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Professional Tour Guides in Washington DC share the true and sometimes scandalous stories from history, DC travel tips and hacks, hidden gems and hilarious stories of what we‘ve heard on tours. Support our Pod: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
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Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
“He is one of five candidates but he is going to win this primary and he wins this primary because he is the kind of guy who joined any club that would have him, went to every Army get-together, every veterans' party - when he was a county judge, he was going county seat to county seat, when he was doing the federal reemployment program he was traveling to these little towns and he wins it the old-fashioned way - by getting out and shaking hands and kissing babies"
If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:
- Harry S Truman - The White House
- Little White House - Key West, Florida
- Harry S Truman Presidential Library - Independence, Missouri
- "Lauren Bacall Photo With Harry Truman Was Selfie Gone Viral for 1945" - New York Times
- Drink Bourbon Like Harry Truman - Memphis Flyer
- Harry S Truman and World War One - National Park Service
- Harry Truman's Great American Road Trip - Riverfront Times
You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
Our highlight mini-sode this week focuses on the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, sometimes called the Japanese Internment Memorial.
Rebecca shares with us more information about why you should visit this hidden gem between the US Capitol and Union Station.
All May 2020 we are focusing on WWII sites and historical figures as part of our #WWII75FTBF celebration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day on May 8th.
Support our podcast by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
May 8, 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, so we're focusing on WWII figures and sites for the entire month across all platforms using #WWII75FTBF.
Dan and Rebecca share a bit more about this larger than life figure.
You can see the statue outside the British Embassy on our Embassy Row Tour: https://freetoursbyfoot.com/embassy-row/#tours
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
On this bonus episode about hidden sites in DC, the Lincoln Emancipation Memorial is one of the most fascinating statues in Washington, not only for what it represented when it was created but for how the perceptions of the statue have evolved over time. Join us to hear about this unique and controversial gem.
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
“She's pushing forty and she's kind of this wild divorcee...she has these feet in both worlds and she is this wild child but also not a spring chicken. She does not give a f--- about anything and that is what is so powerful about her story."
Tour Guide Tell All digs into the mysterious life and death of Mary Meyer, a Georgetown socialite and mistress of President John F. Kennedy who may or may not have introduced him to LSD at the White House. Mary Meyer's murder in 1964, just a year after Kennedy's assassination, remains an unsolved mystery today.
Join us as we talk drugs, adultery, White House secrets, a mysterious diary and more on this episode.
Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com
Support Tour Guide Tell All:
- Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
- Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphenelia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/
- Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:
- Wicked Georgetown Tour - DC By Foot
- Self-Guided Walking Tour of Georgetown - DC By Foot
- "Murder on the Canal" - The Washington Post
- "44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved" - Smithsonian Magazine
- "The Strange Saga of JFK and the Original Dr. Feelgood" - New York Magazine
- New York Times - Book Review of two books inspired by Mary Meyer's Diary
You’re Listening To: Dan King & Becca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
“George Mason is the most important Founding Father that you’ve never heard of. You’ve never heard of him because he gets into a fight with the one person you don’t want to get into a fight with if you want to go down in history and that is; George Mason gets into a fight with George Washington.”
If you have never heard of George Mason, don’t feel too bad, most people have not, but we guarantee that you’ve heard of several of his most famous works. Mason was an extremely influential Founding Father that does not get enough play and we wanted to tell you all about him and his memorial. Join us as we discuss a forgotten Founder, his memorial and which very famous Founder he publicly feuds with.
If you have an questions about the episode, want to suggest a future episode or just say hello, please send us an email tourguidetellall@gmail.com
Support Tour Guide Tell All:
- Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
- Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphenelia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/
- Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
You may find these sources helpful:
George Mason bio: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/george-mason
George Mason University: https://www2.gmu.edu
NPS site for the memorial https://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/george-mason-memorial.htm
National Mall trust https://nationalmall.org/content/george-mason-memorial
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible For it Sound Good: Dan King
Technical and Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
“Robert Todd Lincoln says later in his life that his dad was always gone...so you have this workaholic father, you have these two younger brothers who take the cuteness factor and the doting factor, and Robert Todd Lincoln gets left out in the cold a little bit"
As part of our #LincolnsLastDayFTBF commemoration of the 155 years since Lincoln's Assassination, Tour Guide Tell All is diving into the life and tragedies of Robert Todd Lincoln. Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest son of Abraham Lincoln and would find himself at the center of history repeatedly in his own life.
To see the #LincolnsLastDayFTBF videos, be sure to check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreeToursbyFootHQ/
Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com
Support Tour Guide Tell All:
- Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
- Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphenelia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/
- Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:
- Lincoln Assassination Tour - DC By Foot
- Historic Georgetown Tour - DC By Foot
- Arlington National Cemetery Tour - DC By Foot
- Robert Todd Lincoln's Gravesite - the D.C. Bike Blogger
- The Lincoln Family Line - Ford's Theatre
- Robert Todd Lincoln Family Papers - Library of Congress
You're Listening To: Canden Arciniega, Becca Grawl, & Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Our mini-episodes are designed to share some of our favorite off-the-beaten-path gems in the city and this is a personal favorite. Did you know that D.C. is home to a Titanic memorial? It's a hidden gem tucked away near the popular Wharf neighborhood, which we visit on our Southwest Waterfront neighborhood tour.
Join us as we discover how this Titanic memorial ended up in our nation's capital and why the eccentric designer is one of the most interesting women in art history.
Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com
If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:
- Friends of Titanic Memorial Park
- Historic Southwest Waterfront/D.C. Wharf Tour - DC By Foot
- "What's Up With D.C.'s Titanic Memorial?" - Washington City Paper
- D.C. & the Titanic - Ghosts of D.C.
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - Culture Trip
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You're Listening To: Canden Arciniega, Becca Grawl, & Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
TITANIC MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC:
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
“Lindbergh is a really great, I think, reminder that history is complicated and messy people make history. No one is all good or all bad and that is the great thing about this, that we can kinda make our own judgments about this.”
Tour Guide Tell All goes to the movies! Well, HBO at any rate. We are talking this week about Charles Lindbergh and the real history behind the mini-series “The Plot Against America” Join us as we talk about Lindbergh, the early aviation industry, his historic flight, the infamous kidnapping of his son and so much more.
If you have an questions about the episode, want to suggest a future episode or just say hello, please send us an email tourguidetellall@gmail.com
Support Tour Guide Tell All:
- Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
- Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphenelia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/
- Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
Books we either used or referred to for the pod:
- One Summer by Bill Bryson
- We by Charles Lindbergh
- Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg
- Hitler’s American Friends by Bradley Hart
The flight in 1927: https://www.space.com/16677-charles-lindbergh.html
Medal of Honor recipient: http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/moh.asp
Lindbergh Kidnapping: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/americans-and-the-holocaust
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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Becca Grawl
The Person Responsible For it Sound Good: Dan King
Technical and Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
“Ronald Reagan, I don’t care what you think about his politics, and we live in a very left of center city, but I don’t care what you think about President Reagan’s politics, the man is an honest to goodness cowboy. And I think this story best exemplifies that.”
Tour Guide Tell All talks all about assassination…. Attempts. On the Anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Reagan, we do a deep dive into this insane story. Join us as we talk all this Reagan and the absolutely crazy story of his would be assassin and the event itself.
If you have an questions about the episode, want to suggest a future episode or just say hello, please send us an email tourguidetellall@gmail.com
Support Tour Guide Tell All:
- Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
- Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphenelia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/
- Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall
The Miller Center at UVA has an article with remembrances about the event: https://millercenter.org/issues-policy/the-first-year/the-attempted-reagan-assassination
Some really great photos of the event: https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/03/must-see-photos-of-the-attempted-assassination-of-president-ronald-reagan-in-1981.html
From the Reagan Library itself: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/photo-galleries/assassination-attempt
WaPo footage of it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/the-1981-reagan-assassination-attempt/2016/07/27/f471211c-5402-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_video.html
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: https://www.bradyunited.org
Imdb page for Taxi Driver: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Bio for John Hinckley, Jr https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/john-hinckley-jr
Erotomania: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-erotomania#1
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You’re Listening To: Dan King and Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible For it Sound Good: Dan King
Technical and Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero