Eugenics Village: Episode 24 (The Buck v. Bell case affirming forced sterilization, and Mary Todd Lincoln's White House seances)

Beyond Reproach gets a little spooky! We bring you two historically dark scandals for your listening pleasure. Start your Halloween season off right!. ALSO DISCUSSED: Doctor Nick, #turdlifestyle, Eugenics village, AIM chat sounds, Oprah giveaways, Peculiar Picture Show, and Stephanie the pre-vert. STEPHANIE does a deep dive into a real-life horror story: the 1927 Buck v.

Beyond Reproach gets a little spooky! We bring y’all two historically dark scandals for your listening pleasure. Start your Halloween season off right!. 

We drink a mad scientist-themed prohibition cocktail called the Monkey Gland which ties directly in era and theme to Stephanie’s scandal. This famous drink, featuring a delicious absinthe rinse, was named after a ridiculous faux medical procedure popularized in the 20s.

ALSO DISCUSSED: Doctor Nick, #turdlifestyle, Eugenics village, AIM chat sounds, Oprah giveaways, Peculiar Picture Show, and Stephanie the pre-vert.

For more info on our episode cocktail the Monkey Gland:
The Quack Doctor & the Monkey Gland Cocktail
26. THE MONKEY GLAND: 1920s
Gems from Cocoanuts, Irving Berlin songs in Marx Brothers show (1926) Billy Murray

STEPHANIE does a deep dive into a real-life horror story: the 1927 Buck v. Bell case, the landmark ruling that reaffirmed a state's right to uphold an inhumane eugenics law. We raise our glasses to yet another dark chapter brushed under the rug of American history!
When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness 'crusade' marches on 
Wiki - Eugenics in the United States
Wiki - Compulsory Sterilization in the United States
The Black Stork
Wiki - Eugenics in California
On Indigenous Peoples Day, recalling forced sterilizations of Native American women 
Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924
Eugenics & The Story of Carrie Buck
Watch The Eugenics Crusade | American Experience | Official Site
“Three Generations of Imbeciles are Enough” — The Case of Buck v. Bell
Eugenics and the Nazis -- the California connection
BUCK v. BELL, Superintendent of State Colony Epileptics and Feeble Minded.
The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations

TUX discusses Mary Todd Lincoln’s tragic life of predatory spiritualism. We toast to normalizing mourning, grieving, and encouraging people to show emotions.
Mary Todd Lincoln, Spiritualist. Did the first lady's supernatural… | by Mitch Horowitz
Seances in the Red Room
Spiritualists in Lincoln's White House - The History Reader
Mary's Charlatans
A séance in the White House ~ Why The Victorians Saw Ghosts by Michael Gallagher
Did British clairvoyant warn Abraham Lincoln about his assassination?
Ghosts in the White House - HISTORY
Mary Todd Lincoln Became a Laughingstock After Her Husband’s Assassination
The Spiritualist Who Warned Lincoln Was Also Booth's Drinking Buddy
White House ghosts: A history of who haunts the presidents

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American Saints: Episode 22 (Myth-busting the legends of Abraham Lincoln & Ronald Reagan)

In this final episode of Season 2 we imbibe a juicy obscure vintage cocktail called the National Guard 7th Regiment Punch. We learn about the history of this "foxy wine" based concoction and how it links to Stephanie's story. Please note that we depart from our regular scandalous program to again close the season by myth-busting American legends.

In this final episode of Season 2 we imbibe a juicy obscure vintage cocktail called the National Guard 7th Regiment Punch. We learn about the history of this “foxy wine” based concoction and how it links to Stephanie’s scandal. Please note that we depart from our regular scandalous program to again close the season by myth-busting American legends. We dive into the real men behind the myths.

ALSO DISCUSSED: Our summer break re-release series, flip phones, the poet Young Jeezy, Target looting, racist bones, Bette Davis, snitches getting to become president, jawgums, the movie The Band Played on, and not giving a shart. 

For more info on our episode cocktail and the 7th New York Militia Regiment:
Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1862 Reprint: How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon Vivant's Companion
Wiki - Catawba (grape)
Wiki - 7th New York Militia Regiment

STEPHANIE sets fire to some toxic myths about Lincoln.
Scholar Reappraises President Lincoln
Was Abraham Lincoln really the 'Great Emancipator'?
"Lincoln's Evolving Racial Views"
Was Abraham Lincoln a Racist?
Was Abraham Lincoln an incorrigible racist? - The Washington Post 
Lincoln and the Problem of Race: A Decade of Interpretations
Wiki - Abraham Lincoln
Forced Into Glory
The Myth of Lincoln, Reconstructed
Illinois Black Law (1853) 
Six Big Lies About Abraham Lincoln, the Slaves and the War
Opinion | I have no racist bones, but this exoskeleton has propped me up for decades 

TUX shines a light on Ronald Reagan’s uniquely destructive presidency.
10 Real Facts About Ronald Reagan That Republicans Never Choose to Admit
What Reagan Has Done to America
10 Reprehensible Crimes Of Ronald Reagan
6 Ways You Didn't Realize Ronald Reagan Ruined The Country
Wiki - Ronald Reagan
The myth of Ronald Reagan: pragmatic moderate or radical conservative?
Reagan's Real Legacy
We have to undo the attack on the middle class that started with Reagan if we want democracy back
The Reagan Ruins
Nancy Reagan refused to help dying Rock Hudson get Aids treatment
Haunted by the Reagan era - The Washington Post

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Operation Northwoods: Episode 15 (US efforts to overthrow Castro & impeachment of Andrew Johnson)

We toast daiquiris this episode! Not the red ones, y'all!! This classic cocktail, which is nothing like its popular frozen version, is refreshingly light and simple to make. Cheers to making a proper cocktail with items already in your home!

We toast daiquiris this episode! Not the red ones, y’all!! This classic cocktail, which is nothing like its popular frozen version, is refreshingly light and simple to make. Cheers to making a proper cocktail with items already in your home!

Also discussed: #thanksObama, booty, Puerto Rico, wig-snatching, Christmas gifts, death by shame, the return of Groper Cleveland, AJs in therapy, and drinking to the roaring 20s!

Stephanie details Operation Northwoods. It is by a wide margin the most sinister mission that spun out of the JFK administration. It was that time we undeniably planned to trick the American public into supporting a war with Cuba.
Remember The Maine
Wiki - USS Maine (ACR-1)
Operation Mongoose: The Story of America's Efforts to Overthrow Castro
13 Horrifying Ideas America Had For Invading Cuba
Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba --unclassified
Lansdale Memo of 16 Mar 1962
Memorandum for the Special Group
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba
Operation Northwoods: The Time We Undeniably Planned to Trick the American Public Into Supporting a War Against Cuba

Tux talks impeachment y’all! He tells the story of a president who travelled the country fanning the flames of racism, division and hatred. A president who viewed his opponents with open and vocal disdain. A president who was stubborn and combative and hostile when the country really needed unity and leadership. A president who worked hard to undo the achievements of his predecessor using executive power. This president, of course, is Andrew Johnson.
Wiki - Andrew Johnson
Wiki - Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The Fight Over Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (1868) President of the United States
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson back in spotlight for 1868 impeachment brush
Why They Impeached Andrew Johnson
Wiki - Tenure of Office Act (1867)
On This Day : Debate in the House on the Impeachment Resolution
Debate in the House on the Impeachment Resolution
Wiki - Edwin Stanton

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The Trail of Tears: Episode 7 (Intro to the Trail of Tears & Abraham Lincoln and the King of Siam)

Today we are kickin' it old school regarding our drink! [The Gin Punch](https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/2019/2/12/individual-gin-punch) we're sipping on is our adaptation of a classic punch from the 1820s. It also happens to taste like a boozy lemon-flavored San Pellegrino! Salute! Also covered: The hilariously lame marketing of the Tom Collins, Old Hickory vs.

Today we are kickin’ it old school regarding our drink! The Gin Punch we're sipping on is our adaptation of a classic punch from the 1820s. It also happens to taste like a boozy lemon-flavored San Pellegrino! Salute!

Also covered: The hilariously lame origin story of the Tom Collins, Old Hickory vs. delicious hickory sausages, Stephanie’s firing of Tux for not speaking Thai, Tux’s love of movies from the 40s, Nigerian scams, yellowface, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Stephanie’s scandal is a foundational one about the Cherokee Nation’s Trail of Tears, that massive genocidal redistribution scheme in which a native people, who had won their sovereignty case in front of the Supreme Court, lost everything they had because the executive branch refused to follow the judiciary. Who knew that could happen?
The Trail of Tears: They Knew It Was Wrong
United States History: Trail of Tears
Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears
Five Civilized Tribes
Transcript of President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)
How Native American Slaveholders Complicate the Trail of Tears Narrative
The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson

Tux’s scandal details that time when Abraham Lincoln, during the midst of the civil war, made time to diplomatically say “thanks, but no thanks” to a very elaborate gift of elephants the King of Siam was trying to send his way.
Wiki - History of Thailand
Letter from King Mongkut of Siam to President James Buchanan
Lincoln Rejects the King of Siam's Offer of Elephants
Lincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants
Lincoln Turned Down a Chance to Fill the U.S. With Elephants
Lincoln's Letter to the King of Siam, February 3, 1862 The Truth About Thai Elephants In The American Civil War
Wiki - Introduction of Western Geography
Letter from King of Siam to President Buchanan

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