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D Listers of History Fayge and Mazal Horesh
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Welcome to D Listers of History, a podcast about people you've never heard of who changed the world.
Every week, Fayge and Mazal explore the history that makes us who we are today. Our biography episodes dive deep into the lives of incredible people most have never heard of. These are people who did big things or represent big ideas that impact what is happening in our world today.
Our Sidebar episodes focus on a current event and explore a piece of history that brought us to this historical moment.
Always entertaining and sometimes with a bit of sass, join us in our explorations of the "D Listers" of history.
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Making the GOP a Little More Gay
"Gay" and "Republican" might seem like identities that don't really go together, but to the Log Cabin Republicans, that is exactly who they are.
The origins of the Log Cabin Republicans, though, are about as far from what you are probably imagining as you can get.
Reverend Raymond Broshears worked tirelessly for the rights of LGBTQ+ people, the elderly, and sex workers in San Francisco. He was also the progenitor of the Log Cabin Republicans. Buckle up because this one is a wild ride.
A huge thank you to Sam from Labor Jawn for joining me last minute! You can check them out wherever you get your podcasts.
Further Reading (Some links below are affiliate links that earn a commission for purchases made at no additional cost to you)
Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right by Neil J. Young - https://amzn.to/3WXQzVZ
Smithsonian Magazine The Controversial Gay Priest Who Brought Vigilante Justice to San Francisco’s Streets by: Sonja Anderson - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-controversial-gay-priest-who-brought-vigilante-justice-to-san-franciscos-streets-180982451/
Newsweek The Most Dangerous Gay Man in America Fought Violence With Violence by: Eric Markowitz - https://www.newsweek.com/2018/02/02/most-dangerous-gay-man-america-789402.html
Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (PDF Download) - https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP83-01042R000200090002-0.pdf
Society for Individual Rights (SIR) Records, 1964-1977 - https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b856hg/
Raymond Broshears Papers - https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86t0px1/
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Audio drop from: The Stan Bohrman Show with Raymond Broshears July 1968 - https://youtu.be/uuiqDbeeZyY?si=G8uYiVG5EBeU1Uxm
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[Sidebar] The Canned Heat Wave of 1963
There is quite a bit of disagreement regarding how to handle the results of our modern opioid epidemic. In Philadelphia, Mayor Cherelle Parker, amidst heavy criticism, "cleaned up" one of the largest encampments where people lived and used out in the open. This is not Philadelphia's first brush with a neighborhood overwhelmed by addiction. In 1963, 31 people mysteriously died all over Philadelphia's Skid Row neighborhood. You might find what and who was at fault surprising.
Further reading:
https://6abc.com/kensington-ave-homeless-encampment-clean-up-philadelphia/14776420/
https://billypenn.com/2024/05/08/kensington-encampment-cleanup-reactions/
https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/the-origins-of-the-opioid-epidemic/
https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/09/skid-row-deaths-of-1963-echoes-todays-opioid-crisis/
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Audio drop from: Opening music for Chevalier d'Eon Anime (because that apparently exists)
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It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
The Chevalier d'Eon is one of those historical figures who pop up now and again, mostly because no one knows what to do with them. Were they a trans woman? A man masquerading as a woman for political reasons? Outside of salacious curiosity about their sex and gender, do they actually matter?This week, Fayge and Mazal dive into d'Eon's life to explore how we talk about queer historical figures respectfully. D'Eon was also just a wild individual outside of any questions of gender.Further Reading:The Chevalier d'Eon and His Worlds—This book is a compilation of papers by experts in various fields, each trying to untangle d'Eon's story in their own way. Some of these papers are rather old and, as such, contain outdated language for transgender people.
There are a few other books on d'Eon, but I found the variety of opinions helpful in better understanding the debates surrounding them.
Our Interview with Lee Wind and his website
Our episode on the Public Universal Friend
Our episode on Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Sex and Gender: What's the Difference? from PsychCentral
Sex and Gender Identity from Planned Parenthood
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[Sidebar] Four Dead In Ohio
Note: We had a lot of technical difficulties with this one so please forgive the significantly lower than usual production valuesOn this week's D Lister's of History Sidebar, Fayge reflects on one of the most infamous protests, the May 1970 protest at Kent State University. You can learn more about the Kent State anti-war protests at Kent State's dedicated online archive
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Slow, and Daily, Tampering With the Mysteries of the Brain
“I hold this slow, and daily, tampering with the mysteries of the brain to be immeasurably worse than any torture of the body.” Charles Dickens, 1842
Eastern State Penitentiary dominates Fairmount Ave in Philadelphia. The physical structure is intimidating, but the stories of the horrors that happened there are even more terrifying. Interestingly, though, the people who founded Eastern State and the man who designed it, John Haviland, thought they were creating a more humane and effective prison.They were wrong. This week, Mazal and Fayge look at the life and career of the architect John Haviland, the legacy of his most famous structure, and the psychological impacts of solitary confinement.Further Reading: (Some links below are affiliate links that earn a commission for purchases made at no additional cost to you)The Prison at Philadelphia Cherry Hill by Teeters and Shearer
(Considered by many to be THE text on Eastern State Penitentiary)
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Structure Report
Eastern State Penitentiary: Crucible of Good Intentions by: Norman Bruce Johnston et al
Trial and Error at Allegheny: The Western State Penitentiary 1818-1838 by: Eugene E. Doll
Architecture of Redemption? Contradictions of Solitary Confinement at Eastern State Penitentiary by: Myles Zhang
Finding John Haviland by Nicholas Pappas
Books about Modern Mass Incarceration in the United StatesChokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America by Naomi Murakawa
Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Effects of solitary confinement
This is the one I refer to the most on the podcast: The Impacts of Solitary Confinement: https://www.vera.org/downloads/publications/the-impacts-of-solitary-confinement.pdf
How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis: https://www.nami.org/advocate/how-solitary-confinement-contributes-to-the-mental-health-crisis/
The research is clear: Solitary confinement causes long-lasting harm: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/12/08/solitary_symposium/
The body in isolation: The physical health impacts of incarceration in solitary confinement: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546459/
Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1362&context=law_journal_law_policy
What are the effects of solitary confinement on health?: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/solitary-confinement-effects
History of solitary confinement, including a bit about Walnut Street Prison and ESP (a really great paper from the pieces I read of it; I used a lot from here): Continuity in the Face of Penal Innovation: Revisiting the History of American Solitary Confinement: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/Continuity_in_the_Face_of_Penal_Innovation_-_Revisiting_the_History_of_American_Solitary_Confinement_2018.pdf
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Audio drop from: The Road to Mass Incarceration
Quotes from: Former President George W. Bush (as a Texas gubernatorial candidate), Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, Former Representative of Virginia George Allen, and Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm.
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(REPUBLISH) The Man Who Would Be God
Does declaring yourself God automatically make you a cult leader? Turns out, like most things, it is complicated.
Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.
Today's audio drop is a recording of Father Divine from the International Peace Mission Movement
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Customer Reviews
Great Podcast Title (and Great Podcast in General)
It was the clever podcast title that first got my attention. But I stayed because, even when it’s someone I’ve heard of before, I get new-to-me facts and a different perspective. And while I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy a podcast that seemed so Philly-centric (I’m in SoCal), those little asides turn out to be the fun cherries on top of interesting history info sundaes.
One Guest’s Perspective
Fayge and Mazal are such good hosts. They really did their homework and came prepared with thoughtful questions and excellent reflections regarding "Poppy." I am indebted to them for their scholarship, their kindness and their care. (Jack Maher, author of “Poppy: A Novel About A Colorful Colorado Life.”)
A delight!
D Listers of History is an absolute delight! Fayge and Isa provide the perfect balance of humor & history. I’ve learned (and laughed) so much already, and can’t wait to hear more!