hungarian revolution

Josiah is joined by his first return guest, Chris Barker, to discuss the revolutions of 1848. While the string of revolutions that rocked Europe over the year were ultimately a failure, their legacy lived on and shaped the way modern politics developed. This is the year nationalism became a real political force. This is the year Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto. The ripple effects from this event would stretch everywhere and the conversation goes all over the place because of that, from abolitionists in the U.S. to the Hungarian revolt against the soviets in 1956. Beyond that though, this is mostly an episode of two history nerds getting excited about history.

Here's the episode of Mammonburg with Keanu Heydari we mention a few times.

Today's guest is no longer on any social media, but he hangs out in the Mammonburg discord a lot.

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Yesterday – bloom.

In My Dreams – bloom.

A set of Hungarian refugee brothers survive a harrowing escape from the crushed revolution in their Communist-governed homeland, emigrate to the United States, and create a revolution of their own. Pete and Charlie Gogolak became catalysts to sweeping change in the way all football placekicking would be made. The “Sidewinders” were more than a curiosity.

This week, Miguel spoke to Dr. Johanna Mellis, Professor of World History at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and one of the End of Sport Podcast co-hosts (@EndofSportPod). Dr. Mellis's research focuses on the interactions between Hungarian athletes, socialist sport leaders, and the International Olympic Committee as a microcosm of relations between society, the socialist state, and international organizations during the Cold War. Her work focuses specifically on the influence of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, which saw a mass defection of hundreds of Hungarian athletes to the West on Hungarian socialist sport policy and the IOC (Urisnus.edu). Dr. Mellis was also a Division I swimmer at the College of Charleston from 2004-2008 and coached swimming for seven years.

First, Miguel asked Johanna how she became the third co-host of the End of Sport podcast and how her experience as a Division 1 Athlete shaped her career in Academia. Additionally, Miguel and Johanna discuss her article, From Defectors to Cooperator: The Impact of 1956 on Athletes, Sport Leaders, and Sport Policy in Socialist Hungary. Finally, Miguel and Johanna discuss Trevor Bauer, anti-blackness, and white supremacy in Swimming, the Pandemic Tokyo Olympics, Rachel Nichols, and more! 
 
Next, Miguel gives you his Molotov MVPs for episode 24, three WNBA players, Los Angeles Sparks stars and sisters, Nneka Ogwumike and Chiney Ogwumike, and Atlanta Dream veteran Center Elizabeth Williams. Finally, Miguel ends the podcast with another Chicana/o Sports History segment. This week, he highlights five Chicana softball players who helped the Mexican National Softball Team make their first-ever trip to the Olympics.

Miguel Garcia produced this episode.

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Two days after my first baby Rebecca was born, as I held her, nursed her and loved her so much, I also mourned. . . knowing that one day I would need to let her go.    Now she’s seventeen, lovely, and about to enter her senior year of high school.  At the end of next summer she’ll be living at college.  It’ll soon be the start of her launch, and her freedom.  When she comes back, she’ll have already tasted independence like never before. . . In this episode on “Launching Children and Letting Go” learn about:  

• What it’s like for parents after children are launched
• Healthy and unhealthy attachment
• What it means when the adolescent or teenager “pulls away” 
• How to prevent secrets and lying with adolescents and teenagers
• How to “let go” of children
• How to assist children with moving toward independence
• Inspirational examples

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