Chris Schoen

Effigy

History EN ↓ 9 episodes

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 2026For access to bonus content and other perks, visit https://www.patreon.com/effigypod

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Chris Schoen

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UNLOCKED Bonus Episode 1: Pioneer Dan 09.03.2026 7:05

"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

S1:E8 Firing Squad Ambitions 19.07.2025 56:13

Clips: (28:00) Mike Livoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, June 1978; Victor Bazanale interviewed by Eric Margolis, 1975. Colorado Coal Project , University of Colorado, Boulder. *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod .

S1:E7 The Bosom of Abraham 07.08.2024 46:59

For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod .

S1:E6 Folklore 18.03.2024 2:16:43

Cold open: "Time May Be Later Than We Think!" Denver Catholic Register , January 26, 1950. Read by Emmy Bean. *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod .

S1:E5 Cracked Skull with Cracked Skull 07.01.2024 55:47

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 -- Clips: (48:44) "Interviewing Retired Miners" (Speakers uncredited). Colorado Coal Project , University of Colorado, Boulder *** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com...

S1:E4 Peril To Your Head 02.10.2023 51:43

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 -- Clips: (18:29) Martha Todd interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project , University of Colorado, Boulder. (30:40) Jane Bracco interviewed by Eugene Craig, May 1971. Colorado Coal Mini...

S1:E3 Steel Battleship 11.08.2023 37:45

Cold open read by Jeff Dorchen, (Lord Melbourne, Letter to Durham County Magistrates, 1832.) -- Clips: (21:27) Pete Gergich interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project , University of Colorado, Boulder. ** For a transcript, please visit the podcast website at http://effigypod.com/. To support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/effigypod .

S1:E2 When The Mine Roof Falls 17.07.2023 51:58

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). -- Clips: (27:42) Mike Livoda interviewed by Eric Margolis, September 1980. Colorado Coal Project , University of Colorado, Boulder. (42:00) Steve Surisky interviewed by Eric Margolis, February 1978. Colorado Coal Project , University of Colorado, Boulder...

S1:E1 Glück Auf! 19.06.2023 45:54

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 C...