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It’s November 19th. This day in 1915, IWW activist and songwriter Joe Hill is executed by the state of Utah.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why Hill’s songs were so powerful, how they posed a threat to big business at the time — and Jody finally gets to talk about his undergraduate thesis!
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The Exploding Whale (1970)
"The Demon of Andersonville" Executed for War Crimes (1865)
An Explosion Rocks The Capitol (1983)
Elected While In A Coma (1980)
The Unmarked Grave (2019) w/ Joe Richman
The Americans Fighting In Spain (1938) w/ Adam Hochschild
The Donora Killer Smog (1948)
NOW is Next (1966)
Colin + Obama (2008) w/ Leah Wright Rigueur
"The Jazz Singer" and Hollywood Empire (1927) w/ Walt Hickey
Trump Shows Up In New Hampshire (1987) w/ Robert Fleegler
Carter Restores Jefferson Davis's Citizenship (1978)
"Operation Clark County" Totally Backfires (2004)
The Real Free State of Jones (1863)
The Scrub Bull Trials (1919)
The Poisoned Tylenol Panic (1982)
Italy Invades Ethiopia, World Freaks Out (1935) w/ Isaac-Davy Aronson
The Hiroshima Maidens (1955) w/ Josh Levin
Yeltsin Refuses To Leave The Plane (1994)
"Actually, You Forgot Poland" (2004)
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