Grover the Garbage Juice: Episode 8 (Grover Cleveland's sexual assault & the Newport Sex Scandal)

To kick off episode 8, we indulge in some super tasty classic [Manhattans](https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/2019/2/18/episode-8-classic-manhattan), one of the world's most famous cocktails. This drink is as potent as it is delicious (as you will hear!), & was invented in 1873--a year that ties directly into Tux's scandalous tale.

To kick off episode 8, we indulge in some super tasty classic Manhattans, one of the world's most famous cocktails. This drink is as potent as it is delicious (as you will hear!), & was invented in 1873--a year that ties directly into Tux’s scandalous tale. Cheers y’all, let’s drink to the health of our livers and/or stem cell research!!

Also covered: Dry snitching, a phony mensch, strangeness, Drag Race, and the evolution of hateful language.

Tux’s tells the story of Grover Cleveland, who was nicknamed “Grover the Good” because he was supposed to be such an honest, principled, & ethical man. We’ll find out though, that his reputation might not stand up against the story of Maria Halpin, the woman who fathered his secret son, and paid dearly for it.
Ye Olde Sex Scandals- Grover Cleveland’s secret love child 
Why Maria Halpin Didn't Report 
President Cleveland’s Problem child
Heritage Moments- Grover the good
Grover Cleveland's Sex Scandal
Grover Cleveland, a Rapist President
Grover Cleveland – Shitty presidents
Grover Cleveland - Wikipedia

Stephanie’s scandal is about one of the first government-sanctioned, anti-gay witch-hunts. This tale throws a spotlight on that one time when the Navy, in an attempt to rid its ranks of gay servicemen, sanctioned a whole bunch of inexplicable gayness. Spoiler alert: things get real REAL entrappy!!
10 Hilariously Stupid American Political Scandals
The Other Side of Silence
The History of Psychiatry & Homosexuality
LGBT history in the United States - Wikipedia
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Forgotten Anti-Gay Sex Crusade

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