62: Pretendians and Rube Waddell

This week we deep dive into the strange phenomenon of people who falsely claim to be descended from Native American or First Nation ancestors and the absolutely unhinged on and off field antics of Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell. A listener email explains how the only copilot in NASCAR history was a rhesus monkey named Jocko Flocko.

Episode Tabs:

Who can Identify as a Native American?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBQPks1zb3A

Rube Waddell

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rube-waddell/

Listener Tabs:

Racing for peanuts: The legend of Jocko Flocko

https://accesswdun.com/article/2020/5/900527/racing-for-peanuts-the-legend-of-jocko-flocko

How McCutchen summons 'The Power of Anthrocon'

https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-andrew-mccutchen-summons-the-power-of-anthrocon

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