Ill-Equipped History

66: Silver Springs State Park: Florida's First Theme Park

Emileigh went on vacation, so you know what that means! Yep, she is taking you with her! In this episode, the girls explore the rich history of Florida's first theme park, Silver Springs! 
 
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Sources:
Emileigh's brain is a source in this episode since she didn't take enough notes while there. If she says a stat that a little off, please forgive her and remember that she is truely ill-equipped. 
 
https://silversprings.com/park-history/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCa9ckCTcCM
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Springs_State_Park
 
https://www.trailoffloridasindianheritage.org/silver-springs-state-park/#:~:text=Silver%20Springs%20in%20Marion%20County,550%20million%20gallons%20per%20day.
 
https://dos.fl.gov/historical/preservation/florida-main-street/ask-the-locals/silver-springs-ocala/#:~:text=In%201934%2C%20Ray%20and%20Davidson,and%20other%20handicrafts%20for%20sale.
 
https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/silver-springs
 
https://moviesites.org/silversprings.htm
 
https://theweeklychallenger.com/remembering-paradise-park-central-floridas-tourist-attraction-for-colored-people/#:~:text=White%20entrepreneurs%20Carl%20Ray%20and,Black%20vacationers%20in%20the%20country.
 

65: When Fruit Goes Bad: The History of Banana Republics

Ooh boy, this is a rough one today, fellas. Morgan and Emileigh talk about banana republics and the government manipulation that occurred to keep capitalists rich. Coup d'etat's seem to be a reoccurring theme here. 
 
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Sources:
“Where We Got the Term ‘Banana Republic’” by Kat Eschner for Smithsonian Magazine (Jan 19 2017)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-we-got-term-banana-republic-180961813/
 
“Banana King: The Story of Sam Zemurray” by ushi, ANU Museum of the Jewish People (Feb 3 2022)
https://www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/sam-zemurray/
 
“Will Banana Republic ever be forced to change its name?” by Elizabeth Segran (Aug 18 2022)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90779585/will-banana-republic-ever-be-forced-to-change-its-name
 
“The ousting of the president of Honduras, 1911” by Anonymous (Dec 14 2016)
https://libcom.org/article/ousting-president-honduras-1911
 
“Inside Operation PBSuccess, When the CIA and a Banana Company Destroyed Guatemalan Democracy” by Kaleena Fraga (Apr 5 2021)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-pbsuccess
 
“The True Story Behind the Banana Republic Brand” by Dan Schawbel for Forbes (Oct 2 2012)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2012/10/02/the-true-story-behind-the-banana-republic-brand/
 
https://www.chiquita.com/the-chiquita-story/
 
“What’s a banana republic?” by Matthew Wilson (Oct. 4 2022), the University of South Carolina
https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/09/conversation_banana_republic.php
 
“7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics” by Aaron Stoyack (Mar 31 2024)
https://www.thecollector.com/banana-republics-facts/
 
Music Credits: 
Lost_Dream    https://freesound.org/people/Lost_Dream/sounds/435999/
 

64: The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

Emileigh and Morgan time travel back to 1893 and explore the World's Columbian Exhibition and all the tomfoolery that happened there. 
 
Interactive Map of the Fair Grounds: 
https://worldsfairchicago1893.com/home/fair/fairgrounds/great-exhibit-halls/
 
 
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Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chicago-worlds-columbian-exposition-1893/
https://worldsfairchicago1893.com/
https://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/inventions-from-the-world-s-columbian-exposition.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA9Ki34hrzw
https://worldsfairchicago1893.com/home/fair/people/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition#

63: Independence Day - The History of America's 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to our American listeners! Today Emileigh and Morgan discuss the origins of the United States' Independence Day and current traditions. Stay safe out there! 
 
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Sources:
 
“Revolutionary War” by history.com editors (Oct 29, 2009)
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
 
“The 13 Colonies” (June 17, 2010)
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/thirteen-colonies
 
“Stamp Act” (Nov 9, 2009)
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act
 
“The French and Indian War (1754-1763): Causes and Outbreak” by William R. Griffith IV (Oct 8 2019)
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/french-and-indian-war-1754-1763-causes-and-outbreak
 
“The Townshend Acts and the committees of correspondence” 
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/the-american-revolution/a/the-townshend-acts
 
“Boston Massacre” by Jeff Wallenfeldt (May 31, 2024)
https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Massacre
 
“The Tea Act” 
https://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/related/teaact.html
 
“The Intolerable Acts of 1774”
https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/intolerable-acts-1774/
 
“Timeline of the Revolution” 
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/americanrevolution/timeline.htm
 
“The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775” 
https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/battle-of-bunker-hill/
 
“Spain and the American Revolution” 
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/spain-and-the-american-revolution
 
“The History of the Fourth of July” by Tiffini Theisen (Oct 29 2011)
https://www.military.com/july-4th/history-of-independence-day.html
 
“What is the 4th of July, and Why Do We Celebrate It?” by Kelly Kuehn (Jun 11 2024)
https://www.rd.com/article/4th-of-july-history/
Sound/Music Credits:
 
“Summer Trip” by VITOVI https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=116233
 
Sound Effect by <a https://pixabay.com/users/iedurodrigues-27915902/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=112940
 
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=51190
 
kyles
https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/453119/
 

62:The Amazing Life of Sir Elton John

Today, Emileigh and Morgan go through the life and career of Elton John. All the way from his fast rise to fame to where he is now. 
 
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elton-John
https://www.eltonjohn.com/elton-john
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_of_Love_(Elton_John_album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIlgXB0ArZI
https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elton-john/husband-marriage-children/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pu511AtPt0

61: Alan Turing, WWII Hero and Mathematical Genius

Today's episode is about the brilliant Alan Turing, the mathematician and logician that helped the Allies earn victory in WWII. Not only was he proudly gay in the 1950s, many of his ideas form the basis for modern computers and artificial intelligence. Join Morgan and Emileigh as they review the astounding and tragically brief life of one of the smartest people in human history. 
 
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Sources:
 
“The Man Who Cracked the Nazi Code” documentary on Amazon Prime (2018)
“Computer Scientist” by Paul Gray for Time Magazine (Mar 29, 1999)
https://web.archive.org/web/20071016225903/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990624,00.html
“Alan Turing: Father of the Modern Computer” by B. Jack Copeland & Diane Proudfoot 
https://www.rutherfordjournal.org/article040101.html
“The Alan Turing Law finally pardons thousands of unfairly convicted gay and bisexual men” by Pablo O’Hana (2017)
https://thetab.com/uk/manchester/2017/01/31/alan-turing-law-finally-pardons-thousands-unfairly-convicted-25615 
“Alan Turing’s ‘fearless approach to problems and intellectual curiosity’ praised” by PA News Agency (Jul 15 2019)
https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/national-news/17771381.alan-turings-fearless-approach-problems-intellectual-curiosity-praised/
“Alan Turing’s court convictions go on display for the first time” by Todd Fitzgerald (Sept 24 2016)
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/alan-turings-court-convictions-go-11931942
“Better late than never, Alan Turing is finally pardoned” by Alex Stevenson (Dec 24, 2013)
https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2013/12/24/better-late-than-never-alan-turing-is-finally-pardoned/
“Alan Turing gets royal pardon for ‘gross indecency’ - 61 years after he poisoned himself” by Oliver Wright (Dec 23, 2013)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/alan-turing-gets-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency-61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html
“What was Alan Turing really like?” by Vincent Dowd (Jun 6 2014)
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27701207
“Alan Turing’s Everlasting Contributions to Computing, AI and Cryptography” by René Peralta (Jun 23 2022)
https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/alan-turings-everlasting-contributions-computing-ai-and-cryptography
“Chia seedlings verify Alan Turing’s ideas about patterns in nature” by James R Riordon (Mar 26 2023)
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/seeds-alan-turing-patterns-nature-math
 
“Remembering Alan Turing: from codebreaking to AI, Turing made the world what it is today” by Liat Clark and Ian Steadman (Jun 7 2017)
https://www.wired.com/story/turing-contributions/?page=all
https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection/res102.htm#c
“Alan Mathison Turing, 1912-1954” by Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman (Nov 1 1955)
Obituary - Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1955.0019
“Alan Turing: Inquest’s suicide verdict ‘not supportable’” by Roland Pease (June 26 2012)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092
“Alan Turing: Colleagues share their memories” (June 23 2012)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18541715
Sound Credits:
Sound Effect from https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=68948
tams_kp https://freesound.org/people/tams_kp/sounds/43560/
Sound Effect from https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=23892
Sound Effect from https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=37543
 

60: Freddie Mercury: Life, Band, and Legacy.

Emileigh and Morgan dive into the life and career of one of the world's most influential Rock and Roll performers, Freddie Mercury
 
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Sources:
https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/freddie-mercury/parents-mother-father-sister-family-now/
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-life-of-freddy-mercury
Live Aid Performance 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7ZwBfw7GE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB697_jBBLA

59: Sally Ride, the First American Woman in Space

Happy Pride month to all of our listeners! We're starting off with one of the most famous American astronauts, Sally Ride! Not only was she the first American woman in space, she is arguably the only publicly out astronaut! Join Morgan and Emileigh as they discuss her life and her accomplishments. 
 
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Sources:
 
Dr. Sally Ride: A Woman Space Pioneer Documentary (2000)
 
“Sally Ride (1951-2012)” by Ashlee Anderson (2018)
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride
 
“Sally Ride” by biography.com editors (updated May 10, 2021)
https://www.biography.com/scientists/sally-ride
 
“Sally Ride - First American Woman in Space” by Mark A Garcia (Jun 18, 2018)
https://www.nasa.gov/history/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space/
 
“American Woman Who Shattered Space Ceiling” by Denise Grady (July 23, 2012)
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html
 
“Sally Ride: First American woman in space” by Kim Ann Zimmerman (updated July 16, 2023)
https://www.space.com/16756-sally-ride-biography.html
 
https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/40th-anniversary-of-sally-rides-historic-spaceflight/
 
“A Ride in Space” by Michael Ryan, People Magazine, June 20 1983
https://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-ride-in-space-vol-19-no-24/
 
“Sally Ride (1951-2012) from NASA 
https://science.nasa.gov/people/sally-ride/
 
“When Sally Ride Took Her First Space Flight, Sexism Was the Norm” by Erin Blakemore (2018)
https://www.history.com/news/sally-ride-first-astronaut-sexism
 
“Patch, Mission, STS-7, Challenger, Sally Ride” 
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/patch-mission-sts-7-challenger-sally-ride/nasm_A20140294000
 
“Astronaut Sally Ride to Leave NASA” by Michael Specter for The Washington Post (May 26 1987)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/05/27/astronaut-sally-ride-to-leave-nasa/73777e16-f367-4b11-8620-d09a114ff541/
 
“Astronaut Ride to Pursue Dual Interests at UCSD” by Patric McDonnell for The LA Times (June 17 1989)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-17-me-1508-story.html
 
“Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Revealed To Have Female Partner Of 27 Years” for The Huffington Post (July 23, 2012)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sally-ride-first-american-woman-female-partner-_n_1696537
 
“This Pride, Be Inspired by Sally Ride’s Legacy” by Chelsea Gohd (June 18, 2018)
https://www.space.com/40916-sally-ride-pride-inspiration-legacy.html
 
“Sally Ride Revealed to Be Gay” Her Sister, on Ride’s Life, Death, and Desires for Privacy” by Rich Abdill (July 23, 2012)
https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/sally-ride-revealed-to-be-gay-her-sister-on-rides-life-death-and-desires-for-privacy-updated-6459520
 
Biographical data from LBJ Space Center, NASA 
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ride_sally.pdf?emrc=eb3915
 
“Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride Almost Opted for Tennis” by Jeff Eisenband (July 23, 2012)
https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/throwback/201207/pioneering-astronaut-sally-ride-almost-opted-tennis
 
“Friend Charts Her Path to Space” for The Washington Post (May 7, 1983)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/05/08/friend-charts-her-path-to-space/3d5ce945-bb6b-4eee-bb4a-0fde7261a718/
Sound Credits: 
 
https://archive.org/details/NasaLaunchAudio/01-Nasa-Sts-87Launch.mp3 
https://archive.org/details/STS-7/274-AAC.mp3

58: Amelia Earhart's Life and Disappearance

Emileigh and Morgan fly through the world of one of the most famous aviators in history and explore the mystery behind her disappearance. 
 
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Sources: 
Expedition Amelia: Nat Geo very Gardner Island Theory Biased 
The Extraordinary Life of Amelia Earhart
Neta Snook .
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amelia-Earhart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neta_Snook_Southern
https://collections.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart/timeline.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DqU8LaL-L0
https://lettersofnote.com/2010/04/01/you-must-know-again-my-reluctance-to-marry/
https://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/amelia-earhart-0
https://www.ameliaearhart.com/quotes/

57: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Morgan and Emileigh explore what led up to one of the worst workplace disasters in American history. WARNING: This episode contains mature content, including intense descriptions of mass death. Please use listener discretion. 
 
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Sources: 
Triangle Fire - PBS Documentary
 
“The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” 
 https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire
 
“Presidential Proclamation - 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” (March 24, 2011)
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/24/presidential-proclamation-100th-anniversary-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-
 
https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/index.html 
https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/victimsWitnesses/victimsList.html - Victim List