History with detours.
Written, read, and sound-designed by Chris Schoen.
Season One "Ludlow: Story of a Strike," now streaming across the pod-o-sphere.
Season Two: Coming in 2026
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"Traits of the Mine Mule," New York Sun, August 1893
Uncredited wire report, an example of the late 19th century genre of "“occupational animal ethnography.”
Read by Colm O'Reilly
Sound design by Chris Schoen
19 Jul 2025
S1:E8 Firing Squad Ambitions
Clips:
(28:00) Mike Livoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, June 1978; Victor Bazanale interviewed by Eric Margolis, 1975. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
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7 Aug 2024
S1: E7 The Bosom of Abraham
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18 Mar 2024
Folklore (A Meander)
Cold open:
"Time May Be Later Than We Think!" Denver Catholic Register, January 26, 1950.
Read by Emmy Bean.
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18 Mar 2024
S1:E6 Folklore (A Meander)
Cold open:
"Time May Be Later Than We Think!" Denver Catholic Register, January 26, 1950.
Read by Emmy Bean.
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7 Jan 2024
Cracked Skull with Cracked Skull
Cold open:
Promotional circular of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, 1893
Read by Guy Massey
Helen Ring Robinson, testimony before the Industrial Commission, 1916
Read by Rita O'Connell
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Clips:
(48:44) I forgot to source this audio but it originates from the oral histories collected by the Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder. I'll update the citation shortly, sorry.
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7 Jan 2024
S1:E5 Cracked Skull with Cracked Skull
Cold open:
Promotional circular of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, 1893
Read by Guy Massey
Interlude:
Helen Ring Robinson, testimony before the Industrial Commission, 1916
Read by Rita O'Connell
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Clips:
(48:44) "Interviewing Retired Miners" (Speakers uncredited). Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder
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2 Oct 2023
Peril To Your Head
Cold opens:
Letter to the Editor, The Survey, June 18, 1921.
Read by Diana Slickman
"What Is A Bohunk?," print advertisement by mail order tycoon Earle Liederman, 1928.
Read by Jeff Dorchen
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Clips:
(18:29) Martha Todd interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
(30:40) Jane Bracco interviewed by Eugene Craig, May 1971. Colorado Coal Mining Project, Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History (https://coph.fullerton.edu/), California State University, Fullerton.
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2 Oct 2023
S1:E4 Peril To Your Head
Cold opens:
Letter to the Editor, The Survey, June 18, 1921.
Read by Diana Slickman
"What Is A Bohunk?," print advertisement by mail order tycoon Earle Liederman, 1928.
Read by Jeff Dorchen
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Clips:
(18:29) Martha Todd interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
(30:40) Jane Bracco interviewed by Eugene Craig, May 1971. Colorado Coal Mining Project, Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History (https://coph.fullerton.edu/), California State University, Fullerton.
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11 Aug 2023
Steel Battleship
Cold open read by Jeff Dorchen, (Lord Melbourne, Letter to Durham County Magistrates, 1832.)
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Clips:
(21:27) Pete Gergich interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
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11 Aug 2023
S1:E3 Steel Battleship
Cold open read by Jeff Dorchen, (Lord Melbourne, Letter to Durham County Magistrates, 1832.)
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Clips:
(21:27) Pete Gergich interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
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17 Jul 2023
When The Mine Roof Falls
Featuring what may be the the longest cold open in podcast history, read by Colm O'Reilly. (From Coal and the Coal Mines, 1889, by Homer Green).
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Clips:
(27:42) Mike Livoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, September 1980. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
(42:00) Steve Surisky interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project (https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~76~76), University of Colorado, Boulder.
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19 Jun 2023
Glück Auf!
The premiere episode of Effigy's first season: Ludlow, story of a strike.
Cold open from "Coal Catechism" (1906), William Jasper Nicholls. And we orienteer from there.
Clips:
(28:15) Mike Livoda interviewed by Harold Black, November 1968. University of Denver Special Collections Digital Repository. Bessemer Historical Society.
(42:50) Mike LIvoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, June 1978. Colorado Coal Project, University of Colorado, Boulder.
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31 May 2023
S1:E0: Episode Zero
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