Just a reminder there will be no new episode this week. We will return next week with episode 230.
Month: February 2021
229: Teapot Dome
Following the Veterans’ Bureau scandals, the Senate investigation into the Teapot Dome drilling leases reveals blatant corruption in the Interior Department.
The Black Sox baseball scandal broke at about the same time. This series of revelations made a generation of young Americans cynical and skeptical of their elders.
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Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“I’m Just Wild About Harry”
Composed in 1921 by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle. Public domain.
Closing Theme
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228: The Little Green House on K Street
The Harding Administration got off to a good start, but by early 1923 signs of corruption became hard to ignore.
The President never publicly acknowledged the problem, but he fretted in private. His anxieties may have contributed to his death in August, probably the result of a heart attack.
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Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
Symphony No. 3 in E♭ Major
Composed in 1804 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Public domain.
Performed by The Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Public domain recording. Source.
“Yes! We Have No Bananas”
Composed in 1923 by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn. Public domain.
Closing Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
227: The Jazz Age
In 1917, the first jazz record, recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, an all-white musical group from New Orleans, played a major role in introducing jazz to white America. It became the first million-selling record in history.
African-American musicians didn’t get record deals back then, but African-American military bands took the sound of jazz to Europe during the war. After the Armistice, jazz swept the world, bringing a number of African-American musicians and singers to prominence, most notably Louis Armstrong.
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Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening Theme
“Livery Stable Blues”
Composed in 1917 by Ray Lopez and Alcide Nunez. Public domain.
Performed by The Original Dixieland Jass Band. Public domain recording. Thank you, Adam Cuerden. Source.
Rhapsody in Blue
Composed in 1924 by George Gershwin. Public domain.
Performed by the United States Marine Band. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.