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Presidential Election Season is winding down! And while 2024 promises to be one for the history books, we decided to check out some other election years that are already in there. Today, we focus on the Election of 1960, to follow up our Election of 1892 episode. It's Vice President Nixon vs. Senator John F Kennedy in a razor thin result, far closer than most people realize. And highlights the integrity, at least in 1960, of one Richard M. Nixon, who conceded this exceptionally close race for the good of the country.
Join the Rebeccas as they dive in deep to this election with a whole list of "firsts" and one that has entirely too many similarities to the 2024 election!
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
It's Presidential Election Season! And while 2024 promises to be one for the history books, we decided to check out some other election years that are already in there. Today, we focus on the Election of 1892, a pivotal "rematch" election between the incumbent, Benjamin Harrison, and former President Grover Cleveland, who becomes the first, and so far only, President to win re-election after losing an intervening election.
Join the Rebeccas as they dive in deep to this election so long ago that seems to echo many of the issues we still are voting on today: there's a fight over immigration, the economy and tariffs, and a strong populist candidate makes a play to break the two-party system.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
From 1934 to 1968, a rigid code of moralist conformity hung over every single movie produced in Hollywood during this time, stemming from a 1915 Supreme Court case that essentially held that the "new" form of media, motion pictures, was not "speech" and therefore was unprotected by the 1st Amendment. Movie studios scrambled to respond to a pushback against the wildness of the "Roaring '20s" and adopted The Hays Code "voluntarily" to make sure their movies could have the widest possible audience, and therefore make the most amount of money.
Join the Rebeccas as they dive into the interplay of Hollywood and American culture, and how that culture came to be dominated by one particular viewpoint about how society "should" be as determined by the Hays Code, and how the disparity between that and the reality of the counterculture that arose during the '50s and '60s, in addition to foreign competition from films without this code, would ultimately lead to its demise.
***PLEASE NOTE: Some of the audio for Becca is really poor, which, combined with several family hospital stays this summer, has lead to our longer-than-intended hiatus, and is part of the reason why this episode is so late. We tried to find time to redo, but just couldn't. However, the content of this pod is so important and relatively unknown, we decided to release "as is". We will be back soon with better audio quality AND ELECTION-THEMED EPISODES to help close out 2024!***
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
We here at TGTA love a good historical anniversary, and this year's 80th anniversary of the unprecedented Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy takes place today, June 6th!
Join the Rebeccas as they give you the context and details to truly understand the historic nature of this surprise attack and how it will come to mark the beginning of the end of the Nazi reign of terror over Europe.
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The National DDay Memorial: https://www.dday.org/learn/
Imperial War Museum (UK): https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day
National World War 2 Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/d-day-allies-invade-europe
American Battlefields Monuments Commission about DDAY80: https://www.abmc.gov/d-day80
American Military Cemetery Normandy: https://www.abmc.gov/normandy
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Apologies to all our faithful listeners! It's that time of year where tour guiding clashes with podcasting, but we are back on track and ready to rock out your summer with the intriguing twists of American history and culture.
Today's (a tiny bit late May) episode takes a deep dive into the quintessential American classic, Citizen Kane, brought to the big screen by the 24 year old wonder boy, Orson Wells. Join the Rebeccas as the help explain why this is often considered *the best* American film ever made, its connection to William Randolph Hearst, and why it takes a generation or two for the film to be fully appreciated by American audiences.
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Tour Guide Tell All wants to help you observe the true meaning of our Memorial Day Weekend, honoring all those who have sacrificed for our country, by taking a deep dive into one of the most storied military units of all time (even though we aren't quite sure why...), Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Join the Rebeccas as they reveal the origins of these "Riders" who didn't actually get to ride much of anything, and the prominent connections between the war that made the Rough Riders famous and our own Arlington National Cemetery here in the DC area.
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Some cool Rough Riders photos
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
We finish up April by delving into the real life of the "The Greatest Showman" ever, P. T. Barnum. Learn about his fascinating contradictions, what he contributes to American culture of the time and even today, and his interesting political career.
Join the Rebeccas as they reveal just how "loosely-based" Hugh Jackman's movie actually was and how much of what you think you know about Barnum might not be true.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
The election of 1948 is one of those few elections that really stand out for a number of reasons, but the most famous reason is the iconic picture of the re-elected President Truman holding up a newspaper proudly declaring "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"
Join the Rebeccas as they dig into the election pretty much everyone assumed Harry Truman was going to lose, and find out how he beat the incredible odds against him.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Join us as we close out Women's History month with an in depth look at one of the most beloved and enigmatic figures in Argentine history: Eva Peron. Most of us know about her only through the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but the real story is perhaps even more astounding.
Join the Rebeccas as they take a deep dive at the origins of this woman who helped spark an entire political movement, still active to this day.
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Biography, Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eva-Peron
Biography, Archives of Women’s Political Communication: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/eva-peron/
Time Magazine, 100 Women of the Year, 1946 - Eva Peron: https://time.com/5793530/eva-peron-100-women-of-the-year/
October 17, 1951 Speech to the Descamisados: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2017/10/11/final-speech-october-17-1951/
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
March is Women's History Month, and as we are fond of reminding everyone, women's history is American history, and there's no better way to focus attention on that than by talking about some of our favorite "forgotten women" of our Founding Era.
Join the Rebeccas as they discuss women notably absent from most of our history textbooks, like Deborah Read Franklin, as well as the brilliant enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley, the gifted playwright and essayist Mercy Otis Warren, and the first woman to fight in the infantry of the American Army, Debora Sampson, among other incredible women of this age.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
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Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Black History Month rolls on with a local DC story. Black history is American history but it’s also, and perhaps especially, DC history, as so much of our nation's capital was built by free and enslaved African Americans. Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss Benjamin Banneker, astronomer, surveyor, and "correspondent" of Thomas Jefferson. Hear the truth behind the myths, why there are so many myths about him, and how very important Banneker is to the history of DC and legacy of abolitionism.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
February is Black History Month; a time to pause a bit and reflect on how Black History is American History, and to highlight the often untold or hidden stories we don't know nearly enough about. This week, we dive into one of the most important, and most effective, protests of the Civil Rights Era: The Selma Marches.
Join the Rebeccas as they take a deep dive into not only how the marches occurred, but why they occurred, linking them the broader Civil Rights movement that had already scored a number of significant wins by 1965, and explaining in detail why these marches were so successful.
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For fans of the Pod, you probably know that our esteem for President Andrew Jackson is hovering near our esteem for President Wilson....right around the bottom of the heap. But that isn't going to stop us from telling you the fascinating tale of the shockingly close attempt on Jackson's life, while also stating clearly and firmly: political violence of any kind is never acceptable. And yes, that includes folks we don't even like!
Join the Rebeccas as they dive into the life of the clearly mentally disturbed wannabe assassin, and give you the bizarre details of the attempt that makes one think Jackson might be one of the luckiest human beings ever.
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Double Indemnity (1944) is, shall we say, "loosely based" on the real life murder of one Albert Snyder by his wife, Ruth, and her lover, Judd Gray. At the time the murder in 1927, this was labeled "The Crime of the Century" and was relentlessly pursued by the press which, shockingly, brought all sorts of twists and misrepresentations into the case.
Join the Rebeccas as they take a deeper dive into what actually happened with the case, how Hollywood and the press distort it, and how all this relates to the to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed in 1974.
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<<<MATURE CONTENT WARNING>>> The story of the Oneida Community is a fascinating mix of ahead-of-their-time progressive ideals, and the stark realities of mid-19th century America. John Noyes firmly believed the 2nd Coming of Jesus had already occurred centuries earlier, and it was now the job of mankind to create the perfect society envisioned by many Christians. The Oneida community was his effort to create this ideal vision. It was a largely successful socialist economic enterprise, but as time went on, as is usually the case, the idealist vision soon became corrupted, especially when it came to the "free love" ideology espoused by Noyes. Join Rebecca and Becca as they delve the complicated picture of the Oneida Community. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ More information can be found:
The Election of 1876 is probably the wildest election story and also integral to understanding the next 50 years of American history. It also serves as the final footnote of the Civil War, testing whether a nation divided by violence and warfare could ever really come back together. It does, but at what cost? Join Rebecca and Becca as we tell the complete story of the Election of 1876, warts and all. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:
This Veterans Day we wanted to talk about the women who have made our military and our country great, so we decided to focus on some of the many fascinating women buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Join Rebecca and Becca as we do a deep dive into the often over looked, occasionally forgotten, yet always interesting women of ANC. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:
Harry Houdini was a magician, an escape artist, a skeptic, and a showman. We wanted a spooky spectacular star for an October spooky episode, and Houdini put the spectacle in spectacular. Join Rebecca and Becca as we talk about the life of one of the most famous magicians in American history, and, perhaps more importantly, an early crusader against con artists and frauds in the realm of Spiritualism (Check out our previous episodes on Spiritualism if you haven't already!) Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a Venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers: https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega Intro/Outro Music: "Well-Seasoned" from Audio HeroOYEZ OYEZ OYEZ! It's October, which means the Supreme Court is back in session and the Rebeccas are digging into some of the history of the Court this month.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court William O. Douglass is probably one of the most important Supreme Court Justices you probably know nothing about. Appointed by FDR, he remains the longest serving justice in the history of the court, at just over 36 years. Listen about his interesting life, his many controversies, and how he almost single-handedly saved the C&O Canal from turning into a parkway!
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Most of us have at least heard of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania being one of the proximal causes of the United States entering WWI, but that isn't *entirely* true. As usual, there is more to the story!
Join the Rebeccas this week as they delve into the tragedy of this loss and learn how it differed in many ways from the other major maritime catastrophe of the era, the sinking of the Titanic.
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Listen up Tour Guide Tell All fans, we've got a special announcement about the exciting Literary Hill BookFEST taking place here in DC at Eastern Market on Sunday, September 17, 2023.
Take a listen to the quick announcement to learn how TGTA and associated history buffs will take part!
Link --->. Literary Hill BookFEST!
The beginning of September marks the end of summer, and though we all enjoy that last 3-day weekend to get those summer plans checked off, it's important to remember the WHY of Labor Day.
Join the Rebeccas as they dive into one of the earliest organized labor strikes, all the more remarkable because it was driven by mostly formerly enslaved women who could largely neither read nor write, just as Jim Crew began to raise its ugly specter on the "New South."
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This week, we take a look at a social phenomenon that took the Gilded Age by storm; young, rich, American women marrying into the titled aristocracy of the fading British Empire, also known as "Dollar Princesses." Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss wealth, patriarchy, and a very specific type of international relations. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Join the Rebeccas this week as we get into heat of the spicy beef between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr and look a little bit past the musical's interpretation and looking at what really lead to this odd bit of "civilized" murder.
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Show Notes
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
(APOLOGIES IF YOU DOWNLOADED BEFORE FRIDAY 7/28...the wrong file was posted. Try again and let us know if there are any problems!? If you think that corruption in politics is new, goodness do we have the pod for you! Corruption in politics is not at all new and has never been more fun than this, marking the nearly 200 year anniversary of this event. Join Rebecca and Becca as we break down the Election of 1824 and The Corrupt Bargain!
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You’re Listening to: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
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Join the Rebecca's as we veer away from our DC roots and tackle an important event in modern cultural history, an event that would come to become known as "The Day the Music Died" after a tribute song by Don McLean hit the charts 12 years after the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson changed music history forever.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Join the Rebeccas before we start making July 4th plans to hear about what came after the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation. Most of us remember the important conversations held during the Constitutional Convention that would come a few years after the adoption of the Articles, but sometimes we aren't clear on why those questions came up in the first place, and the answer is our experience of government under the Articles.
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If you are interested in seeing the National Archives mentioned in this episode, we have a "DC In a Day" Private Group Tour for you at DC By Foot (along with a few other tours!)
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Greetings and apologies to our amazing listeners. April showers brought us some May technical glitches as well as a very full tour schedule, but we are back and kicking off June in style as the Rebeccas take us back to our tour guide roots and describe their recent tour of the White House!
Listen to this episode to learn how you yourself can get to tour the East Wing of the White House, what you might see, and some pro tips along the way. But stick around also as the Rebeccas were also able to get a special (so not for the general public!) tour of the West Wing as well!
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
April rolls along with a discussion about art in the United States Capitol. There is a lot of art and some of it is great! And some of it is.... less great! Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly with respect to the art in our Capitol. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
April kicks off a little late for us, as the famous DC Cherry Blossoms have meant lots of tours and a very busy schedule. But fear not! To make up for it, we bring you an extra long episode as we take a deep dive on yet another Lincoln-adjacent person of great importance to the history of our nation: Secretary of State William Henry Seward. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
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Women’s History Month continues with someone you think you know all about, but do you really? Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss Helen Keller, why she’s famous, and what else she probably should be famous for. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
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Keller's biography from the American Federation for the Blind
YouTube clip of Keller speaking out
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
We wanted to pop into your feed to wish all our listeners a Happy International Women's Day!
Sharing Women's History is important to us at Tour Guide Tell All - half of our episodes are about a woman we think more people should know about!
Thanks for being part of this journey with us.
We begin Women's History Month by of course acknowledging that women's history is American history and American history is women's history, while also taking the opportunity to take a deep dive into one of the hardest working women in history that you've probably never heard of (unless you live around Houston, Texas): Oveta Culp Hobby Join Becca and Rebecca as they dive into the life of one of the most important and most humble of American leaders during World War II and beyond. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Black History Month continues with singer and Civil Rights activist Marian Anderson. Called "The Voice of the Century," she not only broke boundaries, and did it with flair and style, but she also helped inspire many of the people who would take up the cause of Civil Rights in America with her brilliant example. Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss one of the most iconic moments in the history of the Lincoln Memorial and the woman whose talent and tenacity made it happen. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
The famous Supreme Court decision delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney was supposed to settle the "question of slavery" once and for all, but instead, it quickened the pace of the nation tearing itself apart. As we begin Black History Month, join the Rebeccas as they examine not only the impact of this exceptionally flawed legal decision, but also the human beings behind this pivotal case.
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Produced and Edited by: Dan King
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For this week's Minisode, we lost Canden but have Dan to explain the latest controversy swirling around the new addition to the Korean War Memorial on the Mall in Washington, DC. $22 million dollars to make an addition to add all the names of those lost in the war, making it more like the Vietnam Veterans' War Memorial nearby. What could be wrong with that? Lots!
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The sad case of Leo Frank is a good window into the supposedly "New South" of the early 20th century. Join Becca and Rebecca as they delve into the horrific case of a young girl brutally murdered in Atlanta, a case that ultimately would lead directly to both the creation of civil rights mainstay the Anti-Defamation League, and the reformation of the KKK in Georgia.
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is worthy of a full episode and story but for now, here is a little bit of her amazing life.
If you're interested in learning more:
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As the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol rolls around, join The Rebeccas as they look at another episode of violence at the Capitol by examining the case of Rep. Preston Brooks beating Sen. Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate in the few years preceding the Civil War. Learn about what lead up to this terrible incident, and also what the reactions of citizens across the country meant for the immediate future of the United States.
As we finish up our third year, the Rebeccas cover the amazing story of General George Washington's clever plan to launch a sneak attack against the wintering British Army in Trenton, New Jersey right before Christmas, making it a wonderful American Christmas tale....just like Die Hard is an American Christmas movie!
Happy Holidays from the team at Tour Guide Tell All!
Let's find out about some of the hidden things you can find in DC with Canden and Dan.
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PART THREE: The election of 1968 was such a big deal that it’s gonna take us 3 episodes to get though it! Part One emphasized the cultural and political context of this turbulent year and sets us up for what is to come. Now we take a look at just how close this pivotal race was and why. Join Rebecca and Becca as we ride through a couple "October Surprises" and into Election Day 1968, and the legacy of that outcome.
Make sure you've listened to part I of this episode:
The election of 1968 was such a big deal that it’s gonna take us 3 episodes to get through it! Part One emphasized the cultural and political context of this turbulent year and sets us up for what is to come.
Join Rebecca and Becca as we sift through the spring and summer of 1968. It’s a wild ride!
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• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Some links you might find helpful:A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/timeline-seismic-180967503/
1968: A Year of Turmoil and Change: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/1968-a-year-of-turmoil-and-change
The Washington Post - “The Year America Unraveled”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/1968-history-major-events-in-pop-culture/
I’ve Been To the Mountaintop Speech (1968): https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
On The Mindless Menace of Violence (1968): https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/remarks-to-the-cleveland-city-club-april-5-1968
Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis (April 4, 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kWIa8wSC0
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
Produced and Edited by: Canden Arciniega & Dan King
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Canden and Dan are back with a short episode about Embassy Row, a uniquely DC place in Washington DC.
Find out more about Embassy Row: https://freetoursbyfoot.com/embassy-row/
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Election Day at TGTA means only one thing: an election pod! We have done several election related pods in the past: 1912, 1860, and 1976, but this year we wanted to tackle our toughest election challenge yet! The election of 1968 was such a big deal that it’s gonna take us 3 episodes to get though it! Part One emphasizes the cultural and political context of this turbulent year and sets us up for what is to come. Join Rebecca and Becca as we sift through the spring and summer of 1968. It’s a wild ride! Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com
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• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Some links you might find helpful:A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/timeline-seismic-180967503/
1968: A Year of Turmoil and Change: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/1968-a-year-of-turmoil-and-change
The Washington Post - “The Year America Unraveled”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/1968-history-major-events-in-pop-culture/
I’ve Been To the Mountaintop Speech (1968): https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
On The Mindless Menace of Violence (1968): https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/remarks-to-the-cleveland-city-club-april-5-1968
Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis (April 4, 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kWIa8wSC0
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Welcome to the first mini-episode! Dan and Canden briefly talk about why it is called the District of Columbia.
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You’re Listening To: Canden Arciniega & Dan King
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In celebration of Canden's newest book, LeDroit Park: A History and Guide, Canden chats with music historian, Ken Davis and local LeDroit Park homeowner, Aaron Rinaca, about two of the former residents of this historic neighborhood.
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You’re Listening To: Canden Arciniega, Ken Avis, Aaron Rinaca
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October is Spooky Season at TGTA, and everywhere else, so we have brought you some Witches for your spooky delight. The Salem Witch Trials are shrouded in myth and legend but is there more than you’ve heard to this story?
You bet there is. Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the petty grievances, misogyny and religious fervor that leads to some very dark results.
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This provides a good timelines of the events:
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Hi all ... Dan and Canden are rejoining the hosting team to bring you a special mini-episode twice a month on the weeks The Rebeccas are off.
Focusing on people, places, and things in DC that you may have heard of or maybe not.
What questions do you have about DC? Let us know at tourguidetellall@dcbyfoot.com
I have a dream... That is the most famous moment from the March on Washington in 1963, but Rebecca and Becca will tell you all about the whole event.
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In May 1886, workers in Chicago were rallying for an 8 hour workday when a bomb changed the course of labor rights, the working class and labor unions. Becca and Rebecca talk more about the Haymarket Affair.
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We are headed out west again, talking about perhaps the quintessential battle in the Plains Wars: The Battle of Little Bighorn, aka Custers Last Stand Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss Custer, his great head of hair, his fascinating wife and his date with his own mortality
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Full length books: This has been well represented in book form, these are just a couple Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen Ambrose The Last Stand by Nathanial Philbrick His hair though: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/george-armstrong-custer National Park Service site for the battlefield: https://www.nps.gov/libi/learn/historyculture/lt-col-george-armstrong-custer.htm Custer, SD https://visitcuster.com/ American Battlefield Trust on the battle and Custer: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/george-armstrong-custerYou’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner
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Tour Guide Tell All is BACK for the fall! We are starting with a pivotal moment at the end of world war 2, the Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discussing war aims and peace negotiations Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the fate of the post-war world.
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Melissa brings the story of Helen Hayes as our special July episode as Tour Guide Tell All takes a short summer break. We'll be back in August with all new episodes.
Helen Hayes is remembered in DC as the name of the theatre awards, but there is a lot more to know about this theatre pioneer.
Follow Becca's Disney journey at @disneygrawlgirls on Instagram!
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Heads up, y'all - we've been doing so many tours (yay for work! boo for having time to record). We're going to take a break for a few weeks. We'll have a Patron Only episode in July and then we'll be back in August. We are excited to have Andy Bittner, author of Building the Washington National Cathedral, as our guest for this patron-only episode. Join Andy for a tour with DC by Foot - https://freetoursbyfoot.com/national-cathedral-guided-tour/ or purchase his book - https://www.amazon.com/Building-Washington-National-Cathedral-America/dp/1467134546
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Grover Cleveland married a (MUCH) younger woman 136 years ago today - June 2, 1886. There have been a handful of wedding ceremonies in the White House, but this is the only Presidential Wedding.
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You’re Listening to: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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Do you know how many Astronauts are honored at Arlington National Cemetery?
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NASA - Memorials and Burials at Arlington National Cemetery: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-memorials-and-burials-at-arlington-national-cemetery
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Becca and Rebecca share (what we know, hello patriarchy in historical research) about some Presidential Moms.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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This week we head to Tombstone, Arizona and back to the Wild West. You've heard the names Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, the Claytons - Becca and Rebecca sort through fact and fiction to talk about one of the most famous gunfights - the OK Corral. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:
Clara Harris and her fiancé were witness to one ofnthe most famous episodes in American history but are little known and less discussed themselves.
Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss how much more there was to this fascinating woman than just her trip to the theater in 1865.
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Women’s History Month continues with a woman who embodies so many of the contradictions of the women's movement: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss this paragon of NY society and funder of the suffrage movement: heroine, villainess, pampered society matron, champion of women, and so much more!
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Anne of Cleves was one of Henry VII's wives ... she was known as the Ugly One. But was she?
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As we march into Women's History Month (see what we did there?), the Rebeccas wanted to highlight one of the more fascinating but definitely lesser known heroes of the Suffrage Movement, Helen Hamilton Gardener
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Familiar names such as MLK, FDR, Wilberforce University appear in this week's episode about a figure who you may not know a lot if anything, about. Becca and Rebecca remember Bayard Rustin, a black American leader for civil rights, gay rights, and pacifism. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:
It’s Black History Month and we are ready for you with some amazing history! We are celebrating one of the most important women in American history, Mary Church Terrell. Activist, writer, suffragist, educator, DC Statehood advocate and much more.
Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss a towering figure who intersects with so many different and important activist causes.
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Womens history: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-church-terrell
Black history: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/terrell-mary-church-1863-1954/
DC history: How One Woman Helped End Lunch Counter Segregation in the Nation’s Capital - Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-one-woman-helped-end-lunch-counter-segregation-nations-capital-180959345/Bio: https://www.biography.com/.amp/activist/mary-church-terrell
National Park Service info on her house: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mary-church-terrell-black-suffragist-and-civil-rights-activist.htm
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Becca, a Texan, and Rebecca, a New Englander, talk about a place you've heard of but maybe don't know much about - The Alamo.
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With the one-year anniversary of the January 6th attack, we thought a fitting way to remember that day would be to discuss the only other time the US Capitol has been attacked. The War of 1812 is under-studied and forgotten but important in the development of our nation.
Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss America's most forgotten war and its effects on DC.
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For December’s patron episode, we are chatting about something of interest to both the Rebecca’s: the intersection of women and prohibition.
Join us as we chat a little about this fascinating aspect of the 18th and 21st amendments to the Constitution and how they both entwine with the 19th.
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Presidents, and patriots, and foreign princes, and all kinds of cool people have stayed at the Willard. It's one of the oldest hotels in DC so we're going to give it a little bit of history and talk about some holiday decorations. Join Becca and Rebecca for the final regular episode of 2022 to talk about the Willard Hotel in Washington DC. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:
We love an anniversary here at the Tour Guide Tell All and this is a big one. This year, 2021 is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the sneak attack on US Naval forces by the Empire of Japan. This is one of the most pivotal days in American history and we wanted to honor it. Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss the conditions and outcomes of the Attack on Pearl Harbor Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:
Y'all, we've had 100 Episodes of Tour Guide Tell All. We could not have done it without our Patrons. If you want to help support us and become a patron yourself (which gives you voting rights for upcoming episodes), find out more - https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Becca, Rebecca and Canden met IN PERSON to talk about having 100 episodes last month in prep for this episode while it was still nice out and we could drink outside. We'll talk about some stats behind the pod, what we've learned, our favorite episodes and more! Grab a Thanksgiving cocktail and join us for a century of episodes.
Let’s talk about some groundbreaking and scandalous sisters: Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin. These 2 sisters went from rags to riches to rags to affairs with Vanderbilts and free love and running for president. Neither saints nor sinners but possibly both, their lives are one heck of a ride.
Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss two fascinating and often vilified women, The Beguiling Brokers, the Claflin sisters.
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Our first episode of November is always going to be about an election! Becca and Rebecca talk about the pivotal election of 1860, which led to President Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.
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What is scarier than the end of the world? For your spooky October listening we have an episode about what nearly became a real nuclear apocalypse, the Cuban Missile Crisis. It even took place around this time of year!
Join Becca and Rebecca as they discuss possibly the scariest moment of the 1960s, when the world nearly came to the brink of the abyss and made it through.
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The full length book we reference about cuba is called Cuba, an American History by Ada Ferrer
The Robert Kennedy memoir is called Thirteen Days, by Robert Kennedy
The movie we reference is also called Thirteen Days
US State Department official https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis
You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
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This week, to kick off some spooky themes for the spooky month of October, the Rebeccas delve into the fascinating, ethereal world of American Spiritualism; the belief that the dead are real spirits still among us, with otherworldly knowledge, who can be contacted and can communicate with us from the beyond! Learn how the belief in Spiritualism took off in this country, especially during the tragic times of both the Civil War and World War I, and learn about one of our favorite tour stops in Georgetown, the Church of Two Worlds. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:
Did you know that Secret Service wouldn't start protecting the President until after 3 presidential assassinations (and many more attempts?) Becca and Rebecca talk about the assassination of President McKinley and its effect on the presidency today.
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Welcome to the start of Tour Guide Tell All Season Two!
Rebecca and Becca are back to talk about some Labor History for September. We are starting with a natural disaster that wasn’t so natural after all, the Johnstown Flood
Join us as we discuss Gilded Age era excess and those who paid the most horrific price for that excess.
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Listener request! A pod listener has requested that we talk about: The Donner Party! One of the most famous stories about the early west, an infamous tale of misunderstanding, bad advice, arrogance and tenacity. Join Rebecca and Becca as we continue our occasional series on the Wild West by discussing some of the most infamous western travelers, the Donner/Reed Party
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For nearly 15 years, Tobias Lear served as George Washington's right hand man.
Join Becca and Rebecca for his many career changes, scandalous life and what happened to George Washington's diary?
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Biography of Lear, Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/tobias-lear/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRWpnWd8rU
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https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0406-0002
Tobias Lear Home, New Hampshire: https://tobiaslearhouse.com/
The Checkered Career of Tobis Lear by Ray Brighton
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This week we have a scandal of a different kind, a darker kind. We are tackling the story of Evelyn Nesbit and the architect Stanford White. A story about desire and greed at the height of Gilded Age New York.
Join Becca and Rebecca for a story that isn’t a good guy versus bad guy, but a story with two and a half bad folks, and a tragically abused victim.
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Join us for a very special interview with DC educator and author, Joann Hill! Joann shares her experience as a lover of all things DC and her new book, Secret Washington, DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure.
Joann chats with Becca about her book writing process, what the book offers locals and visitors, and shares one of her favorite chapters - tune in to hear which First Lady had a penchant for seances!
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A more modern story for you history lovers, Becca and Rebecca bring you back to 1976 to talk about Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Walter Mondale, Bob Dole & others. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:
Becca and Rebecca discuss the Pearl Incident - a dramatic attempted escape of enslaved persons in Washington DC - that most people have never heard of. I really feel like this should be a better known event ... The Pearl Incident was the largest non violent attempted escape of enslaved people in our nation's history. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:
Apologies to all our incredible listeners! Tours are up and running and we had some technical issues to work out, so we are a bit behind on releasing episodes. However, we wanted to drop this particular episode on this special day as our nation comes together to honor and remember the incredible sacrifices made by our Armed Forces throughout history. We could think of no better way to mark the occasion than to teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of our country's most important and meaningful places. We will be moving to a lighter "summer schedule" as with tours picking up (hopefully) we will have less time to work on this. But we will still be bringing you two episodes a month, and then at least one bonus episode a month for our Patrons, along with some other bonus material. Thank you for your patience and support! ~ Tour Guide Tell All crew _______________________________________________ This year, 2021 is the 100th birthday of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and we wanted to talk about this anniversary, the Tomb itself, and its history. It is also Memorial Day, and this is how we would like to help honor all our military personnel, TGTA style! Join Rebecca and Becca as we chat about one of the most fascinating things in the DC area, and perhaps the most important: the history of the Tomb of the Unknowns and the incredible Sentinels who guard it every day. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:
It’s (almost) Mother’s Day and we are celebrating Tour Guide Tell All style! We thought it might be fun to see a different side of our presidents, talking about them as family men, and discussing the trials and tribulations of being a presidential child.
Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss the often scandalous, occasionally disappointing, and always interesting history of presidential children.
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Apologies to all our faithful listeners! We ran into some technical issues with our software and equipment so we are a bit late posting this episode. Thank you for your patience!
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We're wrapping up our April episodes with one of the most interesting women to live in Washington, D.C. - Marjorie Merriweather Post. Learn about her four husbands, multiple estates and mansions, business acumen, and more while we dive into a woman who revolutionized food in America.
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“Sometimes there are events in history that are overblown, and sometimes there are events in history that are “underblown”; this one is perfect. We make as big a deal out of it (The Gold Rush) as we should, because it is a big deal. It’s not one of those things that’s like, ‘oh, it was bigger in pop culture than it really was!’. Nooo….The California Gold Rush is really foundational in understanding so much about, not only California, but specifically San Francisco, and just the whole migration westward, there’s a lot happening.”
We are taking our show on the road, hitting the Ponderosa, heading West. Not really, but we are talking about a western topic today: The Gold Rush!
Join the Rebeccas as we discuss the California Gold Rush and the opening of the West.
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"(WWI) is a war that is under-studied in the United States. Somebody said this to me once, that we feel about World War II in the United States, the way that Europeans feel about World War I....World War I is the big trial, and World War II is kind of this thing that happened afterward. And to wit, we have a friend, Matilda...and she moved to a teeny tiny town in the middle of nowhere France for a little while and there's about 100 people that live there, and on Armistice Day...they all get together, and day drink, because France; and they read out the names of all the of the people from their village that died in the war."
We are dedicating a new memorial in DC, the National World War One Memorial, this week! We at Tour Guide Tell All are never ones to let a good opportunity go to waste, so the Rebeccas are here to chat about the memorial, and give an overview of American participation in the war.
Join us as we discuss the basics of World War I, debunk some myths, and prepare to usher a new memorial to the Nation's capital.
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There are few events in American history that are truly a crossroads of people, ideas, and technology but the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition is one of them. Join us as we discuss this landmark event that brought together notable names, amazing inventions, and some of our favorite foods and drinks while also marking our nation’s transition into the 20th Century.
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“He’s so fun to talk about. I think he’s kind of perfect for April Fools because the story is just so over the top and ridiculous.”
We have something special for April Fools, a scandal for the ages, full of murder, sex, intrigue and the US Congress! We are talking about the scandalous life of Dan Sickles.
Daniel Sickles was a bad husband, a murderer, and a questionable member of Congress. Join us as we discuss his many delicious and often hilarious exploits.
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This is a special re-release of one of our very first episodes, dropped today to mark the 40th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC. Thank you for a year of supporting us! --------------(Original Release Notes)--------------- “Ronald Reagan, I don’t care what you think about his politics, and we live in a very left of center city, but I don’t care what you think about President Reagan’s politics, the man is an honest to goodness cowboy. And I think this story best exemplifies that.” Tour Guide Tell All talks all about assassination…. Attempts. On the Anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Reagan, we do a deep dive into this insane story. Join us as we talk all this Reagan and the absolutely crazy story of his would be assassin and the event itself. If you have an questions about the episode, want to suggest a future episode or just say hello, please send us an email tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:
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"When it came to...rhetorical style, Flo was a down and dirty kinda type...Let’s say the uncomfortable thing, let’s get up into our uncomfortable space, because that’s where we can start to move past, and start getting the real work done. And I think she acted on that in every facet of her life."
March is Women's History Month and our team is diving deep into the lives and legacies of a few incredible women from American History. We continue our exploration of interesting women in history with Florynce Kennedy. Florynce "Flo" Kennedy was a pivotal member of the Women's Liberation and Civil Rights movements in the 20th century and used her work as an activist and advocate to build a better world for women of all backgrounds.
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‘Everybody has heard the name, and I feel like there’s an overview where everyone has this shared collective experience of Pocahontas, and as you’re probably not going to be surprised to learn, almost none of that is true.’
March is Women’s History Month! We continue our stories about incredible women in American history by looking at one of our earliest celebrities: Pocahontas! More myth than fact at this point, the real woman behind the story played an important role in early America and the development of the relationship between native Americans and the settling Europeans.
Join The Rebeccas as they discuss, for the first time, another Rebecca. Why does Pocahontas take the Christian name of Rebecca? This and so many other questions are answered in our latest pod.
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"I think she’s really remarkable because she never paints herself as an angel either. She realizes that first of all, that’s never going to work, and second of all, that’s not real."
March is Women's History Month and our team is diving deep into the lives and legacies of a few incredible women from American History. We are kicking off this month with the story of a woman whose name is not well-known but whose experience has been shared by women throughout history. Meet Madeline Pollard, the schoolgirl who brought down a colonel and a congressman.
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Have you ever heard of Eugene Bullard? He was unrecognized even in his own time here in the United States, but the Black Sparrow lived many lifetime's worth of adventures in his 66 years.
From runaway to two world wars, jazz drummer, Parisian nightclub owner and elevator operator, Eugene Bullard's story is one that should be remembered.
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You’re Listening To: Canden Arciniega (who also did the editing and admin for this episode)
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"It’s fascinating how much in a short, relatively short political career, she is so admired, she is so celebrated….she is called a genius, she is called a hero; the salvation of American politics! She was called the best politician of the century, but also she faced incredible criticism from all sides. Which is not surprising because she was a Black woman in politics."
Our Black History Month series continues with an exploration of the life and legacy of legendary Texas politician, Barbara Jordan. She busted every glass ceiling she encountered on her political journey and in a relatively short career, made incredible strides for women of color. Learn about the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas political traditions, the Watergate impeachment hearings, hidden disease, a secret love, and more.
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
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