On this spooky season edition, join us for the Filipino legend of the Aswang, and the CIA agent who used it as psychological warfare!Sources:Clark, Jordan. “The Maximo Ramos Taxonomical Classifications of the Aswang • the ASWANG PROJECT.” THE ASWANG PROJECT, 1 Oct. 2023, www.aswangproject.com/ramos_aswang/.Blum, William. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II. London, Zed Books, 2014.Boot, Max. The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam. Liveright Publishing, 9 Jan. 2018.Lansdale, Edward Geary. In the Midst of Wars: An American’s Mission to Southeast Asia. New York, Fordham University Press, 1991.
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The Marquis de Sade
The Marquis de Sade was a libertine French author and “philosopher” who penned “the most impure tale ever written since the world began”, The 120 Days of Sodom. His life was so outrageous and criminal that it landed him in multiple prisons, asylums, and a famous oubliette. Join us for the life of one of the most controversial historical figures in history!Sources:Sade, Marquis De, et al. The 120 Days of Sodom. 1785. London, Penguin Classics, 2016.Warner, Joel. The Curse of the Marquis de Sade. Crown, 21 Feb. 2023.
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The United Fruit Company
The United Fruit Company has directly shaped the course of history in every country in Middle America. All for bananas.THIS ONE IS FOR BEAUhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beaus-family-be-by-his-sideSources:Chapman, Peter. Bananas. Canongate Books, 15 Dec. 2022.“Jorge Ubico | President of Guatemala | Britannica.” Www.britannica.com, www.britannica.com/biography/Jorge-Ubico.McCann, Thomas P. An American Company. 1976.“United Fruit Company | American Company.” Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/topic/United-Fruit-Company.Vaughan, Don. “Banana Massacre | Colombia, Strike, Description, & Facts | Britannica.” Www.britannica.com, 29 Nov. 2023, www.britannica.com/event/Banana-Massacre.
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Pythagoras
The murderous triangular cult may have indeed existed - join us for the Greek mathematician and cult leader, Pythagoras!Donate to help Beau:https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beaus-family-be-by-his-side/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US&attribution_id=sl%3A07ce25ad-6a08-4f51-b9ec-bcc66220ed63&ts=1756705571Sources:Laertius Diogenes, and Pamela Mensch. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. New York, Oxford University Press, 2018.Pythagoras, et al. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras and Other Pythagorean Fragments. Santa Fe, Nm, Sun Pub. Co, 1996.
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Nancy Wake Part 3
Nancy parachutes into France and becomes an integral part of the French resistance. To make a vast understatement, her adventures in effort to put an end to the Nazi occupation of France were numerous and harrowing - using all of her faculties, and highly trained skills (and her ample amount of luck) from making and using bombs, right down to her bare hands. Join us for the thrilling conclusion of Nancy Wake AKA Hélène AKA Madame Andrea AKA The White Mouse!Sources:Fitzsimons, Peter. Nancy Wake : A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine 1912-2011. Sydney, Harpercollins Publishers, 2011.Wake, Nancy. The White Mouse. Sydney, Pan Macmillan Australia, 1985.
Meet Chris, Madi, Zach, and Jerry. They are the History Boiz. They’re going to tell you about historical figures and events and make you laugh at the same time. Drink a cheap beer, and get some history up in you. Like the founding fathers intended.
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