How Did We F**k This Up?

How Did We F*ck This Up?

The history of how everything got so f****d. Isaac and Eli, two handsome young men, delve into depressing history to see if there are any lessons to be learned for the modern day. We do this so you don't have to.

Episodes

  1. 01/22/2021

    Misinformation Kills - The Dreyfus Affair & The Lynchings of George Stinney and Leo Frank

    **CW // violence, racism, antisemitism, sexual violence, lynching** This week we dive into the disturbing history of misinformation, mob mentality, wrongful killings, and how it is relevant to today.  Eli tells two stories of misinformation leading to antisemitic violence in 1890s France during the Dreyfus Affair (07:50) and in 1910s America during the lynching of Leo Frank (31:45). Isaac tells the harrowing story of George Stinney, a fourteen year old African-American boy wrongfully convicted and executed in 1940s America, only to be exonerated 70 years later in 2014 (43:40). Contact us at: howdidwefckthisup@gmail.com Follow us for more content: Instagram (@howdidwefckthisup), Twitter (@howdidwefthisup) All music written, recorded, and performed by Isaac Philips and Eli Henslee. SOME OF OUR SOURCES IN CASE YOU WANT TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN George Stinney https://www.postandcourier.com/news/special_reports/in-1944-george-stinney-was-young-black-and-sentenced-to-die/article_a87181dc-2924-11e8-b4e0-4f958aa5ba1c.html?fbclid=IwAR1MOiwnxTXu0Y2_nHtsCB_6N54k02bcXweIABC__hnwOMVEGrEbx154OEU https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csyx0w?fbclid=IwAR2uHBbKLCmtcl6vMZz_zNU4ZPtrO79c6SKjH_59rAYBjm1wleFVPVSSNTo Dreyfus Affair https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-dreyfus-affair/ Leo Frank https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/leo-frank ...more sources to come on our Instagram page and website if you're still curious.

    1h 19m

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The history of how everything got so f****d. Isaac and Eli, two handsome young men, delve into depressing history to see if there are any lessons to be learned for the modern day. We do this so you don't have to.