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Musings.
Posts made when I feel like it.
Probably mainly thoughts and comments about the episodes, but management reserves the right to air grievances on issues such as Daylight Savings Time, self-checkouts and cats (the animal AND the musical).
NOTE: SPOILERS ABOUND if you haven't listened to the episode in question yet. You've been warned.
Brian Powers
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Episode 37 - Lincoln's Last Ride
Fine. I give up. It's another Lincoln one. BUT HIS LIFE AND DEATH ARE JUST SO INTERESTING. And they have so many implications that...
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Brian Powers
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Episode 36 - Hatefulness
Think of this one as a palate cleanser. It isn't something mind-blowing or deeply insightful. It doesn't shed a new light on a...
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Brian Powers
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Episode 35 - Rogue Island
I have nothing to add to this one, except to say that it's fitting that the biggest pain in the butt would be the smallest state. It's...
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Brian Powers
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Episode 34 - Atomic Dogs
I would've sworn that the courier was actually a soldier and Fort Campbell was one of the actual stops on his route, but I can't find...
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Brian Powers
Aug 17, 20232 min read
Episode 33 - In Spite Of
Hi there. If you're reading this, then you're probably the only one. I'll leave you the secret location to my buried fortune at the end...
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Brian Powers
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Episode 32 - Crumb of Equality
So this is an attempt to bring the other side of this anecdote to light, because it is only ever quoted and retold in the way the first...
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Brian Powers
Jul 20, 20231 min read
Episode 31 - A Balance
This one may be my favorite all-time historical note - that the Booths and Lincolns have more than one connection. It's a small...
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Brian Powers
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Episode 30 - The Great American Road Trip, A Travelogue
I dragged my teenage daughter around New England for eight days. We saw all the stuff. We ate all the food. We spent all the money. This...
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Brian Powers
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Episode 29 - Founding Father, Deadbeat Dad? Part II
Just a few notes... Lest we think that I'm holding William up as a hero, he did assist the British in their fight to kill as many...
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Brian Powers
Jun 15, 20231 min read
Episode 28 - Founding Father, Deadbeat Dad?, Part I
When you read about William Franklin, it's kind of hard to make him out to be an enemy. He really did do what he believed was right, and...
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Brian Powers
May 25, 20232 min read
Episode 27 - Presidential Potpourri
The Address of the Address I do think it's weird that Washington didn't give an address so much as write one. Even the Gettysburg Address...
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Brian Powers
May 11, 20231 min read
Episode 26 - One Woman, One Vote
Just a few quick notes on this one - Am I shining it on a little bit that it was headed toward failure? Sure. The next few states to take...
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Brian Powers
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Episode 25 - The Sex Cult of Quality Flatware
This one is weird on multiple levels, but I didn't really get into the creepier aspects of it. For instance, familial attachments were...
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Brian Powers
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Episode 24 - The Revolution Will Be Subsidized
There's no reason why shouldn't have heard of Haym Salomon. He is as important to the cause of American liberty as other figures such as...
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Brian Powers
Mar 30, 20231 min read
Episode 23 - Wright Left
Like so many of these, the details of this were hard to nail down. According to the popular legend, Wright abandoned his car at the track...
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Brian Powers
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Episode 22 - Grandpa Tenth President
I kinda wish it wasn't John Tyler. Make it Van Buren or even Buchanan. Anybody except a former president turned traitor. We let this guy...
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Brian Powers
Mar 2, 20231 min read
Episode 21 - Technically Free Speech
This is maybe my favorite anecdote about Teddy Roosevelt, and it showcases his shrewdness. At the same time, I do think there are...
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Brian Powers
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Episode 20 - By the Hem of Her Dress
First, let me acknowledge that I'm on Episode 20. Whew. That's pretty far in. I'm thankful for everyone who has stuck with me so far. In...
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Brian Powers
Feb 14, 20231 min read
Episode 19 - A Teddy for Valentine's
Admit it - you probably thought this was a different story, didn't you? This is a little evil, and I apologize...for NOTHING. Happy...
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Brian Powers
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Episode 18 - The Raid
What I like about this story is that the general idea of who Harriet Tubman was gelled around her work as a famous Conductor on the...
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