In which Laura introduces herself and how getting yelled at may be the best idea in the world right now.

This episode we're suggesting supporting our friend, Charity, as your anti-racism action! https://linktr.ee/CharitySadeMutualAid

Featuring:

Host: Laura Lyster-Mensh

Auldton Laughing Club audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Music outro: Daniel Lyster-Mensh

Sponsoring intro: Mark Mensh

Intro bells: Warrenton Virginia Town Hall Clock Tower

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

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In which Laura rings nonexistent bells, takes the Implicit Bias Test, and takes a pilgrimage to Emily Dickinson's grave.

Service Dogs Of Virginia: https://www.servicedogsva.org/product/donate

Thank you, Demetria Shabazz for the Amherst Town Hall bells audio from the excellent Juneteenth 2020 Celebration, from Amherst Media:

https://amherstmedia.org/content/juneteenth-2020-celebration?fbclid=IwAR1RK80TBeL5Du7gsLEbjO4OERkplq6H_Y_ce69NXd_hK-JhkgEMP6ZLCTc

Harvard Implicit Bias Test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/faqs.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit-association_test#:~:text=measure%20of%20associations.-,Culture%20versus%20person,they%20can%20nonetheless%20influence%20behavior.

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/08/19/exploring-racial-bias-among-biracial-and-single-race-adults-the-iat/

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

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In which Laura sees a ghost, learns a song, watches a statue fall, and Auldton feels change coming.

Special thanks to: Dr. Ellsworth Weaver, Mara Seaforest, Barbara Amster, Morgan Geddes, Whitney Petrilli, Andrea Martens.

Anti-racism action of the episode: donate to the NAACP Fauquier County: https://www.naacpfauquiercounty.org/donate

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

Linktr.ee at: https://linktr.ee/auldton

Links of interest:

Saturday Vigils In Courthouse Square Will Continue Into The Fall

Wikipedia: Death of Shedrick Thompson

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego by Robert MacGimsey

Albemarle Calendar: At Ready Removal

Author corrects the lynching record

Confederate statue taken down in Charlottesville near the site of violent 2017 rally

Live feed of At Ready removal

The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, by Jim Hall

Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials

Auldton Laughing Club narrator, Allen McRae

In which Laura counts signs, bleeps a bad word, and takes off her mask.

Special thanks to: Dr. Carlie Tartakov, Mark Mensh

Anti-racism action of the episode: get a Black Lives Matter sign, mask, etc.

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

Linktr.ee at: https://linktr.ee/auldton

Audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Links of interest:

Etsy BLM sign creators

Letter in Fauquier Times: The phrase 'all lives matter' has become diluted

Hate Has No Home Here project

Culpeper County Sheriff's Office

Culpeper sheriff posts apparent fake news about BLM violence in Roanoke

In which Laura gets a special kind of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from bleeping bad words, learns about empathy from her son, and breaks the 4th wall with the Auldton narrator.

Anti-racism action of the episode: http://leapaction.org/

LEAP is the Law Enforcement Accountability Project

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

Linktr.ee at: https://linktr.ee/auldton

Audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Links of note:

Bernie Mac - I Ain't Scared Of You Mutha****! Def Comedy Jam

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell

Daniel Lyster-Mensh YouTube & Insta

Tim Miller's Read the Room podcast Follow Tim Miller on IG at: @thetimdmiller Russ Green on IG at: @russ_jokes

SNL Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase Job Interview

Jeopardized Bodies: Representations of Race, Gender, and Mortality in the Notorious R.B.G.

The n-word through history

Bill Maher Apologizes for Using N-Word

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nigger

The N-word and Richard Pryor

Charles Hamilton - The N Word

Charles Hamilton – The N Word Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

Rock N Roll Trigger

Black Preachers documentary (YouTube)

Black Preachers documentary (OCLC)

George Carlin - 7 Words You Can't Say On TV

In which Laura tries to be her best self, resists hate, and forgives Enos.

Anti-racism action of the episode: Sign the Statement Against Racism by the Virginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy. https://www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

Linktr.ee at: https://linktr.ee/auldton

Audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Links of note:

Trump taken to hospital (Fox News)

Pirro to Obama: 'Your Lies, Your Policies and Your Divisiveness' Are Why Trump Is President

BoJack Horseman Thoughts & Prayers - YouTube

grandson - Thoughts and Prayers (Official Audio) - YouTube

Lil Wayne- Gangstas Dont Die - YouTube
Stay Alive - YouTube

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Official Video) - YouTube

Soft Piano Music - Royalty Free - Summit

In which Batman praises Mosby, we listen to the Black descendants of the Confederacy, and Laura casts the first stone.

You're not racist: so be an anti-racist. This week we're recommending donations to the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County.

Special thanks to: Karen Hughes White, Afro-American Association of Fauquier County, Barbara Amster, Scott Christian, Mackenzie Miller, and the marvelous people of Fauquier County who come out every Saturday for the Black Lives Matter vigil.

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

Linktr.ee at: https://linktr.ee/auldton

Audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Links of note:

1918 image of Mosby Monument, Warrenton, Virginia

Batman and The Gray Ghost work together

Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) - YouTube

Fandom for Simon Trent

Mosby's Rangers TV Show on IMDB 1957-1958

At a time of racial reckoning, the Gray Ghost becomes grayer, Fauquier Times September 16, 2020

Funeral Drums

John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916)

John Singleton Mosby Historical Marker at HMDB.org

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

Genetic variation among African Americans

Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry

DNA: Transforming African American Genealogy

Black Demographics

In which Laura's mom finds the perfect podcast theme song, you meet Liana, and Laura keeps the otter.

Special guest: Liana Mensh, and Mark Mensh. Thanks to Harris, and Sabine the river otter.

Anti-racism action of the episode: donate to the Elegba Folklore Society in Richmond

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Great podcast apps: Picking the Best Podcast App (and a Guide to the Rest)

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Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

Linktr.ee at: https://linktr.ee/auldton

Audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Links of note:

Negro Laughing Song - George W. Johnson - 1901 Columbia Record take 12

"The Laughing Song"—George Washington Johnson (c. 1896)

George Washington Johnson grave site and bio

Wikipedia page for the Richmond R. E. Lee monument with before and after images

The 25 Most Influential Works of Protest Art