“I could be walking in Central Park and come up on one of these horse and buggies. I don't think twice about it because I see it as part of the New York attraction. You know, you have the Statue of Liberty, you have Times Square, and you have these romantic horse and buggy things where people get married in the park and they ride these carriages. And tourists, they take these rides in Central Park. It's romantic, it's something beautiful to see. But I never thought for one second that these horses are abused.” – Tracy Winston, juror from Ryder’s trial New York City has a big, visible animal cruelty issue: horses forced to pull carriages, carrying heavy loads for long hours in all types of weather in the middle of chaotic traffic. Three years ago, a carriage horse named Ryder was a victim of this cruelty. He collapsed on a Manhattan street after being worked for hours in the summer heat. Two months later, he was euthanized. His story sparked global outrage. Ryder’s driver, Ian McKeever, was charged with animal cruelty The trial took place a few weeks ago, but McKeever was ultimately acquitted. This conversation is with Edita Birnkrant, the Executive Director of NYCLASS and Tracy Winston, one of the jurors from Ryder's trial. New York’s weak and outdated animal protection laws have not changed since Ryder died— and because of this, another avoidable death that occurred just a week after we recorded this interview. On August 5th, a horse named Lady died while pulling a carriage in Manhattan. This conversation is about accountability, about corruption and about what happens when justice fails the most vulnerable. It's too late for Ryder and Lady. But it is not too late to act. If you live in New York, please call your City Council members and tell them it’s time to bring Ryder’s Law, Intro 967, up for a vote and pass this vital bill to protect carriage horses from suffering and death on the city’s streets. To find your council member, go to: https://www.speciesunite.com/ny-horse-carriage-petition NYCLASS: https://nyclass.org/…
Hello! We're Now It's Ruined, a podcast that reveals questionable facts about everyday objects, activities, and people in the hopes that you will never be able to truly enjoy them again. Hosts Kate Bridal and Larkin Harrington answer seemingly innocent questions like "Where did hammocks come from?" and "Who invented the chainsaw?" with distinctly unpleasant facts. We talk about the dark side of things we tend to take for granted and highlight the people who are often left out of the narrative. While we are a comedy podcast, we discuss some very disturbing and violent things, so listener discretion is always advised.
Hello! We're Now It's Ruined, a podcast that reveals questionable facts about everyday objects, activities, and people in the hopes that you will never be able to truly enjoy them again. Hosts Kate Bridal and Larkin Harrington answer seemingly innocent questions like "Where did hammocks come from?" and "Who invented the chainsaw?" with distinctly unpleasant facts. We talk about the dark side of things we tend to take for granted and highlight the people who are often left out of the narrative. While we are a comedy podcast, we discuss some very disturbing and violent things, so listener discretion is always advised.
Since we had “too much fun” in our last episode about emus, Kate decided to bring us back down hard with an episode about a seemingly innocuous topic: Road signs. We all see road signs all the time. But have you ever wondered who makes them? Then answer is the same as for many products in the United States: Prisoners. This episode covers the history of road signs in the U.S., the history of prisons around the world, and how America’s prison system was built on forced labor from the very start. We also go into how the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution left a convenient loophole that maintained the slavery status quo and motivates the disproportionate imprisonment of Black people. Finally, we take a peek at the prison system in Finland, Norway, and Denmark to get a glimpse of how things could be different. Trigger warning: Prison and race-related trauma, violence. Follow Wyatt Cenac and stay up to date with Everything is Racist: Wyatt Cenac Substack Wyatt Cenac YouTube Watch The Farm: Angola USA . Watch The 13th References https://freakonomics.com/podcast/highway-signs-and-prison-labor/ https://www.marketplace.org/story/2015/09/22/ever-wonder-who-makes-those-big-highway-signs https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states/ https://plsny.org/ https://www.interstatesignways.com/post/why-us-signage-differs-from-the-rest-of-the-world&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1754862494573257&usg=AOvVaw2brh4pFwS5oavSxctQF7JL https://www.correctionenterprises.com/vision-mission-values/ https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1210564359/slavery-prison-forced-labor-movement#:~:text=Five%20years%20ago%20this%20month,on%20this%20issue%20in%202024 . https://www.freedomunited.org/news/nevada-ends-forced-prison-labor/#:~:text=Nevada%20has%20become%20the%20latest,true%20freedom%20from%20forced%20labor https://pressbooks.pub/alaskacriminallaw2022/chapter/1-5-the-purposes-of-punishment/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison#:~:text=During%20the%20Middle%20Ages%20in,on%20naval%20or%20merchant%20vessels https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Ergastulum.html https://www.google.com/books/edition/Discipline_and_Punish/6rfP0H5TSmYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP5&printsec=frontcover https://daily.jstor.org/the-invention-of-incarceration/ https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration https://review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/Rushin-Edwards-73-Stan.-L.-Rev.-637.pdf https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/stop_and_frisk https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8389488/ https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/origins.htm#:~:text=During%20the%20Jim%20Crow%20period%20there%20were%20separate%20hospitals%20for,place%20to%20sit%20or%20eat https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/state-map/ https://innocenceproject.org/news/how-the-13th-amendment-kept-slavery-alive-perspectives-from-the-prison-where-slavery-never-ended/ https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/work_programs.jsp https://onlinedegrees.kent.edu/blog/how-much-do-prisoners-make-in-each-state#:~:text=agencies%20or%20nonprofits.-,1,Wages%20Can%20Be%20Taken%20Away https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-prison-labor/ https://naacp.org/resources/criminal-justice-fact-sheet https://jpia.princeton.edu/news/two-roads-reform-marijuana-policy-changes-arrest-trends-and-racial-disparities-chicago-and https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2021/09/07/colin-hanks-on-cannabis-and-handkerchiefs-appealing-to-everyone-from-models-to-mechanics/ https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/research/projects/feminist-recovery-plan/teaching/policy-briefs/prison_labourin_the_uk_-_rebecca_cole_et_al.pdf https://www.prison-insider.com/en/articles/kenya-the-dehumanisation-and-exploitation-of-inmates-in-state-prisons https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/the-danish-prison-system https://www.prisonstudies.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/inbrief_updateddec.2012.pdf https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/comments/he4y5s/do_prisoners_in_your_country_get_paid_for_labor/ https://www.brown.edu/news/2017-02-15/enslavement https://impactjustice.org/building-justice-through-humanity-how-scandinavias-prisons-changed-me/#:~:text=Open%20Prisons,spend%20time%20with%20their%20families If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In this episode, we ruin (and somehow simultaneously enhance) our first animal, the emu. Larkin tells us terrifying facts about these giant dinosaur birds, then goes into the story of the “Emu War” that took place in post-WWI Australia. It’s a distinctly fun episode that will also depress you with stories of trench warfare and, as ever, colonialism. References https://www.science.org/content/article/why-did-new-zealands-moas-go-extinct https://www.britannica.com/animal/elephant-bird https://www.britannica.com/animal/moa https://www.britannica.com/animal/emu https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/emu https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/atwar/first-world-war https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/the-emu-war-of-1932 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/australian-emu-war-history https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/soldier-settlement https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/conscription/ww1 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeoman https://www.etymonline.com/word/yeoman https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/aboriginal-australians https://www.historyhit.com/the-great-emu-war/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Emu-War https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/evidence-of-first-peoples https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-26/australia-day https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/aboriginals https://www.aboriginalcontemporary.com.au/pages/what-is-the-dreamtime-and-dreaming https://www.mabonativetitle.com/info/dreamingCreatures.htm https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/sciencecomma/2017/05/17/emus-in-space/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/21/aboriginal-astronomy-can-teach-us-about-the-link-between-sky-and-land If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
We're sorry to upcycle again so soon, but we're actually kind of excited because this is one of our favorite things we've recorded. In it, Larkin outlines her effort to track down the red-eyed, child-eating cryptid she talked about in our False Eyelashes episode. It turns out she may have invented a Now It's Ruined original cryptid, the Dusty Werewolf. But her journey to identify it led her to many fascinating child-stealing cryptids from around the world! Listen to learn about Manananggals, Gytrashes, and more (oh my!). We'll be back with a brand new episode next time! Plus, there will be a new bonus episode for $5 and up Patrons released before the end of July. Thank you as always for your understanding! References https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/el-coco-el-cucuy-the-child-eater https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/30/drekavac https://godsandmonsters.info/drekavac/ https://brickthology.com/2023/06/14/drekavac/ https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/monstrum/episodes/manananggal-n4c1zf https://mythlok.com/ijiraq/ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Oude_Rode_Ogen https://www.fascinatingspain.com/articulo/history-and-legends/monster-scares-half-world-coco/20211021124637068642.html If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
Welcome to the episode that gave Kate “the deepest ick” of any we’ve done yet. And don’t worry, it’s not about factory farms or the morality of eating meat. We all know bacon and eggs as an iconic breakfast combo. But have you ever thought about why we eat it for breakfast? It’s because it was sold to the American public by a master of propaganda: Edward Bernays. Bernays revolutionized the advertising industry by using psychology to appeal to people’s feelings rather than their logic. He manipulated the world of fashion to push cigarettes on women, helped overthrow a Guatemalan president to protect banana sales, and pioneered techniques that were used by the Nazis and the orchestrators of the opioid crisis. It’s one of our wildest rides yet, so buckle up and get ready to question whether your tastes are really your own… and who benefits from them. On that note, check out Larkin’s sister’s Etsy shop , mentioned in the episode. We promise your purchase won’t secretly benefit big tobacco. *Kate misspeaks at the beginning of the episode and states that "Propoganda" was written in 1828: She meant 1928. References Watch Bernays talk about his bacon and eggs strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLudEZpMjKU https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Bernays https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/12/consumer https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2022/11/housing-bernays-scrapbooks/ http://www.ww1plays.com/2020/08/eugene-brieuxs-damaged-goods-les-avaries.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-woodrow-wilsons-propaganda-machine-changed-american-journalism-180963082/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/timeline-1914-1921/ https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/unrestricted-u-boat-warfare https://americanillustration.org/project/james-montgomery-flagg/ https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/other-resources-image/official-bulletin.html?start=567 https://www.britannica.com/money/George-Washington-Hill https://www.periodpaper.com/products/1923-ad-pall-mall-turkish-tobacco-cigarettes-flapper-wife-smoking-husband-price-127939-col3-335 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Propaganda/p3NDAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA9&printsec=frontcover https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.163.3.386 https://apsa.org/about-psychoanalysis/ https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/womens-political-participation-after-1920-myth-and-reality https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK44311/#A6558 https://tobacco.stanford.edu/cigarette/img1093/ https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/08/16/specials/bernays-father.html?scp=8&sq=bernays&st=cse https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heart/smoking https://alswh.org.au/resources/smoking-linked-to-painful-periods/ https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2004/01/female-smokers-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-develop-lung-cancer-weill-cornell-study-finds https://chibe.upenn.edu/news/the-scientists-who-shape-what-and-how-we-eat/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9339402/ https://www.heraldnews.com/story/opinion/2019/04/12/stop-blaming-my-late-husband/5452825007/ https://www.mahf.com/inductee/arthur-m-sackler/ https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/986929541/empire-of-pain-the-secret-history-of-the-sackler-dynasty-profiles-pharma-family https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2051498/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2622774/ https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs/651/backgrnd.htm https://restaurantexpertwitness.com/blog/flashback-friday-2317/ https://thecounter.org/hairnet-food-safety-laws/ https://history.wsu.edu/rci/sample-research-project/ https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/23/tye.php https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bernays-and-the-birth-of-public-relations-44393 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In our slightly belated second Pride episode, Larkin discusses the dark history behind the pink triangle, a symbol of activism in the LGBTQIA+ community. Once used by the Nazis to identify gay male prisoners in concentration camps, the symbol was reclaimed in the 80s and used as a call to action during the AIDS crisis. Listen and learn about queer trailblazer Magnus Hirschfeld, which member of Hitler’s regime was openly gay, and Kate’s one red flag about Colin Hanks (slightly off-topic but cut us some slack). TW: Violence and SA, particularly directed at the LGBTQIA+ community Nothing in this podcast should be considered legal advice. Follow Michael Foote, the attorney Larkin referenced, on TikTok and Instagram . Follow Reb Masel on TikTok and Instagram . References https://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/germanbiographies/ernstrohm.html https://www.history.com/articles/pink-triangle-nazi-concentration-camps https://jewishcurrents.org/the-men-with-the-pink-triangle https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/the-men-with-the-pink-triangle-heinz-heger https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/chart-of-prisoner-markings https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachau https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/jacket/themes/dehumanization-categorization/ https://eguide.arolsen-archives.org/fileadmin/eguide-website/downloads/Haftarten_engl.pdf https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/student_scholarship/article/1985/&path_info=Homosexuality_during_the_Transition_from_the_Weimar_Republic_to_the_Third_Reich.pdf https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/brief-history-paragraph-175-germany https://hsp.org/blogs/fondly-pennsylvania/karl-heinrich-ulrichs https://www.history.com/articles/oscar-wilde-trial https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-years-ago-germanys-einstein-of-sex-began-the-gay-rights-movement/ https://www.nycaidsmemorial.org/timeline https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/silence-equals-death-the-early-fight-against-the-aids-epidemic https://www.holocaust.org.uk/news/homosexual-victims-of-nazi-persecution https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1263 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
Content Warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a deadly building fire. Listener discretion is advised. Due to the unexpected passing of Kate's mom, we're upcycling our first Patreon bonus episode so we don't leave you without content for a week. More ruinous content will come your way soon, but we appreciate your understanding and support during this tough time. We didn't know much about this tragedy before we researched it for the show, and it was even worse than we remembered. We hope it's educational (and entertaining) for you. You can find pictures referenced by Kate here . Slide 3 is the floor plan of 9th floor of the Asch building. This is a list of the victims . And here's more about the elevator operator, Joseph Zito , who made as many trips as he could despite being stabbed with shears by panicked workers attempting to escape the fire. When the elevator cables snapped, Joseph was trapped at the bottom of the shaft with a broken leg, nearly drowning in water from the firehoses until he was rescued. If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
Happy Pride!!! In our first guest episode, Kate and Larkin are joined by Erica Vogel, author of the book Advice from Your Trans Aunty and the episodic Substack memoir Blue Sky Bird . Erica has spent the majority of her life solving a wide variety of trials and tribulations as both a closeted and out transgender woman. Drawing from her experiences, her education, and her interactions with thousands of transgender people, she provides a point of view focused on personal agency as a transgender individual. She is a frequent public speaker on trans affairs in and out of workplaces across the United States. She also happened to be an early supporter of the show, so when Kate and Larkin put out a call for topics, she said, “I could ruin allyship…” Now before you ask, “Why don’t you want us to be allies?!” that is not the point of this episode. Erica “ruins” allyship by discussing the bad forms of allyship some of us may be guilty of. So show up, shut up, and get ready to do the work as Erica walks Kate and Larkin through how you can take your allyship from performative to genuine. Of course, what would Now It’s Ruined be without a little history? Erica walks us through the origin of the word “boycott,” and how laws put in place by Henry VIII were used to spread oppression and eventually caused WWII hero Alan Turing’s tragic end. Plus, you’ll never again be able to disentangle Bruce Springsteen from a very particular sexual act… We highly recommend checking out the Wheel of Privilege and Power to see where your traits land. You can also take Buzzfeed’s quiz to determine your level of privilege. It includes some questions about COVID so is a bit outdated, but it’s very thorough. Kate scored a 63/67, Erica scored a 49/67, and Larkin scored a 52. TW: Self harm References Allyship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyship Neolgisms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism Boycott: https://www.britannica.com/money/Charles-Cunningham-Boycott 1533 Buggery Act: https://shirehalldorset.org/a-timeline-of-lgbtq-law-and-justice/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533 Alan Turing https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing/Computer-designer https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/8-things-didnt-know-alan-turing The handkerchief code https://historyproject.org/news/2019-04/hanky-panky-abridged-history-hanky-code-0 https://www.thesaintfoundation.org/community/hanky-code-bob-damrons-address-book Code words & Flowers https://gcn.ie/exploring-queer-coded-language/ If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
We’re ruining our first person as Kate tells us the dirt on thrill-seeking American hero (and fan of Nazi Germany) Charles Lindbergh. It’s a story that’s all the more frustrating because it could have been so romantic! Charles’ early days sound like a thrilling fairytale, and he could have been a highly influential catalyst for positive change. Instead, Charles devolved into a stubborn, deeply problematic figure who insisted on expressing opinions that would put him at odds with President Roosevelt and tarnish the Lindbergh legacy forever. Oh, and then there’s the womanizing. We hope you (don’t) enjoy this deeply disappointing look at Lindbergh’s life and controversies. References https://www.biography.com/history-culture/charles-lindbergh https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversies https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentration-camps-1939-42 http://www.charleslindbergh.com/ny/105.asp https://www.biography.com/history-culture/charles-lindbergh https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/early#:~:text=Learning%20to%20fly,Aircraft%20Corporation%20in%20Lincoln%2C%20Nebraska . https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/transatlantic-100 https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/promoting https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/anne https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/commercial https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1726&context=lcp https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_688713 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2621292/ https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2014/August%202014/0814lindbergh.pdf https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachau https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-race-laws https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversies https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-fallen-hero/ https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939#:~:text=German%20troops%20invaded%20Poland%20on,declared%20war%20on%20Nazi%20Germany . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/05/america-first-was-not-a-pro-nazi-organisation https://www.cfr.org/blog/twe-remembers-charles-lindberghs-des-moines-speech#:~:text=Lindbergh%20couldn't%20have%20been,United%20States https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/other-occupations/environmentalist https://www.mnhs.org/sites/default/files/-paragraphs/image/edit/cal_700x470_environmentalist.jpg https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/family/double-life https://www.today.com/popculture/book-lindbergh-had-children-europe-wbna8088935 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In Part 2 of our Mother’s Day Special, Larkin tells Kate the story of not-so-good mom Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soap Maker of Correggio. We don’t want to call her a “bad” mom, because she was doing everything she could to protect her child. But the methods she used move her out of “good mom” territory pretty fast. Leonarda had been told by a fortune teller that she would outlive all of her children. So when she found out her oldest son was planning to enlist in WWII, she went to extremes to keep him safe. Transferring her cooking and soap-making skills into witchcraft, she set about casting a spell of protection for her precious boy. But to save a life she had to sacrifice a life. Or- as it turned out- three. This is a great episode to put on while you’re in the bath, but we don’t recommend snacking on tea cakes (or anything else) while you listen. If you want a deeper dive into the Cianciulli case, the fantastic true crime podcast RedHanded did a two-parter on it (episodes 186 and 187). You can find it on Spotify , Apple , or wherever you get your podcasts. And find books written by Kate's mom, Tessa Bridal, here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/8918.Tessa_Bridal TW: Graphic Violence, Sexual Assault, Suicide References: https://mail.murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27257822 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In honor of Mother’s Day, we decided to do our first two-part episode! Kate and Larkin will be doing a story swap, with Kate covering a good mom from history and Larkin covering a… not-so-good mom. Even though it’s not a traditional Now It’s Ruined, both episodes are deeply dark and depressing, so don’t worry: Mother’s Day will still be ruined. In our first episode, Kate shares the incredible story of Sojourner Truth and her fight to free her son from slavery. Truth is famous for her participation in the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements. But long before she was hanging out with the likes of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, she bravely walked into a courthouse and asked a grand jury to help her get her son back from an illegal sale to Alabama. The case made legal history, which is why Kate (who’s technically still a lawyer) was so enthusiastic to nerd out about it. Despite being our good mom story, it is still a rough one. We recommend having tissues nearby. Look out for part two tomorrow, when we'll take our first foray into the world of true crime as Larkin tells us about Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soap Maker of Coreggio. TW: Violence against children https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth https://www.google.com/books/edition/Narrative_of_Sojourner_Truth/i3HhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR6&printsec=frontcover https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/the-readings https://www.npr.org/2020/02/27/809723362/in-the-1700s-an-enslaved-massachusetts-woman-sued-for-her-freedom-and-won https://freedomcenter.org/voice/henrietta-wood/ https://rep.club/products/sojourner-truth-a-life-a-symbol?srsltid=AfmBOopEbv9dOdn6x7N2QY5M_x-G0-FGrcfA2zpRz4taWbymmp3hcJlG https://apnews.com/article/new-york-education-slavery-kingston-government-and-politics-3b0d38ed6e556d77ba074f58dfb3c131 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
Malaria has plagued humans for centuries. It was written about by the ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, Romans, Hindus, and Chinese. The cure was waiting quietly in the bark of a tree in South America- A place malaria never touched until European colonizers brought it there. What does this have to do with gin and tonics, you ask? Give a listen to find out. References https://www.britannica.com/plant/juniper https://www.craftginclub.co.uk/ginnedmagazine/what-is-gin-made-from-and-how-is-it-made https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9714995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215638/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/the-indo-aryan-migration-and-the-vedic-period/#:~:text=The%20Vedic%20Period%20refers%20to,with%20them%20specific%20religious%20traditions . https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)65320-8/fulltext https://www.britannica.com/plant/Cinchona https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200527-the-tree-that-changed-the-world-map https://daily.jstor.org/cinchona-a-legacy-of-extraction-and-extirpation/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/East-India-Company If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In our gnarliest episode yet, Kate teaches Larkin the unfortunate history of the chainsaw. You’ll learn about human evolution, the religious makeup of Ireland, and a fly-by-night surgical procedure performed by a professional cow castrator. Hold on to your people parts, because this one gets graphic. TW: Medical trauma, childbirth trauma, abortion trauma Helpful links: How to connect Patreon to other podcasting apps: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005429546-Which-podcast-apps-will-my-custom-audio-RSS-link-work-with Read the full account of the first recorded C-Section in the United States here . References (Current as of 4/9/2025): https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth https://www.iflscience.com/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-chainsaws-were-originally-invented-for-childbirth-58685 https://www.healthline.com/health-news/husband-stitch-is-not-just-myth https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23025-pubic-symphysis https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(22)00733-5/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39581635/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/press-release/2018/us-women-more-likely-die-pregnancy-and-childbirth-and-skip-care-because-cost https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cesarean/c-section-complication-risk-rises-with-mothers-age-idUSKCN1RN2SN/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison https://sph.tulane.edu/study-finds-higher-maternal-mortality-rates-states-more-abortion-restrictions https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-NHQDR-appendixes-ACDE.pdf https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/women-and-pain-disparities-in-experience-and-treatment-2017100912562 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/part1.html#:~:text=Perhaps%20the%20first%20written%20record,unable%20to%20deliver%20her%20baby . https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1258/jmb.2009.009019 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/003693300404900218 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigli_saw (Tsk, tsk) https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/part3.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/europe/ireland-symphysiotomy/index.html https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/06/01/irish-catholic-census-religion-decrease-245404 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/11/22/church-ethos-and-role-in-healthcare-or-education-can-no-longer-be-funded-by-state/#:~:text=Twelve%20of%20Ireland's%2018%20private,conglomerate%2C%20Bon%20Secours%20Mercy%20Health . https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-symphysiotomy-was-seen-as-a-gateway-to-childbearing-without-limits-401570-Apr2012/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/12/symphysiotomy-irelands-brutal-alternative-to-caesareans If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In our first full episode, Larkin ruins false eyelashes with tales ranging from ancient Egypt to the present day. You’ll learn things like what fashions are currently trending among orcas, how Pliny the Elder died, and which director of a famously racist film had eyelashes glued to a starlet’s lids with spirit gum. Plus, a foray into werewolf dust (don’t ask, just listen) and Henry Cavill’s smooth tsking. Orca Fads: https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years Henry Cavill Tsk Video: https://www.reddit.com/r/HenryCavill/comments/1gdmw2g/smoothest_tsking_ever/ Support the show If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram . If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
In this first mini-episode, recorded a few years ago before we really knew what we were doing, Kate fills Larkin in on the horrifying history of how the hammock came to Europe. It's a tale of greed and bloodshed starring colonizer- and famously terrible navigator- Christopher Columbus. Sound quality will improve in subsequent episodes! But we thought this was a good taste of what you can expect from the show. We're planning to re-do the episode in more detail at some point down the line. Learn more about the Taíno people . Read A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de Las Casas . Support the show If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram . If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic! Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram . You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram .…
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