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Created and produced by three best friends, Wishbonafide is a podcast that brings new life to the 90s children’s TV show “Wishbone" and humorously tackles the literary integrity and tween frame story of the original TV program. To check out more content, go to Wishbonafide.com.
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This week I talk about the day I finally found the flexi of this great song by the legendary REDD KROSS after a 25 year search. Woohoo! This rates as one of my all time favourite Redd Kross tunes and I am surprised it’s never been reissued on anything. You can listen right now by clicking on THIS LINK. You can also subscribe in iTunes. Yay!…
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This week I talk about San Francisco’s very own self-proclaimed Snack Rock band, The Go-Nuts! This release on Planet Pimp Records is the perfect soundtrack for snacking. And why not? I don’t know much about these guys but I do know that I like what they put out and I love food, especially donuts. It’s fun and goofy and The Go-Nuts are my kind of lo…
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I am back! Each week I will bring you short ten minute episodes about every single 45 / 7″ record in my collection! And starting with the numbers, here is the 1-4-5s from Austin, Texas! Heaps good! You can listen right now by clicking on THIS LINK. Or you can subscribe in iTunes. Thank you.Kirjoittanut Long Gone Loser
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How could a war be beneficial for fiscal capacity? Why did some mercantilist states become wealthy, free-trading empires while others faded into obscurity? Prof. Didac Queralt of Yale University provides some surprising answers in this episode of the History Twins Podcast.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview Prof. Glenn David Cox of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala City about the fascinating history of the country. Discover the Spanish conquest of the Maya, the truth about the controversial United Fruit Company, and the decades-long Civil War.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview Prof. Jonathan Schulz of George Mason University on the Catholic Church, cousin marriage, and psychological variations between countries. Discover the Church´s Marriage and Family Program and its impact on development and institutions. Learn why and how the MFP was so pervasive, affecting all levels of society.…
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We interview Prof. John Marsh of the Pennsylvania State University on subjects from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. Discover political bosses, Orson Welles's War of the Worlds broadcast, and the emotional reaction to the greatest economic catastrophe in American history.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview Prof. Kyle Harper of the University of Oklahoma on the Roman collapse. Discover the disease events and climatic transitions which brought down one of the greatest empires ever known. Learn what's wrong with the slavery-to-serfdom theory and why even relatively poor Romans owned slaves.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview Prof. Peter Baldwin of UCLA on the divide between US and European politics, Anglo-American vs Continental copyright law, and European reaction to the spread of disease. Discover how different are the US and Europe really are, how Europe combated an enemy it barely understood, and the two theories of copyright law which dominate the wor…
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We interview UCLA's Prof. Anthony Pagden on the history and political theories behind empire, from early colonial Spain to 18th-century France and Britain to 19th-century Germany. How were empires justified? Why did they collapse, and how did revolutionaries justify their (questionable) actions? Discover the relation between political theory, pract…
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Perhaps Jesus said to "turn the other cheek", but these men of the cloth were made of sterner stuff. We interview Prof. Lawrence Duggan of the University of Delaware on clerical armsbearing. Discover the role of the warrior popes, the Crusades, and Liberation Theology in spreading clerical militancy.…
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The French Third Republic (1870-1940) has suffered a reputation of decadence, corruption, and weakness since its defeat in WWII. Yet we often forget that it remains to date the longest-lasting post-revolutionary French regime. Discover the story behind the republic's creation, the small shopkeeper movement of the '80s, and the French collapse in 19…
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We interview Princeton University's Michael Gordin on the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear monopoly, and Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Discover the "Two Bomb Myth", why the Soviets became a nuclear power so quickly, and how closely Dr. Strangelove portrays the reality of nuclear protocol.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview Prof. Edward Glaeser of Harvard University on his best-known work, ranging from the obesity crisis in America during the last half-century to the twentieth-century rise of the welfare state. Learn about the "Political Economy of Hatred", why cities have high crime, and the astounding benefits of dynamic externalities.…
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We interview the amazingly knowledgeable Dr. Stephen Davies of the IEA from the Norman Conquest all the way through to the World Wars. Find out what's wrong with Rousseau, who started the First World War, and what we're missing about the Industrial Revolution.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview Prof. Steve Pincus of the University of Chicago about 17th-century England. Find out why the Glorious Revolution (1688) wasn't so glorious, how the Dutch "won" the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and about a time when Popery was a subject of much debate.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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Weren't the Wars of Religion just a German affair? Find out about the French Wars of Religion in this exciting podcast with Prof. Mack Holt of George Mason University. Learn how the Bourbons got in power, who the Guises were, and why this is the bloodiest War of Religion you've never heard of.Kirjoittanut HistoryTwins
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We interview prolific historian John Turner (George Mason University) about Mormonism, the Pilgrims, Billy Graham, and Bill Bright's Campus Crusade for Christ. Find out how the Mormons became nice, the story before and after the "First Thanksgiving", and about a different kind of counter-culture on American college campuses during the '60s.…
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We walk that walk and talk that talk, or at least try our best, in this episode about select African folk tales and Wishbone’s “Bark That Bark.” Special guest Chris Silverberg joins us for some valuable life lessons from tricksy Anansi the Spider and The People Who Could Fly and surprisingly good social commentary in this musically lit episode.…
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Join our mad journey through Homer’s “The Odyssey” and Wishbone’s “Homer, Sweet Homer” in which we talk about mixed messages and Arbor Councils. And maybe the book and episode just a little - with special guest, Adriana Tringone! Adriana currently works in retail but hopes of one day writing for television. She recently moved from New York to LA to…
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But soft! What light through yonder TV breaks! Well, something like that. This week we’re talking about the Bard and one of his most famous works, “Romeo and Juliet,” and Wishbone’s “Rosie, Oh! Rosie, Oh!” Get ready for some serious discussion of animal shelter care, and some not-so-serious discussion of adorable pup romance - with special guest, J…
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If you ever went adventuring with a BFF and got into some serious shenanigans, this episode is sure to bring back those fond memories. Nostalgia is the name of the game in this flagship episode of Wishbonafide, about “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ” by Mark Twain, and Wishbone’s “A Tail in Twain” with special guest and co-producer, Rory Nachbar!…
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