6. Family Feudalism

The season finale of Once Upon Another Time! Alex, Cody, and Colin reflect on and wrap up Y2Killer! Find out the things they said that may have been wrong and, most importantly, who won the debate! 

And...learn what's next for the podcast!

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Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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Show Sources: (Blame us for the whoopsies, not our sources. Our sources are great.)

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2020/12/29/apocalypse-then-when-y2k-didnt-lead-to-the-end-of-civilization/?sh=729e4c54475c 
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/27/069r-122799-idx.html 
• https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/21y2k.html 
• https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB921458706567843191

Y2K: it ended up being just another year. But there was a real fear that major computer systems would break down - and they may have had programmers not spent a decade trying to remedy the problem.  Today on the penultimate episode of the season we ask the question “What if Y2K was as bad as many predicted?”

Cody suggests that we don’t have to imagine; another Y2K-esque event is coming in the next 20 years.  Colin is one of the many who believes it was way overblown from the beginning.

Editing by Hannah Burkhardt

Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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• https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2020/12/29/apocalypse-then-when-y2k-didnt-lead-to-the-end-of-civilization/?sh=729e4c54475c 
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/27/069r-122799-idx.html 
• https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/21y2k.html 
• https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB921458706567843191

Alex, Cody, and Colin reflect on and wrap up Gold Plated Balls of Steel! Find out the things they said that may have been wrong and, most importantly, who won the debate! 

And who knows...you may even get a sneak peek at next week’s episode!

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Show Sources: (Blame us for the whoopsies, not our sources. Our sources are great.)

Brodie, F. (1945). No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith. Alfred Knopf.

Quinn, D. Michael. “The Mormon Succession Crisis of 1844.” Brigham Young University 16, no. 2 

Quinn, D. Michael. The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power. Salt lake city: Signature Books, 1994. 

Book of Mormon interpreter/writer and U.S. presidential candidate Joseph Smith fulfilled a great many roles in his life.  Many of those roles really ticked off the locals, which is why he was shot to death while jumping out of a second-story window.  But what would have been had Joseph Smith survived this encounter? 

Colin prophesies that Joseph Smith would fulfill the destiny laid out for him in the Book of Mormon. Cody suggests that the many denominations of the Mormon church would not have engaged in Game-of-Thrones-esque battles.

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https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/moro/10?lang=eng 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/eight?lang=eng 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/4-ne/1?lang=eng 

Brodie, F. (1945). No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith. Alfred Knopf.

Quinn, D. Michael. “The Mormon Succession Crisis of 1844.” Brigham Young University 16, no. 2 

Quinn, D. Michael. The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power. Salt lake city: Signature Books, 1994. 

Alex, Cody, and Colin reflect on and wrap up Juan Ponce Lives On! Find out the things they said that may have been wrong and, most importantly, who won the debate! 

And who knows...you may even get a sneak peek at next week’s episode!

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Turner, Samuel. “Juan Ponce De León and the Discovery of Florida Reconsidered.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 92, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1–31. JSTOR. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.

If there was one explorer we definitely know was not looking for the Fountain of Youth, it was Juan Ponce de Leon.  And yet, his name and life have been attached to the myth forever because another guy wanted everyone to believe Ponce de Leon had broken...bits...that needed fixing. Never ones to set the record straight, our team asks the question, “What if Juan Ponce de Leon actually did find the Fountain of Youth, but didn’t tell anybody until 2021?”

Cody dives into the mysteries of the Fountain. Alex thinks healing everyone spells doom for humanity.

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Turner, Samuel. “Juan Ponce De León and the Discovery of Florida Reconsidered.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 92, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1–31. JSTOR. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.

Alex, Cody, and Colin reflect on and wrap up Rasputin! Find out the things they said that may have been wrong and, most importantly, who won the debate! And for the first time, you'll get to hear from our esteemed editor!

And who knows...you may even get a sneak peek at next week’s episode!

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Editing by Hannah Burkhardt

Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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Show Sources: (Blame us for the whoopsies, not our sources. Our sources are great.)

Smith, Douglas. Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. New York, NY: Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

Hourly History. Grigori Rasputin: A Life From Beginning to End, 2017.

Benjamin Jones and Benjamin Olken. Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2007.

Orlando Figes, A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (1996), pp. 32-33, 277-278.

Knoll JL 4th. The "pseudocommando" mass murderer: part I, the psychology of revenge and obliteration. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2010;38(1):87-94.

Robert Morton et. al. "Serial Murder". FBI.gov. 2021.

Rasputin: unkillable mystic and possible Jesus incarnate pulling the strings of the Russian oligarchy, or sex-crazed maniac whose outrageous behavior helped lead to the downfall of tsarist rule in Russia? Why not both! Find out on this episode where we ask the question, “What if Rasputin survived his last assassination attempt?”

Colin kills it with his talk on the historical influence of assassins. Alex preaches the Book of Rasputin - a new religious movement following the holy man himself.

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Music: 

Ой, Mороз, Mороз! (Oy, Moroz, Moroz!)
1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky 

Show Sources: (Fact check us! Heard something wrong? Let us know.)

Smith, Douglas. Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. New York, NY: Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

Hourly History. Grigori Rasputin: A Life From Beginning to End, 2017.

Benjamin Jones and Benjamin Olken. Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2007.

Orlando Figes, A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (1996), pp. 32-33, 277-278.

Knoll JL 4th. The "pseudocommando" mass murderer: part I, the psychology of revenge and obliteration. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2010;38(1):87-94.

Robert Morton et. al. "Serial Murder". FBI.gov. 2021.

Alex, Cody, and Colin reflect on and wrap up Family Feudalism! Find out the things they said that may have been wrong and, most importantly, who won the debate! 

And who knows...you may even get a sneak peek at next week’s episode!

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Editing by Hannah Burkhardt

Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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Show Sources: (Blame us for the whoopsies, not our sources. Our sources are great.)

Reynolds, Susan. Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted. Clarendon Press, 1996.

Reeno, Rick. “The Dangers of Bingo.” The Dangers of Bingo - Casino-Gambling. Accessed January 19, 2021.

“History of Feudalism.” History World. Accessed January 19, 2021.. 

Wheeler, Heather Y. “Kings and Queens of England, British Monarchy.” Totally Timelines, September 19, 2020. 

Magazine issue 1846. “Vatican Admits Galileo Was Right.” New Scientist, November 7, 1992. 

Hark, thee distemperate addlepots! The present day's episode is setteth in the Middle Ages.  Our team of fatuous historians taketh on the sore task of feudalism: lords and vassals and fiefs; oh mine own!

On today’s episode, we ask the question, “What if royal succession in European feudalism was based on trivia knowledge instead of heredity?” Cody gives us some violent history of trivia. Alex tells the tale of Charlemagne, the Frankish king with a penchant for Latin education.

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Editing by Hannah Burkhardt

Hosted by Alex Smith, Cody Sharp, and Colin Sharp.

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Show Sources: (Fact check us! Heard something wrong? Let us know.)

Reynolds, Susan. Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted. Clarendon Press, 1996.

Reeno, Rick. “The Dangers of Bingo.” The Dangers of Bingo - Casino-Gambling. Accessed January 19, 2021.

“History of Feudalism.” History World. Accessed January 19, 2021.. 

Wheeler, Heather Y. “Kings and Queens of England, British Monarchy.” Totally Timelines, September 19, 2020. 

Magazine issue 1846. “Vatican Admits Galileo Was Right.” New Scientist, November 7, 1992.