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How TV, A Riot, And Timing Helped The McMahon's Own The Garden and A Meditation on Wrestling and Parasocial Relationships

Matt is BACK with some Secret Wrestling History! Join him as he looks back to the 1957 riot that saw Antonino Rocca, Edouard Carpentier, Dr. Jerry Graham, and Dick the Bruiser fighting each other... and hundreds of fans inside the Garden! That plus a look at NWA Politics from that time, how McMahon was able to take control of the Garden and build a power base with Toots Mondt as his heater, plus how Kayfabe was dead in 1957, and a meditation on parasocial relationships and wrestling from that time period and now! Madison Square Garden Riot Resources Assassin by Joe Hamilton W/ Scott Teal Capitol Revolution by Tim Hornbaker https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/20/archives/wrestling-ends-in-riot-at-garden-2-policemen-hurt-as-fans-storm.html [https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/20/archives/wrestling-ends-in-riot-at-garden-2-policemen-hurt-as-fans-storm.html] https://www.newspapers.com/image/1266028211/?match=8&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1266028211/?match=8&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/660015726/?match=7&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/660015726/?match=7&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/560864594/?match=1&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/560864594/?match=1&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/1010597847/?match=2&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1010597847/?match=2&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/1191516910/?match=6&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1191516910/?match=6&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/255990503/?match=2&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/255990503/?match=2&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/530584361/?match=1&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/530584361/?match=1&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] https://www.newspapers.com/image/535577323/?match=2&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot [https://www.newspapers.com/image/535577323/?match=2&terms=Rocca%2C%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%2C%20Riot] Wrestling Observer Newsletter History of WWF: March 17.2003 https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrestlingbackintheday/posts/818985334371126/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrestlingbackintheday/posts/818985334371126/] Dr. Jerry Graham Obituary: Kurt Brown/Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer: February 3, 1997 https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/1957-msg-riot/?srsltid=AfmBOoonhm_7W4b3KbekUCQGOccCJRlf_Upya2CDOS2hZmUd3PFhHRFg [https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/1957-msg-riot/?srsltid=AfmBOoonhm_7W4b3KbekUCQGOccCJRlf_Upya2CDOS2hZmUd3PFhHRFg] https://www.nyprowrestling.com/results/1950s/ [https://www.nyprowrestling.com/results/1950s/] https://www.cagematch.net/en/?id=8&nr=2113&page=4 [https://www.cagematch.net/en/?id=8&nr=2113&page=4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Athletic_Commission_World_Heavyweight_Championship [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Athletic_Commission_World_Heavyweight_Championship] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5EFSOeVgI&t=261s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5EFSOeVgI&t=261s] https://books.google.com/books?id=j1YEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA165&dq=wrestling+script+gone+awry&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju4oTe2JmVAxX7rokEHaOMAI8QuwV6BAgIEAc#v=onepage&q&f=false [https://books.google.com/books?id=j1YEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA165&dq=wrestling+script+gone+awry&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju4oTe2JmVAxX7rokEHaOMAI8QuwV6BAgIEAc#v=onepage&q&f=false] https://x.com/BJBethelTweets/status/2064562167353954481/photo/1 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Demagogues, Demos, And Disgust: Joe Pyne, Bob Grant, And Rise Of Right Wing Talk

With the New York Mayoral Election upon us, we look at the founding fathers of Conservative Talk as Bob Grant and his mentor Joe Pyne set the stage for our modern media landscape, and weirdly play into the backstory of the same racial and cultural animosity we've seen in the 2025 New York Mayoral Election, as the son of the man Grant brought down with smears, jears, and a catchy parody song, Andrew Cuomo, is caught playing the same game as the man who dispised his father, Mario, and Cuomo's political mentor, Bill Clinton. References https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GD6q-aRlFPlYVGJXKKvLQZltkQGk-0EcVOUbNN_lHac/edit?usp=sharing ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Consultants, Blackouts, and Broken Backs or the Rise Of The Superstar DJ

In this edition, we take a look at the first radio station and disc jockeys to play their own songs, the impact of consultants, and how much they kill creativity. Also, a look at the origin story of WNEW, how they seized an opportunity when another station failed, and the story of a guy who broke his legs working in a uranium mine and then became the biggest name in radio by being the first shock jock, Don Imus. Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNEW-FM https://www.nyradioarchive.com/wnewfm.html https://nab.org/hof/inductees/donImus.asp https://worfm.com/history.html https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/02/imus200602 https://books.google.com/books?id=D-kCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false https://archive.org/details/everythingimusal0000reed/page/24/mode/2up https://thebluze.com/2017/04/04/underground-radio-in-the-late-1960s/ https://www.nyradioarchive.com/audio/WNEWFM_GirlsJingle_NL.mp3 https://www.nyradioarchive.com/worfm.html https://books.google.com/books?id=uVYEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.nyradioarchive.com/worfm.html https://archive.org/details/wor-fm-98.7-nyc-first-fm-rock-station-1966 https://www.npr.org/2019/12/27/791955636/pioneering-shock-jock-don-imus-has-died-at-79 https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/don-imus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver https://www.musicradio77.com/other/Rosko%20Resigns%20WOR-FM%2010-2-67.mp3 https://www.flicklives.com/index.php?pg=112&recno=6133 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life https://halloffame.nysbroadcasters.org/post/scott-muni https://nyradioarchive.com/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-30-me-passings30.1-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/30/arts/scott-muni-74-a-radio-dj-of-fm-rock-programming-dies.html https://denniselsas.com/scott-muni/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Muni https://www.radiohalloffame.com/scott-muni https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/the-old-wnew-fm-record-library.549283/ https://www.musicradio77.com/other/WOR-FM-Muni-Michaels-10-8-66.mp3 https://topviewtix.com/new-york/new-yorks-broadcasting-history?srsltid=AfmBOorxS6wlZ244-tyGXgvT5Ug_rgtVIwA_w3ZfXFbMuVYPnPDAA4Hm https://www.playlistresearch.com/ny-radiohistory.htm https://nyradioarchive.com/audio/WNEWFM_197510_PF_CatOlsen.mp3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/278808429125814/posts/2312907445715892/ https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/early-1960s-nyc-am-radio.623044/ https://nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WNEWFM_Ros_NYT19690105.jpg ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

David Sarnoff, The Titanic, And The Metatextual

The only way to tell the tale of radio in New York City is to look back... all the way back to over a century ago, as the concept of broadcast radio would be developed on the backs of a massive international tragedy, David Sarnoff being the reason we have culture and a culture war over the airwaves, and the philisophical question of how do you accurately cover a subject with a limited amount of worthwhile people? Become a Patron: Patreon.com/HistoricallySpeaking Resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GD6q-aRlFPlYVGJXKKvLQZltkQGk-0EcVOUbNN_lHac/edit?usp=sharing ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Prologue: Avalanche Of A**holes

Before we kick off season two of Historically Speaking, Matt Ryan provides us with a bit of prologue ahead of our deep dive into the history of radio in New York City. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.