Corrigan tells Marko how an orphan train turned Irish Americans white, and we discuss the sad but fascinating stories of feral children. Plus, Marko issues a musical challenge to listeners, and we test out our Shakira impressions.
Highlights:
[0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the great Arizona orphan abduction
[38:41] Mark feels a little down about the state of the world now compared to when we started JoAG
[58:20] We try out our Shakira impressions. Just go with it. And we discuss upcoming JoAG things
[69:56] What we watched! (Frogman, Glasshouse, Se7en, Coherence, 20 Days in Mariupol, Madame Web, 10 To Midnight)
[95:09] We discuss feral children, also known as isolates, and what they reveal to us about human development and what it means to be human
Stuff we referenced:
- St. Patrick’s Day: Origins, Meaning & Background | HISTORY
- St. Patrick's Day and the True Story of Saint Patrick | TIME
- The Colorful History of the St. Patrick's Day Parade
- Irish Potato Famine: Date, Cause & Great Hunger - HISTORY
- What was the Irish potato famine? How was Queen Victoria involved, how many people died and when did it happen? | The Sun
- BBC - History - British History in depth: The Irish Famine
- Irish Famine survivors - it was not so long ago
- The Great Irish Famine Was a Turning Point in History
- Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato Famine | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
- HOW INFECTION SHAPED HISTORY: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH FAMINE - PMC
- History: The Abduction of 40 Orphans in 20th Century Clifton - PHOENIX magazine
- The Irish Orphan Abduction | Feature | Tucson Weekly
- The Orphan Trains - True West Magazine
- Britain's Blueprint for Colonialism: Made in Ireland - JSTOR Daily
- When Language Started a Political Revolution - JSTOR Daily
- The Art of Breaking People Down: The British Colonial Model in Ireland and Canada on JSTOR
- History Ireland
- Ireland 1916: how 800 years of British rule led to violent rebellion | CBC Radio
- Colonialism and Ireland: The choice facing us is between empire and republic – The Irish Times
- Handover of British rule: ‘After 700 years here, what difference does 7 minutes make?’ – The Irish Times
- Real-life jungle books – how feral children raised by animals continue to fire the imagination
- Real-life Mowgli kept alive by cats
- 'Dog Boy' of Chile Rescued - ABC News
- He was a wild child. Really wild | World news | The Guardian
- Raised in the wild: tales of survival | The Independent | The Independent
- John Ssebunya of Uganda | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
- Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers | Children | The Guardian
- Modern Cases of Feral Children – HealthGuidance.org
- 4.2.1F: Feral Children - Social Sci LibreTexts