THE BRITISH PET MASSACRE: WHO IS TO BLAME?

Who’s to blame for the British Pet Massacre?</p>This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) welcomes Alex Steed, co-host of the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-are-good/id1527948382" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Are Good</a> Podcast, to discuss the tragic yet seemingly avoidable British Pet Massacre. Did PTSD wartime efforts lead to sort of blind patriotism? Did a scarcity mindset overwhelm collective reason and lead to large scale misplaced anxiety? Or perhaps a NARPAC Pamphlet with reckless advertising had something to do with it? Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early join the conversation.</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:55:05

The Aftermath: The Rise and Fall of the Oneida Community

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Professor Michael Doyle about the rise and fall of the Oneida Community. Author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Community-Crusade-Morality/dp/0815635761" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Minister’s War: John W. Mears, the Oneida Community and the Crusade for Public Morality</em></a><em>, </em>Mike shares some pertinent new information about one of the key figures in the Oneida community's downfall. Afterward, Patreon subscribers can listen to the post-interview breakdown with Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early to see if the verdict holds up. Not on Patreon?! Join us below!</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:28:21

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY: WHO IS TO BLAME?

Who’s to blame for the Rise & Fall of the Onedia Community?</p>This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) welcomes back writer Jane Borden, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/cults-like-us-how-doomsday-drives-america-jane-borden/21534094?ean=9781668007808&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=coop_s&s&utm_content=s&s_dsa&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=bookshop_dsa_sands&utm_term=&utm_content=176349376953&utm_page=%7Blpurlpath%7D&gclid=CjwKCAjw6s7CBhACEiwAuHQcknMT_i9RPqKTZ0rByEcH1R4yALK76XujLK5bUuBHRRmrkiYxMn_XNxoCfJAQAvD_BwE&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22224636854&gbraid=0AAAAACfld417zX1Ggkgg0AKjBtzYfvmGy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America</em></a>, to discuss the rise and fall of the Oneida Community. It’s highly likely you’ve eaten a meal with a set of Oneida silverware. But, are you familiar with their cult origins and problematic sex practices like “Sticky Love” or “Complex Marriage?” Were cults like these, which were very popular at this particular moment in history, a result of the industrial revolution and its billionaire class or an echo of our puritanical origins as a country? Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early join the conversation.</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

01:02:57

REWIND - The Aftermath: The Boston Massacre

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Professor Serena Zabin about the series of chaotic events leading up to what is now called The Boston Massacre. Professor Zabin reiterates that the narratives spun on either side after the event may have been worlds apart, but the lives of the colonists and the troops were perhaps more closely intertwined than we thought. Afterwards, Patreon subscribers can hear the post-interview breakdown with Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith. Will the verdict stand?!</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p>ollow us on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/alarmistthe?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @alarmistThe</a>  </p>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:33:44

REWIND - THE BOSTON MASSACRE: WHO IS TO BLAME?

Who’s to blame for The Boston Massacre?</p>On this week's REWIND, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) welcomes back actor Bayne Gibby to discuss who’s ultimately to blame for the lives lost in The Boston Massacre. They’re joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. Ever wonder where the phrase reading someone the “riot act” came from? Remember the importance that wigs once played in British society? And could a simple receipt have avoided the conflict entirely? Take a trip back to the early American colonies and meet the newest member of The Alarmist Jail.</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p>ollow us on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/alarmistthe?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @alarmistThe</a>  </p>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:58:16

The Aftermath: The 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca revisits the 1980 New Mexico Prison Uprising with Dr. Robert Chase of Stony Brook University. Robert is a Professor of History and the author of <a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469669311/we-are-not-slaves/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>We Are Not Slaves: State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners Rights in Postwar America</em></a><em> </em>and<em> </em><a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469651248/caging-borders-and-carceral-states/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Caging Borders and Carceral States: Incarcerations, Migration Detention, and Resistance</em></a><em>. </em>His insight on the context and culture in which this uprising unfolds is invaluable and haunting. Afterward, Patreon subscribers can revisit the board with Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. </p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:39:56

THE 1980 NEW MEXICO PRISON RIOTS: WHO IS TO BLAME?

Who’s to blame for the 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot?</p>This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) welcomes Kate Downey, host of the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cramped/id1778101696" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CRAMPED</a> podcast, to discuss the 1980 Prison Riot in New Mexico. They’re joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. Did a Snitching System, designed for inmates to rat out fellow inmates for contraband, and abused by the guards lead to an even more hostile environment? Pair that with deplorable living conditions and ongoing cruel and unusual punishment and things are bound to go wrong. Up on the board: No Maintenance, Guard Complacency and Contraband Hooch.</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

01:01:02

The Aftermath: The Case of Maria Barbella

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with author and documentarian Idanna Pucci about the case against Maria Barbella and the efforts to overturn her death sentence by Electric Chair. Not only has Idanna written extensively about the case, her great-grandmother Cora Slocomb was the woman who led the campaign to overturn Maria’s death sentence! Afterward, Patreon subscribers can revisit the board with Rebecca and Producer Clayton Early to see how the initial verdict held up. Not part of the Patreon family yet?! Click below and see what you’re missing!</p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:36:30

THE CASE OF MARIA BARBELLA: WHO IS TO BLAME?

Who’s to blame for the Case of Maria Barbella?</p>This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) welcomes comedian Mo Fry Pasic, host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worse-than-you-with-mo-fry-pasic/id1755829660" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Worse Than You</a>, to discuss the troubling case of Maria Barbella. She may have escaped the electric chair, but her story electrified the world. Did Maria’s status as a non-english speaking Italian immigrant and her unbiased, all male jury of “peers” create any difficulties for the initial verdict? Did Lazy Translating during the trail have something to do with it? And why wasn’t there more reporting on the ongoing sexual and physical abuse Maria had to endure? Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early join the conversation. </p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:54:40

The Aftermath: The 1907 Monongah Mining Disaster

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Dr. William Hal Gorby about the 1907 Monongah Mining Disaster in West Virginia. Dr. Goby is a Professor of History at West Virginia University and received an Emmy nomination for his work on the PBS documentary <em>The Mine Wars</em>. His interview gives critical insight into the culture of mining at large and the predatory practices of the Fairmont Mining Company. Afterward, Patreon subscribers and hear the post interview breakdown with Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. Click below to check out our Patreon family! </p><br />Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheAlarmist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon!</a></p>Tell us who you think is to blame at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAlarmistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://thealarmistpodcast.com</a></p>Email us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.com</p>Follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thealarmistpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @thealarmistpodcast</a></p><br />Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:34:07