Thu. 12/29 - BEST OF: Witchy Beer-Makers, CIA-Funded British Cartoons; & Predictions For Today From 1922

Our final lookback on some of the best segments from the past few years. From 2021, how beer-making used to be considered women’s work, and also may have popularized some of the popular symbols, like broomsticks and pointed hats, that we associate with witches today. Plus, why the CIA covertly funded the British cartoon adaptation of Animal Farm in the 1950s. And, as 2022 comes to a close, a look back at one man’s predictions for this year, written from his perspective in 1922. Links: Fri. 03/12/21 - Brewsters & Alewives (Cool Stuff Ride Home) Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in (The Conversation) The Ale-Soaked Medieval Origins of the Witch's Hat (Vice) Hops: The beer ingredient (most) drinkers love (Washington Post) The history of the witch's hat: origins of its pointy design. (Slate) How Much Did the History of Beer Have to Do With ... Witches? (The Mary Sue) Tue. 04/26/22 - When the CIA Funded an Animal Farm Cartoon (Cool Stuff Ride Home) The cartoon that came in from the cold (The Guardian, 2003) How the CIA Played Dirty Tricks With Culture (NY Times, 2000) All Propaganda is Dangerous, but Some are More Dangerous than Others: George Orwell and the Use of Literature as Propaganda (JSTOR) Keeping It All in the (Nuclear) Family: Big Brother, Auntie BBC, Uncle Sam and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (Frames Cinema Journal) Thu. 01/06/22 - 1922's Predictions for 2022 (Cool Stuff Ride Home) Image 87 of The New York herald (New York, N.Y.), May 7, 1922 (Library of Congress) "One Hundred Years From Now" poem by Mary A. Ford (Library of Congress, LOC Serendipity) What the World Will Be Like in a Hundred Years (1922) (Hacker News) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices