Elucidate No. 81 - Scott A. Grant

In this episode Scott and I talk about one of his latest historical interests. When the German U-Boat 123 sank the SS Gulfamerica along the coast of Jacksonville Beach.

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• Painting: ‘L’Enfer’ (‘Hell’) by Georges Paul Leroux. He painted it after serving in the French army during WWI: https://redd.it/5rypf4

• SSGulfamerica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Gulfamerica

• Nazi Summer Camp (podcast): http://www.radiolab.org/story/nazi-summer-camp/

• Das Boot: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/

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Elucidate No. 63 - Lenny Thiesen

Lenny is in the business of flowers, how cool is that? He's also an actor, father, and of a scholarly mind. In this episode we talk a little history of the Huns and Khans, politically correct language and censorship, and a couple of other things. My dog chimes in for a minute too.




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- St. Johns Flower Market official website: http://www.stjohnsflowermarket.com/

- St. Johns Flower Market on Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/st-johns-flower-market-jacksonville

- Wrath of the Khans: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-43-wrath-of-the-khans-i/

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Elucidate No. 51 - The Whaleship Essex

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 Here's an episode about the whaleship Essex of the 1820's. It involves sailing ships, whales, and a torturous journey for survival. I became interested in sea-faring through books, subsequently the idea of being out at sea without modern technology fascinates me.

    My wife says that this story is not for women. 

    I decided to make a historical podcast episode while waiting for DanCarlin to release his next episode. I probably won't be doing like this again for a while, unless some financial realities can be met with it. It's more time consuming than the conversational "interviews" I do. And, I'm really a professional musician, not an orator.

    Nonetheless, this history related podcast differs from others in that I scored a soundtrack for it, and I hope you enjoy it! And I'm not talking about just queuing a tune in the background, I actually scored it like a movie.

    In this episode I stood away from people's names, and dates. I'm not good with those, never have been. I'm interested in story and the sci-fi like quality of historical events. I say "sci-fi like" because we can't live the way people of the past lived, even if we wanted to. It was literally a different world!

   

Indirectly related to this episode, a good friend said that humans were built for adversity. I'd never considered that until he said that to me. But, in regards to this episode, and life. Unless you're going through a life-or-death situation, if you think that whatever you may be enduring right-now is impossible to get through, think again! 

For a great read and far more details that may answer many of your questions I recommend even implore you to read the book In The Heart of the Sea.

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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Show notes:

- Pablo Valencia, article about thirst: http://www.desertusa.com/desert-activity/thirst.html

- Desert Thirst, The Ordeal of Pablo Valencia: http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/Courses/ecol414_514/readings/thirst.pdf

Elucidate No. 50 - Scott A. Grant

Scott A. Grant Esq. is a historian currently focusing on the US civil rights movement, and history of racial segregation and race relations in N.E. Florida. We talk about these things, social media, and the internet.

Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/z2ccZbbHqC0

Audio of this episode can be downloaded here: http://off.li/4ZSMp

Things we talked about:

- Bob Hays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hayes

- Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in St. Augustine FL: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96516146/

- The Beatles in Jacksonville FL: http://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/09/11/live-gator-bowl-jacksonville/

- Axe Handle Saturday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jacksonville,_Florida#Ax_Handle_Saturday

Elucidate No. 47 - Look At the Bright Side of Evil

The slave abolitionist Harriet Tubman is replacing Andrew Jackson on the front of the twenty dollar bill. I've thought for some time that how it's long overdue that money, which we're all exposed to many times a day reflect the ACTUAL better light of history.




Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/p7Stgfh4lUg
Audio of this episode: http://off.li/Tj36p




Harriet Tubman: http://www.harriet-tubman.org/
Andrew Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson
Trail of Tears: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears