Effigy

Chris Schoen
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History with detours. Written, read, and sound-designed by Chris Schoen. Season One "Ludlow: Story of a Strike," now streaming across the pod-o-sphere. Season Two: Coming in 2026 For access to bonus content and other perks, visit https://www.patreon.com/effigypod

Episodes

  1. 6D AGO

    UNLOCKED Bonus Episode 1: Pioneer Dan

    "Traits of the Mine Mule," New York Sun, August 1893 Uncredited wire report, an example of the late 19th century genre of "“occupational animal ethnography.” Read by Colm O'Reilly Sound design by Chris Schoen

    7 min

  2. 07/19/2025

    S1:E8 Firing Squad Ambitions

    Clips: (28:00) Mike Livoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, June 1978; Victor Bazanale interviewed by Eric Margolis, 1975. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder. *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    56 min

  3. 08/07/2024

    S1:E7 The Bosom of Abraham

    For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    47 min

  4. 03/18/2024

    S1:E6 Folklore

    Cold open: "Time May Be Later Than We Think!" Denver Catholic Register, January 26, 1950. Read by Emmy Bean. *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    2h 17m

  5. 01/07/2024

    S1:E5 Cracked Skull with Cracked Skull

    Cold open: Promotional circular of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, 1893 Read by Guy Massey Interlude: Helen Ring Robinson, testimony before the Industrial Commission, 1916 Read by Rita O'Connell -- Clips: (48:44) "Interviewing Retired Miners" (Speakers uncredited). Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    56 min

  6. 10/02/2023

    S1:E4 Peril To Your Head

    Cold opens: Letter to the Editor, The Survey, June 18, 1921. Read by Diana Slickman "What Is A Bohunk?," print advertisement by mail order tycoon Earle Liederman, 1928. Read by Jeff Dorchen -- Clips: (18:29) Martha Todd interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder. (30:40) Jane Bracco interviewed by Eugene Craig, May 1971. Colorado Coal Mining Project,  Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton. *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    52 min

  7. 08/11/2023

    S1:E3 Steel Battleship

    Cold open read by Jeff Dorchen, (Lord Melbourne, Letter to Durham County Magistrates, 1832.) -- Clips: (21:27) Pete Gergich interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder. ** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    38 min

  8. 07/17/2023

    S1:E2 When The Mine Roof Falls

    Featuring what may be the the longest cold open in podcast history, read by Colm O'Reilly. (From Coal and the Coal Mines, 1889, by Homer Green). -- Clips: (27:42) Mike Livoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, September 1980. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder. (42:00) Steve Surisky interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder. ** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    52 min

  9. 06/19/2023

    S1:E1 Glück Auf!

    The premiere episode of Effigy's first season: Ludlow, story of a strike. Cold open from "Coal Catechism" (1906), William Jasper Nicholls. And we orienteer from there. Clips: (28:15) Mike Livoda interviewed by Harold Black, November 1968. University of Denver Special Collections Digital Repository. Bessemer Historical Society. (42:50) Mike LIvoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, June 1978. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder. ** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod.

    46 min
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History with detours. Written, read, and sound-designed by Chris Schoen. Season One "Ludlow: Story of a Strike," now streaming across the pod-o-sphere. Season Two: Coming in 2026 For access to bonus content and other perks, visit https://www.patreon.com/effigypod

Information

  • Creator
    Chris Schoen
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Chris Schoen
  • Show Website
    Effigy