The Not Historians Podcast

10: Nucky Johnson

Join us for a stroll down the boardwalk as we take a look at the Czar of the Ritz himself, Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson. The basis of one of the most iconic gangsters to ever hit TV, the real Nucky doesn't stretch fact too far from fiction wit his iron grip on AC.

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9: The Day the Music Died

Join us as we take the Chevy to the levee and look a day that forever shaped not only rock n roll, but all of America. The plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and their pilot.

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Sources include:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died

http://www.biography.com/news/the-day-the-music-died--plane-crash#!

http://fiftiesweb.com/music/day-music-died/

http://fiftiesweb.com/music/coroner-report/

https://spectator.org/42196_day-music-died/

http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1876542,00.html

8: Charlie Birger

This week we tackle one the tale of a man went to war with the law, the KKK, and his former bootlegging partners. He is the one, the only, the deadly Charlie Birger. Sorry for the lackluster audio, we had a technical glitch with our mics. All will be fixed by next show!

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Birger

http://carolyar.com/Illinois/Govern/Birger.htm

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/franklin/charlie.html

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/notorious-gangster-charlie-birger-hanged-years-ago/article_3e055ed8-033d-556c-bb05-36b8a195e240.html

http://www.heritech.com/soil/birger/birger.htm

 

7: DB Cooper with Special Guest Toph from GravityBeard

This week we are joined by a very cool and very special guest, the Toph from the GravityBeard Podcast (iTunes) to talk the the man, the mystery, the legend himself, Dan "DB" Cooper. He walked on a plane Nov. 24, 1971 and jumped out the back of it mid-air into a rainy night with $200,000, never to be seen again.

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6: Cursive

This time around we come bring news! We have a Patreon! We have merch coming! and... we talk about the bane of many a childhood writer, cursive.

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Sources include:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_cursive
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_hand
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancery_hand
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist_minuscule
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_hand
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_minuscule
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeography
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_hand
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cursive
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script
14. http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/1hour.asp
15. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/
16. http://mashable.com/2013/06/11/technology-and-cursive/#TONKYJmVikqM
17. https://www.good.is/articles/stop-teaching-handwriting
18. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/long-held-tradition-cursive-handwriting-slowly-dying-america/
19. http://time.com/2820780/five-reasons-kids-should-still-learn-cursive-writing/
20. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-23-cursive-handwriting_N.htm
21. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/cursive-handwriting-disappearing-from-public-schools/2013/04/04/215862e0-7d23-11e2-a044-676856536b40_story.html?utm_term=.9c529d330d88
22. http://abcnews.go.com/US/end-cursive/story?id=12749517
23. https://psmag.com/handwriting-is-history-9312bc557e07#.xn3aec40p
24. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/cursive-handwriting-philip-ball/
25. http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/matlack_tim.html
26. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=0
27. http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-cursive-writing-definition-history-types.html

5: Baby Face Nelson

This episode we discuss the man, the myth, the legend, a guy who apparently had an incredibly youthful face...George "Baby Face" Nelson. ‪It's so close to learning that you just might‬.

 

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4: Blowing Smoke & Katy Bar The Door

This episode we look at two very intesting and unqiue phrases.

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Blowing Smoke Sources:

http://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709

https://youtu.be/188bad2I9VA

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-expression-blow-smoke-ass/

 

Katy Bar The Door Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Douglas

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/213750.html

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-kat1.htm

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006011003999

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Katie+bar+the+door

http://www.word-detective.com/2012/01/katie-bar-the-door/

http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/katy_bar_the_door/

3: Superman vs the KKK with Special Guest Jay Sandlin

This week we are joined by a very special guest, author, and historian, Jay Sandlin. Jay is the creator and writer of the Novel Comics and a contributor at Buzzfeed. He is also currently on tour speaking at various colleges and institutions around the country. He can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and his website. He will also be appearing on the Geek Vibes Podcast next.

 

All 16 episodes of The Adventures of Superman, Klan of the Fiery Cross can be found here.

 

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2: Frank 'Jelly Bean' Nash

This time we take a stab at a man nicknamed after a candy who robbed over 200 banks and whose attempted rescue is known as the Kansas City Massacre. ‪It's so close to learning that you just might‬.

 

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1: Monopoly

We jump into the world of podcasting with an episdode about the game you love to hate, Monopoly. The story that so many were told about the birth and development of the game is a lie. Find out the truth. ‪It's so close to learning that you just might‬.

 

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