Turning Tides

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Turning Tides: A Study of Steve Lekson's Archaeology May 06, 2025

Show notes

Turning Tides is happy to welcome Stephen H. Lekson on the show. Stephen is an author and an archaeologist; he wrote "A Study of Southwestern Archaeology," among many others titles on the subject.

Stephen Lekson's Bio: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/stephen-lekson

Stephen Lekson's Works on Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stephen-H.-Lekson/author/B001HPM2RG?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=ddcc3e1b-11e2-44c6-b706-64969f2d2763

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Turning Tides: An Interview in the Sand, Part 2: Wells Jones Apr 29, 2025

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Turning Tides is happy to present the second part of our two-part interview series, with Wells Jones as our guest. Wells is an actor, former Antarctic para-rescue, and author. He co-authored, "A Line in the Sand," with Miles Spencer. A Line in the Sand is an historical fiction about two friends who time-travel throughout the middle east.

A Line in the Sand on Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Line-Sand-Novel-Miles-Spencer-ebook/dp/B0CX25Y2X4?dplnkId=aec52a19-835c-4a0c-9802-e7bec5e0f3d6&nodl=1

A Line in the Sand on Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Line-Sand-Novel/dp/B0D187YKRN/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dplnkId=7fba5b83-82dc-4d7a-89be-eca8a59db608&nodl=1

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

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Turning Tides: An Interview in the Sand, Part 1: Miles Spencer Apr 22, 2025

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Turning Tides is happy to present a two-part interview series, with Miles Spencer as our first guest. Miles is an author, mentor, and entrepreneur, who co-authored, "A Line in the Sand," with Wells Jones. A Line in the Sand is an historical fiction about two friends who time-travel throughout the middle east.

A Line in the Sand on Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Line-Sand-Novel-Miles-Spencer-ebook/dp/B0CX25Y2X4?dplnkId=aec52a19-835c-4a0c-9802-e7bec5e0f3d6&nodl=1

A Line in the Sand on Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Line-Sand-Novel/dp/B0D187YKRN/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dplnkId=7fba5b83-82dc-4d7a-89be-eca8a59db608&nodl=1

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

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Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples: La Entrada, 1301 - 1600: Episode 3 Apr 01, 2025

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Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The third episode, La Entrada, will cover the period from 1301 to 1600, in which European arrival upends the Puebloan peoples' way of life, and Oñate y Salazar founds the colony of Nueva México.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

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Episode 3 Sources:

1. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest, by Craig Childs

2. In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest, by David Roberts

3. A Study of Southwestern Archaeology, by Stephen H. Lekson

4. The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that drove the Spaniards out of the Southwest, by David Roberts

5. Anasazi of Chaco Canyon: Greatest Mystery of the American Southwest, by Kyle Widner

6. Ancient Pueblos Sacred Places: A Field Guide to the Important Puebloan Ruins in the Southwest, by Buddy Mays

7. Mesa Verde: the History of the Ancient Pueblo Settlement, by Dr. Jesse Harasta and Charles River Editors

8. https://kuaua.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/document-1-powerpoint-1540-three-worlds-collide.pdf

9. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-500-year-old-cannons-may-help-unravel-the-mysteries-of-the-coronado-expedition-180985688/

10. https://frontierpartisans.com/34298/the-tiguex-war/

11. Wikipedia

Etc...

Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples: The Great Divide, 1151 - 1300: Episode 2 Mar 18, 2025

Show notes

Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The second episode, The Great Divide, will cover the period from 1151 to 1300, in which the Puebloan peoples move into their famed cliff dwellings before the drought and great abandonment changed the area forever.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

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Episode 2 Sources:

1. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest, by Craig Childs

2. In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest, by David Roberts

3. A Study of Southwestern Archaeology, by Stephen H. Lekson

4. The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that drove the Spaniards out of the Southwest, by David Roberts

5. Anasazi of Chaco Canyon: Greatest Mystery of the American Southwest, by Kyle Widner

6. Ancient Pueblos Sacred Places: A Field Guide to the Important Puebloan Ruins in the Southwest, by Buddy Mays

7. Mesa Verde: the History of the Ancient Pueblo Settlement, by Dr. Jesse Harasta and Charles River Editors

8. http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/hohokam2/

9. https://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/collection/36633.html

10. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias

11. https://crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/peoples_mesa_verde/pueblo_III_housing.php#:~:text=The%20small%20upland%20farmsteads%20that,that%20were%20two%20stones%20wide.

12. https://www.ihs.gov/navajo/navajonation/

13. Wikipedia

Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples: Dagger to the Sun, 20,000 B.C.E. - 1150 C.E.: Episode 1 Mar 04, 2025

Show notes

Turning Tides: Puebloan Peoples will discuss the original inhabitants of the American Southwest and their contributions to modern-day architecture and art. The first episode, Dagger to the Sun, will cover the period from 20,000 B.C.E. to 1150 C.E., in which the Ancestral Puebloans migrated throughout the American southwest and began to build a distinct culture in the deserts of Chaco Canyon.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

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Episode 1 Sources:

1. Anasazi of Chaco Canyon: Greatest Mystery of the American Southwest, by Kyle Widner

2. A Study of Southwestern Archaeology, by Stephen H. Lekson

3. Ancient Pueblos Sacred Places: A Field Guide to the Important Puebloan Ruins in the Southwest, by Buddy Mays

4. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest, by Craig Childs

5. Mesa Verde: The History of the Ancient Pueblo Settlement, by Dr. Jesse Harasta and Charles River Editors

6. In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest, by David Roberts

7. A talk on Kivas featuring Steve Lekson and others: https://crowcanyon.org/resources/why-do-we-call-them-kivas/

8. Christy G. Turner III, Man Corn: Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest. (University of Utah Press, 2011)

9. The Casas Grandes Flower World and its Antecedents in Northwest Mesoamerica and the U.S. Southwest. Michael Mathiowetz. Presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 (tDar id: 450449) https://core.tdar.org/document/450449/the-casas-grandes-flower-world-and-its-antecedents-in-northwest-mesoamerica-and-the-us-southwest

10. Shannon Burke’s Thesis Project: The Commodified Kokopelli, 2025: https://kokopelli.georgetown.domains/a-huge-misunderstanding/

Etc....

Turning Tides: Addressing This with Qasim Rashid Feb 04, 2025

Show notes

Turning Tides: Addressing This with Qasim Rashid will cover the 2024 election and current societal issues plaguing America, as well as the rest of the world. Qasim is an author, human rights lawyer, political activist, and father.

Qasim Rashid on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/15vkhFATEG/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Qasim Rashid on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qasimrashid?igsh=MWl5eGZvMHRxdTI3aA==

Qasim Rashid on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@qasimrashid?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Qasim Rashid’s Website: https://www.qasimrashid.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYoLSDyj72f6DL_oNBzEYYpI1SCHEMWbuLQUhiNOdW8xAyihPBVtobMsdk_aem_Abk91yyHdBiUAYHl5Nf-iQ

Let’s Address This with Qasim Rashid on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid-podcast/id1767236971

Let’s Address This with Qasim Rashid on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tT5kTQJJKNTkDBCR9eVML?si=hNJbATpMQF6MlVly32DUIQ

Let’s Address This with Qasim Rashid on Listen Notes: https://lnns.co/KMaXhP5qS24

Let’s Address This with Qasim Rashid on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/xh53k-31ec72/Let%27s-Address-This-with-Qasim-Rashid-Podcast

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array.

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There and Back Again: The Election of 1912: An Interview with Jerry Landry, originally on the Presidencies of the United States podcast Dec 31, 2024

Show notes

There and Back Again: The Election of 1912 is an interview I took part in on Jerry Landry's podcast, Presidencies of the United States. We're excited to share this episode with the Turning Tides audience as well! Throughout this installment, Jerry and I discuss the 1912 presidential election and its lasting effects on American democracy that are apparent well into today.

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Presidencies of the US Website: https://www.presidenciespodcast.com

Presidencies of the US Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/presidencies-of-the-united-states/id1191633316

Presidencies of the US Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ZRBiyuvyC4J5oAguxVqh0?si=EMs9hpo2RH65vqz_uelaOg

Presidencies of the US Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9c077e71-ba5e-4f2b-8aec-5cb9f8c871d4/presidencies-of-the-united-states?ref=dm_sh_hNXnixseZjlRN6Pv1PA94FLTl

Presidencies of the US Listen Notes: https://lnns.co/MYmkobzJDN1

Presidencies of the US iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-presidencies-of-the-united-31007979?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false&autoplay=true

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

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Turning Tides: Paraguayan War: One Vast Tomb, 1867 - 1870: Episode 2 Nov 05, 2024

Show notes

Turning Tides: Paraguayan War will discuss the War of the Triple Alliance, or López's War, as well as the effects of the war on South America and the rest of the world. The second and final episode, One Vast Tomb, will cover the period from 1867 to 1870, in which the Paraguayan population suffers from both the allied blockade and Lopez's increasing megalomania, culminating in Lopez's death on the battlefield.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

Website: https://theturningtidespodcast.weebly.com/

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Episode 2 Sources:

1. The Road to Armageddon: Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70, by Thomas L. Whigham

2. War in Paraguay, by George Thompson

3. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3200 B.C. to the Present: Fourth Edition, by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

4. Francisco Solano Lopez: Who Was This South American Napoleon?, by Ilyas Benabdeljalil, MA Int'l Relations, BA Political Science, https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

5. Total War in Indigenous Territories: The Impact of the Great War, by Milda Rivarola, February 18th, 2015, Revista Harvard Review of Latin America, https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/total-war-in-indigenous-territories/

6. Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay, by Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Laura Schechter, Felipe Valencia Caicedo, and S. Jessica Zhu, April 5th, 2021, https://egc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021-0423%20EconHistory%20Conference/Paper3A_Short%20ada-ns.pdf

7. The State and Brazilian literature: A Retirada da Laguna, by Shawn Smallman, June 9th, 2013, https://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2013/06/the-state-and-brazilian-literature-a-retirada-da-laguna/

8. Before Venezuela, US had long involvement in Latin America, by the Associated Press, January 25th, 2019, https://apnews.com/article/2ded14659982426c9b2552827734be83

9. Wikipedia

Turning Tides: Paraguayan War: Let Them Come, 1864 - 1866: Episode 1 Oct 22, 2024

Show notes

Turning Tides: Paraguayan War will discuss the War of the Triple Alliance, or López's War, as well as the effects of the war on South America and the rest of the world. The first episode, Let Them Come, will cover the period from 1864 to 1866, in which President Francisco Solano López of Paraguay invades Argentina and is forced back by the armies of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

Website: https://theturningtidespodcast.weebly.com/

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Email: antiksent@gmail.com

Episode 1 Sources:

1. The Road to Armageddon: Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70, by Thomas L. Whigham

2. War in Paraguay, by George Thompson

3. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3200 B.C. to the Present: Fourth Edition, by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

4. Francisco Solano Lopez: Who Was This South American Napoleon?, by Ilyas Benabdeljalil, MA Int'l Relations, BA Political Science, https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

5. Unraveling the Distinction: Argentine vs. Argentinian – A Cultural Journey, by Jason Pittock, July 24th, 2023, https://argentineasado.com/argentine-vs-argentinian/#:~:text=When%20to%20use%20Argentine%20or,to%20Argentina%20and%20its%20people.

6. How Bolivian Indigenous Peoples Mobilized History for Social Change, by Benjamin Dangl, AKPRESS, May 19th, 2019, https://truthout.org/articles/how-bolivian-indigenous-peoples-mobilized-history-for-social-change/

7. Subtle Genocide Is Revisiting Cerro Rico, Bolivia, by Jan Lundberg, February 17, 2011, https://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/706/2/

8. Wikipedia