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097 - Balloon Poppin' Daddies
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We’re starting this season off with a bang…or at least Natalie is, as she traumatizes Cass with a harrowing tale from Chicago history: The Wingfoot Air Express Disaster before Cass shares the fashion and racism behind the Zoot Suit Riots.
Wingfoot Express Leaving Grant Park
Inside bank after crash
Diagram of crash
Composite illustration of wingfoot explosion
City of Scoundrels by Gary Krist (Nat's book rec)
Service members acting as a self-appointed zoot suit patrol
Men arrested for rioting in LA county (aka being attacked for wearing zoot suits)
Defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case upon acquittal
Complete citations on our website.
SOCIALS:
Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Instagram, @SharedHistory on TikTok, @sharedhistorypod on Mastadon
SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon
MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!
CREDITS:
- Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
- Original Art: Sarah Cruz
- Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.
About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.
SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.
129 episodes
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We’re starting this season off with a bang…or at least Natalie is, as she traumatizes Cass with a harrowing tale from Chicago history: The Wingfoot Air Express Disaster before Cass shares the fashion and racism behind the Zoot Suit Riots.
Wingfoot Express Leaving Grant Park
Inside bank after crash
Diagram of crash
Composite illustration of wingfoot explosion
City of Scoundrels by Gary Krist (Nat's book rec)
Service members acting as a self-appointed zoot suit patrol
Men arrested for rioting in LA county (aka being attacked for wearing zoot suits)
Defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case upon acquittal
Complete citations on our website.
SOCIALS:
Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Instagram, @SharedHistory on TikTok, @sharedhistorypod on Mastadon
SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon
MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!
CREDITS:
- Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
- Original Art: Sarah Cruz
- Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.
About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.
SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.
129 episodes
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