Found Objects - a history podcast Katy Bellotte

The strange tale of Patty Hearst is one fraught with a stealthy kidnapping, a supposed change of heart, a girl gone wild, and one of the longest FBI manhunts in recent history. Today on Found Objects, we will unpack the events of Patty’s life from 1974 to 1975, from the kidnapping of a helpless college student to a criminal capture. Did this heiress go from good girl to terrorist? Tune in to find out.
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SOURCES:
apnews.com/article/patty-hearst-kidnapping-anniversary-stockholm-syndrome-1e155ada27b2b0ab8940c2fc70d9b7d1
www.britannica.com/biography/Patty-Hearst
www.britannica.com/science/Stockholm-syndrome
www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/patty-hearst#:~:text=They’d%20already%20shot%20two,newspaper%20magnate%20William%20Randolph%20Hearst.
people.com/archive/cover-story-the-california-heiress-turned-hostage-vol-17-no-4/.
content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,913456-7,00.html.
www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/02/04/patty-hearst-kidnapping-50-years/.
www.npr.org/2016/08/03/488373982/whose-side-was-she-on-american-heiress-revisits-patty-hearst-s-kidnapping.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane to the 1970’s and consider where some experts think obsessive consumerism really began. Who remembers Cabbage Patch Kids? Cabbage Patch dolls? The story behind these dolls and their rise to popularity is wild. Things got.. dangerous. There’s magic, intrigue and lawsuits involved in today’s episode of Found Objects. 

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SOURCES:
Bird, David. “‘Adoptable’ Dolls Aren’t Having Any Trouble Finding Homes.” New York Times, 29 Nov. 1983, p. 17.
cabbagepatchkids.com/pages/our-history
www.usatoday.com/story/life/shopping/2024/01/04/winter-pink-starbucks-x-stanley-cups-are-selling-out-at-target-where-to-buy-in-delaware/72105916007/
wpde.com/news/nation-world/reliving-the-cabbage-patch-doll-craze-of-1983-zayre-walmart-dolls-mob-coleco-christmas-new-york
www.fastcompany.com/90981007/cabbage-patch-kids-billion-dollar-babies-andrew-jenks
www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2024/01/13/stanley-cup-obsession-explained/72176008007/
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/23/billion-dollar-babies-cabbage-patch-kids-documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSk84zU1RuM
www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/01/04/whats-up-with-the-stanley-cups/72108927007/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-12-mn-5746-story.html

Can you believe there was a time when Mussolini tried to BAN PASTA in ITALY?! Today on Found Objects podcast, we dive into modern food trends, and then instances of crazy, outright food bans - whether they were justified or not. But spoiler: it didn’t matter - people found a way to eat what they wanted to eat regardless of the bans! Pasta, alcohol, absinthe, and milk… all that and more on today’s episode of Found Objects. 
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SOURCES:
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-prohibition
bigthink.com/the-past/pasta-italy-mussolini/
food52.com/drinks/spirits-liquor/27829-the-history-of-absinthe
www.britannica.com/biography/Filippo-Tommaso-Marinetti
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-devil-in-a-little-green-bottle-a-history-of-absinthe/
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/03/raw-milk-legalized-states-unpasteruized-disease-risks-public-health/70369454007/
americadomani.com/that-time-mussolini-tried-to-ban-pasta-in-italy/
worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/raw-milk-legal-states
www.britannica.com/art/Futurism
thebeaconbeat.org/2022/12/22/american-food-vs-european-food-why-is-there-such-a-difference/

In examining one of the biggest known diamond heists in history, today on Found Objects, we will ponder the question: how far are you willing to go for money? Leonardo Notarbartolo was practically a thief straight out of the womb, but in his later years he would go on to become a criminal mastermind as the ringleader of 'The Antwerp Diamond Heist'. In 2003, Leonardo and his team stole loose diamonds, gold, silver and other types of jewelry valued at more than $100 million. How did he pull it off? And, where are the gems now?

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SOURCES:
$100 Million Diamond Heist | History’s Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDIhoG4-P6E
www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-diamonds-2/
economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/the-untold-story-of-a-100mn-diamond-heist-and-how-it-happened/articleshow/60217597.cms
thecinemaholic.com/leonardo-notarbartolo-now-where-is-antwerp-heist-mastermind-today/
www.cnn.com/travel/article/antwerp-diamond-district-belgium/index.html

Today on Found Objects, we will dive into the 'fountain of youth,' the rise in popularity of radium and its ultimate downfall by unpacking the tragic story of the Radium Girls, among other radium-tinged topics.

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SOURCES:
blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/03/radium-girls-living-dead-women/
www.wired.com/2011/03/life-in-the-undark/
www.visitflorida.com/travel-ideas/articles/outdoors-nature-florida-springs-overview/
www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth
www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2017-05-18/ottawas-radium-girls-at-forefront-of-worker-protections
Lui, Elaine. “The History of Radium.” large.stanford.edu/courses/2021/ph241/lui2/
www.mariecurie.org.uk/who/our-history/marie-curie-the-scientist#:~:text=On%204%20July%201934%2C%20at,to%20radiation%20through%20her%20work
https://youtu.be/TPe81XKS30M?si=l9KewRtjt2u5UfrP
live-ucalgary.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/teams/246/death-by-numbers_the-mysterious-illness-of-the-dial-painters.pdf
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/130719-florida-fountain-of-youth-radioactive-magnesium-health#:~:text=Punta%20Gorda%27s%20water%20clocked%20in,it%20up%20to%20city%20water
www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace

The history of Taylor Swift’s 1920’s flapper muse, Clara Bow. Who was this mysterious Clara Bow, aka ‘the girl who burns ‘em up and leaves them cold,’ according to gossip rags of the time. Spoiler alert: she was SO much more than that. A successful silent film actress & icon of the 1920’s flapper + feminist movement, she was a fearless woman to be remembered. 

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SOURCES:
www.biography.com/actors/a45863068/clara-bow
daily.jstor.org/50-shadesthere-elinor-glyns/
www.epstudiossoftware.com/clara-bow/
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jun/21/clara-bow-wild-child-hollywood-history-silent-film
ew.com/who-is-clara-bow-and-why-did-taylor-swift-name-a-song-after-her-8559842
www.britannica.com/topic/flapper
Rayner, Richard. A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.’s Scandalous Coming of Age.
Voss, Jennifer. “I’ve Researched Clara Bow – It’s No Wonder the Actress Inspired Taylor Swift’s New Album.”
www.blm.gov/visit/walking-box-ranch
York, Cal. “Hell Raisers of Hollywood.” Photoplay Magazine, 1927