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  • Emileigh and Morgan take one final look at the assassination of JFK. Thanks to the act that mandated all records regarding the incident be available to the public, the Warren Commission's final report doesn't seem to be adding up. Grab a tin foil hat for this one y'all, you'll need it.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r5eKpptixo

    https://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/bullet-point

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.ba4c34c4-bebd-49f6-8141-7328dd27ffe6?ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb&workflowType=Commerce-TVOD&autoplay=0

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXObYpDFmwg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GFiqLzeKJ4

    https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20House%20of,in%201963%20and%201968%2C%20respectively.

    https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk

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

    https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy/Conspiracy-theories#ref363559

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_CqAwkjiF4

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories#Allegations_of_other_conspirators

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT2Qjxs6KP8

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoRWF47UvHA

    https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Revisited-Through-Looking-Glass/dp/B09LHGHQH3

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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r5eKpptixo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=whBmXPaChh4

  • Emileigh and Morgan discuss how Lee Harvey Oswald was captured by law enforcement after allegedly assassinating President John F. Kennedy, how he was then murdered, and the findings of the Warren Commission.

    Link to V.R. Video of Zapruter film.

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    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r5eKpptixo

    https://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/bullet-point

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.ba4c34c4-bebd-49f6-8141-7328dd27ffe6?ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb&workflowType=Commerce-TVOD&autoplay=0

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXObYpDFmwg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GFiqLzeKJ4

    https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20House%20of,in%201963%20and%201968%2C%20respectively.

    https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk

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

    https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy/Conspiracy-theories#ref363559

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_CqAwkjiF4

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories#Allegations_of_other_conspirators

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT2Qjxs6KP8

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoRWF47UvHA

    https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Revisited-Through-Looking-Glass/dp/B09LHGHQH3

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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r5eKpptixo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=whBmXPaChh4

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  • Thank you so much for sticking with us for an entire year! As a special treat, we're releasing an extra episode this week to celebrate, full of our bloopers, outtakes, and funny moments that didn't make it into our released episodes. We are eternally grateful for all of y'all's support! Here's to another year of Ill-Equipped History!

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  • Emileigh and Morgan dive into one of America's most famous Presidents. This part of a three part special will cover his life, presidency, and a play by play of the assassination.

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  • Morgan and Emileigh wrap up the story of the Corps of Discovery! The group has to wait out the winter on the Oregon coast and make their way back to the United States. Warning: this episode briefly mentions suicide. If you are struggling, please call the Suicide Hotline at 988.

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    Sources:

    Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (PBS-1997)

    The Lewis and Clark Storyhttps://www.lewisandclark.org/learn/story.php

    Seaman’s Fate (James J. Holmberg)https://lewis-clark.org/people/seaman/seamans-fate/

    “The Roster of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark” (Dec. 1944) by Chales G. Clarke, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 45 No. 4, pp. 289-305https://www.jstor.org/stable/20611574?read-now=1&seq=17#page_scan_tab_contents

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  • Today's the day we're finally covering one of the most important events in American history! Join Morgan and Emileigh as they cover the highs and lows of one of the most ambitious expeditions in the 19th century.

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    Sources:

    Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (PBS-1997)

    The Lewis and Clark Story

    https://www.lewisandclark.org/learn/story.php

    Seaman’s Fate (James J. Holmberg)

    https://lewis-clark.org/people/seaman/seamans-fate/

    “The Roster of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark” (Dec. 1944) by Chales G. Clarke, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 45 No. 4, pp. 289-305

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/20611574?read-now=1&seq=17#page_scan_tab_contents

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  • Emileigh and Morgan tell the life story of Betty White and relive some of her funniest moments.

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    Sources:

    https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-life-of-will-smith-ef65ba9e-2e28-4f0f-91c1-0ef79ff45b51

    https://www.thethings.com/betty-white-spouse-dick-barker-marriage-eight-months/

    Betty White: Pure Gold Documentary

    https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/betty-white-kids-4613818/

    https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/actors/betty-white

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

    https://heavy.com/entertainment/lane-allen-betty-white-husband/

    Women’s World Tribute Magazine 2203B

    List of Shows and Movies by Year

  • Emileigh and Morgan discover the wild and wacky in all 50 states.

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    Sources:

    https://www.50states.com/state-animals/

    Book: Fifty States Every Question Answered by Lori Baird, Marcel Brousseau, and Amber Rose

    https://www.arlingtontours.com/dc-historical-facts

    https://www.abouttown.io/features/5-interesting-facts-about-alabama

    https://www.arizonahighways.com/blog/arizonas-london-bridge-brief-history

    https://bestlifeonline.com/craziest-state-facts/

    https://www.businessinsider.com/one-weird-fact-about-every-state-2017-9#connecticut-the-first-phone-book-in-the-us-was-printed-in-new-haven-in-1878-7

    https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/108084/bizarre-but-brilliant-facts-about-every-us-state

    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/iowa/13-surprising-ia-facts/

    https://www.coolkidfacts.com/maine-facts/

    https://mntrips.com/facts-minnesota/

    https://www.providentmetals.com/north-carolina/nc-facts.html

    https://www.thefactsite.com/washington-facts/

    https://www.movoto.com/guide/wi/wisconsin-facts/

  • Morgan and Emileigh dive into the story of Cheng Shih, one of the most notorious and successful pirates of all time.

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    “Ching Shih: The Pirate Widow Menace of the South China Sea” by Biographics on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acojc6aZjgE

    “One Woman’s Rise to Power: Cheng I’s Wife and the Pirates” by Dian Murray. Historical Reflections, Vol. 8, No. 3, WOMEN IN CHINA: Current Directions in Historical Scholarship (Fall 1981), pp. 147-161

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/41298765

    “Tay Son Uprising: Society and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam” by Ku Boon Dar

    https://www.iias.asia/the-review/tay-son-uprising-society-and-rebellion-eighteenth-century-vietnam

    “The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws” by Urvija Banerji (2016)

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ching-shih-chinese-female-pirate

  • Emileigh and Morgan discuss the catastrophe that was suppose to be one of the biggest festivals in history and how it tainted the Woodstock reputation forever.

    Jimmy Fallon Performance

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    Woodstock 99 Mojo Video

    https://www.setlist.fm/festival/1999/woodstock-99-13d6fd81.html

    https://consequence.net/2019/08/the-lost-woodstocks/3/

    Trainwreck Documentary

    https://www.wcvb.com/article/this-day-in-history-woodstock-music-festival-1969/40887372

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_50

    https://consequence.net/2019/08/the-lost-woodstocks/4/

  • Morgan and Emileigh continue the crazy tale of the Watergate scandal, focusing on the Senate hearings, the releasing of the tapes, and Congress' steps towards Nixon's impeachment.

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    Ep. 2 Sources

    Documentary: Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal series by CNN (discovery+) 2022

    “Watergate: Who Did What and Where Are They Now?” Alice Popovici, history.com. (updated 2023)

    https://www.history.com/news/watergate-where-are-they-now

    https://watergate.info/

    https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/watergate.htm

    “The Watergate Files” presented by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

    https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/exhibits/Watergate_files/content.php?section=1&page=a

    “The Watergate Hearings,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting

    https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/watergate

    “Watergate and the Constitution” (2017)

    https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/watergate-constitution

    “How federal impeachment works” (2024)

    https://www.usa.gov/impeachment

    “The Saturday Night Massacre: How our Constitution trumped a reckless President,” by Ken Gormley (2015)

    https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-saturday-night-massacre-40-years-later-how-our-constitution-trumped-a-r

    “Nov. 17, 1973 | Nixon Declares ‘I Am Not a Crook’” (2011)

    https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/nov-17-1973-nixon-declares-i-am-not-a-crook/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Howard_Hunt

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

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

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Haldeman

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell

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

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

    “Smoking Gun” audio recording: https://watergate.info/1972/06/23/the-smoking-gun-tape.html

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    titi2 https://freesound.org/people/titi2/sounds/509937/

  • Join Morgan and Emileigh as they dive into the Nixon administration in the United States. Learn how the President and his loyal cronies would do whatever it took to keep power, including one of the most notorious constitutional violations in American history.

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    Ep 1 Sources:

    Documentary: Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal series by CNN (discovery+) 2022

    “Richard Nixon.” Biography.com (2021)

    https://www.biography.com/political-figures/richard-nixon

    https://www.enemieslist.info/

    https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers

    “How The Pentagon Papers Changed Public Perception Of The War In Vietnam” Terry Gross, NPR (2021)

    https://www.npr.org/2021/06/18/1007573283/how-the-pentagon-papers-changed-public-perception-of-the-war-in-vietnam

    “Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92” Robert D. McFadden, New York Times. (2023)

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/us/daniel-ellsberg-dead.html

    “Lawrence F. O’Brien, 73; He Was Target of 1972 Watergate Break-In” Myrna Oliver, Los Angeles Times. (1990)

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-29-mn-1122-story.html

    “5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here” Alfred E. Lewis, Washington Post (1972).

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/061872-1.htm

    “The Democrat who cried (maybe) in New Hampshire and lost the presidential nomination” Robert Mitchell, Washington Post (2020)

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/09/new-hampshire-ed-muskie-tears-primary/

    “Nixon Debated Paying Blackmail, Clemency: ‘Keep Cap on Bottle’” Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Washington Post (1974)

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nixon-debated-paying-blackmail-clemency-keep-cap-on-bottle/2012/06/04/gJQABnH1IV_story.html

    https://watergate.info/

    “American Social Policy in the 1960’s and 1970’s” Jerry D. Marx

    https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/war-on-poverty/american-social-policy-in-the-60s-and-70s/

    “The Nation: White House Intrigue: Colson v. Dean” Time Magazine. (1973)

    https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,879211-1,00.html

    “Watergate: Who Did What and Where Are They Now?” Alice Popovici, history.com. (updated 2023)

    https://www.history.com/news/watergate-where-are-they-now

    “Cancer on the Presidency” recording: https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/index.php/media/33365

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  • Emileigh and Morgan leap into the world of wonky calendars, the science behind leap days, and major events that have happened on the rare February 29th.

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    Sources:

    The Longest Year in History

    Live Science: Why do we have leap year

    Leap day Events: Business Insider

    8 Things that Happened on Leap Day

    Columbus and his trickster ways

    Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Museum

    Panama Canal

    Hattie McDaniel

  • Join Morgan and Emileigh as they discuss one of the most amazing women athletes of all time, Wilma Rudolph. Growing up in the Jim Crow south, Wilma, with the support of her loved ones, overcame a debilitating disability to become a triple gold medalist.

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    Sources:

    (Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph by Rita Liberti and Maureen M. Smith (2015)

    “Rudolph, Wilma Glodean (1940- )”. Famous American Women A Biographical Dictionary from Colonial Times to the Present. (1980). Edited by Robert McHenry. G. & C. Merriam Company, Publishers (Merriam-Webster Inc.)

    https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wilma-rudolph

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_3554000/3554568.stm

    “50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph’s triple gold in 1960” by Rob Bagchi. The Guardian, Jun. 1 2012

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/jun/01/50-stunning-olympic-moments-wilma-rudolph

    “Leaders of Afro-American Nashville. Wilma Rudolph and the TSU Tigerbelles” by Bobby L. Lovett (1997)

    https://www.tnstate.edu/library/documents/Rudolph.pdf

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

    https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/index.htm

    https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

    Sound Credits:

    GregorQuendel Attribution 4.0

    snapssound

    Kyster Attribution 4.0

  • Emileigh, Morgan, and their guest go on a high speed journey through the history of NASCAR from the humble beginnings as moonshine runners to today's cars that exceed 200 MPH.

    Videos from the Episode:

    Jocko Flocko

    Ross Chastain's video game move to advance to the Championship 4 | NASCAR

    https://www.tiktok.com/@dana_beers/video/7238596440036150574?lang=en

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    Sources:

    https://www.nascar.com/nascar-history

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc-sv-w4yeA

    https://www.britannica.com/sports/stock-car-racing

    https://www.nascarhall.com/blog/nascar-cars-through-the-generations

    https://www.nascar.com/nascar-cup-series/2024/schedule/

    https://sportsnaut.com/best-nascar-drivers-all-time/

    https://dailydownforce.com/every-2024-nascar-track-from-oldest-to-youngest/

    https://www.biography.com/athletes/dale-earnhardt

    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/691527-the-30-best-quotes-in-nascar-history#:~:text=Here%20are%20a%20few%20of,got%20to%20win%20every%20race.%22

    https://sportsnaut.com/worst-wrecks-nascar-history/

    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/691527-the-30-best-quotes-in-nascar-history

    https://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/news-media/2021/09/16/where-to-build-bill-france-sr-s-vision-becomes-reality-as-alabama-international-motor-speedway-comes-to-life-in-1969/

  • In the 1890s, the tiny island of Zanzibar became a protectorate of Great Britain. Not everyone agreed with this move, and the tensions between two entities resulted in the Anglo-Zanzibar war, history's shortest recorded war.

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    Sources:

    Johnson, Ben. “The Shortest War in History.” (March 1 2015). Historic UK Website. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Shortest-War-in-History/

    Saud Turki, Benyan. “Sayyid Khalid Bin Barghash, Britain and the Throne of Zanzibar.” Oct. 2009. Anaquel de Estudios Arabes, 21. 35-53.

    https://www.academia.edu/22075854/Sayyid_Khalid_Bin_Barghash_Britain_and_the_throne_of_Zanzibar_Sayyid_Khalid_Bin_Barghash_Gran_Breta%C3%B1a_y_el_trono_de_Zanzibar

    Anglo-Zanzibar War: History’s Shortest War by Warographics on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8ZHb2z-4V8

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Tanzania

    https://www.britannica.com/place/Zanzibar-Tanzania

    https://www.african-adventures.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-zanzibar/

    https://diplomacy.state.gov/encyclopedia/protectorate/

  • In 1914, Shackleton and his crew, aboard two ships, voyaged to Antarctica with the purpose of crossing the frozen landscape from end to end. The expedition didn't go as planned and the resulting story is one of survival, bravery, and true endurance.

    Links you'll need to reference:

    Map of Expedition

    List of Crew

    Footage of their voyage

    Underwater footage of the Endurance

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  • We're diving into paleo-genomics today with this episode, where Morgan and Emileigh dive into how animals became domesticated. Learn how man's best friend came to be, and the unique way cats entered our lives!

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    MacHugh, David; Larson, Greger; & Orlando, Ludovic. “Taming the Past: Ancient DNA and the Study of Animal Domestication.” (2016). Annual Review of Animal Bioscience, 5: 329-51. doi: 10.11146/annurev-animal-022516-022747

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    Driscoll, Carlos A.; Macdonald, David W.; & O’Brien, Stephen J. “From wild animals to domestic pets, and evolutionary view of domestication.” (2009). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 106(1). 9971-9978. doi: 10.1073/pnas.090158106

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    Larson, Greger & Fuller, Dorian Q. “The Evolution of Animal Domestication.” (2014). Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 45, 115-36.

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    Pennisi, Elizabeth. “The taming of the pig took some wild turns.” (Aug. 31, 2015).

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  • Emileigh and Morgan dive into the world of some of the world's oldest and most popular board games. Every game has a story and you might be surprised by the story your favorite game tells!

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    https://www.britannica.com/topic/chess/Development-of-theory

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    Checkers History video-short

    https://libapp.shadygrove.umd.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/international-games-day/history-of-checkers

    https://www.invent.org/blog/inventors/milton-bradley-game-of-life

    https://www.vox.com/2015/1/28/7924487/game-of-life-history

  • Morgan and Emileigh explore the history of the samurai throughout medieval and modern Japan. WARNING: discussion of ritual suicide.

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    Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire https://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/enteredo_8.html

    Samurai - Encyclopedia Japan https://doyouknowjapan.com/samurai/

    The Age of the Samurai: 1185-1868 http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1000ce_samurai.htm

    Samurai the Last Warrior documentary written and directed by Charlie Shepard

    History of Japan https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html

    https://mai-ko.com/travel/japanese-history/samurai/things-you-may-wonder-about-the-samurai/#:~:text=How%20can%20you%20become%20a,get%20married%20to%20a%20samurai.

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