SHOW NOTES! It was George Washington’s great-grand-nephew who was a captive at Harper’s Ferry, Lewis William Washington. It’s really difficult to fathom the Sumner-Brooks debacle. Check out some primary sources here. It’s called the Burned Over district because the Second Great Awakening set the area “on fire.” John Brown’s Body was not only a marching song for the Union Army but also later a poem and play, both based on Stephen Vincent Benét’s 1928 epic poem of the same title.

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Noel's iMac abruptly retired in December 2020 and took a few already recorded conversations with it. So, this conversation is a redo of one we already had in the can. Also, the discussion includes Noel's dogs as notable guest contributors.

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Sorry, for the duplicate, friends. We're trying to get our pod on Spotify as well.

Hello and welcome back to The Strange Tonic Podcast!

We're back from another hiatus with another fun, informative chat. Here are the links to some of the things we discussed.

• An inadvertent companion piece over on the blog.
• The episode of The Ezra Klein Show where Klein and David French discuss polarization, secession, and the filibuster.
• The Weeds episode Matthew Yglesius and Ezra Klein discuss ending the filibuster.
• Author Adam Jentleson discussed his new book on The Bulwark Podcast.
• Pan Astral on Bandcamp.
• Check out our friend Alyssa's awesome business.

Please enjoy the conversation. And I promise you'll be hearing from us again soon.

Cheers!