WEBVTT - 9 Crazy Newspapers Worth Getting Your Hands On

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what game. So do you know there's a newspaper

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<v Speaker 1>in India that's actually handwritten every single day, handwritten seriously,

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<v Speaker 1>like they don't type any of it out. No. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean the paper is called the Musliman, which means Muslim,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's about a hundred years old and the whole

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<v Speaker 1>paper is only about four pages long, but it's written

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<v Speaker 1>in Urdu and this like beautiful handwritten calligraphy, and the

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<v Speaker 1>subscribers love it. They're about, i want to say, like

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<v Speaker 1>twenty copies of the paper that get delivered across India,

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<v Speaker 1>and The Musliman receives more than like twenty notes today,

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<v Speaker 1>just thanking the newspaper for the service. And in fact,

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<v Speaker 1>the owner thinks that if he and his seven employees,

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<v Speaker 1>who he actually considers family, like, if they stopped handwriting

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<v Speaker 1>the paper, it would lose all of its charm. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's actually really sweet. And I mean I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 1>the subscribers read it because they feel like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a more personal paper, right yeah. And also it's

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<v Speaker 1>really cheap, which also helps. But that's the first of

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<v Speaker 1>nine facts we've got about newspapers on TODA is nine things.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's dive in y Hey there, podcast listeners, Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to part time Genius. I'm longas articular. Will Pearson is

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<v Speaker 1>out today on vacation, but I've got a good friend

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<v Speaker 1>and researcher gave Louisier on the horn with me today

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<v Speaker 1>and sitting behind that stack of funny pages, just catching

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<v Speaker 1>up on last week's Hagar the Horrible cartoons. That's our

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<v Speaker 1>pal and producer Tristan McNeil so gave. Today's show is

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<v Speaker 1>all about journalism and papers, and I was curious, did

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<v Speaker 1>you guys get a newspaper as a kid. Yeah, we did. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up in Maryland, so we got the Washington

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<v Speaker 1>Post every Sunday, which you know was super important to

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<v Speaker 1>me for the comics section. Yeah, you know, my my

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<v Speaker 1>parents actually used to have a fight about which paper

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<v Speaker 1>to Like my mom got the New York Times because

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<v Speaker 1>she liked cross words, and my dad got the local

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<v Speaker 1>news journal which was in Delaware and that had comics.

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<v Speaker 1>And so we always had too many papers on our

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<v Speaker 1>kidschenp table. But I was curious too, like, did you

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<v Speaker 1>ever do any sort of journalism in school? Did did

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<v Speaker 1>you do like the high school paper or anything like that? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I did. I was. I was actually the editor at

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<v Speaker 1>our really yeah. I mean, you know, it looked great

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<v Speaker 1>on paper for like college applications and stuff, but in reality,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I attended like the super small private school,

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<v Speaker 1>so they were only about a hundred kids in the

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<v Speaker 1>whole high school. Like my graduating class was twelve people,

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<v Speaker 1>so our readership, you know, it was it was pretty tiny.

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<v Speaker 1>Did I ever tell you about the paper I started

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<v Speaker 1>as a kid? No, So, I mean I was on

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<v Speaker 1>my high school paper to it's kind of what led

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<v Speaker 1>to Metal Flaws. But um, when I was a kid,

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<v Speaker 1>when I was like eight or nine, I started this

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<v Speaker 1>paper in my neighborhood called Dogs of my Neighborhood. And

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<v Speaker 1>it was with my best friend at the time, and

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, the whole idea was that we'd report

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<v Speaker 1>on all the funny stories about the dogs in the neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 1>And I drew some cartoons, and like my friend and

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<v Speaker 1>I like we thought we were gonna make a killing.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we got basically like no subscribers, and we

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<v Speaker 1>had to put the paper down after the first issue.

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<v Speaker 1>But I definitely want to talk about more niche newspapers

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<v Speaker 1>and newspaper facts, so I started with that story of

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<v Speaker 1>the Mussliman, the handwritten one in India. But what do

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<v Speaker 1>you have up your sleeves? Sure? So, like, here's what

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<v Speaker 1>I like. And have you ever heard of the Nome Nugget.

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<v Speaker 1>It's this paper from Nome, Alaska, and it's actually Alaska's

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<v Speaker 1>oldest newspaper. It comes out once a week. And anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a story from town and country. But back

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<v Speaker 1>in seven there was this group called the Alaska Newspapers Incorporated,

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<v Speaker 1>and they had spent a few years trying to buy

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<v Speaker 1>the Nome Nugget. You know, they wanted to consolidate it

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<v Speaker 1>into their newspaper group, but the feisty Nugget wouldn't have it.

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<v Speaker 1>They wanted to stay independent. And A and I was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know a little bit here about this. So they

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<v Speaker 1>actually and I started a competing paper, the Bearing Straight Record,

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<v Speaker 1>And so immediately this rivalry began. The Bearing Straight Record

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<v Speaker 1>was well funded, but you know, people continued to rally

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<v Speaker 1>around the tiny Nome Nugget, you know, because they love

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<v Speaker 1>their local paper. And it's like the little paper that

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<v Speaker 1>could you know. Anyway, when the A and I folks

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<v Speaker 1>decided to fold the Bearing Straight Record two years later,

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<v Speaker 1>somehow the Nome Nuggeters found out, and just as the

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<v Speaker 1>executive walked in to break the news, the Nome Nugget

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<v Speaker 1>through the Bearing Straight this big surprise party in their

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<v Speaker 1>offices for their second anniversary. They had cake and drinks

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, obviously the A and I folks were

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<v Speaker 1>not happy about this. But anyway, today there's actually a

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<v Speaker 1>copy of the final Bearing Straight record that's framed and

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<v Speaker 1>it hangs in the Nome Nugget office. Is still man,

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<v Speaker 1>they sound feisty, so you know, I I love that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't mess with the little guys. And I've actually

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<v Speaker 1>got a tell you about this paper that I read about.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the Orange Street News, which is sometimes printed as

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<v Speaker 1>a four page digest that's distributed to about like two

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<v Speaker 1>neighbors and local businesses, but it's also an online site.

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<v Speaker 1>And what makes it so special is that it's actually

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<v Speaker 1>run by a nine year old named Hilde Kate Lysiac.

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<v Speaker 1>And it isn't just some like cuty neighborhood paper like

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<v Speaker 1>covering neighborhood dogs. Her paper actually scooped the local news

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<v Speaker 1>about a murder in the neighborhood. It's not crazy, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's amazing. So she she got this tip from a source,

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<v Speaker 1>and as she put it, then she saw like cops

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<v Speaker 1>swarming a house. So she just went up and like

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<v Speaker 1>she's plucky and interviewed them and also got the takes

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<v Speaker 1>of some neighbors and then she like rushed her story

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<v Speaker 1>online under the headline quote exclusive murder on Ninth Street.

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<v Speaker 1>And I guess it's amazing because like her, her dad

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<v Speaker 1>is a beat reporter and has taken her to the

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<v Speaker 1>office of their newspaper and uh. And she was actually

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<v Speaker 1>interviewed about her scoop and you know, because she beat

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<v Speaker 1>all the local newspapers to it, they were asking like,

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<v Speaker 1>how did you do it? And she responded, look, I

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<v Speaker 1>got a good tip and I was able to confirm it.

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<v Speaker 1>Like she talks like a reporter and she like checks

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<v Speaker 1>off on her sources. It's amazing. And apparently her favorite

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<v Speaker 1>stories to cover are all the crime ones. She's also

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<v Speaker 1>covered a vandal in the neighborhood who has been damaging

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<v Speaker 1>plants around the town and uh, and all these other

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<v Speaker 1>I guess petty crime stories. It's it's pretty great. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's awesome. I mean if people embraced her or that

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<v Speaker 1>they kind of you know, told her that she's too

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<v Speaker 1>young to be reporting on this kind of stuff. So

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<v Speaker 1>I looked into this too. It's a little of both,

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<v Speaker 1>Like when she got a ton of coverage and she

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<v Speaker 1>got covered in like Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review all

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<v Speaker 1>for that murder scoop. Like, people gone on Facebook and

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<v Speaker 1>started criticizing her. But her response was great, like let

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<v Speaker 1>me find this quote. She said, uh quote, If you

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<v Speaker 1>want me to stop covering news, then you get off

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<v Speaker 1>your computers and do something about the news. There is

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<v Speaker 1>that cute enough for you? I guess she got tired

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<v Speaker 1>of people calling her cute, which is amazing because she's

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<v Speaker 1>a little complate. But all right, here's a quick one

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<v Speaker 1>for you. And by quick, you know, I actually mean tiny.

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<v Speaker 1>Because on February, the Terra No strip paper from Portugal

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<v Speaker 1>they published a super slim edition that was get this,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen by twenty five millimeters tall and weighed only a

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<v Speaker 1>single graham. So what was this like an edited down

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<v Speaker 1>paper or was it like a full paper? What? What

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<v Speaker 1>was it? Yeah? It was an exact copy of the

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<v Speaker 1>normal edition, but it it came with a magnifying glass

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<v Speaker 1>so you can actually, you know, read the thing and

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<v Speaker 1>the paper It's sold about three thousand copies that edition,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's now in the Guinness Book of Records as

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<v Speaker 1>the world's smallest newspaper. That's pretty cool. So I actually

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<v Speaker 1>have a quick one for you too. But uh, and this,

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<v Speaker 1>this is like something I've been thinking about a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>is how the city of Cleveland was originally incorporated with

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<v Speaker 1>a different spelling. It was originally spelled c L E

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<v Speaker 1>A V E l A N D, like there was

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<v Speaker 1>this extra A in there and are now it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have it. And the whole reason is because of a

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<v Speaker 1>local newspaper. So I've actually heard this a long time ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought it was because the Plain Dealer, but

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<v Speaker 1>apparently it was from the Cleveland Advertiser, this short lived paper,

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<v Speaker 1>and basically they couldn't fit all those letters on the masthead,

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<v Speaker 1>so they just chopped off the A to fit all

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<v Speaker 1>the words on top, and the spelling for the city stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>That's great. Yeah, I've got a fact about a paper

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<v Speaker 1>that I would love to get my hands on. It's

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<v Speaker 1>called The Meat Eater and it was produced from eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy two eight one at the Alabama Insane Hospital. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's their name, not mine, but so this came out

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<v Speaker 1>at a time after Dorothea Dix worked so hard to

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<v Speaker 1>move mentally ill people from jails into asylums. But apparently

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<v Speaker 1>the paper was really good, Like according to The Atlantic,

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<v Speaker 1>it had columns on Darwinism, concert reviews, marriage and death notices.

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<v Speaker 1>There were updates about the goings on at the hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, including who was being too loud. And there

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<v Speaker 1>was this also this little odds and ends section in

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<v Speaker 1>the Meteor called Meteoric Dust. But the really interesting thing

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<v Speaker 1>is that even though the paper came out with some frequency,

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<v Speaker 1>the editors stayed anonymous the whole time, like nobody knows

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<v Speaker 1>who was behind this. That's amazing and it almost feels

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<v Speaker 1>like a movie, right, you can kind of picture that

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<v Speaker 1>with like a little bit of mystery. I actually really

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<v Speaker 1>like that. So here's a little paper our researcher, Eaves,

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<v Speaker 1>tipped me off on, and I had no idea about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also historical and it's called The South Polar Times

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<v Speaker 1>and it was produced by Robert Scott's men on his

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<v Speaker 1>two journeys to Antarctica. Apparently it was a really good

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<v Speaker 1>diversion for them just to keep their mind off the cold,

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<v Speaker 1>and they brought these massive typewriters with them and reams

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<v Speaker 1>of paper and each edition was about thirty to fifty

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<v Speaker 1>pages long. Wow, So how many issues did they put out? So?

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<v Speaker 1>I think they put out eight issues from the first

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<v Speaker 1>voyage and four from the next. But the writing is

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be really really funny, and it's got like characters,

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<v Speaker 1>the officer cartoons, watercolors, weather reports. It's supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>really lively like. They also wrote parodies and uh rewrote

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<v Speaker 1>lyrics to popular bar songs about their journey. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>and even the last edition, which you know must have

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<v Speaker 1>been horrific because that expedition didn't end well. The writers

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<v Speaker 1>knew their colleagues had run out of supplies and they

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<v Speaker 1>were lost in the wild. Even that edition is filled

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<v Speaker 1>with jokes that supposedly run a little flat, but they tried.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, Anyway, I just heard about the South Poler

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<v Speaker 1>Times this week, But now I feel like I need

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<v Speaker 1>to go get a copy of them collected because they

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<v Speaker 1>really sound amazing. Yeah, it does. And I know We've

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<v Speaker 1>got two more newspaper facts to cover before we choose

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<v Speaker 1>a winner here, But first let's take a quick break.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to part time genius, where today's topic is

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<v Speaker 1>little known newspaper facts. So, Gabe, I I think you're up.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your last act? Uh? Yeah? So this is another

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<v Speaker 1>defunct paper, but like the South Polar Times you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>it's particularly interesting as a historic document. It's called the

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<v Speaker 1>Prison Times, and you know there there have been a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of inmate papers, but this one's especially interesting to

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<v Speaker 1>me because it comes from Confederate prisoners that were held

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<v Speaker 1>at Fort Delaware. I feel like you're just buttering me

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<v Speaker 1>up here by throwing in the word Delaware, but but

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to hear this story, baby a little

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<v Speaker 1>h The particularly interesting thing is that the paper tried

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<v Speaker 1>to stay really objective. So uh. They had this statement

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<v Speaker 1>in one of the papers that read, in presenting to

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<v Speaker 1>the public the first edition of the Prison Times, we

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<v Speaker 1>are aware that there will be many criticisms. Nothing political

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<v Speaker 1>will be indulged in it. So basically instead they focused

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<v Speaker 1>on fine arts literature. They had the section called our

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<v Speaker 1>prison World, which talking about things like how to mend

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<v Speaker 1>a torn uniform or you know, tips on how to

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<v Speaker 1>get a slightly larger portion of rations. Um. That's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of amazing. This might be the most interesting point because

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<v Speaker 1>the editors wrote in the paper that they intended to

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<v Speaker 1>collect stories from celebrated male and female authors, and I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that was super rare for that time period, right like,

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<v Speaker 1>and pretty progressive for really any soldiers, let alone Confederates.

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<v Speaker 1>But unfortunately there was only one edition of the paper

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<v Speaker 1>that's been found so far, so you know, maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>little too ahead of its time. That's pretty great, and

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<v Speaker 1>it actually reminds me of one story that I read

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<v Speaker 1>a long time ago, and we should talk about in

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<v Speaker 1>future episodes to get more into the depth of it.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's this publisher, I want to say, in Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 1>who found a plate for Confederate money and then he

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<v Speaker 1>printed out the bills in his paper and and so

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<v Speaker 1>that people could just like cut him out of the

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<v Speaker 1>paper and use them, and it totally deflated the Confederate currency,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just an amazing story. But there's so many

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<v Speaker 1>good real newspapers to talk about, Like there's, um, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a paper in India, uh I pulled up for this

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<v Speaker 1>research that's written exclusively by women and produced by women,

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<v Speaker 1>and it tackles all these amazing village stories that most

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<v Speaker 1>papers don't get to write about. There's a there's another

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<v Speaker 1>paper that comes out and article that deserves mentioned. But

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<v Speaker 1>instead I'm gonna use or waste my last fact on

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<v Speaker 1>a fake paper that's been circulating for over fifty years now.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's the dummy paper you might see on TV

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<v Speaker 1>shows from Modern Family or the seventies show. Uh. It's

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<v Speaker 1>also in like um movies like Ten Things I Hate

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<v Speaker 1>About You or No Country for Old Men. It's really

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<v Speaker 1>everywhere and once you spot it, you're going to see

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<v Speaker 1>it everywhere. It's apparently produced by a company called the

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<v Speaker 1>Earl Hayes Press. And the advantage of this fake paper

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<v Speaker 1>is that there aren't any legal hurdles with using you

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<v Speaker 1>know this uh, this fake brand. Otherwise, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>companies would have to pay the New York Times or

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<v Speaker 1>whoever for licensing fees. But if you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>headlines closely, they are so weird, like there's there's a

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<v Speaker 1>picture of this woman and it says, uh, she's third

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<v Speaker 1>brightest but hard alta see, which which makes no sense.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there are all these like other super vanilla

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<v Speaker 1>or nonsensical headlines like uh, Valley area records record growth,

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<v Speaker 1>like none of these are articles you want to read.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean yet it's it's got to be one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most successful papers out there, right, Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess so. Well, you know, there were a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>niche papers we've covered today. I think I was really

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<v Speaker 1>taking with um the nine year old story, like, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that one's amazing. But I also appreciated your use

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<v Speaker 1>of the word Delaware and the Confederate Confederate prisoners papers.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think I'm gonna have to give you this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Well I knew that would work. Well, Thank you so much. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it for today's nine Things. We'll be back with

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<v Speaker 1>a full length episode of Part Time Genius tomorrow. Thanks

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