Historiography!

My friend Jess Murray joins me as we historically analyze the game show Supermarket Sweep! The conclusion we come to is fairly obvious, but also super important in larger context, this show accentuat…

We further discuss what a traditional Thanksgiving is through an episode of Roseanne! How is this different from the last episode and why is it important that Roseanne shows us this view of an Americ…

I am at camp this week! (yay!) We delve into a, "how to" video from the 1940's and talk about a, "traditional American Thanksgiving." But what is a traditional American Thanksgiving even? To this par…

My car broke down this weekend! I just got it back and had to pay too much to get it fixed! The Rugrats almost went through the same thing! Sorry this episode is late, this weekend was kind of a shit…

Sam Miller joins me again as we talk about a Pay Per View from 1999 on Battle Bots! This is a really fun one! Here is the PPV event that you don't have to pay for because it's from 1999 and already h…

Sorry for this being late! It's a fun one! Fall is here and when I think of seasons in general a cartoon that comes to mind is Little Bear! The show was created in the 90's, but looks like something …

Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego was another popular show on PBS! I talk aout why this was so helpful in inspiring an interest for history in children! One note, I talk aout the music genre, "rockape…

This one went up late and I apologize! It is worth it though, because it will also be on youtube as a video episode in the short future! My amazing friend Sam Han is a whizz with video production and…

This is a special one. Comedian, father and lovely human being Sam Miller joins me as we talk about the reality show, "Cops," why it was popular, and also why the system it documents is problematic. …

In 1961 Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's untouchable single season home run record and it took 37 years for it to be broken again. What seemed like this wonderful event for baseball was tarnished by the…

This is another better late than never podcast! I was gonna do it last night but didn't want to whisper, and also didn't want to wake anyone up! Canelo vs Kirkland happened a week after the Mayweathe…

I'm SUPER late this week, but the wait is worth it! I get jacked on 1980's video arcade culture! I hope you like the video, it's a gameshow that ran from 1982-84 where contestants basically just play…

This turned out to be a great episode! We talk about baseball commercials and how much they add to the sport! The 2001 Mariners had some doozies and I specifically focus on those ones!

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The solar eclipse happens today! Sit back and watch some footage from a newscast done by ABC in 1979 about the event! And enjoy the one happening in the next 10 hours! 

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Who remembers the show, "To Catch A Predator?' I do!! Because I have been binge watching them all weekend! Although incredibly entertaining, what did this show mean historically for America, and what…

This episode is a shit show, but it's a fun shit show! I sample some bougie soda pop I bought at Safeway and discuss an instructional video on how to use a rotary phone! 

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I give you an update on my life, and then talk about a boxing match from 2007 (Pavlik vs Miranda) If there is a situation in your life that you can't afford to back down from, watch this fight and us…

Yep! We are still slowly putting these out! I had this one in the bank for a while! The audio is super off in this copy of the episode (we couldn't find a better version) but we get a good look at th…

I am super under the weather and super almost about to be full on working a week as a cabin leader. Hope I get well soon because ain't no rest at camp! We check out a promotional video from Camp O-On…