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What The History

What The History

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 Join Trevor and Suzie Holland for tasty bits of bite sized bizarre history World
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  • What The History – Prohibition Party and Totally Flat

    What The History – Prohibition Party and Totally Flat
    Apr 22 2022
    In this episode Suzie visits with Izzy and Moe and Trevor explores a flat Earth. What the history? Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Podcasts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com. For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page! REFERENCES IZZY AND MOE Abbott K 2012, ‘Prohibition’s Premier Hooch Hounds’ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/prohibitions-premier-hooch-hounds-16963599/ Hanson D 2021, ‘Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith: Famous Prohibition Agents’ https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/izzy-einstein-and-moe-smith/ Maeder J 2017, ‘Rumhounds Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith turned Prohibition arrests into comedy’ https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rumhounds-izzy-moe-turned-prohibition-arrests-comedy-article-1.787185 Time Magazine 1925, ‘PROHIBITION: Izzy and Moe’ http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,928717,00.html The History Guy 2017, ‘Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, Prohibition Agents’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcl_HrmtgIk THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY Neil DeGrasse Tyson Gets Into A Rap Battle With B.o.B Over Flat Earth Theory (NPR 26 Jan 2016) Why some still believe the flat Earth conspiracy (MPR News 14 Feb 2022) ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes’ Last Ride: Inside a Flat-Earther’s Doomed Mission (Rolling Stone 15 February 2022 The Flat Earth (Donald E Simanek 2006) This Month in Physics History (APS Physics June 2006) Eratosthenes (World History Encyclopedia 3 March 2022) When Sailors from Ancient Egypt Discovered the World is Not Flat, No One Listened (Ancient Origins 21 Sep 2018) The Curious History of The International Flat Earth Society (Smithsonian Magazine 29 Jn 2016) Do they really think the earth is flat? (BBC News 4 August 2008) Flat wrong: the misunderstood history of flat Earth theories (The Conversation 29 Jan 2016) Are flat-earthers being serious? (Live Science 17 December 2021) THE FLAT EARTH THEORY (Chapter 4: Metaphysics, Introduction to Philosophy, an online textbook by Philip A Pecorino Ph.D.) Documenting the Existence of "The International Flat Earth Society" (The TalkOrigins Archive, 1993) Other stuff: The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from… History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981) History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998) Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984) You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989) Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015) Fade out – From Flat to Fact - Ellect (Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson) All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • What The History: The Cheesy Goose and The Pirate Badger

    What The History: The Cheesy Goose and The Pirate Badger
    Dec 5 2021

    In this episode Suzie checks out the Nottingham Cheese Riot and Trevor finds out what he can about Charlotte Badger.

    What the history?

    Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Podcasts. You can chat with us on our Facebook page, join fellow What the Historians in our Facebook group or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com.

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    REFERENCES

    NOTTINGHAM CHEESE RIOT

    Breese C 2017, ‘Cheese riots and dragoons: The complete history of Nottingham Goose Fair’ https://nottstv.com/cheese-riots-and-dragoons-the-complete-history-of-nottingham-goose-fair-2016/

    Patowary K 2020, ‘The Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766’ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/11/the-nottingham-cheese-riot-of-1766.html

    Rossen J 2021, ‘Revenge of the Curds: Remembering the Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766’ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649200/nottingham-cheese-riot-of-1766

    Visit Nottinghamshire 2021, ‘The Fantastic History of Goose Fair’ https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/blog/read/2019/09/the-fantastic-history-of-goose-fair-b5961

    Yarnspinner V 2011, ‘Damn his Charity, we’ll have the Cheese for nought! Nottingham’s Great Cheese Riot & other 1766 Food Riots’ https://peopleshistreh.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/cheeseriotsebook.pdf

    CHARLOTTE BADGER

    Story: Badger, Charlotte - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1990)

    Who is Charlotte Badger? - Quiet Mutiny

    Charlotte Badger - Rejected Princesses

    The first woman settler? - New Zealand History (8 Apr 2016)

    Pirate Mystery: the story of Charlotte Badger - Radio National New Zealand (19 Mar 2018)

    Other stuff:

    The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

    History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

    History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

    Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

    You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

    Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

    Fade out – Cheese - Tim Minchin

    All music used under fair use provisions.
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  • What The History: What The Halloween 5

    What The History: What The Halloween 5
    Oct 28 2021

    Join Suzie and Trevor as they delve into two darker bits of history for our annual Halloween special!

    Content warning: Description of domestic violence and murder from 18:40 to 19:06.

    What the history?

    Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, or find us on your favourite podcast app. You can chat with us on our Facebook page or just send an email to podcast@rufusproject.com.

    For earlier access to episodes and even more great features become an awesome friend at the Rufus Project Presents Patreon Page!

    REFERENCES

    THE GUNPOWDER PLOT

    Hewitt, L 2021, ‘Gunpowder Treason and Plot 1605’ https://www.historicmysteries.com/gunpowder-plot/

    History.com Editors 2019, ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot

    History Extra 2015, ‘Guy Fawke and the Gunpowder Plot: Everything You Need to Know’ https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/guy-fawkes-gunpowder-plot-facts-bonfire-night/

    The National Archives, n.d., ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/gunpowder-plot/#background

    Trueman, C 2015, ‘English Catholics 1603 to 1606’ https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/english-catholics-1603-to-1606/ UK Parliament 2021, ‘Frequently Asked Questions: The Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/ and ‘Thanksgiving Act’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gunpowder-plot-of-1605/collections/thanksgiving-act/

    THE GREENBRIER GHOST

    How a Ghost's Evidence Convicted a Murderer - Huffington Post 19/2/16

    The Unbelievable Story of The Greenbrier Ghost, Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder - Dusty Old Thing

    Greenbrier Ghost: the deceased who had her husband condemned for murder - Random-Times 9/6/19

    Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Heaster Shue - Greenbrier Valley

    The Greenbrier Ghost - Appalachian History 23/1/18

    The full tale of West Virginia's remarkable Greenbrier Ghost - West Virginia Explorer Magazine 14/9/21

    HOW A GHOST’S EVIDENCE CONVICTED A MURDERER - Dying Words 13/2/16

    Other stuff:

    The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

    History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

    History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

    Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

    You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

    Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

    All music used under fair use provisions.
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    Less than 1 minute
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