197. The AIDS Crisis

197. The AIDS Crisis

In the early 1980s, doctors in the US started noticing clusters of unusual illnesses like cancers and pmeumonia in healthy young men, the only thing that connected them, was that they were sexually active with other men. An epidemic emerged, a disease with no name, as a mysterious, highly fatal illness. It sparked widespread panic and devastating personal loss. A crisis heavily defined by government inaction and societal stigma, thousands of lives lost to HIV/AIDS. Hosted by Katie Charlwood  Tell me where to go [https://whodidwhatnowpod.com/events/] on tour! Listen to Day & Nightshade [https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/day-and-nightshade/id1896807016] Donate at:  Patreon [https://patreon.com/whodidwhatnow]  Tip Jar [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whodidwhatnowpod] Follow me on… Instagram [https://instagram.com/katie_charlwood] TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@whodidwhatnowpod] Facebook [https://facebook.com/whodidwhatnowpodcast] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whodidwhatnowpod.bsky.social]   Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22   Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com [katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com]   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

196. The Lavender Scare

In the era of McCarthyism, thousands of people were forced out of the federal government for being gay. Victims purged from positions, because being a homosexual was to be a threat to to national security...allegedlys Hosted by Katie Charlwood  Tell me where to go [https://whodidwhatnowpod.com/events/] on tour! Listen to Day & Nightshade [https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/day-and-nightshade/id1896807016]   Donate at:  Patreon [https://patreon.com/whodidwhatnow]  Tip Jar [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whodidwhatnowpod] Beacons [https://beacons.ai/whodidwhatnowpod] (at the bottom of the page)   Follow me on… Instagram [https://instagram.com/katie_charlwood] TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@whodidwhatnowpod] Facebook [https://facebook.com/whodidwhatnowpodcast] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whodidwhatnowpod.bsky.social]   Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22   Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com [katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com]   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

195. Joshua N. Haldeman - Elon Musk's Apartheid-Loving Grandfather

Did you hear? Elon Musk is now the world's first "Trillionaire." Enjoy this From the Vault Anyway, some families have skeletons in the closet, others have an entire ossuary under the floorboards, most like to keep them quiet but the Musk family prefer to put them on display. Elon Musk's grandfather, Joshua Norman Haldeman was an apartheid-loving chiropractor, who was super into conspiracy theories and searching for a "long lost city" in his plane.   Hosted by Katie Charlwood  Tell me where to go [https://whodidwhatnowpod.com/events/] on tour! Listen to Day & Nightshade [https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/day-and-nightshade/id1896807016]   Donate at:  Patreon [https://patreon.com/whodidwhatnow]  Tip Jar [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whodidwhatnowpod] Beacons [https://beacons.ai/whodidwhatnowpod] (at the bottom of the page)   Follow me on… Instagram [https://instagram.com/katie_charlwood] TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@whodidwhatnowpod] Facebook [https://facebook.com/whodidwhatnowpodcast] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whodidwhatnowpod.bsky.social]   Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22   Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com [katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com]   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

194. Pope Leo X - From the Vault

Continuing Pride Month with one of my favourite things, telling y'all all about bad popes! We've got nepotism, murder, homosexial espionage AND a conpiracy involving a pet elephant! Pull up a chair and hear abotut Pope Leo X Hosted by Katie Charlwood Tell me where to go [https://whodidwhatnowpod.com/events/] on tour! Listen to Day & Nightshade [https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/day-and-nightshade/id1896807016] Donate at:  Patreon [https://patreon.com/whodidwhatnow]  Tip Jar [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whodidwhatnowpod] Beacons [https://beacons.ai/whodidwhatnowpod] (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram [https://instagram.com/katie_charlwood] TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@whodidwhatnowpod] Facebook [https://facebook.com/whodidwhatnowpodcast] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whodidwhatnowpod.bsky.social] Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com [katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

193. Chevaliere d'Eon

Kicking off Pride Month with this Beauty from the Vault, the 18th Century Trans Spy, the Chevalière d'Éon Hosted by Katie Charlwood Tell me where to go [https://whodidwhatnowpod.com/events/] on tour! Listen to Day & Nightshade [https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/day-and-nightshade/id1896807016] Donate at:  Patreon [https://patreon.com/whodidwhatnow]  Tip Jar [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whodidwhatnowpod] Beacons [https://beacons.ai/whodidwhatnowpod] (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram [https://instagram.com/katie_charlwood] TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@whodidwhatnowpod] Facebook [https://facebook.com/whodidwhatnowpodcast] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whodidwhatnowpod.bsky.social] Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com [katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.