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American Esoterica

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.

Episode 17 - Murder in Lafayette Square: Conspiracy

Jan 19, 20232 min read

Episode 17 - Murder in Lafayette Square: Conspiracy

Lewis Powell. What a schmuck. He tried to kill five different people. All of them survived. Point at him and laugh. LAUGH AT THE FOOL....

Episode 16 - Murder in Lafayette Square: Off Key

Jan 5, 20231 min read

Episode 16 - Murder in Lafayette Square: Off Key

Where to begin with this one - there's just so much. Let's start with Buchanan's reaction - not trying to see if there were more...

Episode 15 - Beard to Board

Dec 22, 20221 min read

Episode 15 - Beard to Board

There isn't much to add here, other than that I really need to space the Lincoln ones out better. This is not just a Lincoln podcast, but...

Episode 14 - Bone to Pick

Dec 8, 20221 min read

Episode 14 - Bone to Pick

Look, literally nobody reads these things, and it's late and I'm tired. But seriously, how cool is it that we had a Founding Father with...

Episode 13 - As Good As A Wink

Nov 10, 20221 min read

Episode 13 - As Good As A Wink

Dear Hollywood - How have you not made a biopic of Jimmy Winkfield? Do you not see the tragedy and epic journey of a man who worked his...

Episode 12 - Big Mistake

Oct 27, 20221 min read

Episode 12 - Big Mistake

First off, I was alone at home with the dog and he wanted to be in the vocal booth with me, so there may be the occasional collar rattle....

Episode 11 - President for a Day?

Oct 13, 20221 min read

Episode 11 - President for a Day?

For starters, this is the one that started it all - the tidbit that was just so odd, I thought, "This oughta be a podcast." So both...

Episode 10 - A Secret About the Service

Sep 29, 20221 min read

Episode 10 - A Secret About the Service

I want to talk for a minute about the image I made for this one, mainly because there isn't much to add to the content, other than to say...

Episode 9 - The Night We Nuked Georgia

Sep 15, 20221 min read

Episode 9 - The Night We Nuked Georgia

I don't have much to add to this one - the list of broken arrow incidents is alarming enough, but this isn't the only instance where...

Episode 8 - The Commonwealth vs. Abraham Lincoln

Sep 1, 20221 min read

Episode 8 - The Commonwealth vs. Abraham Lincoln

I think that somewhere in the back of our minds, we know that Abraham Lincoln didn't arrive in the world as a tall, bearded, full-formed...

Episode 7 - What the Law is

Aug 18, 20222 min read

Episode 7 - What the Law is

This may be the nerdiest episode of all of them, because the inner workings of the Supreme Court and the application of the Constitution...

Episode 6 - Home is Where the War Is

Aug 4, 20222 min read

Episode 6 - Home is Where the War Is

This is one fact that really kind of blows my mind - that Wilmer McLean was that close to these two historic events. The skeptic in me...

Episode 5 - Movie Day at the Supreme Court

Jul 21, 20222 min read

Episode 5 - Movie Day at the Supreme Court

While I'm convinced that no one will ever read these, I still think it's fun to talk about the episode, and this is one of my favorite...

Jul 9, 20222 min read

Episode 4 - What Does It Mean? Idaho.

Besides my overuse of the word "murky" here, I think this is the most fun episode so far, just because the underlying story is just so...

Episode 3 - The Presidential Harbinger of Death

Jul 2, 20221 min read

Episode 3 - The Presidential Harbinger of Death

It's a dated cultural reference to be sure, but if there ever was a real-life Forrest Gump of the late 19th century, it's Robert Todd...

Jul 2, 20221 min read

Episode 2 - The First President?

BUT SERIOUSLY - WHY DON'T WE LEARN ABOUT THIS STUFF? This subject has always been interesting to me - we talk about all the Presidents (I...

Jul 2, 20222 min read

Episode 1 - Independence Date

Hi there. First, let me say that I'm impressed with the depths of your boredom that have led you to the blog section of this website....

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