About this episode

This episode covers significant historical events including a pistol duel, a verdict in a famous trial, and a record low temperature linked to Mark Twain's work.

The first pistol-duel showdown in America's Wild West, the jury reaches a verdict in the Scopes Monkey Trial, the world's coldest temperature is recorded - with a reading from Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wilson."

People in this episode

Host: Jon Brown

Topics covered

• American history
• Wild West
• legal trials
• literature
• temperature records

Keywords

• pistol duel
• Scopes Monkey Trial
• Mark Twain
• Pudd'nhead Wilson
• coldest temperature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Pudd'nhead Wilson

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