Ep. 175: irish america & feral children

Jack of All Graves

Corrigan tells Marko how an orphan train turned Irish Americans white, and we discuss the sad but fascinating stories of feral children. Plus, Marko issues a musical challenge to listeners, and we test out our Shakira impressions.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the great Arizona orphan abduction
[38:41] Mark feels a little down about the state of the world now compared to when we started JoAG
[58:20] We try out our Shakira impressions. Just go with it. And we discuss upcoming JoAG things
[69:56] What we watched! (Frogman, Glasshouse, Se7en, Coherence, 20 Days in Mariupol, Madame Web, 10 To Midnight)
[95:09] We discuss feral children, also known as isolates, and what they reveal to us about human development and what it means to be human

Stuff we referenced:

• St. Patrick’s Day: Origins, Meaning & Background | HISTORY
• St. Patrick's Day and the True Story of Saint Patrick | TIME
• The Colorful History of the St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Irish Potato Famine: Date, Cause & Great Hunger - HISTORY
• What was the Irish potato famine? How was Queen Victoria involved, how many people died and when did it happen? | The Sun
• BBC - History - British History in depth: The Irish Famine
• Irish Famine survivors - it was not so long ago
• The Great Irish Famine Was a Turning Point in History
• Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato Famine | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
• HOW INFECTION SHAPED HISTORY: LESSONS FROM THE IRISH FAMINE - PMC
• History: The Abduction of 40 Orphans in 20th Century Clifton - PHOENIX magazine
• The Irish Orphan Abduction | Feature | Tucson Weekly
• The Orphan Trains - True West Magazine
• Britain's Blueprint for Colonialism: Made in Ireland - JSTOR Daily
• When Language Started a Political Revolution - JSTOR Daily
• The Art of Breaking People Down: The British Colonial Model in Ireland and Canada on JSTOR
• History Ireland
• Ireland 1916: how 800 years of British rule led to violent rebellion | CBC Radio
• Colonialism and Ireland: The choice facing us is between empire and republic – The Irish Times
• Handover of British rule: ‘After 700 years here, what difference does 7 minutes make?’ – The Irish Times
• Real-life jungle books – how feral children raised by animals continue to fire the imagination
• Real-life Mowgli kept alive by cats
• 'Dog Boy' of Chile Rescued - ABC News
• He was a wild child. Really wild | World news | The Guardian
• Raised in the wild: tales of survival | The Independent | The Independent
• John Ssebunya of Uganda | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
• Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers | Children | The Guardian
• Modern Cases of Feral Children – HealthGuidance.org
• 4.2.1F: Feral Children - Social Sci LibreTexts