This week we join a community of New York utopia seeking citizens in hopes of capturing a wonderful banquet of history as we explore one of The United States earliest cults. Get out your holiday best silverware as you are invited to dine with us Ransackers!

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http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/07/oneida-silverware-socialist-sexual-polygamous-religious-community/ https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-polyamorous-christian-socialist-utopia-that-made-silverware-for-proper-americans/ https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/07/25/new-yorks-real-life-handmaids-tale/ https://gawker.com/inside-the-19th-century-free-love-commune-powered-by-el-1774756002 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oneida-Community https://www.britannica.com/topic/Second-Great-Awakening https://www.oneida.com/our-story-oneida

Isolation had us down so we decided to take a virtual road trip through the United States and if this lasts long enough maybe the world. Come along and discover what quirks we can dig up and ransack along the way. These are unscripted and and unplanned because that is what makes a road trip fun anyway! Enjoy and before you listen too much, Vicky already called "Shotgun"!

URL: https://www.ransackhistory.com

Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/631273/best-indoor-and-outdoor-heaters-amazon?utm_content=infinitescroll1 https://factcity.com/facts-about-illinois/ https://thefactfile.org/illinois-facts/

Music: Tony Petersen - See How They Run John Coggins - I Get Up All music provided by Artlist and is under license for use by SoundedHeart LLC.

Ransackers it's time to grab a rake and the mower and explore the growing history of an object all too common in this world as we cut our way through The American Lawn on this week's Ransack History.

Youtuber Mentioned: Channel: Lawn Tips Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47hWf2NTrfOvB-e5kpp04g

Sources: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/the-american-obsession-with-lawns/ https://www.pennington.com/all-products/grass-seed/resources/the-history-of-the-american-lawn https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-modern-brain/202002/the-strange-psychology-the-american-lawn https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1994/jul/21/great-american-lawn/ https://www.americanheritage.com/tyranny-lawn-0#1

Isolation had us down so we decided to take a virtual road trip through the United States and if this lasts long enough maybe the world. Come along and discover what quirks we can dig up and ransack along the way. These are unscripted and and unplanned because that is what makes a road trip fun anyway! Enjoy and before you listen too much, Vicky already called "Shotgun"!

URL: https://www.ransackhistory.com

Sources: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/yucky-facts-wi/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/things-about-wi/ https://www.travelwisconsin.com/article/tours/20-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-wisconsin

Music: Tony Petersen - See How They Run John Coggins - I Get Up All music provided by Artlist and is under license for use by SoundedHeart LLC.

War has been brought to our history books for many a reason and this week we investigate a war that lasted centuries and changed the course of borders and the way a country would evolve, and it was all fought over a bucket. Join us Ransackers as we carry the pal up the hill in hopes of capturing every drop of history's liquid gold on this week's Ransack History: The War Of The Bucket.

Sources: war-of-bucket.html">https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/09/the-war-of-bucket.html https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/29/war-of-the-bucket/ medieval-war-fought-bucket.html">https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/bloodiest-medieval-war-fought-bucket.html https://www.toptravelsights.com/war-of-bucket/ https://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/06/26/beyond-the-pail-the-unbelievable-war-for-the-oaken-bucket/ https://knowledgenuts.com/the-medieval-war-that-started-over-a-bucket/

Isolation had us down so we decided to take a virtual road trip through the United States and if this lasts long enough maybe the world. Come along and discover what quirks we can dig up and ransack along the way. These are unscripted and and unplanned because that is what makes a road trip fun anyway! Enjoy and before you listen too much, Vicky already called "Shotgun"!

URL: https://www.ransackhistory.com

Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72454/25-warm-and-welcoming-facts-about-minnesota https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/minnesota/incredible-facts-mn/ https://minnesotasnewcountry.com/20-things-minnesotans-might-not-know-about-minnesota/

Music: Tony Petersen - See How They Run John Coggins - I Get Up All music provided by Artlist and is under license for use by SoundedHeart LLC.

Today we view gaming as something of a hobby, abstract and usually reserved for the kids, and although this view is changing it was not always the case. From the first examples of strategy to an electronic teaching machine, gaming has always been a diamond in the rough and part of our history. Join the hunt as we explore three of these games on this episode of Tiny Treasures.

URL: https://www.ransackhistory.com

Sources: https://www.bnl.gov/about/history/firstvideo.php https://www.beastsofwar.com/warhammer-40k/naval-wargaming-sea-and-beyond/ https://www.chess.com/article/view/history-of-chess

Music: Binary Love by Stanley Gurvich What Would You Say by Michael Shynes

All music used under license by Artlist for SoundedHeart LLC.

What would you do to win 10 million bucks? This week we find ourselves among a race of sorts that would take ten full years and shocked Canada. One Will later and many births later we find ourselves in one heck of a derby. We hope you enjoy the show and thanks for listening!

Sources: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-a-dead-millionaire-convinced-dozens-of-women-to-have-as-many-babies-as-possible/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/great-stork-derby https://torontoist.com/2016/10/historicist-the-stork-derby/ great-stork-derby.html">https://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2018/04/the-great-stork-derby.html

Isolation had us down so we decided to take a virtual road trip through the United States and if this lasts long enough maybe the world. Come along and discover what quirks we can dig up and ransack along the way. These are unscripted and and unplanned because that is what makes a road trip fun anyway! Enjoy and before you listen too much, Vicky already called "Shotgun"!

URL: https://www.ransackhistory.com

Sources: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/north-dakota/north-dakota-facts/ https://www.factretriever.com/north-dakota-facts http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-north-dakota/

Music: Tony Petersen - See How They Run John Coggins - I Get Up All music provided by Artlist and is under license for use by SoundedHeart LLC.

What does it take to move a reluctant country into war? This week on Agents of War we explore the event that led to the United States engagement in the first Great War.

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-agrees-to-limit-its-submarine-warfare 2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/wwi/82205.htm">https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/wwi/82205.htm https://www.ausa.org/articles/initially-reluctant-us-united-world-war https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/centennial-commemoration/us-enters-war/zimmermann-telegram https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-zimmermann-telegram https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann