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Pearl Harbor Dec 02, 2021

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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:

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dayhttps://www.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm
FDRs 1941 message to congress:https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=70&page=transcriptEvents for the 80th anniversary this year:https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=213383845827

Pearl Harbor NPs site: https://www.nps.gov/perl/index.htm

Official website for Pearl Harbor historical sites: https://www.pearlharborhistoricsites.org/

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl Editing & Producing: Canden Arciniega Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

A Century of Episodes Nov 25, 2021

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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.

Victoria Woodhull & Tennie Claflin Nov 18, 2021

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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.

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:

A full length book: The Scarlet Sister, by Myra MacPherson

Victoria Woodhull: https://ehistory.osu.edu/biographies/victoria-woodhull

National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-first-woman-to-run-for-president-victoria-woodhull.htm

National Women's Hall of Fame: https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/victoria-woodhull/

Tennie: https://www.thevictoriawoodhullsaga.com/tennessee-celeste-claflin/

Relationship to Commodore Vanderbilt: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/45189

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
Production & Editing Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Election of 1860 Nov 04, 2021

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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.

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:

Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns and Elections, The Miller Center, https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/campaigns-and-elections
Election Day 1860- Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/election-day-1860-84266675/
Election of 1860, 270 to Win, https://www.270towin.com/1860_Election/

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
Production & Editing: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

The Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 21, 2021

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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.

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:

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
JFK Library: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis
An Atlantic article: https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/309190/

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
Production & Editing: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

American Spiritualism Oct 07, 2021

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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:

Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The creepy Spiritualist link between Pres. Lincoln and his future assassin
Washington Post article on the Church of Two Worlds
White House history article on seances in the building
Blog post from the Ford's Theater on Mary Todd Lincoln and her turn to Spiritualism
Smithsonian Magazine article on Mr. Mummler's "spiritual photography" (detailing *that* picture of Mary Todd Lincoln)

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl Editing & Production: Dan King Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

The Assassination of President McKinley Sep 23, 2021

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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.

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://www.storenvy.com/stores/1437100-tour-guide-tell-all

If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

William McKinley White House biography: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-mckinley/
The Ballad of Czolgosz, Assassins, Broadway Revival Cast: https://youtu.be/hb1fWW17bnY
McKinley Assassination - Library of Congress: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-william-mckinley-assassination
Footage of McKinley’s Funeral - Library of Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTQrpsZ3tQA
“How President McKinley’s Assassination Led to the Modern Secret Service” - Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-president-william-mckinleys-assassination-led-modern-secret-service-180964868/
McKinley Assassination Plaque (Buffalo, NY): https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/william-mckinley-assassination-plaque
William McKinley Tomb (Canton, OH): https://www.nps.gov/places/william-mckinley-tomb.htm

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

Editing & Production: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Johnstown Flood of 1889 Sep 09, 2021

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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.

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://www.storenvy.com/stores/1437100-tour-guide-tell-all

If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Without question, the best book on the Johnstown Flood is by David McCollough
Johnstown Flood Museum: https://www.jaha.org/attractions/johnstown-flood-museum/flood-history/
A great video about the Flood: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q62vlcFLLlM
History channel take on the Flood: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/the-johnstown-flood
National Park site for the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club: https://www.nps.gov/jofl/learn/historyculture/south-fork-fishing-and-hunting-club-clubhouse.htm
Recent documents unearthed at the South Fork Club: https://www.tribdem.com/news/south-fork-treasure-trove-documents-resurface-detailing-clubs-actions-before-and-after-1889-johnstown-flood/article_bce4f888-3515-11e6-aa51-47d22cbfd17f.html
Henry Clay Frick: https://www.frick.org/about/history/henry_clay_frick

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

Editing & Production: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

The Missteps of the Donner Party Aug 19, 2021

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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

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
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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:

The full length book that we referred in the episode is ‘The Best Land Under Heaven’ by Michael Wallis
Some fascinating facts and history: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party
Website for the Donner Memorial State Park: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=503
Roadside America takes on the Donner Party and the Pioneer monument: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2819
The Lincoln connection: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sj-r.com/news/20170613/author-lincoln-considered-joining-donner-party%3ftemplate=ampart
Interview with Michael Wallis on NPR: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/534557072

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

George Washington's Personal Secretary: Tobias Lear Aug 12, 2021

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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?

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:

Biography of Lear, Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/tobias-lear/

Live Chat with Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRWpnWd8rU

National Archives, Lear’s Notes on Washington’s Death: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0406-0001

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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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