and was spreading rapidly through Roman soldiers who went all over Europe. Mithra was the divinity of light and truth and the divinity called Mithra was born on December 25th. The birth of Mithra was celebrated by slaughtering a bull and spilling his blood on the ground to bring better harvests. Mithra-ism was in direct competition with Christianity, but choosing December 25th as both the birth of Christ and the birth of Mithra would bring Jesus forward as the sun of justice and light of the world as decreed by the Council of Nicaea. So if you’ve heard that Christmas was set in order to celebrate rebirth and fight against pagan rituals, you were correct. But it is more than that. Christmas is an anchor in time that repeats every year, as immutable as the seasons themselves. Miraculous Oil of Saint Nicolas Nicolas is said to have died form a fever on December 6, 343. And the amazing news spreads to all his followers: an oil is coming out from the body of the Bishop. It is a magical oil that health all disease. December 6th is now became a holy day marked in the Catholic calendar as Saint Nicolas Day. This is a day when he is worshiped and praised. In 1087 Italian sailors went to Myra and took his reliquary back with them. This increased the importance of worshiping Saint Nicolas. The God Odin The stories of Saint Nicolas also coincided with other miraculous events, such as the story of the God Odin in the north of Europe who moved through the air on a horse and wore a long white beard. The Christians in these regions integrated these stories into the story of Christmas where it gained a lot of symbols that are familiar to us today. They also integrated the symbol of the yule log which was a special log you burned for special occasions at the beginning and is now a tree you bring into your home or a cake decorated as a log if you’re French. The Nativity Scene Christmas is a sponge for symbolism coming from stories from all over Europe and the Middle East. One more example: the Nativity Scene also started in the Middle Ages with Saint Francis of Assisi who was the founder of the Franciscan order. He introduced the living Nativity scene in churches and that had to get more discrete and was represented as small figurines around the time of the French Revolution because at that time you could get in serious trouble for being overtly religious. Le Père Fouettard Saint Nicolas developed a reputation for being the protector of children. He comes down the chimney on Dec 6th to bring gifts to faithful children who left their shoes out to dry near the hearth. And soon in Germany, Saint Nicolas got a side man called Knecht Ruprecht which in France got twisted into Le Père Fouettard who looked like Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. This character appeared in 1522 after the siege of Metz. Père Fouettard, aka the German Emperor, punished unruly and ingrate children. He was supposed to frighten children when Saint Nicolas was all kindness. They traveled together, one taking care of the good kids while the other whipped the bad ones (fouetter means the whip in French). Dec 25th Wins Over Dec 6th But in the 1700s the stories of Saint Nicolas came to a sudden stop in much of Europe because protestants didn’t like the worship of saints. But the good Protestant people in Holland decided that they would just hang on to just one Saint. They called him Santa Claus in their language and his feast was celebrated on December 6th. Methinks they had Saint Nicolas in mind, don’t you? Santa Claus made its way from Holland to New Amsterdam, to be renamed New York later. Many Dutch settled in New Amsterdam in 1625, they brought in their suitcase the tradition of celebrating Santa Claus on December 6th. From there it spread to English settlers of America and many preferred to associate this happy winter celebration with the birth of Jesus than to a Catholic Saint. That’s how Christmas moved to December 25th. A Visit from Saint Nicolas Now Santa started delivering his gifts in the night of December 24th instead of December 5th because that didn’t feel so Catholic. In 1823 an American pastor called Clement Clarke Moore, he was an Episcopalian who, as far as I can see seem like the American version of Catholicism or Anglicans. He published a poem anonymously called A Visit from Saint Nicolas also known as Twas the Night Before Christmas. The story came to him one day as he went shopping using his sleigh which was his usual mode of transportation. He borrowed story elements from a local Dutch handyman as well as the historical Saint Nicolas that he had learned about in Divinity school. He made up the reindeer, but he probably knew about Odin and his magical horse and long white beard. By the time Moore admitted that he was the author 8 other people had claimed authorship because this was a huge success.  People are still arguing about who was the author and I’m in no position to take a side in this hot burning topic. Drawing Santa 40 years later, a who talented caricaturist called Thomas Nast who also drew Uncle Tom with his tall hat and stripped pants drew Santa who now got rid of his Bishop attire and now wearing a red cape with white trim, a big belly and a wide leather belt. In the same series of drawings he represented two children who follow the path Santa takes between the north pole and the US. Santa as we know him today was born out of the imagination of Thomas Nast and he is definitely a character from the North. Santa and Coca Cola This figure became popular all over the western world through advertising. Waterman pens used him in 1907, then Michelin in 1919 and Colgate in 1920. This jolly character was great for advertising products! And the Coca Cola brand refined Santa as we know him today. In 1931 Haddon Sundblom  drew himself as the jolly Santa we know today. A large jolly man dressed in white holding a Coca Cola bottle. I’ll point you to a blog post where you can see all these images in the show notes because I don’t have rights to them. The whole idea was to inspire people to drink Coke in the middle of the winter. Before then Santa was pictured with snacks or cakes, Sundblom changed all that. French Christmas Traditions What a long way Santa has come since the early 200s! The reason why this happened is because we all love a wonderful holiday, be it religious or commercial. And a story that comes back around every year gets richer every time it is told. Of course in France we have our traditions that are different from what I experienced in America. For one thing, I had never seen a glut of gifts the way I did in American families. In France gifts are mostly for children. Grown ups may have one or two gifts, but kids rake in dozens. In France when there are little kids in the family we don’t put any gifts under the tree, they all get revealed on Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning when someone declares they heard some strange noise in the other room, let’s go see! In my family we sing the old classic Petit Papa Noël to make Santa come. And we don’t use stockings, presents appear next to our shoe. We also dress a beautiful table. No eating out of disposable anything on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. What are the foods of Christmas in France? Oysters, foie gras, smoked salmon, duck, turkey, bûche de Noël (which I buy), lots of chocolates, lots of Champagne. Activities include playing with new toys which these days often include video games, chatting, cooking, drinking, dancing around like fools, you know, same-old, same-old. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas because this holiday has become so big that almost everyone celebrates it all over the world. It’s not about a Catholic Saint so much is it? I’m told they do big celebrations in Asia and in Africa, everywhere really. Christmas by now has become a world-wide feast, and in a year like 2020 we could all use a few days of celebrations! Paris fined for having too many women in charge: news article. More episodes about Christmas in France FOLLOW US ON: Email | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter     Category: Christmas in France

Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode*A note about the audio in this episode - due to COVID this conversation was recorded in a large garage on a brisk 40 degree November Sunday, so there’s a bit of natural reverb, along with the buzz of propane heaters and leaf blowers audible in the background. Like so many things over the past 9 months, it’s not optimal, but we make the best of a challenging situation, and the cleaned up audio is certainly listenable, if not quite up to BI's usual standards.*Selected References:2:09 - The Elf on the Shelf (Say Goodbye to the Santa Claus Lie, Against the Santa Lie)2:24 - Listen to “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” as performed by Bing Crosby (YouTube video) and read about the history of the song and the lyrics 3:28 - See “Let’s Bench the Elf on the Shelf” (Psychology Today, 2012) or “You’re a Creepy One, Elf on the Shelf” (The Atlantic, 2012)4:45 - Magical realism13:58 - See the Magical thinking Wikipedia entry and “Why Everyone Believes in Magic (Even You)” (Live Science, 2012) and “Do You Believe in Magic?” (New York Times, 2007) and “All Paths Lead to Magical Thinking” (Psychology Today, 2013)16:08 - See “Should parents lie to kids about Santa Claus? We asked the experts.” (Popular Science, 2019) which draws on the opinions of philosophy professor David Kyle Johnson and psychology professor Cyndy Scheibe16:48 - According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, “The concrete operational stage is the third stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This stage, which follows the preoperational stage, occurs between the ages of 7 and 11 (middle childhood and preadolescence) years, and is characterized by the appropriate use of logic. During this stage, a child's thought processes become more mature and "adult like". They start solving problems in a more logical fashion.”18:15 - See “What should I tell my kids about Santa?” (BBC, 2018) or “What psychologists really think about you lying to your kids about Santa” (Washington Post, 2016) or “Should parents lie to children about Santa?” (EurekAlert, 2016)21:04 - See “Against the Santa Lie” which is a blog post by David Kyle Johnson that contains the hate mail he received based on his Op-Ed piece “SORRY, VIRGINIA…” (Baltimore Sun, 2009)31:51 - See “Santa Claus: Real Origins & Legend” (History.com) and “From St. Nicholas to Santa Claus: the surprising origins of Kris Kringle” (National Geographic)33:33 - Originally published anonymously on December 23, 1823, the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore, changed Santa from a figure who was, until that time, traditionally depicted as a thinner, less jolly, horse-riding disciplinarian, a combination of mythologies about the British Father Christmas, the Dutch Sinterklaas, and the fourth-century bishop Saint Nicholas, into the cheerfully chubby, magical, gift-giver, complete with his eight reindeer, with whom we are now well acquainted. Moore claimed authorship of the poem, which is popularly known today as “Twas the night before Christmas” in 1836, but this claim is now in question and many believe the author was actually the writer Henry Livingston. 33:38 - Using imagery from the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with creating the first illustrations of Santa as we know him today. In total, 33 of Nast’s Santa drawings were published in Harper’s Weekly from 1863  to 1886. In addition to his Santa contributions, Nast’s drawings of Uncle Sam, the Republican Party elephant, and the Democratic Party donkey, among others, are widely credited as forming the basis of popular depictions used today. For more see “A Civil War Cartoonist Created the Modern Image of Santa Claus as Union Propaganda” (Smithsonian Magazine, 2018) and “The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Thomas Nast’s Santa Claus” (Daily Art Magazine, 2019)36:44 - For the complete history of Rudolph see “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (History.com)36:54 - The “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” TV special was created by Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment and released in 1964, and although it is at this point undoubtedly considered a Christmas classic, it is not universally beloved as some of its plot points and themes are questionable by today’s social standards. For more on this perspective see “Don’t Subject Your Kids to Rudolph” (The Atlantic, 2020). To hear the noise his nose makes, check out this video. 37:11 - Listen to “Run, Rudolph, Run” by Chuck Berry (YouTube video)41:25 - See “Gift exchange” (Britannica) - “Gift exchange may be distinguished from other types of exchange in several respects: the first offering is made in a generous manner and there is no haggling between donor and recipient; the exchange is an expression of an existing social relationship or of the establishment of a new one that differs from impersonal market relationships; and the profit in gift exchange may be in the sphere of social relationships and prestige rather than in material advantage” - and “The History and Complexities of Gift Giving” (Reporter Magazine from the Rochester Institute of Technology) 45:06 - See the Feast of the Seven Fishes Wikipedia entry or “An Eye-Opening Look at the Feast of the Seven Fishes” (Saveur Magazine, 2018) or “The Origin of the Feast of the Seven Fishes” (Eataly)45:56 - Listen to “The Two Cultures” episode of the the Context podcast from November 201846:08 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 04 “Too Cultured”48:30 - See “Is It OK To Lie About Santa And The Tooth Fairy?” (NPR, 2019)52:50 - Google Santa TrackerThis episode was recorded in November 2020The “Beautiful Illusions Theme” was performed by Darron Vigliotti (guitar) and Joseph Vigliotti (drums), and was written and recorded by Darron Vigliotti   

Thanks for joining us for the second and final part of the Thomas Nast story. When we left off in Part one, Nast was coming into his own as a famous sketch artist covering America’s Civil War.Now, Nast will find his true calling as he takes his talent and growing fame to new heights, helping to elect Presidents of the United States and take on the most corrupt city government the nation has ever seen. So sit back and enjoy the conclusion of today’s episode, Political Cartoonist Thomas Nast.

The modern image of Santa Claus was created in the late 1800s by American artist Thomas Nast in a series of cartoons for Harper's Weekly magazine. It became a staple of Christmas cards and advertising images in the early 20th Century, most notably a 1930s Coca-Cola commercial, which some believe popularized his distinctive red-and-white garb. However, the origins of this cultural icon run much deeper than that. In fact, it predates the inception of our nation, itself. I’ll share the true origin of Santa Claus and the secret history of Black Santas in America. Tune in for a very special episode. Please, please, please share this episode with with your network during this holiday season. Links related to this episode: The origins of Black Santa Claus History of Santa Sorry, America, Santa Claus Wasn't Really White What Is a Dowry? Dowry on Wikipedia The Real Face of St. Nicholas The secret history of black Santas 'Black Santa' Helping Spread Christmas Cheer At MOA Special Notice: Give the gift of Black History! Buy the Black History Quiz Puzzle Book on Amazon today. Subscribe to the Black History Newsletter today! Find more great content like this on my blog at JimStroud.com. All tips are appreciated! $jimstroud1 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jim-stroud2/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jim-stroud2/support

Many of us know the stories of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Or the images of political symbols like the Republican elephant or Democratic donkey. Though many might not know of the artist and political cartoonist who created the latter and help elect the former all while being most responsible for taking on and taking down the most corrupt politician in New York City’s history and even finding time to create the modern image of Santa Claus.So sit back and enjoy the story and the focus of today’s episode, Political Cartoonist Thomas Nast.

Christmas time! A Dr Great Art podcast about how Santa Claus LOOKS --- the history of his visual appearance. St. Nicholas, Thomas Nast, Fred Mizen, Coca-Cola, Luther, the Orthodox Santa, "Twas the Night Before Christmas," Puritans, Nazis and more including the Swiss Samichlaus and Schmutzli This is the 71st Dr Great Art podcast, a reprise from way back, podcast number 5. In this troublesome time of Covid, Lockdowns and the attempted fascist takeovers of the US and the UK still in progress, let us pray that times get better. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Yuletide, Happy Solstice, Happy Bodhi Day, Merry Pancha Ganapati, Happy Human Light Day, Io Saturnalia, -- in short, Happy Holidays.

Er is veel te zeggen over de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen, en niets is nog zeker, behalve dat het chaos is en nog wel even chaos blijft. Is Biden populairder dan Obama? Hoe zit het met de stembiljetten? Waarom krijgen we constant een tussenstand en wachten we niet totdat alles 100% geteld is? Wat gebeurt er op juridisch vlak en wat is de rol van het Supreme Court? Vragen waar niemand nog antwoord op heeft. Eén ding is wel zeker: de astrologen hadden gelijk Een nieuw puzzelstukje wat betreft onze transformatie naar 5D en het Watermantijdperk: de photon belt. Dit is een donut-achtig deel van het universum, een oceaan van licht, waar ons zonnestelsel de komende 2000 jaar doorheen draait De ezel staat symbool voor de Democraten, de olifant voor de Republikeinen. Dit is min of meer bij toeval ontstaan, door presidentskandidaat Andrew Jackson die in 1828 zijn scheldnaam 'jackass' tot geuzennaam bombardeerde. De ezel werd opgepikt door cartoonist Thomas Nast, die bij toeval ook het symbool voor 'the Republican vote' bedacht Een kleine aanvulling op vorige week: in de film Zardoz (1974) wordt de muziek van Beethoven gebruikt. Exact de muziek uit zijn zevende symfonie waar Bashar over heeft gezegd dat het je kan helpen met helen, vergeven en het versterken van je algehele gezondheid

durée : 00:06:28 - Qu'est-ce que la caricature musicale ? de Prokofiev à Richard Strauss... - par : Christophe Dilys - 7 novembre 1874. Il y a 146 ans, Thomas Nast caricature pour la première fois le parti républicain américain en éléphant. C'est l'occasion d'écouter les compositeurs qui s'amusent du style de leurs collègues ! Par exemple : "Rêverie d'un faune, après la lecture de son journal" de César Cui...

With 6 days before the 2020 national election in America, Melissa talks about animals in politics, including a berserker bunny who nearly sunk President Jimmy Carter's boat), why the two parties use a donkey and an elephant for representation, and animals who became town mayors in Vermont. Let's go!https://www.vote.org/ If you have ideas for future episodes, have an animal on your ballot, know of historical animals who changed the world, animals who help humans, or wacky animals in the news, send them in to: bewilderbeastspod@gmail.com@BewilderedPod on TWITTERFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BewilderBeastsPodInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bewilderbeasts/About your host:Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com*******Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan LebowiczInterstitial music is by MK2Taps this week is played by Andrew Dale via Freesound.orgDon’t forget to like, subscribe, review and share with your curious friends - you know, all the things the other podcasts tell you to do? And, for the love of animals and humanity - VOTE. *****I got today's information from https://www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.htmlhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23805/how-did-donkey-elephant-become-political-mascotshttps://www.wpr.org/how-did-us-political-parties-get-their-mascotshttps://www.dictionary.com/e/political-parties-animal-mascots/https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-republican-and-democratic-parties-get-their-animal-symbolshttps://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/01/us/goat-dog-honorary-mayor-election-vermont-town-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/FairHavenPoliceDepartment/photos/a.256838401067240/2785016208249434/ https://preview.tinyurl.com/kupohwe (Wikipedia) https://preview.tinyurl.com/y53jeaot (Washington Post) https://preview.tinyurl.com/y6buvhsd (CNN) https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxrdsr9w (Burlington Express)

Hey, y'all. We're back this week with the further tales of everyone's favorite 19th century hipster newspaperman, Horace Greeley.

„Eigentlich hilft nur noch Saufen“ - die Mathilde Bar stellt Ihren Kulturbetrieb ein. Es ist Schade wenn eine der kleinen Bühnen für neue Künstler wegfällt. Da Corona nicht nur Bands und große Kulturbetriebe betrifft, fühlen wir uns verpflichtet auch euch einen anderen Blickwinkel zu ermöglichen. Kultur ist mehr als der Mainstream... Unsere Moderatoren Stefan und Max haben sich dem Thema angenommen und haben den Besitzer der Mathilde Bar Ottensen und Eimsbüttel Thomas Interviewt. Eine spannende Gesprächsrunde erwartet euch. Viel Spaß! Hier geht es zur Mathilde-Bar im Web: https://www.mathilde-hh.de/

The Victorian Christmas had it all. In this episode, it takes a dark turn thanks to the powerful lessons brought on by the American Civil War. Is it wrong to say this is an important episode? Candidly, I tell you few episodes have affected me as emotionally as this one did. It was necessary to dig deep into journals and letters from this time period. What they went through, how they felt and what they said is frankly haunting. Christmas was, up to the time of the war, a more joyous time. For these years, what happened with the war turned Christmas into a sobering, reflective time for everyone. Nobody was immune and all had to endure Christmases that were frankly painful for what they missed. But Christmas was also a heartfelt teacher during these years. Their lessons are ones we simply cannot ignore. Nobody teaches us more about the tragedy of the times and the meaning of Christmas — and Thanksgiving — than the singular and surprising figure of Abraham Lincoln. We explore Lincoln’s personal Christmas history like few have ever done. While it is not noted at all by most historians we give Lincoln his due not because he was a huge fan of Christmas but because he understood the joy and the pain of Christmas to nearly every generation around him. He saw it — and he reacted to it in brilliant, significant ways. Lincoln partnered with a much younger but infinitely talented man named Thomas Nast. The Victorian Christmas would be marked by the imprint of Santa’s image that Nast left behind. Though Lincoln’s tenure was brief his impact on both Thanksgiving and Christmas should never be forgotten. He helped shape what we call today the American Christmas. The Civil War was also a huge turning point in technology. We explore all of that in this episode. How trains changed mass transportation — and Christmas. And how what was bought for Christmas shifted so quickly after the power of industries adjusted to post-war life. We learn that Christmas turned from the homemade to the store-bought largely due to the advances brought on by the war. We explore how the war left emotional scars that are still felt today. We dig into the numbers of the Civil War. And we break it all down to a very personal level, as well. If you listen to only one episode in this series about the Victorian Christmas, make it this one. That’s how important it is.

Hi, I'm Esther and thanks for tuning in Esthaholic. I'm going to talk about Thomas Nast and how he defeated "Boss" Tweed. Stay tuned and always be Esthaholic!

Who invented the word balloon?Who was the first cartoonist millionaire?Where did the term ‘comic book’ come from?Join us as we talk with award-winning Fine Artist and Cartoonist, Robert Brunelle Jr about the history of cartooning.See more of his humor and talent at:http://mrbrunelle.com/ https://www.humortimes.com/2635/mr-brunelle-explains-it-all/ Gertie the Dinosaur - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXC8gXOPoU A good source of old and vintage comics that are public domain: https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ Learn more about Thomas Nast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nast Seduction of the Innocent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent To see some of the images we talked about head to https://www.instagram.com/storycomic/ What is Storycomic.com? This is your home for stories about comics or comic-based stories. We curate news and talk with storytellers and artists. We focus on children's books, graphic novels, illustrations, and the people behind these works that bring joy and inquiry.Follow us: www.storycomic.com www.facebook.com/storycomic1 https://www.instagram.com/storycomic/ https://twitter.com/storycomic1 Contact us at info@storycomic.com#historyofcartooning #history #cartoonhistory #politicalcartoons #thomasnast #comicbooks #vermont #mrbrunelle

This week we discuss the trailer for a Grant documentary that has disappeared from YouTube as well as some sketches of Lincoln by cartoonist, Thomas Nast, that were discovered.

Episode 15 - Thomas Nast and the Power Of Media

En toda destreza siempre hay una persona que es la número uno o la mejor. Pero, ¿es posible mantenerse en esta posición por siempre? Hoy hablamos sobre como ser el número uno en cualquier destreza y mantener dicha posición. ¡Esperemos que lo disfruten! Link de fuentes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus https://www.google.com/search?q=importante+significao&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPR799PR799&oq=importante+significao&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.6580j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=importancia+significado&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPR799PR799&oq=importancia+si&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0l6.3826j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=valor+significado&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPR799PR799&oq=valor+sig&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l6.2152j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=influenciaa+signidicado&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPR799PR799&oq=influenciaa+signidicado&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.5027j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=interes+significado&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPR799PR799&oq=interes+sign&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l7.2806j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=calidad+significado&rlz=1C1CHBF_enPR799PR799&oq=calidad+significado&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.34170j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Envíanos tus retos y síguenos en nuestro Instagram y Facebook a @retoaceptadopodcast. También nos puedes escribir a nuestro email retoaceptadopodcast@gmail.com para cualquier comentario o pregunta acerca del podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retoaceptado/support

In this episode we talk about the origins of Santa Claus, including how babies are famously not swole, potatoes are far too spicy for Puritans, a brief sidebar about the Roman Calendar and we learn that to kill Santa, you have to willing to kill Christmas. For those of you in DC, the Newseum is closing for good on December 30th, 2019. So get down there and see all the wonderful things they have, including the unibomber shack, the tarot card from the DC sniper, and one of the first drawings of Santa Claus by political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Also, I was today years old when I realized the 1994 Tim Allen Movie Santa Clause has a pun in its title.

This week we take a break from our more serious topics to celebrate the holidays and explore the nature and origins of Santa Claus. From a 3rd century monk named Saint Nicholas to the familiar depiction given to us by Thomas Nast to the classic portrayal in Clement C. Moore's poem all the way up to the familiar department store Santa's kids line up to talk to every year we look at Santa through the years. We also compare Christmas traditions from around the world and look for similarities that link them all together. Ultimately we address the burning questions of "Is Santa Claus real" and "Do you believe in Santa Claus". We close with a very special creative presentation from all of our hosts for this joyous holiday.Thank you to all of our viewers over these past 46 episodes. We'll be taking a brief hiatus and will be back after the new year with more great podcasts. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!

Santa Claus—otherwise known as Saint Nicholas or Kris Kringle— has a long history steeped in Christmas traditions. Today, he is thought of mainly as the jolly man in red who brings toys to good girls and boys on Christmas Eve, but his story stretches all the way back to the 3rd century, when Saint Nicholas walked the earth and became the patron saint of children. Find out more about the history of Santa Claus from his earliest origins to the shopping mall Santas of today, and discover how two New Yorkers–Clement Clark Moore and Thomas Nast–were major influences on the Santa Claus millions of children wait for each Christmas Eve. The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his piety and kindness, St. Nicholas became the subject of many legends. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. One of the best-known St. Nicholas stories is the time he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their father by providing them with a dowry so that they could be married. Over the course of many years, Nicholas's popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors. His feast day is celebrated on the anniversary of his death, December 6. This was traditionally considered a lucky day to make large purchases or to get married. By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. Even after the Protestant Reformation, when the veneration of saints began to be discouraged, St. Nicholas maintained a positive reputation, especially in Holland. St. Nicholas made his first inroads into American popular culture towards the end of the 18th century. In December 1773, and again in 1774, a New York newspaper reported that groups of Dutch families had gathered to honor the anniversary of his death. The name Santa Claus evolved from Nick's Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nikolaas (Dutch for Saint Nicholas). In 1804, John Pintard, a member of the New York Historical Society, distributed woodcuts of St. Nicholas at the society's annual meeting. The background of the engraving contains now-familiar Santa images including stockings filled with toys and fruit hung over a fireplace. In 1809, Washington Irving helped to popularize the Sinter Klaas stories when he referred to St. Nicholas as the patron saint of New York in his book, The History of New York. As his prominence grew, Sinter Klaas was described as everything from a “rascal” with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings to a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a “huge pair of Flemish trunk hose.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehistoryexpress/support

The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment forms the basis for the separation of church and state: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Yet, throughout American history, this principle hasn’t stopped Americans from using religious differences to draw boundaries around who is and isn’t American. Joanne digs into the BackStory archives to bring you a selection of segments that look at religious identity in America and how faiths, cultures and rituals adapted to American life. Image: "Church and state - No Union upon any terms" by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, Feb. 25, 1871. Source: Library of Congress BackStory is funded in part by our listeners. You can help keep the episodes coming by supporting the show: https://www.backstoryradio.org/support

In which one Gilded Age influencer puts Santa at the North Pole because he hates slavery so much and runs New York's most powerful man out of town on a rail because he hates the Irish so much. Certificate #33423.

  Charles Lyle, executive director of the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield, whets your appetite for a visit to the Webb, Stevens, and Deane houses to see how the holidays were celebrated in three eras: c. 1770, c. 1830, and c. 1930. Find out how, in the 1800s, Clement C. Moore and Thomas Nast created Santa Claus, and the origin of the New Year's resolution--all in this episode of Grating the Nutmeg!    This episode is sponsored by attorney Peter Bowman, holding distracted drivers accountable for their actions. Find out more at bowman.legal   For more great holiday listening, listen to episode 21 "A Connecticut Christmas Story by Harriet Beecher Stowe," and episode 11 to learn more about the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Normen, and Patrick O’Sullivan.

Welcome to 19th century England! Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, most of us are familiar with the modern activities and traditions seen during December in the Western world. What you might not know, however, is that most of them came about during the Victorian Era in England, that is, Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901. However, America produced some of our long-standing Christmas traditions, too. In this episode we'll look at celebrations developed in the 19th Century (say hello to the 1840s!) that have been carried through nearly two centuries! Be inspired to add some of these traditions and merrymaking to your own holiday festivities. Merry Christmas!!   The Christmas Tree - drawing of the royal family and first published in 1848 in the Illustrated London News.   Show Notes and Mentions -History of Christmas by the BBC -A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843 -List of Christmas Carols and their definition -A Visit from Saint Nicholas by Clement C Moore -The legend and history of Santa Claus from the A&E History Channel "Merry Old Santa Claus," Harper's Weekly, January 1, 1881, p.8-9.   -Thomas Nast as "creator" of Santa Claus -A Victorian Christmas by Historic UK -Gift giving ideas from Mimi Matthews -Recipe for English Plum Pudding -Recipe for Easy Mince Pies -The History of Christmas from the A&E History Channel -History of Christmas Trees from the A&E History Channel -Victorian Christmas by Victorian Children -History and background of the Yule Log   -Find Jennifer on Facebook: @historicalsewing -Follow Jennifer on Instagram: @historicalsewing Episodes are released on Wednesdays. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes to keep updated on new releases and have first access to new episodes as they are released. Find the podcast on other platforms by visiting the Podcast page for links.

Author Kevin Rawlings will present the Christmas traditions of the American Civil War. Kevin will discuss the drawings of Thomas Nast during the Civil War and how those drawings spoke of the hardships of the soldiers as they were away from their loved ones during the conflict.

Richard Samuel West, founder of New England's PeriodysseyCUNY Graduate Center, July 20, 2016In this presentation, Richard Samuel West analyzes political cartoons of the reconstruction era utilizing Thomas Nast’s Harper Weekly pieces as a timeline. West focuses on Southern Sentiment and Nast’s sharp criticism of it, presenting cartoons on Johnson’s presidency, Grant’s oppositional stance, and images of the KKK and White League. This talk took place on July 19, 2016, as part of ASHP’s Visual Culture of the Civil War Summer Institute, an NEH professional development program for college and university faculty.  

Today, in a repeat of last Christmas’ podcast, Rod and Steve tell you about the traditions of Old Christmas as well as the Santa Train, which brings toys, food, and clothing to needy children from Eastern Kentucky, through Southwest Virginia, into Kingsport, Tennessee, every year. Merry Christmas and thanks for listening! (Picture by Thomas Nast […]

In Up the Long Ladder, pandemonium erupts on the Enterprise as hundreds of ethnic stereotypes from a Thomas Nast cartoon seek refuge on the ship. Pat and Pat dissect this poorly received second season episode, full of dropped subplots, broad comedy, and clones.

Christmas time! A podcast about how Santa Claus LOOKS --- the history of his visual appearance. St. Nicholas, Thomas Nast, Fred Mizen, myths like Coca-Cola, Luther, the Orthodox Santa, "Twas the night before Christmas," and more including the Swiss Samichlaus and Schmutzli!

When people think Christmas Santa and presents frequently come to mind, especially if your under the age of adult. How can we cultivate a spirit of generosity during this festive time and learn how to carry it into the new year and the months after? And just who is this Santa Clause fellow and how should Christians address this to our children? Today we will discuss what the bible has to say about generosity, address some giving hurdles, and what to do about this Santa fellow. For faster play time, to leave a review (BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT YOU COULD GIVE ME ;) ha! go to iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-she-proves-faithful/id1116242133?mt=2 Our Christmas 2016   Jolly Ol St. Nick Saint Nicholas was a 4th century bishop who inherited a large family fortune and gave it away to help the poor, afflicted, and orphan children. A famous legend has him at the Council of Nicea standing up for truth with a man named Arius tried to persuade everyone that Jesus was neither alive nor divine. It is said the Good ol St. Nick slapped him right across the face. Some history on how he came to be red suited, jolly, and a present delivery machine: The Scandinavians brought their conception of him as an elf. The Dutch brought their name for him SinterKlass In 1808 Washington Irving wrote a story of him as a jolly Dutchman In 1822 a poet named Moore wrote the Night Before Christmas which tells us all about Santa’s present delivery system and gave us reindeer and a sleigh - flying reindeer at that! In 1863 Thomas Nast, a cartoonist drew the popular conception of Santa we all know today. The hat. The belt. The holly. The belly. The point of all this history and legend it 1. we must remember to tell of our Christians heritage so the world sees and knows that God is real. Imagine if Christians kept telling the real St. Nick story - who would Santa be now? 2. we get to tell our kids about the real man behind the red suit and point them to Christ. What Does the Bible Say about Generosity? First of all when we think of generosity it must start and be rooted in Christ’s generosity towards us. Philippians 2:4-11 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Romans 5:6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. Romans 8:34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. And how then shall we live with such generosity bestowed to us? We no longer live for ourselves, but we live for Jesus who died for us. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. We bear fruit for God’s glory.  Romans 7:4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. Giving Hurdles Sometimes there are some barriers to giving and being generous - here are the three we discussed: a stingy heart Financial hardship or struggles An over abundance of ministry financial requests Resources from Today's Show She Proves Faithful 25 days of Advent Scriptures FREE www.sheprovesfaithful.com/blog/advent-scriptures God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything $16.00 By Douglas Wilson   White Punch Paper Star Lantern $10.95 Whirled Planet    

History is complex, and therefore generalizations are a historian’s inaccurate, crude, and necessary tools. So I’ll make one: The Post-Civil War era of Reconstruction is perhaps the least understood – or, when something is known about it – most misunderstood period in American history. In addition to knowing little more about Reconstruction than the bare facts presented as a footnote in history surveys, many of us have engravings about it. (Lendol Calder and I explore this in an earlier conversation.) To paraphrase Mark Twain on engravings: It's not the lack of knowledge about history that's the problem; it's what we know about it that "just ain't so." Reconstruction seems to have more engravings per square foot on the American mind that just about any other era. Our expert witness on Reconstruction is Dr. Douglas Egerton. A professor of American history at Lemoyne College in Syracuse, NY, he has since 1989 produced a literal bookshelf of works on enslavement and liberty. Along with his 2010 Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War and 2009 Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America, his 2014 book The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era forms, to my mind, a trilogy on the African-American struggle for liberty. This conversation came about as a result of a listener request from Dr. Jerry Herbert. If you would like to hear a conversation about a particular historical event, a historian, a book, a place--or anything else we talk about on this program, I’d welcome your suggestion; please join our Facebook group and post a request. Thanks for listening! For Further Investigation • There's no need to provide a long Reconstruction reading list here, since Civil War Memory's Kevin Levin provides such a great one. • Douglas Egerton's web page at LeMoyne College links to his many books • HarpWeek is an educational site using the archives of Harper's Weekly, an illustrated news magazine in publication from 1857-1916. During the Civil War and Reconstruction, it featured the art of such giants as Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer, as well as writing dedicated to the Republican and Union cause. The "sub sites" on the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are really features on Reconstruction. (Alfred Waud's illustration "The First Vote"  provides us with the iconic image I include above.) • More Than Anything Else, by Maria Bradby. Children's literature is often a powerful tool for teaching history. Perhaps with more immediacy than any monograph ever could have, Bradby recounts the experience of a formerly enslaved child (in this case future teacher and college-builder Booker T. Washington), hitherto prevented from reading and learning, as he harnesses the power of words. A brilliant child's-eye view of the power of the Reconstruction era.