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I’m Not Ghosting You…. I’m Just Done or (How The Pandemic Disbanded Friend Groups Quicker Than a Fart In an Elevator!)

Hey everybody! Today I wrote an essay on the quite breakups caused by the pandemic (I’ve been in a sad reflective mood lol)While I got ya… do you live near Lexington, Ky or Charlottesville, VA? Well if you do, I’m coming to your cities August 14th and 15th! Get tickets at CoreyRyanForrester.com See yall there! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coreyryanforrester.substack.com/subscribe

This Week In Southern History: April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated

Taking a different direction, instead of just focusing on Dr King's death, I decided to talk about his whole life. I hope you enjoy the new approach to This Week In Southern History as much as I enjoyed researching and recording it.As always, I am open to the fact that I may have gotten something wrong, whether it be by slip of the tongue, or trusting an incorrect source. I apologize but welcome you to correct me by sending an email to ButterCreamCorey@gmail.comAside from subscribing to WeLoveCorey.com, as you all know in order to be able to put all the work out for free, we also accept additional donations PBS style that can be sent via PayPal to ButterCreamCorey@gmail.com or on Venmo to ButterCreamCorey. These are not required, but are greatly appreciated. Those who can afford to give more help me keep the membership cost cheap at 5 dollars a month, and while I have bills like everyone else, I much prefer that everyone can afford to see my work and be entertained (or pissed off, either is fine:)Thank you all for your continued support. I love you'CoreySources: BooksKing, Martin Luther Jr. Why We Can’t Wait. Harper & Row, 1964.King, Martin Luther Jr. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Beacon Press, 1967.Fairclough, Adam. To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. University of Georgia Press, 2001.ArchivesThe King Center Archive:thekingcenter.org/archiveStanford University’s King Papers Project:kinginstitute.stanford.edu(Definitive scholarly archive of Dr. King’s papers, run by Clayborne Carson.)“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (full text):africa.upenn.edu/…/Letter_Birmingham.html“I Have a Dream” speech transcript:archives.gov/…/dream…Documentaries & FilmsEyes on the Prize (PBS, 1987 & 1990).King in the Wilderness (HBO, 2018).MLK/FBI (2020, dir. Sam Pollard).Selma (2014, dir. Ava DuVernay). (Im aware its dramatized but still lol)Government and Research ReportsU.S. Department of Justice, Report on Allegations of Conspiracy in the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2000):justice.gov/…/king_rep.htmHouse Select Committee on Assassinations (1979): Final Report, MLK Assassination Investigation:archives.gov/…/part-2a.htmlOnline ArticlesThe King Institute at Stanford: kinginstitute.stanford.eduNAACP History on MLK: naacp.org/…/martin-luther…National Archives Civil Rights Collection: archives.gov/…/martin-luther…Smithsonian Magazine, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special Feature: smithsonianmag.com/…/martin…NPR’s MLK Archive: npr.org/…/martin-luther-king… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coreyryanforrester.substack.com/subscribe

Puttin On Airs - Catherine The Not So Great

Puttin On Airs 3 Year Anniversary - Catherine The Great!The boys pay tribute to Val Kilmer in lihgt of his tragic death and then spend a good hour up their own butts talking about cinema before professor CHO jumps in with a history lesson on Catherine The Great!Sources:Books:• Massie, Robert K. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Random House, 2011.• Rounding, Virginia. Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power. St. Martin’s Press, 2006.• Montefiore, Simon Sebag. The Romanovs: 1613–1918. Knopf, 2016.• Catherine II. Memoirs of Catherine the Great. Translated by Mark Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom, Modern Library, 2005.Letters• Correspondence with Voltaire and Diderot. Many of their letters to and from Catherine are collected in academic volumes and archives.Academic Articles & Journals:.Online• Encyclopædia Britannica. “Catherine the Great.”britannica.com• HistoryExtra (BBC).• Hermitage Museum Official Website. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coreyryanforrester.substack.com/subscribe

Martin Luther King Jr Essay/Teaser For This Week In Southern History!

Hey y'all! Back by popular demand (seriously.. I get so many messages and emails about this series and it really warms my heart) I am going to return to doing This Week In Southern History!It will not be every week because (as you will see when the full episode is posted) I have changed the format into being more long form instead of just the 5 minute essays that they used to be.... I still however button end each episode with said essays, which is what you are seeing here in this preview!This is the opening to the full 30 minute episode, but I wanted to get you excited for it and give you something that you can (hopefully!) enjoy today! The full episode will be up April 3rd at WeLoveCorey.com, and then up here a couple days later! Have a great day y'all, and thank you for your continued support. I am working very hard to make sure that you are gettin your 5 bucks worth!Also, if you are on Twitch and are into the whole video game streaming thing, add me! Corey_Ryan_Forrester. We are having a lot of fun, and im hoping to get the following big enough to where we can do private streams just for the Substack and WeLoveCorey.com people! (It is Free btw, and also even if you don't like video games, I mainly just talk to the chat for 2 hours whilst hittin balls lol)Love yall! Corey This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coreyryanforrester.substack.com/subscribe