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Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia

Race and Tyler discuss topics in geography, history, law, and whatever other Wikipedia articles they’ve been clicking into lately.

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00:51:31

122: The Partition of Ireland (World Revolutions: The...

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/08/01

We discuss the events leading up to the Partition, as well as the blowback from the decision to divide the island in two.

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00:48:54

121: The Plantations of Ireland (World Revolutions:...

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/07/25

To begin our understanding of the Troubles we have to go back—way back. We cover the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century, the creation of the Irish Plantation system, that bastard Cromwell, and end with the 1800 Acts of Union.

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00:18:02

120: Introduction to The Troubles (World Revolutions)

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/07/18

As a prelude to a multi-episode series, we have an overview discussion of the Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted into Race and Tyler’s lifetimes.

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01:04:41

119: Spotlight

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/07/04

We continue our series about literary theory by discussing the movie Spotlight through the lens of formalism.

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00:48:04

118: The Dickin Medal (Unusual WWII Events)

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/06/13

We discuss the creation of the Dickin Medal, the UK’s highest military honor for animals, which has been awarded to brave horses, dogs, pigeons, and a single cat.

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01:15:40

117: Black Swan

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/06/06

We continue our series on literary theory by discussing psychoanalytic literary criticism...through the 2010 movie Black Swan.

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01:23:09

116: Stephen Sondheim

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/05/23

We talk about the composer of Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and many other musicals...Stephen Sondheim.

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01:01:35

115: The Leningrad Seed Bank (Unusual WWII Events)

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/05/16

We discuss the fate of a seed bank located in Leningrad—a city where millions were slowly starving to death.

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01:06:34

114: Grabbag

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/05/09

Our sixth salmagundi! This macédoine of an episode features eight unrelated but fascinating discussions. None of these brief topics could be an episode on their own, but they deserved to be heard so we created this omnium gatherum for your enjoyment.

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01:03:09

113: Atari Video Game Burial

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/05/02

We talk about an urban legend regarding millions of video games, buried in a landfill without ever being sold or opened.

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01:19:02

112: Rocky

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/04/25

We continue our series on literary theory by taking a look at the classic sports movie Rocky through the lens of Marxist literary criticism.

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00:57:23

111: The Battle of Los Angeles (Unusual WWII Events)

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/04/18

We discuss the intense machine gun and artillery fire that took place during the early morning hours of February 25, 1942, as air raid sirens warned the entire Los Angeles valley of incoming Japanese bombers.

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01:23:00

110: TÁR

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/04/11

We start off our series on literary theory with special guest Tess McGeer by taking a look at the movie TÁR through the lens of feminist literary criticism.

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00:22:42

109: Introduction to Literary Theory

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/04/04

We kick off a new series in which we discuss the various forms of literary theory and criticism by watching and discussing some excellent movies.

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01:07:19

108: “If” Day (Unusual WWII Events)

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/03/28

We discuss the 1942 Nazi invasion of Manitoba, Canada: it was massive, terrifying, effective, theatrical, hilarious, and—above all—fake.

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01:03:17

107: Robert Hanssen

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/03/21

We talk about Robert Hanssen, a man who is serving 15 life sentences without parole in the ADX Florence supermax prison, and why he is doing so.

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01:20:45

106: BONG HiTS 4 JESUS

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/03/14

What, exactly, is free speech and when can the government tell you to stop speaking? We discuss a teenager’s goofy prank that ended up before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Morse v. Frederick.

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01:05:21

105: Fu-Go Balloon Bombs (Unusual WWII Events)

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/02/28

We discuss the many thousands of explosive, paper balloons launched toward the United States by the Japanese military, intended to cause widespread fire and destruction in the Pacific Northwest.

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00:57:46

104: The Colossus of Rhodes

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/02/21

We talk about a gigantic statue from Ancient Greece, and the unfortunate catastrophe that brought it crumbling down.

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00:50:31

103: Jerusalem Syndrome

Race and Tyler Talk Wikipedia ·

2023/02/14

We are joined by special guest Matt Weiler to discuss the complicated mental malady that afflicts some of the millions who each year travel to Jerusalem, one of the oldest and most significant cities in human history.

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