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A podcast where we talk about the things you should have learned in school but didn't learn, didn't learn fully, or didn't learn correctly. We also chat about about our cats, our haunted house, cryptids, and recent events. Hosted by a married pair, Mattie and Austin, who are a former teacher and a current librarian. We met when Mattie picked Austin out of the audience during a performance (which he was skipping class to attend), screaming at him for causing all her life's problems. It really set the tone for their 17+ years of friendship and, now, marriage.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Episode 122: The Randolphs Hearst and DDT
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
This week, Mattie and Austin have a return guest! you know him, you love him, you want to give him belly rubs, Fezzik returns to purr aggressively right into the microphone while we shout facts and tangents at you!
Mattie starts by teaching us about the Hearst family and the exploits, wars, and sensationalism of an American media dynasty. We also try and remember what the Spanish American War was. we know it was with Spain, and after the episode we also had a vague memory of Teddy Roosevelt doing something in it.
Then Austin decides to talk about something that he finds comforting. DDT. specifically what a big problem wide spread use of it was, and how people managed to force change against a seemingly insurmountable problem. he also gets to use the phrase "Toxic Colonialism," and can not stress enough how happy it made him.
and we can not stress this enough we are not actually sponsored by North Korea or Elon Musk. Especially not Elon Musk.
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