WEEK TWELVE: The 8-Hour Day

In just over 40 minutes, Jeff and Vinnie discuss eight hours of work! Or, rather, the concept f the 8-hour workday, which took a big step forward in 1917. Also on the docket: the disturbing antiwar film All Quiet on the Western Front, a quiz on the racehorse Man-o-War, hard soap, soft soap, Jeannette Rankin (the first female member of Congress) and your weekly references to Johnny Carson and Mad Magazine.

https://ia601502.us.archive.org/21/items/Week128HourWorkday/Week%2012--8-hour%20workday.mp3

WEEK TEN: The Zimmerman Telegram

In March of 1917 we (we being the United States) weren't in World War I. By April we were. Why? The Zimmerman Telegram! Find out about it via the quasi-reliable source of Jeff and Vinnie. Also learn about Puerto Rican citizenship, the birth of Dinah Shore, a cavalcade of Will Eisner info, and how William Henry Harrison really died -- no DNA evidence of a coat.

https://ia601506.us.archive.org/22/items/Week10TheZimmermanTelegram/Week%2010--%20The%20Zimmerman%20Telegram.mp3

WEEK ELEVEN: Upton Sinclar

What a big week! Russia fall apart! Fictional mines explode! Journalists rake muck like Hercules cleaning a stable! In this week of 100 Years Ago Today: the 1917 Podcast, Jeff and Vinnie dive into the works of Upton Sinclar, set the table for the first of two (2) 1917 Russian Revolutions, find a way to bring all conversations back to penis jokes, Mad Magazine, and the 1986 Mets.

https://ia601508.us.archive.org/34/items/Week11UptonSinclair/Week%2011%20--%20Upton%20Sinclair.mp3

WEEK NINE: Delmonico's

Pull up a chair, tuck in a napkin, and prepare for a mouth-watering feast, as the 1917 podcast heads to Delmonico's to see what the finest fare of a hundred years ago today offered. Come for the broth, stay for the celery! And French spellings of "tomato" and "rotisserie". And lots of local seafood from from the East River. Plus learn about Vinnie's boxing connections, the marriage of sculptor Auguste Rodan, and celebrate the birth of Anthony Burgess with a Clockwork Orange quiz.

https://ia601502.us.archive.org/5/items/Week9Delmonicos/Week%209%20--%20Delmonico's.mp3

WEEK EIGHT: Son of Tarzan

If you thought you knew Tarzan..well, you probably DO know Tarzan. But did you know Tarzan had a son? A son who very conveniently went through the exact same trials and tribulations as his dad? Find out this week in 100 Years Ago Today, the 1917 Podcast. Jeff and Vinnie also touch on the Archangel explosion, the sinking of the SS Merdi, and celebrate the birthdays of Sidney Sheldon and Cormac McCarthy.

https://ia601508.us.archive.org/0/items/Week8SonOfTarzan/Week%208%20--%20Son%20of%20Tarzan.mp3

WEEK SEVEN: Mata Hari

f you're like me, you've HEARD of Matai Hari but are pretty vague in the details after that. Was she a spy? Was she framed? Was she a courtesan? Was she a beauty? Was she a turncoat? Was she Malaysian, Was she Dutch? All these questions are answered! Plus, learn about iced Postum, eat some hair, find out about a Disney sled dog time has forgotten, and take the Junior quiz in honor of the founder of Carl's Jr.

https://ia601507.us.archive.org/34/items/WEEK7MATAHARI/WEEK%207%20--%20MATA%20HARI.mp3