It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions. Decades later, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe heard a rumor: the song wasn’t written by the Scorpions. It was written by the CIA. This is his journey to find the truth. Wind of Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify.
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In November 1913 a brutal storm would strike the Great Lakes, with multiple ships lost or heavily damaged, and over 250 killed, this remains the worst storm in the history of the Great Lakes. This episode itself took multiple recording sessions, and days just to put together, as I was researching as I went along. There is also an extremely early recording of a song I am working on near the end. Trying a new show notes format where I use hyperlinks to link to my sources when you click on the corresponding text. Let me know if it works or not, I'm trying to clean up show notes area by not having all these bare links lying around. Also we have an Instagram at channel_of_catastrophe which is my main form of contact for this podcast. References: Wikipedia Wisconsinshipwrecks.org DOTC: Great Lakes Storm of 1913 1913 Storm (1993 Ric Mixter Documentary) greatlakesvesselhistory.com maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca Wikimedia Commons Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals (1977) ISBN: 978-0802870100 uscglightshipsailors.org maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca (again) divertrek.com The Great Storm of 1913 (Part 1) The Great Storm of 1913 (Part 2) The Great Storm of 1913 (Part 3) The Great Storm of 1913 (Part 4) NOAA College of Agriculture & Resources at MSU Mentioned in Episode: Tug Martin & Barge Plymouth by Cap'n Jim Clary The William Nottingham
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