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U is for Underground Ecosystems & V is for Victory (The Battle of Los Angeles)

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This week Karen and Casey talk about what really is going on beneath some of our feet and the dangers of radio programs around Halloween. Join us for one of the final episodes!

Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
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Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod    

Karen's Sources:

  • Algeo, Katie. “Mammoth Cave and the Making of Place.” Southeastern Geographer, vol. 44, no. 1, 2004, pp. 27–47. JSTOR.
  • Barr, Thomas C., Jr., and John R. Holsinger. “Speciation in Cave Faunas.” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 16, 1985, pp. 313–337. JSTOR.
  • Booth, Bibi, et al. “Welcome to the Underground.” Science and Children, vol. 40, no. 3, 2002, pp. 31–38. JSTOR.
  • George, Angelo I., and Gary A. O’Dell. “Stephen Bishop.” The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, vol. 120, no. 2, 2022, pp. 99–144. JSTOR.
  • Goodrum, Doug. “Prehistoric Mammoth Cave.” Central States Archaeological Journal, vol. 58, no. 4, 2011, pp. 250–251. JSTOR.
  • “Mammoth Cave.” Scientific American, vol. 1, no. 3, September 11, 1845. JSTOR.
  • National Park Service. “Kentucky Cave Shrimp: Endangered Species of Mammoth Cave.” NPS.
  • National Park Service. “Native Americans.” Mammoth Cave National Park. NPS.
  • National Park Service. “Fish.” Mammoth Cave National Park. NPS.
  • National Park Service. “Two New Species of Ancient Sharks Identified Through Research at Mammoth Cave National Park.” NPS.
  • National Parks Conservation Association. “The Unveiling of Mammoth Cave’s History.” NPCA.
  • Neumann, Georg K. “The Human Remains from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.” American Antiquity, vol. 3, no. 4, 1938, pp. 339–353. JSTOR.
  • Sides, Stanley D., and Harold Meloy. “The Pursuit of Health in the Mammoth Cave.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 45, no. 4, 1971, pp. 367–379. JSTOR.
  • Turner, W. Michael. “Green River, Kentucky, Conservation Project.” Water Resources IMPACT, vol. 9, no. 4, 2007, pp. 15–17. JSTOR.
  • U.S. Geological Survey. “Ecology of Mammoth Cave National Park.” USGS.
  • Zada, Sahib, et al. “Cave Microbes as a Potential Source of Drugs Development in the Modern Era.” Microbial Ecology, vol. 84, no. 3, 2022, pp. 676–688. JSTOR.

Casey's Sources: 
https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanishtha_kotian/bizarre-true-historical-events

https://city-sightseeing.com/blog/en/facts-about-los-angeles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

https://celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/february-24-1942-the-battle-of-los-angeles-2/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32860377/1942feb26-battle-of-los-angeles/

Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist:  http://incompetech.com/ 

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