This week we're in Chicago for C2E2 as we deep dive into what led to the confrontation of German and Irish immigrants vs the Chicago Police Department in 1855 and how 2 renegade tricksters managed to tank Dow Chemical's stock by giving a fake interview to the BBC. A listener email shares their Filipino family's own personal story of crossing paths with the Aswang.
Episode Tabs:
The Lager Beer Riot: Chicago’s ‘First North Side War’
https://brewedculture.org/2017/05/04/the-lager-beer-riot-chicagos-first-north-side-war/
Meet the Yes Men Who Hoax the World
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/13/mondaymediasection5
Listener Tabs:
Atomic Gardening
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening
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