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Digging Deeper: The Hamilton - Burr Duel

Join the Rebeccas this week as we get into heat of the spicy beef between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr and look a little bit past the musical's interpretation and looking at what really lead to this odd bit of "civilized" murder. 

 

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Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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Show Notes

• PBS American Experience, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr’s Duel: 
• National Park Service, Hamilton Grange National Memorial
• Library of Congress
• Smithsonian Magazine, Duel! History
• Burr Bust in the Senate Collection

 

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

(PATRONS ONLY) The Rags to Riches and Back to Rags Again Tale of Baby Doe

The Rebeccas are back with a long awaited PATRONS ONLY episode! This week, we head out west to the frontier days of the 1800s to learn about the fascinating ups and downs of the life of Baby Doe, a woman far ahead of her time who quickly learns the "boom and bust" ways of the early Western Frontier. 

 

DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/

• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

 

We found these sources to be helpful for further research:

• Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, Colorado Encyclopedia
• The Famous Love Story of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor, from the local Leadville town archives 
• Visit the Matchless Mine 
• The Ballad of Baby Doe Opera

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

(EARLY RELEASE) The Corrupt Bargain

If you think that corruption in politics is new, goodness do we have the pod for you! Corruption in politics is not at all new and has never been more fun than this, marking the nearly 200 year anniversary of this event. 

 

Join Rebecca and Becca as we break down the Election of 1824 and The Corrupt Bargain!

 

DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

• Some scholarly info about "The Bargain" from The Miller Center
• Andrew Jackson's partisanship from The Hermitage website (Jackson's plantation home and museum)
• Historic opposition to corruption from The Library of Congress 
• There’s even a board game!! (Rebecca wants this so badly!) 

 

You’re Listening to: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

The Day... the Music ... Died ...

Join the Rebecca's as we veer away from our DC roots and tackle an important event in modern cultural history, an event that would come to become known as "The Day the Music Died" after a tribute song by Don McLean hit the charts 12 years after the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson changed music history forever. 

DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

(EARLY RELEASE) The Articles of Confederation : America’s Training Wheels!

Join the Rebeccas before we start making July 4th plans to hear about what came after the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation. Most of us remember the important conversations held during the Constitutional Convention that would come a few years after the adoption of the Articles, but sometimes we aren't clear on why those questions came up in the first place, and the answer is our experience of government under the Articles.  

 

DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

 

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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If you are interested in seeing the National Archives mentioned in this episode, we have a "DC In a Day" Private Group Tour for you at DC By Foot (along with a few other tours!)

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

WELCOME BACK! Let’s Tour the White House!

Greetings and apologies to our amazing Patrons. April showers brought us some May technical glitches as well as a very full tour schedule, but we are back and kicking off June in style as the Rebeccas take us back to our tour guide roots and describe their recent tour of the White House! 

 

Listen to this episode to learn how you yourself can get to tour the East Wing of the White House, what you might see, and some pro tips along the way.  But stick around also as the Rebeccas were also able to get a special (so not for the general public!) tour of the West Wing as well!

 

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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If you are looking for more information, check out our page on the DC By Foot site on How to Tour the White House

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

(EARLY RELEASE) The Art of the Capitol Building

April rolls along with a discussion about art in the United States Capitol. There is a lot of art and some of it is great! And some of it is.... less great!

 

Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly with respect to the art in our Capitol. 

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

 

If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

• The Architect of the Capitol is officially in charge of all the art: https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art
• Capitol Historical Society: https://capitolhistory.org/explore/united-states-capitol-artwork-collection/
• The article that inspired this episode, art depicting enslavers in the Capitol: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/capitol-art-slaveholders-confederates/
• Statuary Hall Collection: https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/statuary-hall-collection-by-location
• Removing confederate art: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/29/1011303611/the-house-votes-to-remove-confederate-statues-in-the-u-s-capitol
• OpEd by fellow tour guide Tim Krepp: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/22/keep-confederate-statues-in-congress-they-let-us-know-some-states-are-proud-of-racism/

 

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

The Life of William Seward

 

April kicks off a little late for us, as the famous DC Cherry Blossoms have meant lots of tours and a very busy schedule. But fear not! To make up for it, we bring you an extra long episode as we take a deep dive on yet another Lincoln-adjacent person of great importance to the history of our nation: Secretary of State William Henry Seward.

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

• DC By Foot Lincoln Assassination Tour 
• Lincoln’s Last Day Video Series
• Seward House Museum
• NPR - How Lincoln’s Fiercest Rival Became His Closest Ally
• American Battlefield Trust - William Seward
• US Senate - Seward’s “Higher Law” speech
• National Constitution Center - Remembering William Seward’s Alaska “Folly”
• The Hill is Home - Olive Risley Seward

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

Admin/Advertising Extraordinaire: Canden Arciniega

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

(PATRON ONLY) Elizabeth Keckley

Women's History month closes out with a special Patrons-Only episode focused on Elizabeth Keckley, an enslaved woman who buys her own freedom and ends up as stylist and confidant to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Hear about her fascinating life and her controversial autobiography.

 

***CONTENT WARNING*** 

We do discuss some of the horrific details of what life was like for enslaved women during this time. 

 

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

• White House Historical Association
• New York Historical Society
• Smithsonian Magazine
• National Women’s History Museum 

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

Admin/Advertising Extraordinaire: Canden Arciniega

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

The Real Story of the Real Helen Keller (Yes, She’s Real!)

Women’s History Month continues with someone you think you know all about, but do you really?

 

Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss Helen Keller, why she’s famous, and what else she probably should be famous for. 

 

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall

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• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

 

 

If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

• Keller's biography from the American Federation for the Blind

   

• YouTube clip of Keller speaking out

   

• What you didn’t learn in school (Time article)

   

• Forgotten radical

• DC By Foot Guide to the National Cathedral

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

Admin/Advertising Extraordinaire: Canden Arciniega

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero