The Year Was

March 24th...Harry Houdini

Took a bit to get this episode up but here it is.
Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 109. This time we examine the year 1874 as Erik Weisz, also known as Harry Houdini, was born.
This week we are joined by special guest Tim Kreitz, who is always a blast to talk to and I can always count on to make me sound like I know what I'm talking about.
Find Tim at:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDbVyT85kw&list=WL&index=310
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfWw1m1Qos&list=WL&index=311&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhJLs3-i9M&list=WL&index=312
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMVVHcRxiY&list=WL&index=313
https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2010/12/illicit-loves-of-harry-houdini.html
http://www.houdinifile.com/2015/10/monkey-glands-revisited.html
Harry Houdini's Voice
Houdini (1953)
 
Photo: 
http://coilhouse.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/houdinihimself.jpg
 

March 17th...The Death of St. Patrick

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 108. This time we examine the year 461 A.D. as St. Patrick dies and gives birth to St. Patrick's Day.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Patrick
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/did-st-patrick-get-rid-of-the-snakes-in-ireland/2021/03/12/324458e4-7c97-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-wilderness/
https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/how-did-saint-patrick-die
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saint-patrick-dies
https://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Death-St-Patrick.php
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Patricks-Day
https://www.celticdruidtemple.com/thetruestoryofstpatrick.html
https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-symbols-and-traditions
https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-st-patricks-day-parade
https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis
https://parade.com/1006852/kelseypelzer/st-patricks-day/
 
Photo: 
http://www.celtic-irish.co.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/saint-patrick-serpents.jpg
 

March 10th..."Watson...come here...I want you"

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 107. This time we examine the year 1876 as Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisha-Gray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray_and_Alexander_Bell_telephone_controversy
https://griffonagedotcom.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/the-first-published-accounts-of-the-reis-telephone-october-1861/
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Graham-Bell
https://www.biography.com/inventor/alexander-graham-bell
https://www.wired.com/2011/03/0310bell-invents-telephone-mr-watson-come-here/
https://www.onthisday.com/articles/mr-watson-come-here-i-want-you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBethune20092-161
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray
 
Photo: 
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/og-alexander-graham-bell-650.jpg

March 3rd...The Final Opera of Georges Bizet

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 106. This time we examine the year 1875 as Georges Bizet premiers his final opera, Carmen.
Please excuse my  Bane voice in the Interview portion.
On this episode we are joined by composer Stephen Montalvo.
 
Find Stephen at:
https://stephenmontalvo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/smontalvomusic/
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carmen-opera-by-Bizet
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bizet/guides/story-georges-bizets-carmen/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bizet
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/georges-bizet-397.php
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bizet/guides/facts-gallery/carmen-premiere/
https://www.operatoursitaly.com/operas/carmen
 
Photo: 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carmen-opera-by-Bizet

February 24th...The First Parade With Floats

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 105. This time we examine the year 1868 as the first united states parade to have floats is held during mardi gras in Mobile, Alabama. Apologies on the sound issues, we are working to get them figured out.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ash-Wednesday-Christian-holy-day
https://www.history.com/news/first-mardi-gras-mobile-alabama-new-orleans
https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-mardi-gras
http://www.famousdaily.com/history/the-first-parade-to-have.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras_in_Mobile,_Alabama
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/learning/mardi-gras.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1hPOIEtfAc
https://www.stumpsparty.com/how-to-build-a-float
https://www.loc.gov/item/2010646338/
 
Photo: 
https://www.mobile.org/articles/post/first-mardi-gras-not-in-new-orleans/

February 17th...The Phantom: The First Superhero

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 104. This time we examine the year 1936 as Lee Falk introduced the world to the first superhero,The Phantom aka “The Ghost Who Walks”.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhero_debuts
https://www.superworldcomics.com/blog/the-first-superhero/
http://www.phantomwiki.org/Lee_Falk
https://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-first-superhero
https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/Julie_Walker
https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/The_Phanto
https://thephantom.fan/collectibles/phantom-rings/
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/products/books/superlatives/superhero-timeline
http://deepwoods.org/lee_falk.html
https://www.the-first-ever.com/first-superhero-ever/
 
Photo: 
https://phantomcomicsurvey.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/phantom-art-frame1.jpg

February 10th...The First Gold Record

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 103. This time we examine the year 1942 as Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold record for the song “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlLA
https://www.npr.org/2017/02/10/514522626/how-chattanooga-choo-choo-became-the-worlds-first-gold-record
https://www.riaa.com/about-riaa/
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo
https://www.glennmiller.com/biography/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034241/
https://vocal.media/serve/celebrities-that-served-in-wwii
https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/12/01/origins-gold-record
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/21/glenn-miller/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8ceJY0pks
 
Photo: 
http://media.al.com/living/photo/glenn-miller-gold-recordjpg-ad769e42c9a36030.jpg

February 3rd...The Death of Buddy Holly

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 102. This time we examine the year 1959 as we examine “The Day the Music Died”.
Special Guest Tim Kreitz joins to talk about planes, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson, Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and conspiracy theories.
Find Tim at: https://www.youtube.com/user/LittleNuclearBastard
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWE63o3qTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r4_8pjJPxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M6u7-9yNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgC4Aiu5Gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crN8llSM-FQ&t=23s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cHUkUsoKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3WsFCuEHg
 

January 27th...The Apollo 1 Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 101. This time we examine the year 1967 as astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward White lose their lives in the Apollo 1 fire.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Sources:
https://earthhow.com/earth-atmosphere-composition/
https://www.aip.org/news/2019/trial-fire-legacy-apollo-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
https://www.space.com/14379-apollo1-fire-space-capsule-safety-improvements.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2692032/apollo-1-crews-last-moments-revealed-by-nasa-flight-director-kris-kraft-who-listened-in-from-mission-control/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/the-hell-of-apollo-1-pure-oxygen-a-single-spark-and-death-in-17-seconds/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/50-years-ago-three-astronauts-died-in-the-apollo-1-fire/
https://www.space.com/14367-obama-nasa-remembrance-day-space-tragedies.html
https://www.space.com/35477-apollo1-new-nasa-hatches-exhibit.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/9adbba/apollo-fire-feature
https://spacepolicyonline.com/events/nasa-day-of-remembrance-2021-jan-28-2021-1100-am-et/
 
Photo: 
https://www.space.com/17338-apollo-1.html

January 20th...Breaking Bad

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 100. This time we examine the year 2008 as we remember the Vann Cave and Breaking Bad Premier.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
  
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/van-gogh-chops-off-ear
 
Sources:
https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Breaking_Bad
https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Vince_Gilligan
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91302/25-fascinating-facts-about-breaking-bad
https://screenrant.com/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-struggle-show-made-why/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/11/769312766/breaking-bad-creator-vince-gilligan-reflects-on-meth-and-morals
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439100/
 
Photo: 
http://nyc.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/breaking-bad-season-2.jpg