Some Civil Words

• Ep 12: Vaccination Station, Part II | Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 & Precautions Taken on the Homefront

  Dr. Joseph Williams returns to discuss the health & hygiene (or lack thereof) behind the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and the search for a vaccine. We read a letter from Lutiant Lavoye, an Ojibwe field nurse who treated soldiers in the army barracks of Washington, D.C. that year. Some Civil Words is produced by Mischief Tales in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the traditional, ancestral and contemporary land of many indigenous people, including the Wahpeton Dakota tribe. Researched, written and hosted by Vincent S. Hannam. Original music by Terrance Jackson, "Happy Happy Gameshow" by Kevin MacLeod and "Someone New" by Nick Nani. Please subscribe, rate and review Some Civil Words wherever you get your podcasts. Please also follow @mischieftales on FB, Instagram and YouTube for original dramatic work in theatre and film. If you have any ideas on topics to discuss, or want to say hi, reach out on social media or email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support and until we meet again, take it easy. www.mischieftales.com

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• Ep 11: Vaccination Station Bonus | The Pop Quiz Continues with Dr. Joseph Williams

  The SCW Pop Quiz continues! Cut for time, we grill Dr. Williams just a little more on antiquated medical jargon from 18th century Colonial America. Then listen to the whole episode for more pop quizzes and historical discussion on the Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1722. Some Civil Words is produced by Mischief Tales in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the traditional, ancestral and contemporary land of many indigenous people, including the Wahpeton Dakota tribe. Researched, written and hosted by Vincent S. Hannam. Original music by Terrance Jackson and "Happy Happy Gameshow" from Kevin MacLeod. Please follow, rate and review Some Civil Words wherever you get your podcasts. Please also follow @mischieftales on FB, Instagram and YouTube for original dramatic work in theatre and film. If you have any ideas on topics to discuss, or want to say hi, reach out on social media or email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support and until we meet again, take it easy. www.mischieftales.com

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• Ep 10: Vaccination Station, Part I | A Pox On Ye! Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1722 (feat. Cotton Mather, Onesimus & Zabdiel Boylston)

  Time to shift gears! Dr. Joseph Williams joins the pod to discuss the history of vaccines in the United States. Part I explores the use of variolation in the colonies, focusing on the infamous Boston smallpox epidemic of 1722. Letters and newspaper articles will be read from Rev. Cotton Mather, his slave Onesimus and noted physician Zabdiel Boylston. Plus, Dr. Williams plays for his life on the Some Civil Words Quiz Show - ring a ding, baby! Some Civil Words is produced by Mischief Tales in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the traditional, ancestral and contemporary land of many indigenous people, including the Wahpeton Dakota tribe. Researched, written and hosted by Vincent S. Hannam. Original music by Terrance Jackson and "Happy Happy Gameshow" from Kevin MacLeod. Please subscribe, rate and review Some Civil Words wherever you get your podcasts. Please also follow @mischieftales on FB, Instagram and YouTube for original dramatic work in theatre and film. If you have any ideas on topics to discuss, or want to say hi, reach out on social media or email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support and until we meet again, take it easy. www.mischieftales.com

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• Ep 9: Civil War Poetry Bonus | Statues in the North & South

  Civil War statues are not just a Southern thang. We talk a little more about how today's memorials in the North and South reflect the shared - yet culturally unique - reverence of Civil War figures from each side. Some Civil Words is produced by Mischief Tales in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the traditional, ancestral and contemporary land of many indigenous people, including the Wahpeton Dakota tribe. Researched, written and hosted by Vincent S. Hannam. Original music by Terrance Jackson. Please subscribe, rate and review Some Civil Words wherever you get your podcasts. Please also follow @mischieftales on FB, Instagram and YouTube for original dramatic work in theatre and film. If you have any ideas on topics to discuss, or want to say hi, reach out on social media or email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support and until we meet again, take it easy. www.mischieftales.com

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• Ep 8: Civil War Poetry, Part III | "God Is on Our Side" feat. Oliver Wendell Holmes & Margaret Junkin Preston

  Craig Johnson is back and we discuss religion during the Civil War and how it was viewed and utilized by North and South. We'll be reading "To Canaan!" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and "Under the Shade of the Trees" by Margaret Junkin Preston; a poem regarding her deep personal affection for General Stonewall Jackson. Some Civil Words is produced by Mischief Tales in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the traditional, ancestral and contemporary land of many indigenous people, including the Wahpeton Dakota tribe. Researched, written and hosted by Vincent S. Hannam. Original music by Terrance Jackson. Please subscribe, rate and review Some Civil Words wherever you get your podcasts. Please also follow @mischieftales on FB, Instagram and YouTube for original dramatic work in theatre and film. If you have any ideas on topics to discuss, or want to say hi, reach out on social media or email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support and until we meet again, take it easy. www.mischieftales.com

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