Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

Margaret finishes her talk with Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared off the Klan Sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-20-op-anderson20-story.html https://www.npr.org/2021/05/04/993605428/beneath-the-santa-monica-freeway-lies-the-erasure-of-sugar-hill https://americacomesalive.com/california-eagle-newspaper-black-readership-ahead-time/ https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/ca_eagle.html https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6c60052d The Untold Story of Charlotta Spears Bass, Groundbreaking Politician, Nicole A. Mansfieldhttps://www.history.com/articles/nat-turner-rebellion-literacy-slavery https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/02/brown-s-first-black-female-graduate-ethel-robinson-s-legacy-on-college-hill https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Redlining-and-Racial-Covenants_pdfversion.pdf https://www.segregationbydesign.com/los-angeles/sugar-hill https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/progressive-party-platform-1948 https://mutterhood.com/charlotta-bass/ https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/charlotta-spears-bass https://lamag.com/lahistory/charlotta-bass-kkk/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090819013517/http://www.socallib.org/SCLWebsite/hiseagle.htm https://www.myblackhistory.net/Charlotta_Bass.htm https://www.aaihs.org/charlotta-bass-and-the-cold-war-peace-movement/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks to Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared off the Klan. Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-20-op-anderson20-story.html https://www.npr.org/2021/05/04/993605428/beneath-the-santa-monica-freeway-lies-the-erasure-of-sugar-hill https://americacomesalive.com/california-eagle-newspaper-black-readership-ahead-time/ https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/ca_eagle.html https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6c60052d The Untold Story of Charlotta Spears Bass, Groundbreaking Politician, Nicole A. Mansfield https://www.history.com/articles/nat-turner-rebellion-literacy-slavery https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/02/brown-s-first-black-female-graduate-ethel-robinson-s-legacy-on-college-hill https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Redlining-and-Racial-Covenants_pdfversion.pdf https://www.segregationbydesign.com/los-angeles/sugar-hill https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/progressive-party-platform-1948 https://mutterhood.com/charlotta-bass/ https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/charlotta-spears-bass https://lamag.com/lahistory/charlotta-bass-kkk/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090819013517/http://www.socallib.org/SCLWebsite/hiseagle.htm https://www.myblackhistory.net/Charlotta_Bass.htm https://www.aaihs.org/charlotta-bass-and-the-cold-war-peace-movement/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finishes up reading you a story about punks, growing up, and refusing to lose your edgeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continuing talking to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was. Sources: https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.htmlhttps://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oakhttps://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.htmlhttps://www.etymonline.com/word/tithehttps://www.etymonline.com/word/tourhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.htmlhttps://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124922/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hodehttps://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-herohttps://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archeryhttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_HoodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was Sources: https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.htmlhttps://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oakhttps://mercian-as.co.uk/about_sherwood.htmlhttps://www.etymonline.com/word/tithehttps://www.etymonline.com/word/tourhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3678889https://mercian-as.co.uk/outlaws.htmlhttps://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/sloth/https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/piers-plowman-great-uprising-1381/https://robinhoodlegend.com/the-legend/https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124922/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hodehttps://traditionalbritain.org/blog/walter-scott-as-a-conservative-thinker/https://web.archive.org/web/20201115204031/https://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood/text/chandler-robin-hood-development-of-a-popular-herohttps://www.academia.edu/6274298/Robin_Hood_and_the_Social_Context_of_Late_Medieval_Archeryhttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Robin_HoodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues the story of the last punk show played at Locust HouseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/ https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/ https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/ https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3 https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621 https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/ https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/ https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/ https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/ https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/ https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone Oral correspondence https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/ https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks to you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt. Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/ https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/ https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/ https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3 https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621 https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/ https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/ https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/ https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/ https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/ https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone Oral correspondence https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/ https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues reading to you from a novella about a punk house in 2002 San DiegoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art. Sources: https://acousticguitar.com/alan-lomaxs-steel-string-discoveries/https://pinemountainsettlement.net/biography-a-z/alan-and-elizabeth-lomax-visitors/Alan Loman: The Man who Recorded the World, John SzwedBring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies, Sheila Curran BernardAndy Cohen, personal correspondencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loYoTc7Aw0ASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.