Sources For Ep 560 - Rodney King and the LA Riots

Books:

  • Domanick, Joe. Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing. Simon and Schuster. Aug 11, 2015.   

  • Stevenson, Brenda. The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots. Oxford University Press. Sept 1, 2015.     

  • Skolnick, Jerome and Fyfe, James. Above the Law Police and the Excessive Use of Force. Free Press. Feb 7, 1994.   

  • King, Rodney. The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption. Harper One. April 24, 2012.   Policing Los Angeles

  • Kantor-Felker, Max. Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD. The University of North Carolina Press. Feb 2020.

Video:

Periodicals:

  • The Atlantic

  • LA Times

  • NPR

Source For Ep 561 - Parker Harden French

  • Goodbody, Joe. Kentucky Barracuda: Parker H. French . Mascot Books. Oct 16, 2018

Sources For Ep 562 - Boston Prudes and Nudes

  • Miller, Neil. Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil. Beacon Press. Sep 2011. 

  • Wilhelm, Robert, Wicked Victorian Boston. History Press. July 31, 2017. 

Sources For Ep 563 - The King of Ghouls

Web

Newspapers:

  • The Indianapolis Journal - 10 Feb 1903, Tue 

  • The Indianapolis News - 23 Apr 1903, Thu

Sources For Ep 564 - Early Bad Boys of Harvard

Book

Vaver, Anthony. Early American Criminals: An American Newgate Calendar, Chronicling the Lives of the Most Notorious Criminal Offenders from Colonial America and the New Republic (p. 19). Pickpocket Publishing. Kindle Edition. 

Journal

Moore McDaniel, Kathryn - The Dilemma of Corporal Punishment at Harvard College History of Education Quarterly Vol. 14, No. 3 (Autumn, 1974), pp. 335-346 (12 pages) Published by: Cambridge University Press

Web

Evans Early American Imprint Collection.  https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N00114.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext

Prabook: Nataniel Ward - https://prabook.com/web/nathaniel.ward/3769154

Husky History. https://www.huskyhistory.com/uploads/8/0/0/2/8002320/puritan_punishments.pdf

Harvard Magazine - https://issuu.com/harvardmagazine/docs/1986_09/68

Bunk History - https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/harvard-leaders-and-staff-enslaved-79-people-university-finds

The Crimson - https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/10/30/in-the-school-of/

Sources For Ep 565 - Dean Kamen and It

Book:

Kemper, Steve. Reinventing The Wheel. A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition. Harper Business. March 15, 2005. 

Web

Vanity Fair - https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2002/5/machine-of-dreams\

BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-14167868

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/tech/segway-history/index.html

Fast Company - https://www.fastcompany.com/90517971/exclusive-segway-the-most-hyped-invention-since-the-macintosh-to-end-production

AV Club - https://www.avclub.com/dan-kois-wonders-if-hes-more-responsible-for-killing-th-1847410703

Sources For Ep 566 - Phyllis Schlafly

  • Donald T. Critchlow: Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade, Princeton University Press, 2005

  • Eric C. Miller: Phyllis Schlafly’s “Positive” Freedom: Liberty, Liberation, and the Equal Rights Amendment, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Summer 2015)

  • United Press International, Archives 1981: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/04/21/Schlafly-Sexual-harassment-no-problem-for-virtuous-women/9257356677200/

  • Felsenthal, Carol. The Sweetheart of the Silent Majority: The biography of Phyllis Schlafly. Doubleday (1981)

  • Allaway, Lynne LaPlante. “How Phyllis Schlafly Turned Me Into a Radical Feminist Lesbian Over

  • Dinner.” Ginger Rogers Did Everything Fred Astaire Did … Backwards and in High Heels. (September 10, 2016) -http://www.andinhighheels.com/2016/09/10/how-phyllis-schlafly-turned-me-into-a-radical-feminist-lesbian-over-dinner/

  • Warner, Judith. “She Changed America.” [book review] The New York Times. (January 29, 2006) https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/books/review/she-changed-america.html

  • Pauly, Madison. “Virginia Becomes the 38th and Final State Needed to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment: But the ERA still has a long way to go.” Mother Jones (January 15, 2020)  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/virginia-becomes-the-38th-and-final-state-needed-to-pass-the-equal-rights-amendment/

  • Marchman, Tim. “Phyllis Schlafly Finally Croaks.” Deadspin. (September 5, 2016) https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/1786222549

  • “Phyllis Schlafly Bio - founder of Eagle Forum” Eagle Forum.com https://eagleforum.org/about/bio.html

  • O’Reilly, Jane. “The Night Phyllis Schlafly Went Over the Rainbow.” The Baffler (September 9, 2016)https://thebaffler.com/latest/night-phyllis-schlafly-went-rainbow

  • Boissoneault, Lorraine. “The 1977 Conference on Women’s Rights That Split America in Two: Feminism and the conservative movement clashed over issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights.”

  • Smithsonian Magazine (February 15, 2017) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1977-conference-womens-rights-split-america-two-180962174/

  • Wray, Dianna. “The 1977 National Women’s Conference in Houston Was Supposed to Change the World. What Went Wrong?” Houstonia Magazine (February 2018) https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2018/01/1977-national-womens-conference-houston

  • Frank, Gillian. “Phyllis Schlafly’s Legacy of Anti-Gay Activism” Slate (September 6, 2016) - https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/09/phyllis-schlaflys-legacy-of-anti-gay-activism.html

  • Signorile, Michelangelo. “Founding Mother Of The Conservative Movement: LGBT Rights Not Inevitable.” Huffpost (March 2, 2015; updated December 6, 2017) - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phyllis-schlafly-gay-agenda_n_6778696

  • Chapman, Michael W. “FLASHBACK Schlafly: Gay Marriage Goal Is ‘To Wipe Out the Christian Religion’” CNS News (May 15, 2015) https://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/schlafly-gay-marriage-goal-wipe-out-christian-religion

  • Gallagher, John. “This state just reminded us how connected LGBTQ rights & feminism are: While Illinois just passed the Equal Rights Amendment, the battle to defeat it relied heavily on making women's rights and LGBTQ rights twin evils.” LGBTQ Nation. (May 31, 2018) - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/05/state-just-reminded-us-connected-lgbtq-rights-feminism/

  • O’Connor, Anne-Marie, Los Angeles Times. “Outed Son at Side, Schlafly Leads Fight Against Gay Rights” The Orlando Sentinel. (September 8, 2004) https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2004-09-08-0409070294-story.html

  • Newsweek Staff. “Schlafly’s Son: Out of the GOP Closet.” Newsweek (September 27, 1992)

  • Schlafly, Tom, Chairman of The Saint Louis Brewery. [blog post] (January 1, 2019) - https://www.schlafly.com/blog-post/january-2019/

  • Brown, Lisa. “Phyllis Schlafly loses trademark dispute with nephew's craft brewery.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (August 9, 2016) - https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/phyllis-schlafly-loses-trademark-dispute-with-nephew-s-craft-brewery/article_467c3b6f-0572-5b31-ad4b-b63abf6857cf.html

  • Schlafly, John and Andy. “‘Soulless’ Gamer Shot Up El Paso.” Phyllis Schlafly Eagles. (August 6, 2019) - https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/featured-top/soulless-gamer-shot-up-el-paso/

  • Elliott, Justin. “The hypocrisy of Phyllis Schlafly: She spent her career fighting the concept of childcare. Now we find out she had "domestic help" herself” Salon (April 1, 2011) - https://www.salon.com/2011/04/01/phyllis_schlafly_child_care/

  • Russell, Jake. “This 91-year-old Trump supporter wants to rid baseball of foreigners.” The Washington Post. (March 12, 2016) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/03/11/this-91-year-old-trump-supporter-wants-to-rid-baseball-of-foreigners/

  • Scherzagier, Alan. “GOP stalwart Schlafly faces strife following Trump support.” St. Joseph News-Press. (April 14, 2016) p B4

  • Hahn, Julia. “Exclusive–Phyllis Schlafly Makes the Case for President Trump: ‘Only Hope to Defeat the Kingmakers’” Breitbart. (January 10, 2016) https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/01/10/phyllis-schlafly-makes-the-case-for-president-trump/

  • Schlafly, Phyllis. “What Cho Learned in the English Department.” Eagle Forum. (May 9, 2007) - https://eagleforum.org/column/2007/may07/07-05-09.html

  • Kumar, Kavita “Schlafly honored--and dishonored.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (May 17, 2008) p A20

  • Klemesrud, Judy. “Equal Rights Plan and Abortion Are Opposed by 15,000 at Rally.” The New YorkTimes. (November 20, 1977) p 32

  • Planas, Roque. “Phyllis Schlafly: Latinos Don’t Get Bill Of Rights, Have Too Many Kids.” Huffpost (June 28, 2013) - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phyllis-schlafly-latinos-_n_3516908

  • Grindley, Lucas. “Phyllis Schlafly, One of History’s Worst Homophobes, Dies at 92” Advocate - (September 5, 2016; updated March 12, 2019) https://www.advocate.com/people/2016/9/05/phyllis-schlafly-one-historys-worst-homophobes-dies-92

  • McDermott, Kevin. “Schlafly daughter alleges brothers sabotaged her inheritance in ongoing family fight” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (Mar 22, 2017) https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/schlafly-daughter-alleges-brothers-sabotaged-her-inheritance-in-ongoing-family/article_a2076ebd-0fa6-562a-860e-03a710fd4451.html

  • Schlafly, Phyllis. “Testimony to To the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee” Examination on Issues Affecting Women in Our Nation's Labor Force: Sex Discrimination in the Workplace United States Senate Ninety-seventh Congress. (April 21, 1981)

Sources For Ep 567 - The First President’s Slave: Ona Judge

  • Armstrong Dunbar, Erica.  Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave Ona Judge  (2017)

  • Wiencek, Henry. An Imperfect God: Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by (2003)

  • Thompson, Mary V. “The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret” George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon (2019)

  • Mount Vernon -  www.mountvernon.org

Sources For Ep 568 - Typhoid Mary

  • Charles River Editors. Typhoid Mary: The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Cook Who Caused a Typhoid Outbreak in New York Charles River Editors. May 15, 2020.  

  • Bourdain, Anthony. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical. Bloomsbury USA. May 4, 2001. 

Sources For Ep 569 - Mary Reed and Anne Bonney

  • Johnson, Captain Charles, ed. Hayward Arthur L., "A history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pirates from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence to the present year", George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. London. June 20, 2002.

  • Charles River Editors. Anne Bonny & Mary Read: The Golden Age of Piracy’s Most Famous Women . Charles River Editors. Feb 27, 2018.

Sources For Ep 570 - Senator Foraker vs Teddy Roosevelt

Books:

Newspapers:

  • The Highland Weekly News - Hillsboro, Ohio - April 20, 1882

  • The Cincinnati Post - Aug 17, 1882

  • Times Democrat - Feb 11, 1887

Sources For Ep 571 - The Plague in San Francisco

  • Randall, David K. “Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America From the Bubonic Plague” May 7 2019. WW Norton & Company.

  • Chase. Marilyn. “The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco.” March 9, 2004. Random House Trade Paperbacks.

  • Sullivan, Robert. “Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants.” April 3, 2004. Bloomsbury, USA.

Sources For Ep 572 and 573 - PG&E

Research by Todd Knaak

Books

  • A Sketch of the Life of Peter Donahue, of San Francisco, 1822-1885. San Francisco, California: Crocker & Company, 1888.

  • Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of California. San Francisco, California: A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1884.

  • Blunt, Katherine. California Burning.  Penguin Publishing Group. 2022

  • Cleveland, Cutler J. Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.

  • Coleman, Charles M. P.G. and E. of California: The Centennial Story of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1852-1952. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1952.

  • Hughes, Thomas Parke. Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1800-1930. Baltimore, Maryland: John Hopkins University Press, 1983.

  • Prendergast, Thomas F. Forgotten Pioneers: Irish Leaders in Early California. San Francisco, California: Trade Pressroom Publishing, 1942.

  • Sessions, David R, Eugene Casserly, Joseph G. Eastland, W H. White, and Howe B. Hubert. Biographical Sketch of James Donahue: And Related Material. San Francisco, California: n.p., 1886.

  • Shannon, William V. The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 1989.

  • Wiley, Peter Booth. National Trust Guide / San Francisco: America’s Guide for Architecture and History Travelers. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2000.

Articles, Newspapers & Journals

  • Allday, Erin and Roland Li. “PG&E faces new scrutiny. Role in wildfires: Many workers spotted Butte County blaze early.” San Francisco Chronicle, 1 January 2019. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle/20190101/281479277541402.

  • Alpert, Bill. “PG&E Creditors Offer to Pay $13.5 Billion Up Front to Wildfire Victims.” Barron’s, 23 December 2019. https://www.barrons.com/articles/pge-creditors-offer-to-pay-wildfire-victims-51577117038.

  • Anthony, Laura. “Walnut Creek says no to PG&E tree removal program.” ABC7 News, n.d. https://abc7news.com/news/walnut-creek-says-no-to-pg-e-tree-removal-program/21545/.

  • Associated Press. “PGE Emerges from Bankruptcy - Consumers Face Billions in Higher Charges.” April 13, 2004 https://www.newson6.com/story/5e367e3a2f69d76f620919ca/pge-emerges-from-bankruptcy-consumers-face-billions-in-higher-charges

  • Associated Press. “California's embattled utility leaves criminal probation, but more charges loom.” Jan 24, 2022. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/24/1075267222/californias-embattled-utility-leaves-criminal-probation-but-more-charges-loom#:~:text=While%20on%20probation%2C%20PG%26E%20pleaded,kilometers)%20northeast%20of%20San%20Francisco.

  • Baker, David R. “PG&E says 1920s power line sparked S.F. fire.” SFGATE, 16 July 2009. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-says-1920s-power-line-sparked-S-F-fire-3225001.php.

  • Baker, David R. “PG&E SmartMeters’ problems, and how to fix them.” SFGATE, 31 May 2010. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PG-E-SmartMeters-problems-and-how-to-fix-them-3186631.php.

  • Banks, Sedina. “The ‘Erin Brockovich Effect:’ How Media Shapes Toxics Policy.” UC Davis Environs, Environmental Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 26:2, 1 April 2003. https://environs.law.ucdavis.edu/volumes/26/2/banks.pdf.

  • Bizjak, Tony. “Update: Second death confirmed in Butte fire burning in foothills.” The Sacramento Bee, 16 September 2015. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article35466996.html.

  • Blade, Gavin. “California PUC chair says state won’t let PG&E go bankrupt.” Utility Dive. Nov 16, 2018.

  • Blunt, Katherine. Russell, Gold. “PG&E Delayed Safety Work on Power Line That Is Prime Suspect in California Wildfire.” Wall Street Journal. Feb 17, 2019.

  • Blunt, Katherine. Russell, Gold. “PG&E Knew for Years Its Lines Could Spark Wildfires, and Didn’t Fix Them.” Wall Street Journal. July 10, 2019.

  • Bowe, Rebecca and Lisa Pickoff-White. “Utilities Were Urged to Step Up Fire Prevention LongBefore Deadly Blaze.” KQED NEWS, 17 September 2015. https://www.kqed.org/news/10687032/utilities-urged-to-step-up-fire-prevention-long-before-deadly-blaze.

  • Bowe, Rebecca and Lisa Pickoff-White. “10 Emails That Detail PG&E’s Cozy Relationship With Regulators.” KQED NEWS, 19 June 2015. https://www.kqed.org/news/10564656/10-emails-detail-pges-cozy-relationship-with-its-regulators.

  • Brekke, Dan. “Report: PG&E Knew High-Voltage Lines Posed Fire Danger, But Put Off Repairs.” KQED. Jul 10, 2019. https://www.kqed.org/news/11760156/report-pge-knew-about-extensive-power-line-problems-but-delayed-repairs-for-years

  • Bustillo, Miguel. “PG&E; Assailed in Hearing Over Chromium 6.” Los Angeles Times, 1 March 2003. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-01-me-chrom1-story.html.

  • Cassidy, Jarod. “PG&E Guilty Of 6 Felony Charges in San Bruno Pipeline Explosion.”

  • Thomas J Henry Law, n.d. 2016. https://thomasjhenrylaw.com/blog/premises-liability/pge-guilty-6-felony-charges-san-bruno-pipeline-explosion/.

  • “Chrome-Plated Fraud: How PG&E’s Scientists-For-Hire Reversed Findings of Cancer Study.” Environmental Working Group, 23 December 2005. http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/chrome-plated_fraud.051223.htm.

  • Doyle, Jim. “PG&E Guilty In 1994 Sierra Blaze / 739 counts of negligence for not trimming trees.” SFGATE, 20 June 1997. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PG-E-Guilty-In-1994-Sierra-Blaze-739-counts-of-2821364.php.

  • Eavis, Peter. Ivan Penn. “How PG&E Ignored Fire Risks in Favor of Profits.” New York Times. March 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/18/business/pge-california-wildfires.html?action=click&module=inline&pgtype=Homepage

  • Esquivel, Paloma. “15 years after ‘Erin Brockovich,’ town still fearful of polluted water.” Los Angeles Times, 12 April 2015. https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-hinkley-20150413-story.html.

  • Fiore, Mark. “Transmission Towers From a Century Ago Posed a Danger, and PG&E Knew It.” KQED. Jul 10, 2019. https://www.kqed.org/news/11760318/transmission-towers-from-a-century-ago-posed-a-danger-and-pge-knew-it

  • Fuller, Thomas. Penn, Ivan. “The Political Playbook of a Bankrupt California Utility.” New York Times. Feb 23, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/pge-california-politics.html

  • Gardner, Matthew. “The More Things Change: PG&E Records a Tenth Straight Year of No Federal Income Taxes. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 9 February 2018. https://itep.org/the-more-things-change-pge-records-a-tenth-straight-year-of-no-federal-income-taxes/.

  • Gold, Russell. “PG&E: The First Climate-Change Bankruptcy, Probably Not the Last. The fast fall of PG&E after California’s wildfires is a jolt for companies considering the uncertain risks of a warming planet.” The Wall Street Journal, 18 January 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pg-e-wildfires-and-the-first-climate-change-bankruptcy-11547820006.

  • Gonzales, Richard. “PG&E Announces $13.5 Billion Settlement of Claims Linked to California Wildfires.” NPR, 7 December 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/12/07/785775074/pg-e-announces-13-5-billion-settlement-of-claims-linked-to-california-wildfires.

  • Irfan, Umair. “PG&E’s power shutoff in California shows the inequities of climate risks: More than 800,000 customers could lose power as California’s largest utility tries to avoid igniting another wildfire.” Vox, 10 October 2019. https://www.vox.com/2019/10/9/20906551/pge-power-shutdown-blackout-fire-bankruptcy.

  • Jarosz, Brooks. “PG&E power shutoffs will continue for five years, customers’ bills could increase.” FOX KTVU, 20 December 2019. https://www.ktvu.com/news/pge-power-shutoffs-will-continue-for-five-years-customers-bills-could-increase.

  • “JOEM Retracts Fraudulent Chromium Article: EWG Investigation Exposes Fakery of Firm Headed by Bush Appointee.” Environmental Working Group, 2 June 2006. https://www.ewg.org/news/news-releases/2006/06/02/joem-retracts-fradulent-chromium-article.

  • Johnson, Steve. “PG&E’s underground electrical gear blamed for fires, explosions, power outages.” The Mercury News, 8 May 2011. https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/05/08/pges-underground-electrical-gear-blamed-for-fires-explosions-power-outages-2/

  • Jonas, Karen. “A decade after ‘Erin Brockovich,’ contamination spreads in Hinkley.” Daily Press, 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055618/http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/hinkley-22901-erin-spreads.html.

  • Kawamoto, Jon. “Court upholds ruling against PG&E in East Bay tree-removal plan: Decision reaffirms Save Lafayette Trees’ call for environmental study; project in limbo because of bankruptcy filing.” East Bay Times, 11 February 2019. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/02/11/court-upholds-ruling-against-pge-in-tree-removal-plan/.

  • Larsen, Kate. “PG&E receives maximum sentence for 2010 San Bruno explosion.” ABC7 News, 26 January 2017. https://abc7news.com/news/pg-e-receives-maximum-sentence-for-2010-san-bruno-explosion/1722674/.

  • “Lawsuit Filed to Stop PG&E Plan To Cut Trees in Lafayette.” CBS SF BayArea, 27 July 2017. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/3705475-lawsuit-filed-to-stop-pge-plan-to-cut-trees-in-lafayette/.

  • Lifsher, Marc and Dianne Klein. “PG&E’s customers vote down Prop. 16.” Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2010. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-10-la-me-california-prop16-2010061 0-story.html.

  • Lazarus, David. Susan Sward. “How PG&E Missteps Preceded Crisis / Too many plants sold, demand miscalculated.” Jan 22, 2001.

  • Michaels, David. “A Chrome Plated Controversy” Dec 7, 2006. http://www.thepumphandle.org/2006/12/07/a-chrome-plated-controversy/#.ZBjGWezML0p

  • Mui, Chunka. “PG&E Is Just The First Of Many Climate Change Bankruptcies.” Forbes, 24 January 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2019/01/24/pge-is-just-the-first-of-many-climate-change-bankruptcies/#5fb896657e5f.

  • Norris, Courtney. “What is chromium-6 and how did it infiltrate America’s drinking water?” PBS NewsHour, 21 September 2016. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/chromium-6-wash-many-drinking-supplies.

  • O’Brien, Miles. “Protecting Americans From Danger in the Drinking Water.” PBS NewsHour, 13 March 2013. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/protecting-americans-from-danger-in-the-drinking- water.

  • “PG&E SF Misson Substation Problem".” March 29, 2005 https://archive.org/stream/216596-pg-amp-e-sf-mission-substation-problem/216596-pg-amp-e-sf-mission-substation-problem_djvu.txt

  • Pacific Service Magazine Vol. 1-6 (June 1909-May 1915). San Francisco, California: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1930. Digitized by the San Francisco Public Library, accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/pacificservicema1730paci/page/n5?q=pacific+gas+and+electric.

  • Pacific Service Magazine Vol. 17 (July 1927-April 1930). San Francisco, California: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1933. Digitized by the San Francisco Public Library, accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/pacificservicema1730paci/page/n5?q=pacific+gas+and+electric.

  • Portero, Ashley. “30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More To Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes, 2008-2010.” International Business Times, 9 December 2011. https://www.ibtimes.com/30-major-us-corporations-paid-more-lobby-congress-income-taxes-2008-2010-380982.

  • Rego, Nilda. “Days Gone By: Captain of industry Donahue’s railroad and shipping lines left their mark on Northern California.” The Mercury News, 2 December 2010. https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/12/02/days-gone-by-captain-of-industry-donahues-railroad-and-shipping-lines-left-their-mark-on-northern-california-2/.

  • Rego, Nilda. “Days Gone By: San Francisco’s streets get their gaslights from an industrial pioneer.” The Mercury News, 18 November 2010.https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/18/days-gone-by-san-franciscos-streets-get-their-gaslights-from-an-industrial-pioneer/.

  • Rittiman, Brandon. “ABC10 Investigation: PG&E knew old power line parts had ‘severe wear’ months before deadly Camp Fire.” ABC10.com. Feb 16, 2021. https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/run-to-failure-what-pge-knew-and-when/103-e4654585-1036-47bb-9078-137893ac242d

  • “Seventieth Anniversary of the Introduction of Gas Into San Francisco.” American Gas Journal, Volume 117, 30 September 1922, published by the American Gas Light Journal Incorporated 1923, page 312.

  • Shannon, Chelsea. “The history of PG&E's problems: Pacific Gas and Electric's past is just as important as it's future. Explore what the company has done, how it has grown and who is currently in control.” ABC10, 11 March 2019 https://www.abc10.com/article/news/investigations/the-history-of-pges-problems/103-b7badd6e-8eea-4ae3-a935-8628ba98b87e.

  • Siegler, Kirk. “More Than 1,000 Families Still Searching For Homes 6 Months After The Camp Fire.” NPR, 8 May 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/08/721057281/more-than-1-000-families-still-searching-for-homes-6-months-after-the-camp-fire.

  • “Unapproved Pipe Blamed For Deadly Home Blast.” NBC Bay Area, 17 December 2019. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/unapproved-pipe-blamed-for-deadly-home-blast/1863706/.

  • Van Derbeken, Jaxon. “PG&E Bankruptcy Judge Shoots Down $16 Million Bonus Plan.” NBC Bay Area, 30 August 2019. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/pge-bankruptcy-judge-shoots-down-16-million-bonus-plan/147657/.

  • Van Derbeken, Jaxon. “State inspector warned PG&E of safety risks in ‘09: State PUC gassafety inspector warned PG&E that failures to follow law endangered public.” SFGATE, 16 December 2010.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/State-inspector-warned-PG-E-of-safety-risks-in-09-2453426.php.

  • Waldman, Peter. “Publication to Retract An Influential Water Study.” The Wall Street Journal. 2 June 2006. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114921401312569489.

  • Walsh, Diana and Suzanne Herel. “SAN FRANCISCO / Woman burned in blast sues PG&E /Firm says it will pay for her medical care, recovery.” SFGATE, 27 September 2005. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Woman-burned-in-blast-sues-PG-E-2567182.php.

  • Walton, Robert. “California AG: PG&E could be prosecuted for murder.” Utility Dive, 2 January 2019. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-ag-pge-could-be-prosecuted-for-murder/545087/.

  • “Would you buy an asbestos study from this man?” Environmental Working Group, 16 May 2017. https://www.ewg.org/enviroblog/2007/05/would-you-buy-asbestos-study-man.

  • Young, Valerie. “Rising Through The Ranks: Interview with PG&E CEO Tony Earley.” The Street, 30 March 2016. https://www.thestreet.com/investing/rising-through-the-ranks-interview-with-pg-amp-e-ceo-tony-earley-13511049.

  • Zhang, Jian Dong and Shu Kun Li. “Summary: retraction of 1987 article regarding chromium 6 as causing stomach cancer.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, April 1997.

  • “6 Class Action Lawsuits that Changed U.S. History.” IVEY Engineering Inc., 20 November 2012. https://www.iveyengineering.com/class-action-lawsuits-2/.

  • Government & Corporate Archives California Water Boards. “Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions about Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water.” California Water Boards, 1 July 2014 https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/documents/chromium6/chromium_fact_sheet_2015_final.pdf

  • Larson, David J. “Historical Water-Use Priorities and Public Policies.” Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, Vol. II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, pages 163-185, 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111042740/http://ceres.ca.gov/snep/pubs/web/PDF/VII_C08.PDF

  • Mohler, Michael. “CAL FIRE Investigators Determine Causes of 12 Wildfires in Mendocino, Humboldt, Butte, Sonoma, Lake, and Napa Counties.” California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 8 June 2018. https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/5100/2017_wildfiresiege_cause.pdf.

  • National Toxicology Program. “NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Sodium Dichromate Dihydrate (CAS NO. 7789-12-0) In F344/N Rats and B6C3FI Mice (Drinking Water Studies).”

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 2008. https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/lt_rpts/tr546.pdf.

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency. “Chromium in Drinking Water.” EPA, n.d. https://archive.epa.gov/water/archive/web/html/index-5.html.

Websites

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte_Fire

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Company#San_Francisco_Gas_and_Electric

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Donahue_(businessman)

  • https://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips/Peter-Donahue.html

  • https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18520212.2.2.4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Donahue-495

  • http://www.pgecorp.com/150_non_flash/index.html

  • http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/gas.html

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettleman_North_Dome_Oil_Field#cite_note-Conservation_p._67

Sources For Ep 574 and 575 - Rickey Henderson

Books

  • Bryant, Howard. “Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original.” HarperCollins. Jun 2, 2022

Articles

  • Wancho, Joseph. “Rickey Henderson.” Society For American Baseball Research. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rickey-henderson/

  • Thompson, Jacob. “Oh, That Rickey.” https://bleacherreport.com/articles/174076-oh-that-rickey-henderson

  • Heyman, Jon. “Henderson Antics Tarnish His Brilliant Career.” https://indexarticles.com/sports/sporting-news-the/hendersons-antics-tarnish-his-brilliant-career/

Videos

  • ESPN Sportscenter. “Did Rickey Henderson frame a $1M check and forget to cash it?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp4ouHNLnoU&ab_channel=ESPNSportsCentertv

  • MLB. “Henderson styles on home run trot” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivV8uc0-tkk&ab_channel=MLB

Sources For Ep 581 - Jerry Springer

Websites:

Newspapers:

  • The Cincinnati Post - 29 Feb 1972, Tue · Page 23

  • The Cincinnati Enquirer - 02 Sep 1975, Tue · Page 1

Sources For Ep 582 - The Minnesota Right Wing Coup

Books:

  • The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety and the Peace Movement in Minnesota, 1917, by Allen H. Gibas.
    Honors paper (Macalester College), 1967.

Journals:

  • "Conflict in the Classroom: Anti-Germanism in Minnesota Schools, 1917-19," by La Vern J. Rippley.
    In Minnesota History, vol. 47, no. 5

  • "Loyalty As a Political Weapon: The 1918 Campaign in Minnesota," by Carol Jenson.
    In Minnesota History, vol. 43, no. 2

  • "A Minnesota Pacifist During World War I: The Ordeal of S.A. Stockwell," by William P. Everts.
    In Hennepin History, vol.55, no. 4

  • "Professor William S.[A.] Schaper: War Hysteria and the Price of Academic Freedom," by William E. Matsen.
    In Minnesota History, vol. 51, no. 4

  • "Defenders of Business: The Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association Versus Labor During WWI." Minnesota History 50,
    http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/50/v50i01p002-017.pdf

  • Jenson, Carol E. "Loyalty as a Political Weapon: The 1918 Campaign in Minnesota." Minnesota History 43,
    http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/43/v43i02p042-057.pdf

Sources For Ep 583 & 584 - Chris von der Ahe

  • Hetrick, Thomas J - “Chris Von der Ahe and the St Louis Browns “. 1999. Pocol - Press Clifton, VA

Sources For Ep 585 - Peter Popoff

Research by Anne Momany

Main

  • Randi, James. The Faith Healers. Prometheus Books. April 1, 1987.

  • Sanchez, Crystal. The Real Truth Behind People United for Christ. Smashwords. February 12, 2013

  • Popoff, Peter. Behind Curtains of Darkness: A New Fire is Blazing. Faith Messenger Publications. 1980.

Other

  • AP. “Evangelist sends God’s word via helium balloons.” The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA) 12 Nov 1982. Page 13

  • Avila, Jim, Glenn Ruppel, and Donna Hunter. “Selling Salvation?” 20/20. 2007.

  • Belanger, Jeff. “Introducing Profit Rev. Peter Popoff.” & “Profit Peter Popoff’s Fleecing of the Foolish.” Blog Posts. 2007. https://jeffbelanger.com/introducing-profit-rev-peter-popoff/ 

  • Blair, Leonardo. “Controversial Televangelist Peter Popoff Hawks 'Miracle Water'” Christian Post. April 04, 2013.

  • Cooper, Steve.  “The hands-on evangelist” San Bernardino Sun 9 Sep 1986 

  • Dart, John, “Skeptics Tune in on Source of Faith Healer’s ‘Divine’ Messages” The Los Angeles Times. 12 May 1986.

  • Dart, John, “Evangelist Popoff Off Air, Files Bankruptcy Petitions.” The Los Angeles Times. 26 Sep 1987. 

  • Emma. “Peter Popoff – My Persistent Pen Pal” Blog Posts on The Mersey Side Skeptics Society. Feb 2015. http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2015/02/peter-popoff-my-persistent-pen-pal/

  • LaPointe, Kirk. “Hymns, Hosannas and “Profit’ Popoff: Praise the Lord, Fill the Plate and Smuggle Bibles into Russia. The Winnipeg Sun. 31 Aug 1986. Page 54

  • Maag, Christopher. “Scam Everlasting: After 25 Years, Debunked Faith Healer Still Preaching Debt Relief Scam” Business Insider. Sep 22, 2011. 

  • Oppenheimer, Mark. “Peter Popoff, the Born-Again Scoundrel” GQ. February 27, 2017 https://www.gq.com/story/peter-popoff-born-again-scoundrel.

  • Perkes, Kim Sue Lia. “After ‘Tonight’ exposure, healer has difficulty filling chairs.” Arizona Republic. 20 Feb 1988. Page 41

  • Peter Popoff Ministry Website https://peterpopoff.org/ministry-history/

  • Poppy, Carrie. “The Woman Who Took on Popoff: The Hidden Story of Crystal Sanchez, the Peter Popoff Whistleblower” Skeptical Inquirer. April 18, 2016. 

  • Randi, James, “Peter Popoff Reaches Heaven Via 39.17 Megahertz” Free Inquiry. Summer 1986.

  • Rusnell, Charles. “Making a comeback: Evangelist preaching again after fall from grace.” The Ottawa Citizen. 29 Jun 1992. Page 39

  • Schafersman, Steven “Peter Popoff: Miracle Worker or Scam Artist?’” Free Inquiry. Summer 1986.

  • St. Germain, Pat. “Miracle man dubbed fraud: Skeptics warn faithful of calls for donations.” The Winnipeg Sun. 02 Apr 1992. P. 10   

  • Steiner, Robert. “Behind the Scenes with Peter Popoff.’” Free Inquiry. Summer 1986.

  • The Peter Popoff Evangelistic Association. “Breakthrough” Special Insert to Spokane Chronicle. 19 Jul 1979.

  • TINA. “Peter Popoff’s ‘Miracle Spring Water’” Truth in Advertising. March 14, 2019

  • Weinstein, Justin, Greg O'Toole, Tyler Measom, writers. An Honest Liar. Turn Left Films. 2014.

Sources For Ep 586 - President Franklin Pierce

Books:

  • Holt, Michael. “Franklin Pierce” Times Books. New York, NY. 2010. 

  • King, David. “Franklin Pierce” Marshall Cavendish. 2010. 

Newspapers:

Sources For Ep 587 - Jonathan Bourne Jr

Websites:

Journals:

  • Schlup, Leonard. "Republican Insurgent: Jonathan Bourne and the Politics of Progressivism, 1908-1912." Oregon Historical Quarterly 87.3 (1986)

  • Bourne Jr, Jonathan. "Popular v. Delegated Government-A Defense of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall." Central Law Journal 72 (1911)

  • Bourne Jr, Jonathan. "Functions of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 43.1 (1912)

Sources For Ep 588 - Soapy Smith

Researched by Samantha Dial-Lane

Sources:

  • All quotes from  - Blum, Howard. “The Floor of Heaven A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush" by Howard Blum 2012 - Crown Books. New York

  • Berto, Pierre. “The short violent reign of Soapy Smith” - October 11, 1958 

Websites:

Sources For Ep 589 - Isabel, Frank, and von Phul

Books:

  • Kreck, Dick. “Murder at the Brown Palace: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal”. Fulcrum Publishing. 2003. Chicago.

Newspapers:

  • St Louis Post Dispatch