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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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 Mixed Legacy of "The Greatest Showman" P. T. Barnum
The Election of 1948
Behind the Musical: Evita/Eva Peron
Forgotten Women of the American Revolution
Benjamin Banneker: Early American Genius
The Triumph of Non-Violent Protest: The Selma Marches
The Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson
The Femme Fetale and Film Noir: Hollywood's Take on Ruth Snyder
The 1904 World’s Fair!
John Noyes, ”Free Love”, and the Oneida Community
The Election of 1876
The Women Found in Arlington Nat’l Cemetery
Harry Houdini Died on Halloween
The Long and Interesting Career of Associate Justice William O. Douglass
The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT: For the weekend of Sept. 16-17!
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Digging Deeper: The Hamilton - Burr Duel
The Corrupt Bargain
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