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109: Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde have gone down in history as two of the most ruthless Depression Age killers and Gangsters. But were they really that ruthless and how did they end up in becoming a national sensation before they were struck down by the law? Emileigh and Morgan dive in to find out! 
 
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Sources: 
https://www.al.com/living/2014/01/post_158.html
 
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/parker-bonnie
 
https://texoso66.com/2018/02/01/roy-glenn-thornton/
 
https://www.biography.com/crime/clyde-barrow
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dILDtHi1neg
 
https://www.thoughtco.com/bonnie-parker-poem-bonnie-and-clyde-1779293#
 
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2019/02/09/bonnie-clyde-chestnut-barrow-ford/2812888002/
 

108: Virginia Hall: The Most Dangerous Spy of WWII

Virginia Hall was a Baltimore socialite, tomboy, aspiring diplomat, and an amputee. She went by nicknames such as "Fighting Blade" and "Donna Juanita." She spoke six languages and could make her own cheese. Her biggest accomplishment? Giving the Nazis what-for during WWII. She became irreplaceable as she helped coordinate intel and resources to resistance fighters in France, right under the Gestapo's nose. And she'll have to run for her life as one of the most cruel men in history tries to track down 'The Limping Lady." Join Morgan and Emiliegh as they discuss her life and how this amazing woman helped change the world. 
 
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Sources: 
 
Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall by Heather Demetrios (2021). Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, New York. 
“Virginia Hall: The Most Feared Spy of World War II” by Biographics on YouTube 
“The Most Dangerous Spy of WW2 - The Limping Lady | True Life Spy Stories” by Philip Thompson on YouTube 
 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7698468/ 
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107: The Harding-Kerrigan Scandal of 1994

Emileigh and Morgan discuss the attack of Nancy Kerrigan and the involvement of a fellow figure skater that captivated the world during the 1994 Winter Olympic season.
 
Disclaimer: there is mention, not detailed, of abuse and sexual assault.
 
Links mentioned in the episode: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvO1ooJslM
Nancy Kerrigan Long Performance 1994 Olympics
 
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Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime/tonya-har
 
ding-nancy-kerrigan-attack-photos
 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3417870/
 
https://people.com/tv/tonya-harding-remembers-her-late-father/
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding#Skating_career
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Kerrigan#Early_life
 
https://www.biography.com/athletes/tonya-harding
 
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeff-gillooly
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvO1ooJslM
 
https://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2019/02/01/why-we-still-root-for-tonya-harding/
 
 
 
 

Second Anniversary Special: Bloopers and Outtakes

Thank you everyone for supporting this podcast for two whole years! Just like last year, we have compiled all of our silliest bloopers, outtakes, and funny moments from this past recording year. We can't wait to see what this next year brings! Here's to another year of Ill-Equipped History! 
 
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106: The Golden Age of Islam

Morgan and Emileigh go back 1000 years to discuss the Islamic Golden Age. Math, science, art, medicine, and philosophy thrived in the Islamic Empire, and concepts derived during this time formed the foundation of modern ideas and currently existing practices. 
 
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Sources:
 
“The Islamic Golden Age: Exploring 500 Years of Progress” by Cosima Brand (Sept 14 2023, updated Jan 4 2024)
https://www.culturefrontier.com/the-islamic-golden-age-exploring-500-years-of-progress/
 
“The Islamic Golden Age: A Flourishing Era of Science and Culture” 
https://www.muslimhut.com/islamic-golden-age
 
“What was the Islamic Golden Age?” 
https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/islamic-golden-age/ 
 
“Islamic Golden Age Achievements” 
https://www.studentsofhistory.com/achievements-of-the-islamic-golden-age
 
“What Was the Islamic Golden Age?” by Michael Anissimov (May 23 2024)
https://www.historicalindex.org/what-was-the-islamic-golden-age.htm
 
“The Islamic Golden Age” 
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-worldhistory/chapter/the-islamic-golden-age/
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“Desert Voices” by ArtSlop_Flodur
https://pixabay.com/music/world-desert-voices-11468/ 
 
Old cave door (Handheled) Mono - closing and opening top hinge 1 by Sadiquecat -- https://freesound.org/s/801768/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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105: The Truth Behind the Midnight Ride of 1775

Emileigh and Morgan dive into the truth behind the three riders of the midnight ride that kicked off the Revolutionary War and American Independence from the British.
 
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Sources:
https://www.paulreverehouse.org/biography/
 
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/americanrevolution/timeline.htm
 
https://www.britannica.com/event/Townshend-Acts
 
https://www.jyfmuseums.org/learn/research-and-collections/essays/the-tea-act-and-the-boston-tea-party
 
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/william-dawes
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iwZFI5g6Yg
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx15T7C0UaY
 
https://hum54-15.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/461
 
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/samuel-prescott
 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/patriotsday-william-dawes/
 
https://www.paulreverehouse.org/the-real-story/
 
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
 
https://www.paulreverehouse.org/longfellows-poem/
 

104: The Chinese Exclusion Act

In the 1850s, thousands of Chinese immigrants came to the US for the gold rush. Many white Americans did not like that. In the 1880s, Congress passed legislation limiting the immigration and rights of an entire ethnic group, the first and only time to do so. Listen how immigrants persisted anyway, despite the violence and discrimination they faced. 
 
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“Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts” 
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration
 
“Chinese Immigrants in the United States” by Madeleine Greene and Jeanne Batalova (Jan 15 2025)
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/chinese-immigrants-united-states
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_Americans
 
“Chinese Immigration” 
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/chinese-immigration/
 
“Chinese migration to US is nothing new - but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are” (Apr 10 2024)
https://umbc.edu/stories/chinese-migrants-to-us/
 
“Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)”
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act
 
“The History of Chinese Immigration to the U.S.” by Qin Wan (2005)
https://www2.hawaii.edu/~sford/alternatv/s05/articles/qin_history.html
“What drove last year’s surge in Chinese migrants at the southern border?” by Huo Jingnan (Aug 9 2024)
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/07/nx-s1-5032835/chinese-migrants-southern-border
“Untold History of Chinese Immigration to America” by the American Old West Tales channel on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzaFH7TBUfU
 
“Becoming American: The Chinese Experience” 2003 PBS documentary by the P O’Brien channel on YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IkDn08i-A4&t=5024s 
 
“Qing China’s Internal Crisis: Land Shortage, Famine, Rural Poverty”
https://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1750_demographic.htm
 
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/resources/data/cigarette-smoking-in-united-states.html#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20an%20estimated%2011.6,every%20day%20or%20some%20days. 
 
https://www.driveresearch.com/market-research-company-blog/coffee-survey/ 
 
“Chinese Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History”
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/chinese/searching-for-the-gold-mountain/
 
“Chinatowns” The Stories of Its History and Community” by World Channel 
https://worldchannel.org/press/article/chinatowns-films-viewers-guide/ 
 
“Looking Like the Enemy: Political Identity & the Vietnam War” by Karen L. Ishizuka (May 7 2019)
https://www.pacificcouncil.org/newsroom/looking-enemy-political-identity-vietnam-war
 
“Our History”
https://www.aafe.org/our-history/ 
 
“Vincent Chin”
https://www.nps.gov/people/vincent-chin.htm 
 
“Opposition to Chinese Exclusion (1850-1902)” by Edward O’Mahoney (Spring 2022), Volume 27:1 Asia in World History: Comparisons, Connections, and Conflicts Pt. 2.
https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/opposition-to-chinese-exclusion-1850-1902/ 
 
“The Forgotten History of the Purging of Chinese From America” by Michael Luo (Apr 22 2021)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-forgotten-history-of-the-purging-of-chinese-from-america 
 
“Angel Island State Park” 
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468 
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103: Video Games Part 2: Console Wars through Today

Emileigh and Morgan finish out video games starting with the revival of the at-home consoles and ending on where we are today! 
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmi_xZwTPYo
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_products
 
https://nypost.com/2022/12/05/was-the-tetris-co-creator-the-victim-of-a-russian-mob-hit/
 

102: Video Games Part 1: Early Conception to the Crash of Consoles

In this first part, Emileigh and Morgan discover the vast history of the first few generations of video games in the United States. Starting at computers that took up entire rooms to the crash of the in-home consoles of 1980s, this episode showcases how the industry and technology progressed in the early years!
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmi_xZwTPYo
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_products
 
https://nypost.com/2022/12/05/was-the-tetris-co-creator-the-victim-of-a-russian-mob-hit/
 

101: The Hundred Years War Part 2

It's part two of the Hundred Years War. After a 28-year peace treaty, England and France are back at it again and taking land from each other. An unexpected hero, however, helps turn the tide for France. 
 
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“Hundred Years’ War - Full Story, Every Battle - Animated Medieval History” on the Kings and Generals channel (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvoejM-cls0 
“Hundred Years’ War” by history.com editors (Sept 3 2024)
https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/hundred-years-war
“Isabella of Valois Was Just Six When She Married King Richard II” by Cecilia Boggard (Dec 14 2022)
https://www.ancient-origins.net/weird-facts/isabella-valois-0017656 
“Treaty of Paris 1259” by Calvin Hartley (Nov 14 2024)
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryofEngland/Treaty-Of-Paris-1259/ 
“The Hundred Years’ War” 
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-herkimer-westerncivilization/chapter/the-hundred-years-war/#:~:text=Historians%20commonly%20divide%20the%20war,Joan%20of%20Arc%20in%201429.
 
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Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/nesrality-22721863/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=8429">Trygve Larsen</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=8429">Pixabay</a>
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