EP 18: It Was Obviously a Weather Balloon.

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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying math that powers modern machine learning to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives, even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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75 years ago something fell from the sky in New Mexico. Join us as we discuss the birth of the modern UFO era and place your bets on what the Government has said to explain away all evidence of extra terrestrial contact! Hint: read the title of this episode.

Shownotes:

https://archive.org/details/1947RadioNews/1947-07-08-ABC-News-Roswell.mp3
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/answers-unclassified-ufo-report/story?id=78486423
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-reports-400-ufo-encounters-tells-congress-theyre-investigating-video/story?id=84753756
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099410910/ufo-hearing-congress-military-intelligence
McMinnville Photos
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trent1_600dpi.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McMinnville_UFO_2.png
Cover Photo: Jesse Marcel with Roswell wreckage- Public Domain via Wikimedia
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
X-files theme composed by Mark Snow
Bill Clinton Speech-Christmas Tree Lighting in Belfast (1995) from William J. Clinton Presidential Library

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EP 18: It Was Obviously a Weather Balloon.

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Shownotes:

https://archive.org/details/1947RadioNews/1947-07-08-ABC-News-Roswell.mp3
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/answers-unclassified-ufo-report/story?id=78486423
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-reports-400-ufo-encounters-tells-congress-theyre-investigating-video/story?id=84753756
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099410910/ufo-hearing-congress-military-intelligence
McMinnville Photos
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trent1_600dpi.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McMinnville_UFO_2.png
Cover Photo: Jesse Marcel with Roswell wreckage- Public Domain via Wikimedia
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
X-files theme composed by Mark Snow
Bill Clinton Speech-Christmas Tree Lighting in Belfast (1995) from William J. Clinton Presidential Library

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EP 49: To Beard Or Not To Beard 1:40:22

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That is the question every man through time has faced. In today's episode we will delve into the social, political, and economic pressures that have influenced whether or not men as a class favor hair on their face throughout history. Shownotes Episode Photo is of President Rutherford Hayes, POTUS with the longest beard, public domain accessed via Wikimedia Commons Sound clip is from an interview of the Duck Dynasty cast on Jimmy Kimmel Live show, from youtube Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-had-best-civil-war-facial-hair-180951965/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30037914 https://daily.jstor.org/hair-gender-and-social-status-in-ancient-egypt/ https://uk.bulldogskincare.com/blogs/news/when-in-rome-the-ancient-history-of-traditional-shaving#:~:text=Beards%20among%20Romans%20was%20revived,out%20of%20fashion%20ever%20since. https://www.grunge.com/790046/why-ancient-egyptians-shaved-all-their-hair/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30037914 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3829878 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9555278/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/a-brief-history-of-beards/ https://www.truefittandhill.com/blogs/journal/history-of-beards-and-facial-hair https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/beards-mustaches-weird-history https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stubble-and-statecraft-how-beards-grew-political https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/28/21077676/beard-change-politics-beto-orourke-al-gore-david-letterman-conan-obrien https://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2015/12/politicians-with-beards-000559/?slide=0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_hair_in_the_military https://www.wou.edu/history/files/2015/08/Walsh-Devan.pdf https://www.indianamuseum.org/blog-post/whiskers-for-votes-or-why-abraham-lincoln-grew-a-beard/ https://medium.com/@evgeny_o/why-the-greeks-grew-a-beard-while-the-romans-did-not-5d52a91c989#:~:text=The%20Romans%20believed%20that%20a,age%20solemnly%20shaved%20it%20off . https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Barba.html…

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EP 48: For the Love of Eggnog 31:23

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Happy Holidays, History Spelunkers! What would you do to get your booze on? Well the cadets at the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point are apparently willing to do a lot... Shownotes: Episode art: The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York. 1802-1902, 1904, Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/egg-nog-its-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-starts-a-holiday-riot-180949281/ https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/university-of-virginia-riot-of-1836/…

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Ep 47: Reliving the Glory Days of History Spelunkers University 54:23

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Everyone gets up to some crazy stuff in college. For many it is the first time they are experiencing their first bouts of freedom and responsibility. Obviously the first thing we plan on doing with these new powers is to do something .... bizarre, but hey it cant be too weird if we are all doing it .... Right? Content Warning: Animal Abuse Shownotes: https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/1952-mizzous-panty-raids-get-out-of-hand-the-national-guard-is-called-in/collection_47206b6e-f118-582c-b94f-411669d47431.html https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/12/1/panty-raids-retrospection/ https://jimnicar.com/2014/11/24/the-great-panty-raid-of-november-1961/ https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/1939-year-goldfish-gulping https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-goldfish-swallowing-craze-1939-180954429/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/netherlands-catfish-swallowing/581359/ https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/ajc/id/7252/ https://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/4/7/273658/The-Memorable-Streaking-Craze-Of-The.aspx https://www.americanheritage.com/streaking-fad https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gallaudet-rat-graves https://thedailytexan.com/2020/02/10/one-special-fish-named-loompa-brings-ut-austin-community-together/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Episode Art: Photo of a successful Panty Raid at the University of Southern California accessed at the UT History Corner, link https://jimnicar.com/2014/11/24/the-great-panty-raid-of-november-1961/…

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EP 46: The Rise and Fall of the Invisible Empire 1:24:41

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Content Warning: Racial and Sexual Violence Welcome back to another episode of History Spelunkers. In this episode we learn about the Ku Klux Klan and how they managed to become such a large and influential organization during the 1920s. It is important to know one's enemy in order to fight against them effectively. Shownotes: Episode Art is a photo of a KKK march in Washington D.C. in 1928, public domain, accessed via Wikimedia commons Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ku-klux-klan https://www.tpr.org/show/texas-matters/2017-03-17/texas-matters-how-the-kkk-took-control-of-texas-and-how-dan-moody-broke-them https://www.austincc.edu/jlw/klan https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-ku-klux-klan-in-the-1920s https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/vocesnovae/vol11/iss1/2/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/second-klan/509468/ https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lily-white-movement https://www.jstor.org/stable/2197800 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-kkk/ https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ku-klux-klan-in-the-reconstruction-era/ https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore https://plaintalkhistory.com/monroeandflorencework/context/lynching.html https://www.tuskegee.edu/news/tuskegee-university-hosts-lynchings-and-liberators-exhibition-throughout-february#:~:text=Tuskegee%20University%20now%20houses%20the,African%20Americans%20and%201%2C297%20whites. https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/packets/1 https://wacohistory.org/items/show/200 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279068/m2/1/high_res_d/1002659471-morris.pdf https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2104/5376/richard_fair_thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/exec/governors/12.html https://vtuhr.org/articles/10.21061/vtuhr.v11i1.145 https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-birth-of-a-nation#:~:text=Pressure%20from%20black%20voters%20causes,ban%20screenings%20of%20the%20film.&text=An%20African%20American%20newspaper%20in%20Denver%20argues%20against%20film%20coming%20to%20town.&text=Group%20of%20ministers%20in%20Iowa%20passes%20resolution%20denouncing%20film.&text=Birth%20of%20a%20Nation%20banned%20in%20Ohio . https://egrove.olemiss.edu/womenkkk/ https://19thnews.org/2020/12/first-came-suffrage-then-came-the-women-of-the-ku-klux-klan/ https://labs.library.vcu.edu/klan/learn…

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EP 45: Reasonable and Christian Thoughts on the Origin of the Vampires 2:14:06

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Happy Halloween! Welcome back to another spooky episode of History Spelunkers in which we discuss the stories that led us to the modern perception of the most infamous of blood sucking beasties.... the vampire!!! Shownotes: Episode art is a scene from the 1922 film Nosferatu. The Vampyre: A Tale by John Polidori; accessible via Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6087/6087-h/6087-h.htm Dracula by Bram Stokerl accessible via Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/345/345-h/345-h.htm Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu; accessible via Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10007/10007-h/10007-h.htm Varney the Vampire by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest, accessible via the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/VarneyTheVampyre/page/n1/mode/1up Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants of Hungary, Moravia, et al. by Antoine Augustin Calmet; accessible via Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29412/29412-h/29412-h.htm https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-mercy-brown https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-englands-mystery-vampire-was-likely-farmer-named-john-180972815/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=teFCP69trOI&ab_channel=CaitlinDoughty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EQ_axr1y7Y&ab_channel=KazRowe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9FIPSLMeM&ab_channel=ESOTERICA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS-KMoEjXBQ&t=509s&ab_channel=Let%27sTalkReligion Portrait of Vladislav Dracula, Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vlad_Tepes_002.jpg Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 44: Can I Pick None of the Above? 1:49:55

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Hello all, and happy Election Season! 2024 is shapeing up to be one of the most dramatic and consequential year for national elections around the world. In the US many voters have expressed a desire for more options than the two main political parties, and they might be told that "this is how its always been". In this episode, we work to undo that myth and examine the long history of "third parties" in this country and hear about the most successful. Shownotes: Episode Art: 1912 Progressive Party Campaign Button; Anonymous/Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/overview/whigstories/ Political Platforms: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/app-categories/elections-and-transitions/party-platforms https://news.gallup.com/poll/651278/support-third-political-party-dips.aspx https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/elections-2024/third-parties-in-elections Former and Current Third Party Legislators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/SenatorsRepresentingThirdorMinorParties.htm https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ https://ballotpedia.org/Current_independent_and_minor_party_federal_and_state_officeholders Political Platforms for Minor Parties: https://www.lp.org/platform/ https://www.gp.org/platform https://constitutionparty.com/principles/platform/ https://www.prohibitionparty.org/platform https://www.solidarity-party.org/platform https://pslweb.org/program/ Wizard of Oz Analysis: https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/populism-and-world-oz Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds https://www.archives.gov/files/legislative/resources/ebooks/two-party-system.pdf https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text John C. Calhoun Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/John_C_Calhoun_by_Mathew_Brady%2C_1849.jpg…

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EP 43: Lets Make It Rain!! 57:41

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Are you a fan of a nice summer day? How about a cool fall wind? Do you like the look of a light snowfall in your yard? What if you could have whatever you wanted at a moments notice and all you had to do was call your local government? Well what if I told you that thanks to your tax dollars, you just might be able to get a permit for that..... Shownotes: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-suggest-nuking-hurricanes-1535171 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title15/chapter9A&edition=prelim#:~:text=No%20person%20may%20engage%2C%20or,Secretary%20may%20by%20rule%20prescribe . https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/weather/ https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v19n03_1961-02/page/n36/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/weather-modification https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/nuclear-weapons/hiroshima/black-rain.html https://www.science.org/content/article/can-nuclear-fallout-make-it-rain https://web.archive.org/web/20150828101449/http://www.knmi.nl/publications/fulltexts/hailcannons2_preprint.pdf http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/hailcan/hailcan.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-us-government-tried-make-rain-exploding-dynamite-sky-180970193/ https://grist.org/politics/believe-it-or-not-trump-isnt-the-first-to-propose-nuking-hurricanes/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/10/17218872/nasa-rocket-engine-test-stennis-space-center-cloud-generation https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/television/1247465789178/excerpt-conspiracy-theory.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXuc7SAyk2s&ab_channel=FOX10Phoenix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl2JnXjwWBM&ab_channel=WFAA Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Episode art is a sketch of the 1901 International Hail Cannon Congress; Plumandon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons…

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EP 42: Everything is Better with Pirates 1:50:17

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In the Americas the United States is considered the first experiment at non-monarchical rule and democracy. But what if I told you that there might be a group that might've tested the sails of democracy on the high seas? Show Notes: Episode art is a photo of one of the few Jolly Roger flags that we know existed. The photo belongs to Karlsson, Anneli, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Recommend reading: The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/442239.The_Republic_of_Pirates Text of A General History of the Pyrates by Capt. Charles Johnson https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40580/40580-h/40580-h.htm Pirates of the Caribbean clip audio clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSPBKt-x2Cw (OG belongs to Disney) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 41: To Be Or Not To Be … In Ohio? 1:07:55

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With there being so many states, it understandable that sometimes it would be confusing to know which one you are in. But it gets more confusing when people begin arguing over which state you should be in and are willing to stab you if you disagree with them. Shownotes: Episode art is a map of Ellis Island from the NPS that shows the approximate boundary of the original island https://www.michigan.gov/dmva/about/history/military-events/highlights/the-toledo-war https://www.heritage.org/immigration/heritage-explains/the-toledo-war https://ohiomemory.ohiohistory.org/archives/4196 https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/vermontflag/ https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/ https://www.nps.gov/elis/faqs.htm Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 40: A Constellation of Lone Stars 53:07

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Hey yall! This is part two of the Texas Revolution deep dive and in this one we focus on the sister republic of Texas down in Yucatan. Texas might not be as unique in its independence than we like to think... Shownotes: https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/03/the-republic-of-yucatan/ https://militaryhistorynow.com/2022/04/28/the-yucatan-republic-how-a-mayan-independence-movement-became-a-sideshow-of-the-mexican-american-war/ Episode art is an 1848 map of Yucatan by Augustus Le Plongeon Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 39: You Can Blame Texas on Napoleon 1:19:25

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Howdy y'all and welcome back to History Spelunkers. In this episode we discuss the Texas Revolution and all of the convoluted history that led up to it. In this episode yes we do remember the Alamo, it just takes us about a while to get to that point. Shownotes: Episode art is The Fall of the Alamo by Robert Onderdonk;Public Domain via Wiki Commons https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-revolution https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-anna-antonio-lopez-de https://libraries.uta.edu/usmexicowar/node/4883 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/revolutionary-army Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 38: POTUS- "Pets of the United States" 1:28:08

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Almost everyone loves animals. Join us as we go through the list of the famous pets of the POTUS. Now including a surprising number of alligators! Shownotes: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Episode Photo is of First Lady Grace Coolidge and her racoon Rebecca; in the public domain through the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons https://www.forbes.com/advisor/pet-insurance/pet-ownership-statistics/#:~:text=Dogs%20are%20the%20most%20popular,and%20baby%20boomers%20(24%25) . https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/sheep/ https://www.lancasterhistory.org/all-the-presidents-pets/ https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidents-as-horsemen https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alligators-white-house-pets/ https://ethiopianism411.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/americas-first-presidential-hyena/ https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/laddie-boy-harding-dog-collar/iQF5o_cxt0aaiA?hl=en https://coolidgefoundation.org/resources/the-coolidge-pets/ https://americacomesalive.com/the-truman-dogs/ https://www.nps.gov/thri/learn/kidsyouth/teddybearhistory.htm…

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EP 37: Aloha America! Why are you here? 1:21:18

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Aloha everyone! In this episode we travel to the beautiful paradise in the middle of the Pacific know as the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii is one of the few states in these United States that can have the privilege of being their own independent nation. So today's question: why are these islands no longer independent? Shownotes: Episode photo is of the US Sailors and Marines from the USS Boston during the 1893 coup which deposed the monarch. Good books on the subject: How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Queen Lili'uokalani The Morgan Report: https://books.google.com/books?id=tBkiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA363#v=onepage&q&f=false The Blount Report: https://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/blount.php https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/raising-the-united-states-flag/ https://bulletin.punahou.edu/ending-the-kapu/ https://talesofhawaii.net/2020/10/20/kapu-system-of-traditional-hawaiian-religious-practice/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Hawaii chrome-extension://bdfcnmeidppjeaggnmidamkiddifkdib/viewer.html?file=https://files.hawaii.gov/dcca/reb/real_ed/re_ed/ce_prelic/land_in_hawaii.pdf https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/captain-cook-killed-in-hawaii Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 36: The Tragedy of the Essex 46:33

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Welcome back to the continuation of our tragic tale of one of the most infamous events to ever occur on the high seas: The wreck of the whaleship Essex. Once we finish learning about the fates of these poor souls we go on to examine a variety of related stories. CW: death, murder, and cannibalism... a lot of cannibalism Cover art is a sketch by Thomas Nickerson of the whaleship Essex compared to the whale which sank it; public domain access via Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Essex_photo_03_b.jpg https://www.britannica.com/topic/cannibalism-human-behaviour https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/05/essex-200005 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Essex-whaling-ship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens#Cultural_impact https://www.google.com/books/edition/Arthur_Gordon_Pym/GvhDAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moby_Dick/XV8XAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds https://iwc.int/en/…

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EP 35: And They Called Him Moby Dick 51:04

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There she blows! In this episode of the podcast we find ourselves out on the high seas learning about the origins of one of the world's most famous pieces of literature: Herman Melville's Moby Dick . Prepare for a truly wild voyage into the obscure... CW: violence towards animals Shownotes: Opening audio is from the 1956 film edition of Moby Dick staring Gregory Peck and Dir. by John Huston Episode art- Nantucket Water Skid by Clifford W. Ashley. (1930) in the public domain accessed via the Wikimedia commons Audiobook of Moby Dick that I listened to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg84olIrn-k&ab_channel=AudiobooksUnleashed https://slimemoldsyd.medium.com/the-match-that-killed-all-the-turtles-the-galapagos-versus-massachusetts-b68818a82d4e https://nha.org/visit/museums-and-tours/whaling-museum/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/sperm-whale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 34: "Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men" 1:09:25

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Hello History Spelunkers!! Welcome back to a new episode just in time for the most wonderful time of the year. The world can seem like a pretty dark place at times, but there is a magic to this season that brings a bit of joy back into the world. And on some occasions that magic is powerful enough that it truly can bring peace on earth…if only for awhile. Shownotes Donation Links : If you are able to please give. UNICEF-- https://www.unicefusa.org/ Doctors Without Borders-- https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/ International Rescue Committee-- https://www.rescue.org/ UN Refugee Agency-- https://www.unrefugees.org/ Save The Children-- https://www.savethechildren.org/ Episode art is a colorized photo of a group of British and German soldiers fraternizing in No Man's Land during the 1914 Christmas truce, courtesy of Cassowary Colorizations, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/546523/Duke-of-Cambridge-Prince-William-Visit-Memorial-WWI-Christmas-Day-football-match https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Christmas-Truce https://www.theworldwar.org/exhibitions/christmas-truce-winter-1914 https://www.visionofhumanity.org/the-christmas-truce/ https://gwern.net/doc/economics/1984-axelrod-theevolutionofcooperation-ch4-theliveandletlivesysteminwwi.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25206-2004Dec24.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Christmas_Letter#/media/File:Open_Christmas_letter_from_the_Suffragettes_of_Manchester_(11350682363).jpg…

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EP 33: Historiaj Spelistoj 1:07:46

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Saluton! Bonvenon al alia epizodo! No, this is not gibberish you are seeing, this is the wonderful language of Esperanto. This language was invented to change the world and solve world peace! It may not have succeeded yet, but Esperantists would argue it's only a matter of time. Join us as we explore the world's most successful constructed languages and the perils its speakers experienced throughout its history. Shownotes: Portrait of L. L. Zamenhoff; Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Apologies for all of the botched pronunciations, upon further study I realize i should've read a bit more, before attempting to speak the language. Intro is a clip from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country followed by an excerpt from a performance of Hamlet in Klingon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0k4qV1I1Y&t=357s&ab_channel=boydclanvirginia https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-hitler-and-stalin-hated-esperanto-the-135-year-old-language-of-peace-180980472/ https://www.discoveringbelgium.com/bizarre-belgium-neutral-moresnet/ https://sites.law.wustl.edu/WashULaw/harris-lexlata/esperanto-the-neutral-global-language/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpa3q/how-klingon-became-a-real-language Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds If you stay to the end you can hear my attempt at the Hamlet "To Be or Not To Be" speech in Esperanto…

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EP 32: When the heck are we?!?! 1:27:09

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Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of History Spelunkers. In today's episode we are going to delve into the question of why time works the way it does and what is the whole deal about daylight savings time. The short answer is that it is all arbitrary and that the pillars of our society will crumble like sand if we think about them for too long. If you want the more detailed answer, then you will just have to dive down the rabbit hole..... Shownotes: Episode photo is from when the US Senate changed their clocks for the first daylight savings time observed by the country in 1918 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/09/samoa-plans-to-move-clocks-24-hours https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-the-last-time-the-us-tried-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent-180979742/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gregorian-calendar https://www.britannica.com/science/Julian-calendar https://restofworld.org/2023/newsletter-latin-america-mexico-end-daylight-savings/ https://www.rbth.com/travel/329966-times-zones-russia https://www.geographyrealm.com/geography-of-the-international-date-line/ https://greenwichmeantime.com/articles/history/conference/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 31: The Texas Halloween Special 1:13:31

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Happy Halloween from History Spelunkers! In this year's holiday episode instead of focusing on a monster or two from folklore, we are going to talk about horror movies. And this year we are going to keep things close to home and discuss films set in Texas, starting with one of the most famous horror films of all time: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre! Content warning! for lots of murder, sexual assault, gore, violence, and other horror stuff. Shownotes: Episode art is a photo of actors Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface) and William Vail (Kirk) as they take a break during filming. Taken from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre official website: https://thetexaschainsawmassacre.com/making-the-original-texas-chainsaw-massacre-1974/ https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/tobe-hooper https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Gein https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-houston-mass-murders-what-really-happened/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texarkana-murder-mystery/ https://vault.fbi.gov/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Intro clip is from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Movie List that were Mentioned The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Dir. Tobe Hooper The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) Dir. Charles B. Pierce The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Alien (1979) Dir. Ridley Scott Audition (1999) Dir. Takashi Miike The Houses October Built (2014) Dir. Bobby Roe Last Shift (2014) Dir. Anthony DiBlasi Talk to Me (2022) Dir. Danny and Michael Philippou The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Dir. Drew Goddard Saw (2004) Dir. James Wan The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Dir. Marcus Nispel Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) Dir. Kim Henkel Friday the 13th (1980) Dir. Sean S. Cunningham A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Dir. Wes Craven Scream (1996) Dir. Wes Craven The Conjuring (2013) Dir. James Wan The Nun II (2023) Dir. Michael Chaves I might have missed a couple but there are a lot of options.…

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EP 30: So You Think You Can Fence? 43:18

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Welcome back to part two of this special episode of History Spelunkers. In this one we continue talking about the origins of the sport of fencing, with a special focus on how western culture transitioned to stabbing people with swords for honor to instead doing it for points! Shownotes: Episode art is "Säbelmensur" by Georg Mühlberg c. 1900 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen Julie d'Aubigny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d%27Aubigny Helene Mayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Mayer Example of a Mensur Scar: Dr. Thomas Krüger, Bonn, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Pieper_(2002).jpg https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-long-history-behind-fencers-hitdetecting-electrified-gear#:~:text=It%20wasn't%2C%20in%20fact,been%20practiced%20since%20time%20immemorial . https://www.academia.edu/25105787/Fencing_sport_weapon_handles_grips_the_short_chronology_and_history http://museumofamericanfencing.com/wp/category/fencing-history/ https://www.britannica.com/sports/fencing https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/25/sports/in-fencing-a-new-day-for-women.html https://olympics.com/en/news/the-sabre-the-only-weapon-to-have-been-at-every-games-since-1896…

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EP 29: The Good Ol' Days of Stabbing People 1:00:33

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Welcome back to another episode! The gauntlet is at your feet, will you answer the call? Today we begin our talk on the strange history of dueling in western society during the 16th through 19th centuries. We explain how people came up with the idea and how its popularity grew throughout the centuries. Shownotes: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Cover art is An Interrupted Duel by Marcus Stone c.1868; Marcus Stone, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Intro clip is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam Giant Sword Photo: Zweihander…

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EP 28: The American Civil War Abroad 57:18

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Welcome back one and all to another episode of History Spelunkers. Today our journey into the niche and obscure will take us back to the American Civil War. Mostly when one thinks of this conflict they imagine fighting in the fields of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, or Shiloh. But have you ever thought about the gray and blue duking it out off the shores of Northern France? Learn about that battle and more in today's episode! Shownotes: Photo Engraving of the Sinking of the CSS Alabama by Harper's Weekly Magazine. In the public domain accessed via Wikimedia Commons The song clips are from the 1961 recording of Tennessee Ernie Ford performing "Union Dixie" https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/the-american-civil-war--1861-1865/the-battle-of-cherbourg.html https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/kearsarge-and-alabama http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/Article/h-973 https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1932/june/it-happened-bahia https://www.britannica.com/event/Saint-Albans-Raid https://vermonthistory.org/st-albans-raid https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-confederate-flag-civil-war-americana-santa-barbara/2020/07/11/1e8a7c84-bec4-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 27: The Once and Future Kennedy 1:15:56

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!Content warning!- this one is basically entirely about death and medical misfortune Welcome back to another episode of History Spelunkers. Heads up, today's episode might be a bit depressing because there is a lot of terrible things that get talked about. In this episode we dive into the most high profile members of the famous family of American Royalty: the Kennedys. We also attempt to lay out the evidence for why some believe that their family is cursed... Shownotes: Family Photo of the Kennedy family at Hyannis Port in 1931. Public Domain through the Federal Government. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Opening Music from the musical Camelot (1960): Music by Frederick Loewe and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/us/kennedy-family-curse/index.html https://www.historyhit.com/the-kennedy-curse-a-timeline-of-tragedy/ https://www.historyhit.com/inside-the-myth-what-was-kennedys-camelot/ https://www.life.com/history/jackie-movie-life-magazine/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 26: How to Steal From a King.... 1:02:14

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Welcome back one and all to Season 2 of History Spelunkers! Starting of our journey into the niche and obscure we are going back in time and across the pond to give you the strange tale of the time someone tried to steal the Crown Jewels of England. Shownotes: https://britishheritage.com/history/man-steals-crown-jewels#:~:text=Known%20as%20one%20of%20the,madness%20and%20ended%20in%20arrest . https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/avenue/ourpast/thedaringcaptureofthestoneofdestiny/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stone-of-Scone Picture of the Crown Jewels is in the public domain, access via Wikimedia Commons Audio of God Save the King is from King Charles III coronation ceremony (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqse9O9j3kg&ab_channel=TheRoyalFamilyChannel) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 25: Did Coca-Cola Invent Santa Claus? 1:14:23

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In this, the final episode of Season 1, we mesh two topics: the history of Santa Claus and the history of Coca-Cola promotions. It works, I promise, you just need to trust the process... Shownotes: https://seekingalpha.com/article/131886-why-is-pepsico-buying-its-bottlers https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/five-things-you-never-knew-about-santa-claus-and-coca-cola https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/heritage-highlights/did-oliver-cromwell-really-ban-christmas/#:~:text=The%20rejection%20of%20Christmas%20as,1660%2C%20Christmas%20was%20officially%20illegal. https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/the-story-of-one-of-the-most-memorable-marketing-blunders-ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBCKnhFwE_4&t=28s&ab_channel=mycommercials Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds…

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EP 24: The Story of Thanksgiving Pt. 2 55:14

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This is part 2 of our series on Thanksgiving. Today we focus on what happened after the first meal and how the relationship between the colonists and the Indigenous people rapidly deteriorated. But to not be entirely depressing we also end the episode talking about some of the weird traditions that have become associated with the holiday. Shownotes: Photo of Plymouth rock is from the public domain via wikimedia commons Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds King Philip's War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNXDplgft_g&ab_channel=Atun-SheiFilms Pequot War: http://pequotwar.org/about/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/native-history-its-memorial-dayin-1637-the-pequot-massacre-happened…

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EP 23: The Story of Thanksgiving Pt. 1 48:20

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Happy Thanksgiving! Join us as we discuss the history of the holiday and the background of both the Pilgrims and the Indigenous people who played a part with it. Shownotes: Intro clip is from Rick and Morty. An [adult swim] show from the minds of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. Specifically Season 5 Episode 6. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Episode art is John Leon Gerome Ferris' painting The First Thanksgiving 1621. Puritainism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLP1T1RA_A&t=1281s&ab_channel=RyanReeves…

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Bonus EP: Fearsome(?) Critters 12:51

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Happy Halloween!! We couldn't get enough cryptid content so I had to share this list of bizarre creatures. Let us know which ones are your favorite as historyspelunkers@gmail.com!

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EP 22: Mothman and the Jersey Devil 47:26

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Happy Halloween to all you witches, ghouls, and other spooks that go bump in the night!! We are back at it with a look at the history behind some famous Halloween monsters that haunt our imagination (and perhaps even our reality)… Shownotes: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds Opening Clip is the Main Theme from John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) (please don't sue us) https://texashillcountry.com/houston-batman-flying-monster/ Shout out to the Old Gods of Appalacia Podcast! https://oldgodsofappalachia.com/ The book about the demon aliens I was talking about was Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/ 24/7 Livecam of the Mothman Statue in Point Pleasant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9AEnutatnI&ab_channel=MothmanCam…

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EP 21: The Strange and Strenuous Life Pt. 2 55:50

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