Tales from the Social Studies Department: Recent Episodes

Tales from the Social Studies Department

A part of the Marist Podcasting Experiment, Tales from the Social Studies Department is a chance for students to share stories from social studies. The stories range from history to culture to economics and the podcast will come out bi-weekly.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we try not to drown as we talk The smiley face murder theory!

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we get greasy as we talk McDonald’s.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we talk about controversial athlete that could be the greatest slugger of all time; Barry Bonds.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we learn a little about the biggest personality in Hollywood, Liz Taylor

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we delve into the Shah, the Ayatollah, and the CIA.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we see you will act in this controlled environment. We talk Social Experiments.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we talk about the greatest criminal love story of time.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we fire up the smoker as we talk BBQ, Barbecue, or just plain pulled meat.

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The week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we learn the tale of conspiracy and the people who run the world.

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The week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we learn the tale of Ted Bundy, from the Suicide Hotline to Serial Killer

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The week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we learn the tale of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we dive into one of the most corrupt organizations around today.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we learn of a man with a prophesy and a failed painter.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we lose some change.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we talk about the power that corrupts.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we look to the skies with Marshall Applewhite and Heaven’s Gate!

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we get chummy with Sharks.

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This week on Tales From the Social Studies Department our students cover Sports in the 1990s.

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The super safe version of the Mustang…the safest car to ever safe.

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True crime is so hot right now, we are talking Judy Buenoano on Tales from the Social Studies Department.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, the Juice is Loose! We talk OJ Simpson.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we ask if you are ready for some football!

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Because true crime is the biggest thing right now, we once again are talking serial killers. This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we are talking Gary Ridgeway.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department tells the history of women and swimming

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This week on Tales of the Social Studies Department we get the reservation at the Murder Castle so we see the Colombian Exposition.

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we learn Star Wars Economics.

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This week we get lost among the reeds talking about Roanoke.

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In honor of Kim Kardashian ruining her dress, Tales from the Social Studies Department is covering Marylin Monroe.

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This week Tales from the Social Studies Department covers New Coke. Can you tell we are from Atlanta? Shameless Stranger Things tie-in!

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This week on Tales from the Social Studies Department, we tackle Amber Alerts.

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This week on Tales of the Social Studies Department, Grant and Miller talk Counterfeiting.

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A few tales of the most notorious NBA Conspiracies. These conspiracies include the 1985 Draft Lottery, Michael Jordan’s gambling suspension, Jimmy Butler being Michael Jordan’s long-lost son, and two twins switching spots in a playoff game. Script written and performed by Wyatt Alford and Luke Harpring Edited and Produced by Wyatt Alford Websites we got […]

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Hi! I’m Charlotte Lord, and I chose to highlight a lesser-known woman in STEM named Hedy Lamarr. You may know her as a pre-World War II actress, but she actually invented the technological basis for all Wifi, Bluetooth, and GPS systems that we know today. In this episode, I recount aspects of her life and […]