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UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Tennessee in the Frying Pan (11 of 13)
Tennessee in the Frying Pan Intro. song: Great White Way Orchestra “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Outro song: Oliver Naylor’s Orchestra “Roaring Twenties” Notes:
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Genesis Triumphant (10 of 13)
Battle Now Over, Mencken Sees; Genesis Triumphant and Ready for New Jousts Intro. song: “The John Scopes Trial” Outro song: Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” Notes: Someone just wrote me the following interesting note… Have you read the book Panzram: … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Malone the Victor (9 of 13)
Malone the Victor, Even Though Court Sides with Opponents, Says Mencken Intro. song: Bernard Ette “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Outro song: Notes: “I realize what life must have been in Judea 1925 years ago. No wonder the Romans finally … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Darrow’s Eloquent Appeal (6 of 13)
Darrow’s Eloquent Appeal Wasted on Ears That Heed Only Bryan, Says Mencken Intro. song: Paul Godwin “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Outro song: Art Landry “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” Notes: No notes that I can think of at … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Souls Need Reconversion Nightly (5 of 13)
Yearning Mountaineers’ Souls Need Reconversion Nightly, Mencken Finds Intro. song: The Pied Pipers “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Outro song: Chick Straun “Don’t Bring Lulu!” Notes: I’m least satisfied with the recording of the Mencken piece in this episode. I’d recorded it … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Trial As Religious Orgy (4 of 13)
Mencken Likens Trial to a Religious Orgy, with Defendant a Beelzebub Intro. song: “Can’t Take the Monkey out of Me” Outro song: Sippie Wallace “Devil Dance Blues” Notes: In the intro to the Mencken piece, the joke is that the … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Impossibility of Obtaining Fair Jury (3 of 13)
Impossibility of Obtaining Fair Jury Insures Scopes’ Conviction, Says Mencken Intro. song: Sam Lanin “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Outro song: Eddie Cantor “If You Knew Suzie” Notes: Starting with this episode, I have “jokes” about corrections for the local … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Sickening Doubts About Publicity (2 of 13)
Mencken Finds Daytonians Full of Sickening Doubts About Value of Publicity Intro. song: Green Bros. Novelty Orchestra “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Outro song: Lee Morse “Yes, Sir! That’s My Baby!” Notes: Thanks to AmSci, ChristianChildAbuse, Diabologue and Cosmodromium and … Continue reading
UAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Homo Neanderthalensis (1 of 13)
Homo Neanderthalensis Welcome to the first installation of an ongoing series of reports on the Scopes Trial in Dayton Tennesee in 1925, exactly 85 years ago! The trial was the first in the US to be broadcast on the radio. … Continue reading
UAVHEP01 :: We Are Deluded, Savage and Ultimately Doomed
John Derbyshire, author of the new book We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism, sat down for a discussion of atheism and conservatism, math cranks and more in our first proper episode. Your host Kevin I. Slaughter discusses the post hoc … Continue reading