Synopsis
Making education fun occasionally.
Episodes
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Elizabeth Explains Elvis Presley: Maybe He Exploded
21/01/2019 Duration: 50minYOU AINT NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG -Yellvis...I'll go home.
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Heaven's Gate: The Team 10 of Cults
07/01/2019 Duration: 54minHappy New Year. Let's talk about a man named Herff and a lady named Peep, and how they led 39 people to a mass suicide. Apologies if this episode sounds funky, Gerald loves making it sound like he doesn't get fed.Talk to your teachers at @jacobaldente and @rachunabridged
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Book Club: A Christmas Carol
24/12/2018 Duration: 53minJacob actually enjoyed a Dickens work. Rachel hates the boil boys. Let's talk about it.Listen for free at audible.com/lernsumminSend us some ideas for episodes on Twitter @rachunabridged and @jacobaldente.If you are feeling suicidal, call 1-800-273-8255 any time of any day.
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Elizabeth Explains: The Christmas Truce
17/12/2018 Duration: 56minWe try to get Elizabeth to believe World War One is anything but boring. Along the way, we get into the heroizing of violence, body parts sticking out of dirt, and who in their right mind would being a soccer ball to a trench.Dan Carlin's series on the Great War can be found here: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/. Look for "Blueprint for Armageddon"Listen to Tim Curry read "A Christmas Carol" at audible.com/lernsummin for FREE
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Book Club: The Hate U Give
10/12/2018 Duration: 01h26minJoin Rachel and...A GUEST?!?!!? Yes, Kayla Johnson from A POC's POV Podcast joins Rachel to talk about Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give. It's a super interesting conversation, and Jacob only interrupts ONCE.audible.com/lernsummin for a free book.
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Paper Anniversary-
03/12/2018 Duration: 34minWe are as surprised as you all are that this podcast is still around. But real talk, thank you for listening. It is a total passion project, but if we are making at least 5 people a week laugh, that makes us really happy.More than 5 would be ideal, though so don't forget to share and follow us at @jacobaldente and @rachunabridged.Read Jacob's newest Medium article here: https://medium.com/@jacobdent10/the-best-christmas-albums-according-to-the-cds-my-parents-own-6beae8359a91
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Elizabeth Explains The First Thanksgiving
19/11/2018 Duration: 47minJacob's sanity is tested once again as Elizabeth returns to the Lern' Summin' Studio.Get a book for free at http://www.audibletrial.com/lernsumminTwitters:@Lsummin @jacobaldente @rachunabridged
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Famous Fads and the Crash at Crush
05/11/2018 Duration: 47minDON'T CRASH A TRAIN INTO ANOTHER TRAIN. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE FACT. APPARENTLY IT IS NOT.
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Halloween Special: The Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory
31/10/2018 Duration: 01h44minTRIGGER WARNING. This episode is brutal and contains graphic descriptions of violence and abuse in order to convey a historical event. It is the most intense episode we have done on this show and it will not be for everybody. However, we stand by what we have createdWe strongly encourage you to reach out to us at @jacobaldente and @rachunabridged if you want to discuss this episode with us.Happy Halloween. Love each other, the world needs it.
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Book Club: Bram Stoker's Dracula
29/10/2018 Duration: 01h08minThis book sucks.(not really tho)Also here's a friend's podcast I mentioned last week: https://soundcloud.com/user-138264510Wanna free audiobook? audible.com/lsumSocial Medias: @jacobaldente & @rachunabridged
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Famous American Hauntings: Dogs did it
22/10/2018 Duration: 44minSeriously, how do you mistake a dog for a demon?Follow us on Twitter and get at our respective hosts.
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Spiritualism: Cheesecloth and Toe-Cracking
15/10/2018 Duration: 01h10minThis episode covers things that are super important, like voting on November 6 and how to be logical in the face of trauma, while also being about white folks that think a ghost touched their earlobe in the dark. Trick or Treat, y'all.get your free audiobook at audible.com/lsum
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Portals to the Underworld: Hot Holes
07/10/2018 Duration: 41minhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_craterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4obVRDSrXiA (sounds start around the 3 minute mark)audible.com/lsum for all your free book news
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Book Club: Little Fires Everywhere
01/10/2018 Duration: 01h01minFor once, we have an accord in Lern' Summin'. We get into Celeste Ng's "Little Fires Everywhere" and it is (for once) a great time. Massive spoiler alert though. You can find the book at your local store (support small business, yo) or listen to it at audible.com/lern for FREE.
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The Great Emu War
24/09/2018 Duration: 39minBullet to Bird ratios are the talk of the town on this episode. Rachel and Jacob love Australia, we promise. But we hate butthole incidents
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Utah War of 1857: Mo' Mormons, Mo' Problems
17/09/2018 Duration: 01h03minJacob makes Rachel real annoyed and sad. Maybe next episode will be more entertaining. I promise.
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Qin Shi Huangdi: The Emperor's New Tomb
10/09/2018 Duration: 52minRachel learns about all the stuff that isn't terra-cotta soldiers, metal cone assassinations, and the Qin emperor's fascination with mercury.
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Bushnell's Turtle: Or, a Beetle, With a Man
03/09/2018 Duration: 52minSources: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/submarine-turtle-naval-documents.html#item1 Letter to Benjamin Franklin, reprinted in Roland, Alex (1977). ""Bushnell's Submarine: American Original or European Import?"". Technology and Culture. 18: 159. Richard Compton-Hall, "The Submarine Pioneers," 1999
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Book Club: That Villain Nemiopsis (Spineless by Juli Bernwald)
27/08/2018 Duration: 55minThis episode goes out to Todd from Goodreads.
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