Turn-Bark Time: Recent Episodes
Turn-Bark Time
When COVID hit two Social Studies took to the internet. We answer student/listener questions, talk about current events and anything else we find interesting.
We look at the service of animals in warfare. Largely inspired by Mr. Turner visit to Hyde Park in London this winter.
We look into the mysterious origins of axolotls and their popularity. Where do they come from? What secrets do they hold for modern medicine?
We look at the NFL 1925 season and how the Pottsville Maroons were not awarded the championship...
We look at when Boston's North End was caught under a flood of molasses. A real sticky situation!
We look at the unfortunate fate of the largest freighter to sail on Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot was moved to write a haunting folk ballad about the events of November 10th 1975.
We look at interesting proposals that Representatives and Senators thought should be amendments but never crossed the finish line. They aren't alive, they aren't dead... They are zombies.
We look at a threat to the America ecosystem and wildlife. A desire for more pork has potentially devastating impact on the continent.
We give you a break down of one of the supreme court cases that will be ruled on this summer. Is it within the executive branches power to forgive college debt?
We look at the history of the Greenwood district of Tulsa and the violence that was done to that community in 1921.
We look at what happened that fateful day in a Georgian forest when a black bear happened upon some misplaced cocaine. The truth that inspired the upcoming film.
We talk about one of the craziest stories we have ever found. A man decides to deliver beers to his buddies while they are in an active warzone!
We explore how a disagreement over the cost of a damaged pastry shop led to a war between a young Mexican nation and France.
We look at a landmark decision 55 years ago this month that redefined marriage in the United States.
We look at the European explorers who ventured to the American continents before Columbus by 400 years.
We look at some large demominations of US currency that many people didn't know are real.
In 1908, a terrible explosion rocked the rural Siberian area near the Tunguska River. We look at the possible causes of this devastating event.
Was Genghis Khan really the scourge of the Earth? We look at the positive and negative impacts of Genghis Khan.
We look at the origin of the name of this inlet between Jacksonville and St. Augustine Florida.
Where does he come from? We take a deep dive into the learn and complicated past of Santa. (We have super cool sweaters, you have to trust us or go to YouTube.)
A mysterious disappearance of colonists off the coast of Virginia. What are the possible explanations? Which seems the most probable?
We look at the more PG-13 look at what happened vs what we learned in elementary school.
What history movie do you love? Does it have to be "good history" to be enjoyed? Find out our picks.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed. We talk about her legacy and look at the front runners to fill her seat.
What toy did you love as a kid that no one has heard of? We look at the histories of Playmobile and Saban.
We look at how the United States tried to reconcile the differences between North and South but ultimately failed.
We respond to a student's concern about the unrest in America. (Recorded June 3rd 2020)
Another romp into urban legend/cryptozoology! Is there a big hairy friend out there in the PNW?
The media started pushing the term murder hornets but we discuss the true nature of these insects. Are they dangerous to humans? Are the planning a hostile takeover?
We look at the pivotal battle between the Hapsburgs and the Ottomans. Was it the religious reckoning that some historians claim or simply a struggle for economic and political power. The winged hussars will decide!
We look at the struggle to dictate policy between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
Our first "FOR CONTENT" companion for our students. We talk about the challenges Washington faced as the first POTUS.
COVID shutdown sports in a major way. We look at previous times where sports took a backseat.
We look at the history of chocolate in general as well as a look at our two favorite chocolate making companies.
How does the Electoral College work? Could it work better? We look at multiple plans to revamp this mechanism of American government.
George Miller had it wrong! Gasoline is not the resource that people will hoard, it is TP! We look at how TP has become such a staple of our lives.
We look at the service of Japanese American soldiers in WWII, who chose to defend the nation that questioned their loyalty.
We look at COVID and compare it with some of histories other major epidemics. The Black Death and Spanish Flu to name a few.
We look at what happens when you put hippos in an environment they do not belong in. We discuss the situation in Colombia and the near miss that occurred for the United States. How did the U.S. dodge the hipp-pocalypse?
Get the skinny on this potentially groundbreaking Supreme Court case dealing with the free speech rights of students.