Uninformed Summary

Uninformed Summary

Every week we discuss a person or topic from history, and their influence on world events. Each of our hosts are given varied levels of research resources, and as such one person knows little to nothing, and one person knows a lot, and the two in-between know just enough. No matter how much you know about a subject, we have a host that represents you! Enjoy!

  1. 07/18/2021

    UiS Episode 10: Dungeons and Dragons, The Creations of Satanic Panic

    Uninformed Summary is a podcast where four friends discuss a person or topic from history and it's influence on the world. All of our cast has been instructed to do varied levels of research.  This week our topic is Dungeons and Dragons (and the creation of satanic panic).  Vinny has done the most research, followed by Molly, Scott, and then Matt.   Most of our (Vinny's) research came from:  Gygax’s Wife talks about him, warts and all w/ Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/fantasys-widow-the-fight-over-the-legacy-of-dungeons-1833127876D&D Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Controversy_and_notoriety History of “Satanic Panic” from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html Gary Allen Fine’s “Shared Fantasy” book: Social Sciences studies D&D: Print Only. http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/shared-fantasy/D&D Moral Panic Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies#Lieth_Von_Stein The 60 Minutes Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm_2S8E_UOI Youtube Links: https://youtu.be/ATUpSPj0x-c - NYT retro report on D&D Panic https://youtu.be/XKogXHaFYjk - The Controversial History of D&D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-wiEimjQg – The Utterly Ridiculous movies    Be sure to follow us on twitter   Matt: https://twitter.com/mattural20​​ Mike: https://twitter.com/DumbgenMaster​ ​Molly: https://twitter.com/Molswald Scott: https://twitter.com/TheOneLoudGuy​​ Vinny: https://twitter.com/TedCruz Intro music by Ernst Jan Verbree!

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Every week we discuss a person or topic from history, and their influence on world events. Each of our hosts are given varied levels of research resources, and as such one person knows little to nothing, and one person knows a lot, and the two in-between know just enough. No matter how much you know about a subject, we have a host that represents you! Enjoy!