In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the ripple effects of a 1950 attempted assassination, literary psychology in Stephen Crane, and a bizarre monetary fact from Micronesia.

• 📜 On this day in 1950 two men tried to assassinate the U.S. President — we explore how that attempt catalyzed changes in security protocols, legal responses, public fear, and the balance between protection and civil liberties.
• 🎂 Today’s birthdays include Stephen Crane, Larry Flynt, and Lyle Lovett — we zero in on Crane, reading The Red Badge of Courage as an early study in subjective cognition, trauma, and narrative techniques that reveal inner life under stress.
• 💡 Fact of the day: In Micronesia, coins are described as being 12 feet across — a provocative example that reframes currency as public art, alters perceptions of value and use, and raises questions about symbolism, logistics, and communal rituals.

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