We're hitting the microfiche to bring you a slice of Alaskan history that is very special to our special guest WGN-Radio man & host of The Jam on CW26, Jon Hansen. And then Nat is bringing us back home to 1987 Chicago for a brief overview of The Max Headroom Incident.


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Grandpa Elbridge Bean


Great Grandma Genevieve


Great Grandpa James Monroe


Max Headroom


Still from Max Headroom Hack


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Sources for James & Genevieve Bean Story: Genevieve’s diary, The Life and Times of JW Clark Branson


Sources for Max Headroom Story: Vice (<- This is the best source on the incident!), Wiki, Endless Thread Podcast


Original Theme: Garreth Spinn


Original Art: Sarah Cruz


About this podcast:


Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.


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