Minisode 17: Covid-19 Listener Mail

May 18, 2020 Tux Loerzel

In our previous minisode we talked about how our lives have been affected by coronavirus and what we are thankful for. This episode we flipped the topic to y'all and shared some of the international feedback we received.

In our previous minisode we talked about how our lives have been affected by coronavirus and what we are thankful for. This episode we flipped the topic to y’all and shared some of the international feedback we received.

ALSO MENTIONED: Rupaul’s Jealous of my Boogie, bald eyes, episode #32 of the Third Wheel Podcast featuring Stephanie, and DJ D-Nice’s Club Quarantine (IG Live 8pm PST @Dnice).

We received not one but TWO voice messages from the dynamic duo at Peculiar Picture Show. Brandon Gregory and Maria Milazzo both share their stories of lockdown. Brandon tells of his experience of working from home with a family in suburban Kansas CIty. Maria, who lives in Denver but has family in Florida, talks of her fears and frustrations with immunosuppressed relatives living out of state. Hamish from The Third Wheel podcast chats about the pros and cons of social distancing at home with his family in London. He invites everyone to join in on their weekly Friday game night. Max, a musician and producer, sends in a hopeful message all the way from Italy. He shares his thoughts on being out of work for the foreseeable future and what he is learning and creating during this period. Sarath, friend of the pod, writes in with her feeling on the rise in racism towards Asian people in the news and her fear of going back to work after quarantine lifts. We hear from Tatiana, a new mom in Tucson, regarding her challenges and frustrations. Stephanie’s cousin Alex sends a message from Germany filling us in on what is happening on the ground near Frankfurt. He shares three things he is thankful for during this pandemic. Friend of the pod, Adam from Australia, chimes in with his lockdown story. Restrictions are easing up where he lives and he is grateful that his region of the world wasn’t too badly hit.

Such plentiful and international feedback this minisode!! To everyone who sent in feedback please hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way. Thank you friends, grazie mille mio amico and danke schön cousin!

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Peculiar Picture Show
@Peculiarpictureshow

The Third Wheel Podcast
@Thethirdwheelfm

Max Abbatino’s IG live Maps project
@Nightclerk

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The LBJs: Episode 20 (Lady Bird Johnson vs Eartha Kitt & Johnson's Jumbo Johnson)

May 4, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This episode we are drankin' Whiskey Sours, the deliciously tart and (as you will hear) deceptively strong cocktail. This drink was in it's heyday in the 60s but the recipe is over 300 years old! Cheers y'all, to easy drinking whiskey that keeps the scurvy at bay!

This episode we are drankin’ Whiskey Sours, the deliciously tart and (as you will hear) deceptively strong cocktail. This drink was in it’s heyday in the 60s but the recipe is over 300 years old! Cheers y’all, to easy drinking whiskey that keeps the scurvy at bay!

For more info on the Whiskey Sour and drinking culture in the 1960s:
As 'Mad Men' moves into late '60s, the cocktails evolve
Classic Cocktails in History: the Whiskey Sour
What's the Right Way to Make a Whiskey Sour?

ALSO DISCUSSED: Little Beagle Johnson, South Cackalacky, Hasan Minaj, burying the living, Amos & Andy, white nonsense, malarkey, Stephanie’s angry black laugh, Bloody Beaver Podcast, eye rolling sounds, Kenny Rogers, screaming into the void, and Bobby Brown.

STEPHANIE explores that time when Eartha Kitt had the nerve to speak her mind about the Vietnam War at a White House ladies luncheon. Her questions & statements directed at both LBJ’s were interpreted as anti-war and very scandalous. They picked the wrong token for this little lunch, it seems!
C.I.A. in ‘68 Gave Secret Service a Report Containing Gossip About Eartha Kitt After White House Incident
"Without Manners You Are Nothing": Lady Bird Johnson, Eartha Kitt, and The Women Doers' Luncheon of January 18, 1968
‘Sex kitten’ vs. Lady Bird: The day Eartha Kitt attacked the Vietnam War at the White House
Wiki - Eartha Kitt
Black History Month Recognizes Eartha Kitt (1927-2008) | UMKC Women's Center
Wiki - Lady Bird Johnson
Vietnam: What really happened between Eartha Kitt and Lady Bird Johnson
Jan. 18, 1968: Eartha Kitt Spoke Truth at the White House
C.I.A. in ‘68 Gave Secret Service a Report Containing Gossip About Eartha Kitt After White House Incident
Eartha Kitt Said Black Lives Matter in 1968
Confessions of a Sex Kitten: Eartha Kitt: 9780942637335
Comedian Hasan Minhaj rankles, entertains at student debt hearing

TUX dives into the scandal of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s johnson and his penis-driven personal life. Buckle up, this story is a big ol’ one in every sense!
Wiki - Lyndon B. Johnson
Why Lyndon Johnson, a truly awful man, is my political hero | Jack Bernhardt
LBJ Was Obsessed With His Dick
The most vulgar American president ever? It sure as #$@!%* isn’t Donald Trump
THINK TANK; The Penis as Text for Serious Thinkers: Be Careful What You Wish For
LBJ Used this One Thing To Control Others Around Him, Which Became Known as the Johnson Treatment
Madeleine Duncan Brown
Youtube - LBJ's Bunghole Needs Room!
Google Books - Presidential Sex: From the Founding Fathers to Bill Clinton
The Big Guy | by Marshall Frady
Nude presidential news conference? It happened here
L.B.J. Demanded White House Shower Be Fitted with Nozzles Aimed at His Nether Regions
FACT CHECK: Did LBJ Conduct White House Meetings On The Toilet?
The Johnson Treatment: Pushing and Persuading Like LBJ

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Minisode 16: CORONAVIIIIIRUS

April 20, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This minisode we discuss we talk about coronavirus and how this pandemic has touched our lives. We talk about the joys and pains of social distancing and three things we are very thankful for right now. TUX talks about his early experience with coronavirus and how it affected his life.

TUX talks about his early experience with coronavirus and how it affected his life. He discusses his symptoms and fears of unintentionally infecting older family members. Thankfully everyone is healthy, y’all!

STEPHANIE chats about how only 48 hours into NYC’s non-essential business shutdowns there were massive layoffs at her work. She talks about old colleagues and how she is dealing with the work version of survivor’s guilt.

ALSO MENTIONED: Bathing suit areas, Cardi B’s Covid-19 Anthem, and CDC recommendations, and our extended season!!

Cardi B
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kvv79AAUw/

CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

We want to hear from YOU! How you are doing? What has your experience been with coronavirus? How are you dealing with social isolation? What are you doing to keep yourself busy? How are people reacting where you live? Are you able to work from home or are you part of an essential business? What are three fun things you’re thankful for during this pandemic? Please send your stories and anecdotes—any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

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The Means Are Gone Tux: Episode 19 (The Caning of Charles Sumner & How Andrew Jackson created the Deep South)

April 6, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This episode we imbibe on the Brandy Smash, a pre-civil war cocktail that is as refreshing as it is classic. Cheers y'all, to smashing good times!

This episode we imbibe on the Brandy Smash, a pre-civil war cocktail that is as refreshing as it is classic. Cheers y’all, to smashing good times!

For more info on the Master of Social Gastronomy podcast, the cocktail book Imbibe and the Tubman stamp:
🌐 - http://omgmsg.com/podcast
📚 - https://www.amazon.com/Imbibe-Absinthe-Cocktail-Professor-Featuring/dp/0399532870
💲 - https://www.etsy.com/shop/tubmanstamp

ALSO DISCUSSED: CVS mini eggs, musical chairs, proto-dragging, public animal abuse, catching people outside, cheap canes to the head, Stephanie’s secret service detail, karma coming for adult babies, level 4 vegans, Tubman stamps, black twitter, and the currency of means.

TUX’s scandal centers upon Charles Sumner, a radical Republican whose anti-slavery convictions and spicy words almost cost him his life in 1856.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wiki - Kansas–Nebraska Act
Wiki - Republican Party (United States)
Wiki - Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner – Crime Against Kansas
Digital History- The Crime Against Kansas
Charles Sumner | American Experience | Official Site
The Caning of Charles Sumner
Violence in the Senate – Slavery, Honor and the Caning of Charles Sumner
Wiki - Stephen A. Douglas
Wiki - Preston Brooks
Southern Newspapers Praise the Attack on Charles Sumner · HERB: Resources for Teachers

STEPHANIE shines a hard light on Andrew Jackson who scandalously built the Deep South by stealing native land to make way for white settlement and created the region’s minority pull on the levers of power that linger today.
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
How Jackson Made a Killing in Real Estate
Three-Fifths Clause: Why Its Taint Persists
'This is all stolen land': Native Americans want more than California's apology
Andrew Jackson was a slaver, ethnic cleanser, and tyrant. He deserves no place on our money.
How Cherokee Territory Became the “Deep South”
How the US last paid off its debt: Stealing land from Native Americans
Time for Democrats to Stop Celebrating Andrew Jackson
Donald Trump compared to Andrew Jackson
Wiki - Andrew Jackson Indian Removal Policy
As Long As Grass Grows or Water Runs
The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson | History

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Minisode 15: Listener Mail: What Got You Interested In History & Politics

March 16, 2020 Tux Loerzel

On our previous minisode we discussed what sparked our interests in American history and politics. This episode we flipped the topic to y'all and shared some of the feedback we received. We hear from Josh at The Bloody Beaver Podcast, who shares his political origin story, how he became politically homeless in 2016 and how this has shifted his behavior as a result.

On our previous minisode we discussed what sparked our interests in American history and politics. This episode we flipped the topic to y’all and shared some of the feedback we received.

We hear from Josh at The Bloody Beaver Podcast, who shares his political origin story, how he became politically homeless in 2016 and how this has shifted his behavior as a result. We listen to a message from Matt Abedi, a former-political strategist/podcaster (‎We're Just Here to Help), who talks about growing up in an intellectually rigorous family and how that foundation fostered his interest in debate and politics. Our favorite listener/superstar Annie writes in with memories of loving history from a young age and coming of age during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. We received not one but TWO voice messages from the brilliant ladies of the HERstory on the Rocks podcast!! Both co-hosts Allie and Katie explain their backgrounds and how having feminist historians in the family gave them outlets to explore different viewpoints--they both wanted to be archaeologists because of it too! We read a message from a listener via Reddit who shares how their fascination with history began in college when learning about the history of China, and how important it is for students to learn about the histories of people who look like them. Such plentiful and thoughtful feedback this minisode!! To everyone who sent in feedback please hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

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The Bloody Beaver
@BloodyBeaverPod

Matt Abedi
@Mattabedi

HERstory on the Rocks
@HERstoryontheROCKS

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The Legend of Highball Jackson: Episode 18 (Ma and Pa Ferguson & the Story of York)

March 3, 2020 Tux Loerzel

SPECIAL GUEST ALERT Y'ALL! This episode we are joined by Josh from the Bloody Beaver Podcast to cheers with us and share a very scandalous tale of his own. We toast Whiskey Highballs this episode, a crisp and simple sparkling mix loved by all who love spirits.

SPECIAL GUEST ALERT Y’ALL!
This episode we are joined by Josh from the Bloody Beaver Podcast to cheers with us and share a very scandalous tale of his own. We toast Whiskey Highballs this episode, a crisp and simple sparkling mix loved by all who love spirits. Cheers y’all, to whiskey, podcaster friends and to fixin’ to talk about scandals!

ALSO DISCUSSED: The Legend of Highball Jackson, state-sponsored cashmere sweaters, doing crime better, that good butter, Mortal Kombat, Stephanie’s grandmother vs Tux’s grandfather, reproducing iphones, a dog named Semen, and the absence of heroes in history.

STEPHANIE & TUX’s scandal revolves around Ma & Pa Furguson, a very outrageous couple that both made history in their own ways. Governor Jim Ferguson became the first person in Texas to ever be impeached--rightfully so. Then his wife Miriam very conveniently became the first female governor of Texas. She openly campaigned as a stand-in for her husband and won! Two governors for the price of one! What a pair?!
“Me For Ma—and I Ain’t Got A Dern Thing Againts Pa”
Texas Politics - Governors: James E. Ferguson
In UT Regent Controversy, Echoes of Texas History
Wiki - Dan Moody
Texas Politics - Governors: Miriam A. Ferguson
Ma Ferguson, A Puppet Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
How Chicken Salad Helped Bring Down a Texas Governor
Meet James 'Pa' Ferguson, the First Texas Governor to Face an Indictment
Ma Ferguson Unmasks the Klan

JOSH tells the scandal of York, the African-American explorer, best known for his participation with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Enslaved by William Clark's father and passed down through a will to his son, York participated as a full member of the expedition. Despite his unpaid contributions to the team his freedom would not come until decades after the expedition. Classic.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
The Fate of York
Wiki - Zenas Leonard
Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard

BLOODY BEAVER PODCAST
True stories from the wild and woolly west. Also really lame jokes! Each episode covers a real life person or event from the wild west era (gunfighters, outlaws, lawmen, Native Americans, frontiersmen, etc). Josh neither a historian nor a comedian, just a fan of history. He does, however, try to be as accurate as possible when covering these topics. All whilst dispensing dad jokes and totally butchering the English language.

For more info on our very special guest Josh check out his podcast and website
🌐 - http://bloodybeaver.com/
📧 - bloodybeaverpodcast@gmail.com

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Minisode 14: What Fostered Our Interest in History & Politics

February 17, 2020 Tux Loerzel

This minisode we discuss what sparked our interests in American history and politics. TUX reflects on his political awakening during the runup to the 2008 election, and how his interest in history started in college.

This minisode we discuss what sparked our interests in American history and politics.

TUX reflects on his political awakening during the runup to the 2008 election, and how his interest in history started in college. He took a circuitous path when writing a report about the history of the American food system fostered a love for food history, and then a book about the unfinished America Eats! manuscript by the Works Progress Administration fostered an interest in learning about the New Deal.

STEPHANIE talks about the frustrations of being born black and political. She learned a dry, white-washed version of history that never rang true.

ALSO MENTIONED: The New York Time’s Dialect Quiz and Teaching Slavery (Season 1, Minisode 3).

DIALECT QUIZ
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html

We want to hear from YOU! What is your experience? What made you interested in politics and history? Was there a specific event that opened your eyes to these subjects? Or were you always politically aware? Was there a teacher or adult that modeled political awareness or fostered in interest in American history? Did listening to a podcast like ours get you into these topics? If so, which ones? Please send your stories and anecdotes—any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

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The Audacity of Wong Kim Ark: Episode 17 (The Chinese Exclusion Act & Obama's Tan Suit Scandal)

February 3, 2020 Tux Loerzel

We cheers to the Martinez, gin-based spin on the Manhattan that predates the Martini. It is a must-try classic! Also discussed: Stephanie's plants Stephanie explores the little-known landmark Supreme Court Case, Wong Kim Ark vs The United States, it's arguably one of the most overlooked civil rights cases in American History.

We cheers to the Martinez, gin-based spin on the Manhattan that predates the Martini. It is a must-try classic!

Also discussed: Stephanie’s Plants, STOOPITS, Beauty and the Beast, Tux does a swear, Lizzo breaks, Beyond Reproach: Racism Edition, Christopher Columbus, Ben Rosen on twitter, and Voltron.

Stephanie explores the little-known landmark Supreme Court Case, Wong Kim Ark vs The United States, it’s arguably one of the most overlooked civil rights cases in American History. Ark’s scandal is a vehicle to shed light on the much larger issue of the Chinese Exclusion Act, that time when the US banned an entire race.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Chinese Exclusion Act
Born in the USA: The Immigrant Son Who Fought for Birthright Citizenship
Wiki - United States v. Wong Kim Ark
White Supremacy Has Never Been Fringe
Wiki - Burlingame Treaty
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Case: United States v. Wong Kim Ark
“To This We Dissented”: The Rock Springs Riot
MILESTONES: 1866–1898
The Burlingame-Seward Treaty, 1868
Chinese Exclusion Act UNITED STATES [1882]
Wiki - Hells Canyon Massacre
Wiki - Seattle Riot of 1886
Wiki - Tacoma Riot of 1885
Forgotten Los Angeles History: The Chinese Massacre of 1871
Chinese Exclusion Act
Review: A New Film Investigates the Time America Banned an Entire Race
Birth of a Birthright
A History Of Indentured Labor Gives 'Coolie' Its Sting

Tux’s scandal centers upon that time in 2014 when the nation lost its collective shit over the color of the president’s suit because they were still pissed about the color of the president’s skin.
Lessons from Obama's tan suit 5th anniversary
For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past
Obama's tan suit debuted five years ago and sparked a huge controversy
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Eternally Outraged Congressman Not Trying to Be ‘Trivial,’ But Doesn’t Think Obama’s Tan Suit Was Appropriate
A Republican Congressman Is Actually Upset About Obama's Tan Suit
Wiki - Obama Tan Suit Controversy
Obama's tan suit controversy hits 5-year anniversary
In Defense of Barack Obama's Tan Suit
Obama: 'We don't have a strategy yet' to combat Isis militants
Should President Obama Have Said There's No Strategy Yet Against ISIS?
Obama Says 'We Don't Have A Strategy Yet' in Syria
ISIS rise surprised Obama, US intelligence
Arrest Glenn Greenwald — and 5 other crazy things Peter King says
Dems shocked after Chuck Schumer praises retiring GOP “anti-Muslim bigot” Peter King as “principled"
Politicians, Community Leaders Denounce Rep. Peter King's Use of Derogatory Term
Irish Republican Army
No One Heard Anything Obama Just Said Because His Tan Suit Was So Loud

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Minisode 13: Representation Listener Mail

January 20, 2020 Tux Loerzel

On our previous minisode we discussed media representation of marginalized group; why it's important to us personally and to the world at large. This mailbag episode we flip this question ask to y'all!

On our previous minisode we discussed media representation of marginalized group; why it’s important to us personally and to the world at large. This mailbag episode we flip this question ask to y’all!

We read an email from from Kat who talks about one-dimensional fat characters on screen and how refreshing it was to finally see complex characters that resonated with her lived experience (see links for these shows below). Lauren, a listener in Mexico, shares a revolutionary moment and explains her conscious choice to no longer consume the patriarchal world culture we have all been indoctrinated by. We hear from Hunter who talks about how the queer character on Degrassi: The Next Generation spoke to him as a teen growing up in a conservative small town in Texas, long before he had access to a lgbtq college community. Brandon, one of the hosts of Peculiar Picture Show podcast, give examples of damaging ways film get mental health issues wrong and the few promising ways they get it right (Silver Linings Playbook, Mad Max: Fury Road, Finding Nemo, etc).

Y’all came through with such thoughtful feedback this episode! Do hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

LINKS
Rae Unzips Her Fat Suit | My Mad Fat Diary
Shrill Season 1 | Trailer
Peculiar Picture Show | The podcast that talks about movies, maladies, and mental health.
Silver Linings Playbook | Trailer

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Nightmare on Enewetak: Episode 16 (Enewetak Cleanup Vets & Henry Wallace)

January 6, 2020 Tux Loerzel

Do you like piña coladas? Not the popular song (which is apparently about cheating), but the breezy tropical drink? Tux shares the murky history of this episode's cocktail, from Puerto Rican pirates to hotel bartenders, and describes how this island-y beverage ties in with his scandal this month.

Do you like piña coladas? Not the popular song (which is apparently about cheating), but the breezy tropical drink? Tux shares the murky history of this episode’s cocktail, from Puerto Rican pirates to hotel bartenders, and describes how this island-y beverage ties in with his scandal this month.

Also discussed: Artisanal PBR, Jimmy Buffet, Suddenly Last Summer, Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, The original members of Destiny’s Child, that forgotten time in American history when we all agreed that Nazis are bad, Trapper Keeper ™, Thruples, and “Oh Florida”.

Tux is revisiting the Marshall Islands this month, so hold onto your butts. If you thought the story of the Castle Bravo test was a bummer, I don’t think you’re ready for this depressing jelly. After nuclear testing finished on the remote Islands of Enewetak Atoll, they were highly radiologically contaminated, but the government had promised the Marshallese people that they’d be able to return. To try to make that possible, American servicemen were sent on a fool’s errand and paid dearly for it.
Special Thanks to Brian Cowden for his help in researching this story and for audio from his documentary short films about the Marshall Islands and Enewetak Cleanup Vets.
Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care
Lojwa Animals: Do Not Forget The Forgotten, A short film by Brian Cowden
The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open.
Wiki- Runit Island
The U.S. won't clean out its leftover radioactive waste from a huge dome in Marshall Islands
Runit Dome Pacific Radioactive Waste
Wiki - Pacific Proving Grounds
Marshall Islands More Radioactive than Chernobyl
Marshall Islands, Where US Ran 67 Nuclear Weapon Tests, More Contaminated than Fukushima and Chernobyl
Google Books: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, Clean Up, Rehabilitation
This Concrete Dome Holds A Leaking Toxic Timebomb
A poison in our island
Conspiracy of silence: After atomic blasts, a dangerous cleanup scarred troops for life
Wiki- Enewetak Atoll
Atomic Veterans: Enewetak Atoll
The Toxic Legacy of a Deadly Paradise
Photos from Ken Kasik- A Lojwa Animal

Stephanie spends this episode counting the ways in which she loves Henry Wallace, FDR’s progressive second vice president. She also details the shady ways in which the Democrat’s conservative party leadership blocked Wallace’s bid for a second term as VP at the Democratic National Convention, and got him replaced with an errand boy/turd who was more aligned with their interests.
Wiki - Henry A. Wallace
Henry Wallace - Century of the Common Man (1942)
“I Hardly Know Truman”
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The American Franchise
Multiple-Term Presidents Who Switched VPs
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
Wiki - Edwin W. Pauley|
The Year the Veepstakes Really Mattered
Wiki - 1944 United States Presidential Election
Searching for the "Inner Light": the Development of Henry A. Wallace's Experimental Spiritualism
Wiki - John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner’s continuing relevance
Why Did the Democratic and Republican Parties Switch Platforms?
Harry S. Truman, 34th Vice President (1945)

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Minisode 12: Representation in the Media

December 16, 2019 Tux Loerzel

This minisode we discuss media representation of marginalized people. We talk about why it is important to us personally and to the world at large. STEPHANIE chats Rugrats' Suzy Carmichael and how refreshing it was to finally see a regular black family, that mirrored her own, represented in a multi-dimensional way.

This minisode we discuss media representation of marginalized people. We talk about why it is important to us personally and to the world at large.

STEPHANIE chats Rugrats’ Suzy Carmichael and how refreshing it was to finally see a regular black family, that mirrored her own, represented in a multi-dimensional way. The discussion turns to Marvel’s Black Panther and how when people have the freedom to tell their own stories they connect with wider audiences.

RUGRATS, MEET THE CARMICHAELS
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hk6ss

JULIA ROBERTS AS HARRIET TUBMAN
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-harriet-julia-roberts/julia-roberts-once-floated-for-role-as-african-american-slavery-hero-harriet-tubman-idUSKBN1XU2DT

TUX reflects on the one-dimensional gay caricatures in the early 90s (from creepy dude to flamboyant man to the GBF) and how difficult this made navigating identity in a small town as a teen with few allies. Thankfully by the late 90s gay media created by and for gay people debuted starting the wave of real onscreen representation we so desperately needed.

TRICK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIx5PPfmbFY

BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vrycMmkeXs

ALSO MENTIONED: Edward Schrock (Season 1, Episode 1), Shirley Chisholm (Season 1, Episode 6), She’s All Fat pod, and our hopes for future representation.

We want to hear from YOU! Do you agree that it’s important to see diversity in media representation? Do you disagree? If so, why? We’d love to hear stories about the first time you saw something that you really identified with or that made a big positive impression on you. What ways have you’ve felt isolated because you didn’t see yourself represented in media? What/who do you think we are not seeing enough of? Please share some of your favorite movies, shows, musicians, politicians etc that inspire you to live in your truth. Please send your stories and anecdotes—any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

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Operation Northwoods: Episode 15 (US efforts to overthrow Castro & impeachment of Andrew Johnson)

December 2, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We toast daiquiris this episode! Not the red ones, y'all!! This classic cocktail, which is nothing like its popular frozen version, is refreshingly light and simple to make. Cheers to making a proper cocktail with items already in your home!

We toast daiquiris this episode! Not the red ones, y’all!! This classic cocktail, which is nothing like its popular frozen version, is refreshingly light and simple to make. Cheers to making a proper cocktail with items already in your home!

Also discussed: #thanksObama, booty, Puerto Rico, wig-snatching, Christmas gifts, death by shame, the return of Groper Cleveland, AJs in therapy, and drinking to the roaring 20s!

Stephanie details Operation Northwoods. It is by a wide margin the most sinister mission that spun out of the JFK administration. It was that time we undeniably planned to trick the American public into supporting a war with Cuba.
Remember The Maine
Wiki - USS Maine (ACR-1)
Operation Mongoose: The Story of America's Efforts to Overthrow Castro
13 Horrifying Ideas America Had For Invading Cuba
Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba --unclassified
Lansdale Memo of 16 Mar 1962
Memorandum for the Special Group
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba
Operation Northwoods: The Time We Undeniably Planned to Trick the American Public Into Supporting a War Against Cuba

Tux talks impeachment y’all! He tells the story of a president who travelled the country fanning the flames of racism, division and hatred. A president who viewed his opponents with open and vocal disdain. A president who was stubborn and combative and hostile when the country really needed unity and leadership. A president who worked hard to undo the achievements of his predecessor using executive power. This president, of course, is Andrew Johnson.
Wiki - Andrew Johnson
Wiki - Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The Fight Over Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (1868) President of the United States
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson back in spotlight for 1868 impeachment brush
Why They Impeached Andrew Johnson
Wiki - Tenure of Office Act (1867)
On This Day : Debate in the House on the Impeachment Resolution
Debate in the House on the Impeachment Resolution
Wiki - Edwin Stanton

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Minisode 11: You & Technology... It's complicated too (electric boogaloo)

November 18, 2019 Tux Loerzel

On our previous minisode we discussed our complicated relationship with social media and technology. This episode we flip the topic to y'all and share some of the feedback we received. We hear from Josh at The Bloody Beaver Podcast, who chats about social media and the boundaries he sets to preserve his peace of mind.

On our previous minisode we discussed our complicated relationship with social media and technology. This episode we flip the topic to y’all and share some of the feedback we received.

We hear from Josh at The Bloody Beaver Podcast, who chats about social media and the boundaries he sets to preserve his peace of mind. Our favorite listener Annie writes in weighing the pros and cons of getting her toddler a Kindle Fire this Christmas. We listen to a message from a web developer, podcaster and host of The Third Wheel Podcast. He chats about needing to constantly use tech for work but generally having a positive relationship with it. Be jealous, we were! We get a voice message from Rachel at Hashtag History who shares a story about a wake-up call she had during a family crisis. Our entrepreneurial friend and recovering Silicon Valley exec writes in with her own struggles to find an appropriate work life balance when working for oneself from home. Joshua the host of Our Foundations Podcast weighs in with a more macro view of the promises and danger of technology. He highlights the historic relationship between new technologies their great potential educate but also their ability to distract us from larger more systemic issues. True story!

Such plentiful and thoughtful feedback this minisode!! To everyone who sent in feedback please hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

To learn more about the brilliant podcasters in this episode, check them out below:

The Bloody Beaver Podcast
@BloodyBeaverPod

The Third Wheel Podcast with Aaron & Hamish
@thethirdwheelfm

Hashtag History
@hashtaghistory_Podcast

Our Foundations Podcast

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Swill Milk Mongoose: Episode 14 (NYC's swill milk scandal & Operation Mongoose)

November 17, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We are kicking it old school with our cocktail this episode by drinking Ben Franklin's hand-written recipe for milk punch. The punch is just as surprisingly tasty today as it was 256 years ago!

We are kicking it old school with our cocktail this episode by drinking Ben Franklin’s hand-written recipe for milk punch. The punch is just as surprisingly tasty today as it was 256 years ago!
Benjamin Franklin: Milk Punch Aficionado. Here’s His Recipe
Benjamin Franklin's Milk Punch Recipe

Also discussed: Milk with dinner, Fire Island drunkenness, Europe (pronounced Yerp), Snopes, how milk is not getting Stephanie, delicious soft cheeses from Yerp, DJ Khaled, and Tux’s young neighbors’ fancy self care routine.

Tux tells the sickening story of New York City’s swill milk and how it killed thousands of babies annually in the 1850s. This shockingly foul scandal was made possible by booze, capitalism and notoriously corrupt Tammany Hall.
The Surprisingly Intolerant History of Milk
Walkabout: The Great Milk Wars, Part 1
The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff
Wiki - Swill Milk Scandal
A desperate appeal to save the city’s sick babies
The Swill is Gone
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/when-dairies-dispensed-milk-in-city-park/
Wiki - Michael Tuomey (politician)
They Ought to be Beaten
Wiki - Pasteurization
Wiki - Infant Formula
Wiki - United States Raw Milk Debate
Netflix Original Series: Rotten

Stephanie chronicles the Cuban Project code name: Operation Mongoose, the secret US government-sponsored terrorism campaign blessed by JFK whose sole mission was to topple the Castro regime. The plan was a series of preposterous covert plots and unbelievable harebrained schemes.
Records Concerning National Aspects of U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba
TAYLOR, MAXWELL D.: ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - RFK #1, 10/22/1969
Big If True: E32: Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose
Volume III Evolution of CIA's Anti-Castro policies, 1950 - January 1961
Wiki - Cuban Project
Fidel Castro: Dodging exploding seashells, poison pens and ex-lovers
JFK Documents Highlight Talks On Clandestine Anti-Cuba Ops
Fidel Castro: The CIA's 7 Most Bizarre Assassination Attempts
JFK FILES REVEAL US BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PLANS AGAINST CUBA
Program Review by the Chief of Operations, Operation Mongoose (Lansdale), 18 January 1962
Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose: The Story of America's Efforts to Overthrow Castro
Noam Chomsky on the Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections
Declassified JFK Documents
13 Horrifying Ideas America Had For Invading Cuba

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Minisode 10: Us & Technology... It's Complicated

October 21, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be swearin! This is a minisode, where we discuss our feelings on specific topics related to American history, politics, or culture. This episode we discuss our complicated relationship with social media and technology. We talk about monitoring phone screen time, disconnecting from work and our partner's problematic technology habits.

We be drinkin’ and we be swearin!
This is a minisode, where we discuss our feelings on specific topics related to American history, politics, or culture.

This episode we discuss our complicated relationship with social media and technology. We talk about monitoring phone screen time, disconnecting from work and our partner’s problematic technology habits. We chat about the pros and cons of facebook; the platform is great for connecting with loved ones not in your immediate area but also it is great for spreading misinformation. We discuss Instragram’s new harassment filter function, free educational resources and other great tech advances. For next month’s minisode we are asking you to do the same!

We want to hear from YOU! We want to hear about your contradictory feelings regarding social media, smart phones and technology! We want to know if you have any stories like ours about trolls or taking breaks from social media. We’d love to hear if you have taken steps to improve your complicated relationship with various social media platforms or if you have any strategies to share that have helped you have a better relationship with technology. Please write in with your tips and anecdotes. Any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi! Just be sure to get those responses back to us no later than Saturday 10/26.
We can’t wait to hear from you!!!

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Haunted by History: Episode 13 (Patrick Henry's wife & the Castle Bravo nuclear test)

October 7, 2019 Tux Loerzel

Beyond Reproach gets a little spooky! We bring you two historically dark scandals for your listening pleasure. Start your Halloween season off right!.

This episode we drink a pre-colonial crambamble also known as a Hot Ale Flip which tastes like a boozy pumpkin spice latte. Cheers y’all, to autumn!

Also discussed: Ye olde basics, milk skin, Gucci straight-dresses, spiders, mental illness, Michael Bloomberg’s shameful “spanish,” chernobyl, Ernest and Madea movies.

Stephanie’s scandal revolves around the unfortunately short life and relatively long afterlife of Sarah Shelton Henry, Patrick Henry’s wife. The basement where she was chained is site of paranormal activity. Join us for our first (though possibly last) historical political scandal ghost story!
Occult World : Scotchtown
Wiki - Sarah Shelton Henry
Wiki - Patrick_Henry
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown-My Night’s Stay
Patrick and Sarah Henry: Mental illness in 18th century America
The Ghost of Sarah Henry
Wife of Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry's VA. Manor Has Checkered Past
Patrick Henry's Secret In The Cellar
Patrick Henry: America's Radical Dissenter
Google Search Results - Patrick Henry Jolly
Patrick Henry's Scotchtown

Tux’s scandal is a deep dive into terrifyingly reckless US military actions in the South Pacific. He explores how their overwhelming hubris and carelessness regarding nuclear testing claimed innocent lives, destroyed a culture and ultimately inspired the film monster Godzilla. Yikes!
Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable
Lucky Dragon's lethal catch
Wiki - Nuclear Testing at Bikini Atoll
Paradise with and Asterisk
Paradise lost - 'for the good of mankind'
Wiki - Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Wiki - Tsar Bomba
Wiki - Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo at 60
Wiki - Daigo Fukuryū Maru
Wiki - Godzilla
Gojira vs. Godzilla: Two nuclear narratives in one monster

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Special thanks to Inspector J for the organ music at the opening of the show!

Minisode 9: Your Season 1 Favorites

September 16, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be swearin! On our previous minisode we discussed our all-time favorite moments from Season 1. We chatted about the episodes we loved, drinks we enjoyed and side banter we laughed at. This episode we flip this question ask to y'all and listen to some of the feedback we received.

We be drinkin’ and we be swearin!

On our previous minisode we discussed our all-time favorite moments from Season 1. We chatted about the episodes we loved, drinks we enjoyed and side banter we laughed at. This episode we flip this question ask to y’all and listen to some of the feedback we received.

We hear from Morgann from Brooklyn who talks about Andrew Jackson’s stinky cheese and Shirley Chisolm (Episode 6). Tim, king among men, chats about the joys of editing 2+ hours worth of booze-inspired outtakes that happened when we explored the history of the Panama Canal and President Harding’s affairs (Episode 2). Brenda, our first Patron, ::insert dancehall horns:: shares her favorite moments from season 1, she talks about her favorite scandals (Episode 10), cocktails AND side banter (Episode 7) !! Gold star for Brenda! Friend of the pod, Annie from Ohio, writes in with some thoughts as well!

Y’all came through with such thoughtful messages this episode! Do hug yourselves for us in a lingering but non-creepy way, thanks loves!

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The Secret Love Story of Eleanor & Hick: Episode 12 (Eleanor Roosevelt's same sex love & Huey Long part 2)

September 2, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We’re back y’all with a bit of a throwback! We take another look at two different scandals involving the Roosevelts and Huey Long, our new historical crushes.

This episode we sip on a Dirty Martini, the controversial spin on the quintessential American cocktail. This drink is as loved as it is loathed and had us both inexplicably feeling ourselves back in college. #memories

Also covered: Stephanie’s recent succulence, Thelma & Louise, the cackalackies, Heathers, Tim Whatshisnuts 2020 and more.

Tux’s scandal again centers around the Roosevelts. In the last episode we explored Franklin’s extramarital affairs by highlighting some of the other women in his life. This scandal flips the script and delves into the other women in Eleanor’s life.
Celebrated in Life, Anonymous in Death
Eleanor and Hick (book)
Youtube: Eleanor Roosevelt Funeral (1962)
The queer history of Eleanor Roosevelt you won’t see in the Ken Burns documentary
EXCLUSIVE: How prim and proper First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt fell in love with a 200-pound WOMAN reporter who drank like a fish, played a mean game of poker, smoked cigars and swore a blue streak
Bringing Eleanor Roosevelt’s lover Lorena Hickok out of the shadows
Wiki- Eleanor Roosevelt
Wiki- Lorena Hickok
It’s time to meet the Eleanor Roosevelt you never knew
Eleanor Roosevelt’s ‘mistress’ died heartbroken and alone
24 Very Gay Excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Letters with Lorena Hickok
Eleanor Roosevelt, The First Lady of Gay Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site: Val-Kill Cottage
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Close Relationship With the Journalist Lorena Hickok
Shaking up Martinis and Old Fashioneds with FDR
The Dirty Martini: It's All About the Olive Juice
The Dirty Martini Cleans Up Its Act

Stephanie’s scandal is a continuation of the rise of Huey Long from our last episode. This final chapter starts with his brief but legendary stint as populist Senator (who lowkey never stopped being governor of Louisiana) and ends with his tragic but unsurprisingly violent end. In truth, there was only one way this could end.
Huey Long: The man, His
Mission, and Legacy
Documents Relating to Huey Long, 1932-1935
Wiki - Share Our Wealth
Every Man a King Summary
The Strange Career of Assassinated Louisiana Politician
Huey Long
10 Fascinating Facts
About Huey Long
The Big Sleazy
Wiki - Huey Long
Youtube: Every Man a King (song)
Every Man a King
The New Deal & Huey Long
FBI File on Huey Long,
Kingfish Down
Huey P. Long and the
Working Class Movement
Huey Long
Strippers, Insane Asylums, Assassination, and Termites: Inside the Insane History of the World’s Greatest White House Replica
Who Shot Huey Long?

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Minisode 8: Our Favorite Season 1 Moments & Review Contest Winners

August 19, 2019 Tux Loerzel

We be drinkin' and we be swearin! We don't have listener mail this episode but we are announcing the topic for next month's minisode and revealing the three winners of our listener review contest. Shoutout to winners SmileThenScream7, SemperFi1766, and AliciaHMc! 5 stars and infinity eggplants to them for sending in our top three reviews!

We be drinkin’ and we be swearin!

We don’t have listener mail this episode but we are announcing the topic for next month’s minisode and revealing the three winners of our listener review contest.

Shoutout to winners SmileThenScream7, SemperFi1766, and AliciaHMc! 5 stars and infinity eggplants to them for sending in our top three reviews! Thanks to everyone who took the time to review us! It really helps the pod and to a lesser degree our self-esteems.

This episode we discuss our all-time favorite moments from Season 1, a hard feat because we truly have ourselves a time! We chat about our favorite episodes, scandals, side banter, and cocktails. For next month’s minisode we are asking you to do the same!

We want to hear from YOU! We want to learn about your favs! We want to know what your favorite episodes, scandals, old timey drinks, anecdotes etc are and why? We want to know what you are enjoying and what you want to hear more of? Please write in with your fav stories and/or people that we have already discussed. We’d also like to hear your ideas for future scandals or ye olde adult beverages. Any feedback you have, we’d love to hear it!

You can send us a voice memo or email us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com, or feel free to slip into our DMs if you're feeling cheeky. Don’t be strangers and say hi!
Just be sure to get those responses back to us no later than Saturday 8/24.
We can’t wait to hear from you!!!

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The Longshot: Episode 11 (Huey Long part 1 & FDR's mistresses)

August 5, 2019 Tux Loerzel

During our summer break we launched a shiny new merch store, created a fancy Patreon account, and picked top listener reviews from our challenge last season! We took a lil hiatus to recharge and plan for a very scandalous new season of Beyond Reproach!

We’s back y’all!

This episode we sip on a Vieux Carre, a very delightful Creole spin on a Manhattan. Tux explains the origins of this New Orleans’s classic and Stephanie describes how this famous drink ties to her scandal involving an infamous politician. This cocktail is spirited and decadent like us. Cheers!

Also covered: Alchemy, Roger Stone, the Mack, TCM, complicated loves, being #gooped, Dollywood, Lizzo tweets, and only children.

Stephanie explores the tyrannical reign of Louisiana’s Kingfish, Huey P. Long, the masterful populist who once boasted that he bought legislators “like sacks of potatoes, shuffled them like a deck of cards.” Long, to this day, remains one of the most flamboyant and controversial American politicians. Buckle up this story, told in two parts, is a doozy!
POLITICAL NOTES: Louisiana's Kaiser
The Strange Career of Assassinated Louisiana Politician Huey Long
10 Fascinating Facts About Huey Long
The Big Sleazy
Wiki - Huey Long
Huey Long: The man, His Mission, and Legacy
Every Man a King
Understand Socialism, Communism, Fascism, & Nazism in 15 Minutes (Part I)
The New Deal & Huey Long
Wiki - 1924 Louisiana gubernatorial election
FBI File on Huey Long,
Kingfish Down
Huey P. Long and the Working Class Movement
THE MACK
Gov. Huey Long impeached in Louisiana, April 6, 1929
Huey Long
Who Shot Huey Long?

Tux examines the personal life and the dysfunctional marriage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was simultaneously a great president and a seriously shitty excuse for a husband. He was the garbage juice of presidential husbands.
FDR and his Women
Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR's Secret Love
FDR's Loyal Mistress
FDR's love nest in the park: How president took FIVE 'mistresses' to country getaway
The Truth Behind FDR’s Secret Love Affair and Why It Went on Much Longer Than People Think
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s painfully eloquent final words
Wiki - Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
Marguerite “Missy” LeHand: FDR’s Right Hand Woman
Wiki - Marguerite LeHand
FDR and his Women
The Newly Discovered FDR-Lucy Mercer Correspondence
Wiki - Sara Roosevelt

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