The Aftermath: The Stolen Ruby Red Slippers
The Alarmist
The Alarmist
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🗓️ 15 September 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
New Guest Expert! For this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Ariel Ramchandani about her extensive knowledge of the Ruby Red Slippers lore and their eventual theft from the Judy Garland Museum in August of 2005. Ariel is a freelance writer and host of the podcast No Place Like Home. Her work has appeared in Mother Jones, The Atlantic and The Guardian among other publications. Afterward, Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith stop by to discuss some of the exciting new theories Ariel has to share!
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| 0:00.0 | And here he goes, original. |
| 0:03.6 | Each week, we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy. |
| 0:07.9 | And each week, you tell us if we got it right. |
| 0:12.0 | My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and this is The Aftermath. |
| 0:18.4 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:18.9 | Thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath. |
| 0:21.7 | Today, we're speaking with guest expert, |
| 0:24.0 | Ariel Ramshandani. |
| 0:26.0 | Ariel is a freelance writer and the host of Cadence 13 |
| 0:29.4 | podcast, No Place Like Home, an investigative podcast |
| 0:33.3 | about the case of the stolen Ruby Red Slippers. |
| 0:36.6 | Her stories have appeared in Mother Jones, the Atlantic, |
| 0:39.7 | the Guardian, Pacific Standard, Wired, |
| 0:42.3 | the Economist, and the Wall Street Journal |
| 0:44.2 | magazine among other publications. |
| 0:47.0 | Let's hear what she has to say about the case of the stolen |
| 0:50.1 | Ruby Red Slippers. |
| 0:52.8 | Hi, Ariel. |
| 0:53.5 | Thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:55.4 | I think, of course, it's a pleasure to be here. |
| 0:58.0 | I wanted to start off by seeing if you could give us |
| 1:02.5 | a little backstory on how Judy Gardland got her start. |
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