Do you like piña coladas? Not the popular song (which is apparently about cheating), but the breezy tropical drink? Tux shares the murky history of this episode’s cocktail, from Puerto Rican pirates to hotel bartenders, and describes how this island-y beverage ties in with his scandal this month.
Also discussed: Artisanal PBR, Jimmy Buffet, Suddenly Last Summer, Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, The original members of Destiny’s Child, that forgotten time in American history when we all agreed that Nazis are bad, Trapper Keeper ™, Thruples, and “Oh Florida”.
Tux is revisiting the Marshall Islands this month, so hold onto your butts. If you thought the story of the Castle Bravo test was a bummer, I don’t think you’re ready for this depressing jelly. After nuclear testing finished on the remote Islands of Enewetak Atoll, they were highly radiologically contaminated, but the government had promised the Marshallese people that they’d be able to return. To try to make that possible, American servicemen were sent on a fool’s errand and paid dearly for it.
Special Thanks to Brian Cowden for his help in researching this story and for audio from his documentary short films about the Marshall Islands and Enewetak Cleanup Vets.
Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care
Lojwa Animals: Do Not Forget The Forgotten, A short film by Brian Cowden
The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open.
Wiki- Runit Island
The U.S. won't clean out its leftover radioactive waste from a huge dome in Marshall Islands
Runit Dome Pacific Radioactive Waste
Wiki - Pacific Proving Grounds
Marshall Islands More Radioactive than Chernobyl
Marshall Islands, Where US Ran 67 Nuclear Weapon Tests, More Contaminated than Fukushima and Chernobyl
Google Books: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, Clean Up, Rehabilitation
This Concrete Dome Holds A Leaking Toxic Timebomb
A poison in our island
Conspiracy of silence: After atomic blasts, a dangerous cleanup scarred troops for life
Wiki- Enewetak Atoll
Atomic Veterans: Enewetak Atoll
The Toxic Legacy of a Deadly Paradise
Photos from Ken Kasik- A Lojwa Animal
Stephanie spends this episode counting the ways in which she loves Henry Wallace, FDR’s progressive second vice president. She also details the shady ways in which the Democrat’s conservative party leadership blocked Wallace’s bid for a second term as VP at the Democratic National Convention, and got him replaced with an errand boy/turd who was more aligned with their interests.
Wiki - Henry A. Wallace
Henry Wallace - Century of the Common Man (1942)
“I Hardly Know Truman”
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The American Franchise
Multiple-Term Presidents Who Switched VPs
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
Wiki - Edwin W. Pauley|
The Year the Veepstakes Really Mattered
Wiki - 1944 United States Presidential Election
Searching for the "Inner Light": the Development of Henry A. Wallace's Experimental Spiritualism
Wiki - John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner’s continuing relevance
Why Did the Democratic and Republican Parties Switch Platforms?
Harry S. Truman, 34th Vice President (1945)
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