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🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Catty gossip that led to a presidential scandal, the earliest mavericks of American cinema, and the risque Roman origins of a favorite Disney character. This week, we bring you tales of small things that snowballed and had outsized impacts on history, art and culture. Presented live at the 2017 NYC Podfest.

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0:00.0	Hey Side Door listeners, we've got something really special for you this week.
0:13.0	A few months ago, we took our show on the road to Brooklyn New York for NYC Podfest.
0:19.0	There, we featured stories by three Smithsonian curators in front of a live audience.
0:24.3	How's it going? New York City!
0:27.3	Hosting a podcast, you don't always hear immediate feedback, so it was really nice to do this
0:31.2	in front of real people.
0:33.0	And we had a really good time.
0:34.9	The stories we shared all had one common theme.
0:37.6	They all featured a relatively small event
0:39.9	that ricochets into totally unexpected oversized outcomes.
0:44.3	Before we begin, I wanted to give you a quick heads up.
0:47.7	This episode of Side Door has some explicit content, so if you're listening with kids or
0:52.4	your parents and don't want to get into some sensitive topics
0:55.7	We'll be back with a fresh dose of side door in a couple of weeks
1:00.3	Okay, now that's out of the. Our first story starts with the presidency of
1:04.3	Andrew Jackson. Most people know him as the guy on the $20 bill with the good
1:08.8	hair, but there was a lot more to his presidency than just that.
1:13.5	Recent history hasn't been so kind to his memory.
1:16.4	He owned enslaved people.
1:18.4	He pushed American Indians off their land
1:20.7	and into reservations for personal profit,
1:23.5	and he killed a guy in a duel, a lot of bad stuff.
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