Episode 22

Recent News

1. “Plane turns back to JFK after horse escapes on board,” cnn.com, November 15, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/travel/horse-escapes-on-boeing-747/index.html

2. “Why Green Slime Was Spotted Oozing From New York City Sewers,” people.com, November 13, 2023, https://people.com/why-green-slime-was-spotted-oozing-from-new-york-city-sewers-8400444?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

3. “Hello, Mika! Polish alc-bev firm Dictador hires AI CEO to lead its ops, robot says she has ‘no weekends,’” economictimes.indiatimes.com, November 8, 2023, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/hello-mika-polish-alc-bev-firm-dictador-hires-ai-ceo-to-lead-its-ops-robot-says-she-has-no-weekends/articleshow/105063641.cms

Old News

1. Baker, Aloha. Call to Adventure. Accessed November 16, 2023 via https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/snfTDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&kptab=getbook&gbpv=1#ba_cen=lat_e7:%20425695570%0Alng_e7:%203585539382%0A&ba_loc=01923

2. “The First Woman to Drive Around the World Wore Men’s Breeches and Had a Pet Monkey,” atlasobscura.com, June 3, 2016, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aloha-wanderwell-first-woman-drive-world

3. “The Mysterious, Intrepid Aloha Wanderwell,” ripleys.com, June 28, 2018, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/aloha-wanderwell/

4. “Seventeenth-Century Comets,” salemwitchmuseum.com, July 21, 2020, https://salemwitchmuseum.com/2020/07/21/seventeenth-century-comets/

5. “Meet the ‘Comet Egg,’ Which Definitely Did Not Come From Space,” atlasobscura.com, March 14, 2019, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oddly-shaped-chicken-eggs-comets

6. “Comet of the Week: The Great Comet of 1680,” rocketstem.org, December 12, 2020, https://www.rocketstem.org/2020/12/12/ice-and-stone-comet-of-week-51/

7. “The Great Comet of 1680,” jwwerner.com, Date Unknown, https://www.jwwerner.com/history/Comet.html

8. “Who Was Arthur Conan Doyle And Sherlock Holmes?” beaconsociety.com, Date Unknown, https://www.beaconsociety.com/who-was-arthur-conan-doyle-and-sherlock-holmes.html

9. “A Study in Scarlet,” bakerstreet.fandom.com, Date Unknown, https://bakerstreet.fandom.com/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet

10. “A Study in Scarlet,” arthur-conan-doyle.com, Date Unknown, https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/A_Study_in_Scarlet

11. “Biography,” arthur-conan-doyle.com, Date Unknown, https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Biography

12. “The Story Behind the First Sherlock Holmes Novel: A Study in Scarlet,” baumanrarebooks.com, September 3, 2013, https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/the-story-behind-the-first-sherlock-holmes-novel-a-study-in-scarlet/

13. “National Cat Herder’s Day 2023: Does It Actually Celebrate Cats?” catster.com,  November 16, 2023, https://www.catster.com/guides/national-cat-herders-day/

14. “Wellcat Holidays,” wellcat.com, Date Unknown, http://wellcat.com/

Our Big Story

1. “A Brief History of West Point.” United States Military Academy, West Point. https://www.westpoint.edu/about/history-of-west-point. Accessed November 20, 2023.

2. “The Eggnog Riot of 1826.” Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 12/23/2021. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/the-eggnog-riot-of-1826/. Accessed November 20, 2023.

3. Geiling, Natasha. “Eggnog: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Starts a Holiday Riot.” Smithsonian Magazine. 12/29/2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/egg-nog-its-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-starts-a-holiday-riot-180949281/. Accessed November 20, 2023.

4. Klein, Christopher. “When Eggnog Sparked a Riot at West Point. History. 12/19/2016. Updated 6/1/2023. https://www.history.com/news/when-eggnog-sparked-a-riot-at-west-point. Accessed November 20, 2023.