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A day-drinking trip to the movies for us means a show for you! Podcasting siblings Bambi and Jamie Chambers used free tickets from trivia winnings to see Young Washington from Angel Studios, a movie about the very topic that launched this podcast more than five years ago. In an unscripted and unsober conversation you will hear how the pair enjoyed it as a movie, how it captured the essence of the historical Washington, and how some of the details matched up to history. Learn how George goes from being a sad orphan boy to failing so hard that it gives him superpowers and ends with him anointed by destiny! You could almost call this episode a movie review. Support the show and stay tuned with us on social media and discover more on our website: http://www.chainsawhistory.com

It's the Mayo Brothers—doctorin's the game. They're not like the others who get all the blame! When your health is in trouble you can call them on the double. They're smarter than the others—you'll be hooked on the Brothers! Unh! Join us once more as Bambi Chambers reads us a bedtime story about doctors who not only believed in advancing medical science, but only charging patients what they can afford. This time it's The Value of Sharing: The Story of the Mayo Brothers. In this children's biography from the 1980s we meet a pair of magical talking scissors and take a trip to the circus for no reason at all. The boys grew up holding ether-soaked rags on patients' faces while their Dad performed surgery on the kitchen table and their Mom read them medical journals as bedtime stories, or at least that's Jamie's interpretation! Support the show and stay tuned with us on social media and discover more on our website: http://www.chainsawhistory.com

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and click the logo in the center of the page to support our show with a paid subscription! } Jamie Chambers drags Bambi back into the life of Newt Gingrich, now a college professor with a wife and two children as he plots to take over the 6th Congressional District of Georgia, takes a huge advance for a book he would never write, and downplays his love of Richard Nixon. Newt chides his opponent for plans to work away from her family if elected while he constantly cheats on his wife during her cancer treatments and divorces her immediately after winning—before giving a middle finger to the friends and supporters who helped get him to Washington. In this episode we encourage listeners to support their local food pantries. Find a location near you using this website: https://foodfinder.us

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and support our show with a paid subscription! } Jamie Chambers drags his reluctant sister Bambi back to the year 1909 for another episode of "No Time For Love Doctor Jones," where we continue our chronological exploration of the life of Indiana Jones. In this episode young Henry Jones, Jr. goes on safari in Africa with Theodore Roosevelt, learns how to shoot guns, and helps white colonists massacre a herd of antelope. Marvel at the horny antics of the elder Doctor Jones and Ms. Seymour's equally horny admiration of the former President of the United States. Ponder why old Indiana Jones is at a celebrity shoe auction in this latest exploration of the greatest whip-cracking archaeologist in all of fiction! Mentioned in this episode: Audio Intro One-time note about the audio quality of this episode.

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and click the logo in the center of the page to support our show with a paid subscription! } Newt Gingrich wasn't just the former Speaker of the House here in the United States, he was the one-time college history professor of co-host Jamie Chambers. Journey back to the 1940s as Bambi learns all about Newt's humble origins (largely thanks to his mother's roller rink romances). Find out how the little guy terrorized his grandmother with a snake collection, tried to start a zoo at age eleven, and snuck around behind his mother's back to watch (gasp!) nature documentaries. Laugh as you learn how his oversized head affected his football career. And be amazed that not long before graduating high school Newt was caught hooking up with his geometry teacher—whom he eventually married! In this episode we encourage listeners to give to the Wildlife Conservation Society. They support safe habitats for wildlife around the globe. Learn more about their mission and find out how you can help: https://www.wcs.org

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and click the logo in the center of the page to support our show with a paid subscription! } Apologies for the lower audio quality of this recording. This episode was thrown together in a hurry and recorded on cheap microphones in Bambi’s car! Things should be back to normal for next time. Thanks to Broadway a lot of people know about Aaron Burr—third Vice President of the United States and first member of the executive branch to shoot a former Secretary of the Treasury. But fewer people know that he was arrested and tried for treason after attempting to form a secret army to steal western territory for himself. President Thomas Jefferson was personally determined to see his former Veep rot in prison. To quote the musical version of the Marquis de Lafayette: “You are the worst, Burr!” The podcasting siblings Jamie and Bambi Chambers rip into the later life and highly ironic death of Aaron Burr (Sir).

It's another baffling dive into 1980s biographies written for children! The podcasting siblings Bambi and Jamie Chambers learn all about RFK Jr.'s ultimate nemesis (i.e. a pioneer of germ theory and vaccine science) when they read The Value of Believing In Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur. This time our hero is absent for half the book while we learn all about a stick-wielding German kid named Joey who enjoys tormenting dogs and is gifted with rabies as punishment, before becoming the first person ever cured from the deadly disease. Instead of a single science fact, we instead learn that vaccines are magic and contain miniaturized British soldiers equipped with darkvision and bayonets. And if you want to also achieve success you must clearly wander around in public muttering "I believe I can!" after getting blasted on chemical fumes. Support the show and stay tuned with us on social media and discover more on our website: http://www.chainsawhistory.com

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and click the logo in the center of the page to support our show with a paid subscription! } Jamie and Bambi are at it again! Anthony Comstock persecuted New York smut dealers and tavern owners until he found his target of choice—women who advocate for freedom, education, and equality. When ruining things for people in New York was not enough he pushed the Comstock Act into federal law—which is how the authors of Project 2025 plan to ban pornography and access to information about abortion. He persecuted trailblazing women like Victoria Woodhull and Margaret Sanger fueled by his weird obsessions and religious guilt. In this episode we encourage you to consider a donation to Planned Parenthood, which provides education and support services for sexual and gender related health. Learn all the ways they assist men, women and families at www.plannedparenthood.org.

It's our first "Short Rant," where we'll relate current events to history! These are videos posted on our YouTube and TIkTok accounts and the audio will be available here within a day. President Trump announced "Liberation Day" on April 2, 2025 with broad and sweeping tariffs that are causing stock market panic and layoffs even in the earliest days. His case for high tariffs are good policy are based on his admiration for the 25th President, William McKinley. But Trump is either ignorant of or lying about the truth about American tariff policies in the late 19th century. If history is any predictor of future events, bad things are in store both for the economy and to Republicans' future electoral chances.

Dive back into 1980s children's biographies as podcasting siblings Bambi and Jamie Chambers explore The Value of Determination: The Story of Helen Keller. Bambi reads us the tale of an adorable baby named Helen who becomes a "nasty" little girl after being stricken blind and deaf by a fever. (Hey, it's their word not ours!) But with the help of a trio of imaginary leprechauns and a small assist from Anne Sullivan our heroine is able to overcome her disabilities and learn to communicate and somehow become a vaudeville performer. It's all about DETERMINATION in this kids' book that completely ignores Keller's political activism as a pacifist, feminist, and open socialist. Support the show and stay tuned with us on social media and discover more on our website: http://www.chainsawhistory.com

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and click the logo in the center of the page to support our show with a paid subscription! } The Chambers siblings return from summer break to take a buzzsaw to the memory of Anthony Comstock. He was a self-appointed moral crusader and postal inspector from the 19th century whose legacy lingers in modern politics—including references in Project 2025 to ban mailing abortion medications, contraception, and pornography. Learn how one boy's mommy issues are inflicted on an entire nation as Comstock's Connecticut Puritan upbringing sends him on a mission to hunt mad dogs, go full Batman on an illegal saloon, and makes him the least popular soldier in the Civil War. His obsessive, self-critical journaling offers a window into his world of shame and personal struggles with one-handed temptation. (Ahem.) It's another awful person telling everyone else how to live! Join Jamie and Bambi while they wonder aloud why Comstock's laws and moralizing mission should have any relevance in the 21st century. In this episode we encourage you to consider a donation to Planned Parenthood, which provides education and support services for sexual and gender related health. Learn all the ways they assist men, women and families at www.plannedparenthood.org.

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and support our show with a paid subscription! } Bambi concludes her deep dive into Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton—the only American so far to have been shot dead by the sitting Vice President of the United States. Using the Hamilton musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda as a touchstone, we explore Eliza's happiest years, heart-wrenching tragedies, lifelong grudges, and many charitable works before her death at 96 years old. Most notably, we delve into her tireless efforts to house and educate orphans in New York City. Why did Eliza hate James Monroe for the rest of her life? Did she burn her husband's letters out of anger, or was it part of a cover-up? Did the Reynolds Affair actually happen, or was it an elaborate lie? Why did Benedict Arnold travel around Europe with a portrait of Alexander Hamilton? These burning questions and more will be answered as we ask, "Who tells your story?" when it comes to Eliza Hamilton.

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and support our show with a paid subscription! } Bambi takes over the podcast and tells the story of Elizabeth Schuyler—most known to history and Broadway musical fans as the wife of Mr. Ten Dollar Bill, Alexander Hamilton. But Jamie learns that the Schuyler sisters and "Betsy" are far more than background characters and devoted wives. Using the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical as a frame of reference the siblings set the record straight about extraordinary women from the time of the American Revolutionary War.

{ Discover more at ChainsawHistory.com — access our full episode list, delve into bonus content, and support our show with a paid subscription! } We dive back into history with Indiana Jones in our series "No Time For Love Doctor Jones," where Jamie Chambers drags his sister Bambi through another adventure of nine-year-old Henry Jones, Jr. When ancient one-eyed Dr. Jones is forced to see a psychiatrist he forces her to listen to the story of the day he met Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Carl Jung—who encouraged him to break into a castle to give a snowglobe to a princess. Prepare for a baffling childhood romance in Vienna as we track the development of the most heroic archeologist in cinema!

Dive back into 1980s children's biographies as podcasting siblings Bambi and Jamie Chambers explore The Value of Respect: The Story of Abraham Lincoln. In this book we follow the story of young Abe, who is born in a log cabin to a life of ridiculous poverty. But thanks to a talking squirrel our little dirt farmer learns the power of RESPECT—which somehow leads to him battling river pirates, learning slavery is bad, and forging a path that would make him perhaps the greatest president in the history of the United States. Stay tuned with us on social media and discover more on our website: http://www.chainsawhistory.com