In this episode we imbibe a delicious but obscure Civil War punch called General Burnside’s Favorite. We learn about the odd man with infamous facial hair who created this hot brandy-based concoction and how it links to the era of Stephanie’s scandal.
🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/2021/3/31/episode-32-general-burnsides-favorite
ALSO DISCUSSED: Whiskey rations, sideburns, HBO’s True Detective, buying your own stimmy, Well That’s Interesting podcast, hair beads, Big Gay, from riots to pjs, true crime, Turd Cruz, male peacocks, straight men smelling like farts, graph paper, gaydar, xeroxing one’s buttcheeks, the Bushwick Bigot Destroyer, and the legacy of Dr. Frank Kameny.
For more info on our episode cocktail: General Burnside’s Favorite
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STEPHANIE tells the story of Samuel Upham, the man who dunked on the Confederacy all the way from the safety of his shop in downtown Philly. We raise our glasses to a successful war profiteer we all can get down with because sometimes you gotta print money to make money!
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11 Things You Might Not Know About Samuel Upham /
Samuel C. Upham - Wikipedia
Confederate States dollar - Wikipedia
A Counterfeiting Conspiracy? - The New York Times
Samuel Upham: The Counterfeiter Who Helped Win the Civil War
Samuel Curtis Upham
Milestones: 1861–1865
TUX revisits McCarthyism to shine a light on the Lavender Scare, one of the most successful witch hunts swept under the rug of American history. We toast to living out loud and proud and learning that there is more to gay pride than rainbow pijamas.
The Lavender Scare: When the U.S. Government Persecuted Employees for Being Gay
How the Lavender Scare Ruined Queer Lives
Opinion | Frank Kameny's pioneering gay journey
The Deviant's War: superb epic of Frank Kameny and the fight for gay equality
The United States Government's Anti-Gay Lavender Scare, Explained
The Lavender Scare: the shocking true story of an anti-LGBT witch-hunt
9 Things To Know About 'The Lavender Scare' - Out.com
“These People Are Frightened to Death” | National Archives
LGBT History: The Lavender Scare | nglcc.org
Congress Wants State Department to Reckon With the ‘Lavender Scare’
Frank Kameny: Gay Activist and Washingtonian
The lavender scare: How the federal government purged gay employees
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