Shows
Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos PodcastMinicast C8: Brazil Begs and Barters into the 1932 OlympicsAt the peak of the Great Depression, one nation sent its athletes to the 1932 Olympics on a coffee freighter with instructions to barter and beg their way to Los Angeles. Even though coffee was a worthless commodity in 1932. Fuel? Canal tolls? Immigration fees? Money for food and lodging? No, they didn't have any of that. What they did have was coffee - AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT. This is their story. Bonus: a Hungarian water polo referee is senselessly beaten. I value your support on Patreon.
2020-11-1010 min
Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos PodcastMinicast B9: The Mass TrespassWalking around the countryside ("rambling") is very important to the British, and they don't take kindly to the idea that unoccupied land is off-limits to walkers. The so-called Right to Roam, even on privately owned land, is the direct result of ... direct action. In 1932 a group of walking enthusiasts / Communists in Manchester engaged in mass civil disobedience by walking across the Duke of Devonshire's land at a spot called Kinder Scout. They won. 20 years later, that spot became the first UK national park (Peak District). An inspiring story of collective action and the public good.
2019-09-1109 min