The Aftermath: Black Sox Scandal and Listener Feedback
The Alarmist
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this week's Aftermath Episode, Rebecca talks with MLB historian, Charles Fountain about who he thinks is to blame for the scandal! Check out Charles' book, Betrayel: How the 1919 Black Sox Scandal Changed Baseball. Also, we hear a listener voicemail about Megxit and read an email that claims Henry VIII might be to blame for every historical tragedy.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
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| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:25.0 | An Eure's Original. Each week we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy. |
| 0:30.0 | And each week you tell us if we got it right. My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith and this is the |
| 0:37.5 | Aftermath. |
| 0:38.5 | Hey everyone, it's Rebecca. Welcome to the aftermath where you tell us if we sent the |
| 0:45.5 | right person or thing to the alarm is jail with us today our producer Amanda Lund and |
| 0:50.5 | fact-chequer Chris Smith here to serve. Hey guys me too and today we're going to be |
| 0:56.1 | talking with a black socks scandal expert to see if he agrees with our verdict |
| 1:00.8 | he's MLB historian and author of the betrayal, the |
| 1:04.8 | 1919 World Series and the birth of modern baseball, Charles Fountain. I can't |
| 1:10.0 | wait to hear what he has to say. What do you think Chris? The guy about his name? Yeah. Do you like his name and are you |
| 1:16.6 | excited to speak to him? I always like to speak to, I always like to hear anybody who |
| 1:20.9 | knows a lot about baseball I like to hear them talk me too I love |
| 1:24.3 | talking about baseball I've had a crush on every single one of our guest experts |
| 1:28.0 | so far I gotta tell you the guy he talked about Chernobyl was I would have listened to that. |
| 1:33.5 | Yeah, that deep resonant, intelligent, well-spoken voice |
| 1:39.7 | for at least another 20 minutes. |
| 1:42.0 | He also had a great sense of humor. |
| 1:43.6 | He did and he was a legitimate hero. |
| 1:46.0 | Yes. |
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