In All of Us Command

In Episode 33, Kate learns about the back half of Italy's history and we get to meet our dear friend of the podcast Mussolini before listening to the anthem.Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSz0_XJD4shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNfB-unpd0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjj1-dJN2KQMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Condition-of-the-Italian-kingdomhttps://www.preceden.com/timelines/195122-italian-unificationhttps://www.preceden.com/timelines/280382-fascist-italy-timelinehttps://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/30/as-europe-reckons-with-racism-italy-still-wont-confront-its-colonial-past/https://worldhistory.hcps.org/pages/pdf/u5lf_sr_italytimeline.pdf

For episode 32, Kate takes on Italy's early history, as the country changes hands several times and uninvited neighbours drop in for a visit. Main sources used: https://www.insightguides.com/destinations/europe/italy/historical-highlightshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17435616https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/07/eust.htmlhttps://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/08/eustc.htmlhttps://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111019153937351https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Condition-of-the-Italian-kingdom

For episode 31, Aaron takes us to east Africa to learn about the history and anthem of Rwanda. Canadian fans can look forward to a surprise appearance from a beloved national icon in the fun facts section.Pili Pili recipe: https://www.giftofhospitality.com/pili-pili-recipe/Further sources on the Rwandan genocide:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/76806/life-laid-bare-by-jean-hatzfeld/https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429923514https://genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw/index.php?title=Welcome_to_Genocide_Archive_RwandaAnthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BM2ExQCwmYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_MuyRiRM_Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhxtHZrSDIMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Rwandahttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14093322https://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/rwhistory.htm

In an episode unofficially titled "Blood, Sweat and Phosphate", Kate learns about Nauru, the world's hunger for Phosphate, and what happens when you mine an entire island nation while also trying to use it as a strategic base in WWII.Coconut Mousse recipe: https://www.internationalcuisine.com/nauru-coconut-mousse/Great Frigate Bird picture: https://everywherewild.com/great-frigatebird-vs-magnificent-frigatebird/Anthem versions assessed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jtrp7fyBHshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGqCed8rfPMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOud3DpsDE0Main sources used:https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dark-history-nauru/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15433901https://www.britannica.com/place/Nauru/Historyhttps://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5104011.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/24/australia-signs-deal-with-nauru-to-keep-asylum-seeker-detention-centre-open-indefinitely

In Episode 29, we get perhaps closer to the current day than in any other episode so far. Aaron, Kate, and Niels learn about the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, centre of an ongoing conflict and possibly the home of the world's longest minefield.Couscous with lamb recipe: https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/15-minute-moroccan-lamb-couscous/231954af-09e9-4406-8d2a-c7aa099cbb4bAnthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMmEG7iYrRghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzWtrq6pYRAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxhVXrXBQ6sMain sources used:http://www.hlrn.org/english/WS%20history.pdfhttps://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-polisario-front-morocco-and-the-western-sahara-conflict/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14115273#:~:text=Western%20Sahara%20is%20a%20sparsely,led%20by%20the%20Polisario%20Front.https://culturesofresistancefilms.com/ws-timeline/

In Part 2, Kate learns about the Spanish civil war, Franco's dictatorship, and a street festival where everyone throws tomatoes at each other.Bocadillo recipe:https://spanishsabores.com/serranito-bocadillo-recipe-how-to-make-classic-spanish-sandwich/Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i_PqUxcvjghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2aOXCmvFKUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k1L-t7q3j4Main sources used:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17955805https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/Primo-de-Rivera-1923-30-and-the-Second-Republic-1931-36https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/989/gallery/https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/spainhttps://www.spainthenandnow.com/spanish-history/m-primo-de-rivera-fallhttps://www.pbs.org/tpt/dictators-playbook/episodes/francisco-franco/

Episode 27 is just the beginning of our dive into Spanish history, with the conclusion and anthem to come next week. We take a tour through the incredible evidence of prehistoric humans that can be found in the Iberian peninsula, and dash through many centuries of interactions with Phoenicians, Celts, Romans, and more.

For our 26th episode, Aaron learns about the South American nation of Argentina and strongly recommends that our audience avoids getting any of this information from the musical Evita. Alfajores recipe:https://prettysimplesweet.com/alfajores/Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEZ7IJX-euwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPgBEcvHtMAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqBC3l7i7dkMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Argentinahttps://www.insightguides.com/destinations/south-america/argentina/historical-highlightshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18712378https://latinaer.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40503-019-0076-2

In Episode 25, Kate covers Bosnia and Herzegovina's fight for independence, involving several guys named Stephen. We'll then get into a Balkan War or two, and finally the anthem "Intermezzo" or "The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina".Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPBH0KjYQwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS8iJR0_IBchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_dm7DSM0gMain sources used:https://www.nato.int/sfor/indexinf/118/p03a/chapter2.htmhttps://www.britannica.com/place/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/Historyhttps://nationalanthems.info/ba.htmhttps://dbpedia.org/page/National_Anthem_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovinahttps://lyricstranslate.com/en/jedna-si-jedina-you-are-one-and-only.html

In episode 24, Aaron takes a tour through the unique and fascinating history of the island nation of Madagascar. Learn with us about Madagascar's historical mad queen and the incredible role that kung fu has played in the country's modern history.Mofo gasy recipe: https://www.notesfromamessykitchen.com/recipe/madagascar-mofo-gasy/Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHhZH1O4FyYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rs_9eHg99khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovqQCHD1WkcMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Madagascar/Historyhttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5bdef18dce1f435d984ec68fa4396956https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/madg_1/hd_madg_1.htmhttps://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0560.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13864364

This week, Kate will be sharing the history of Kosovo, a small country with such a long fight for independence that it is still unrecognized by some nations. Stick around until the fun facts section to learn about the strange attempt to rename Lake Gazivoda/Ujman to Trump Lake.Tespixhe recipe:https://www.myalbanianfood.com/recipe/albanian-tespixhe/Majlinda Kelmendi olympic parade:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5n1D0FjbNIKosovo's "Newborn" sign:https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/05/60/3b/65/colourful-in-all-the.jpgAnthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJtsdcUHkkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzf2jeMKEhkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoF5zIxv7wYMain sources used:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18331273https://www.britannica.com/place/Kosovo/Self-declared-independencehttps://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/v/vickers-serb.htmlhttps://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-anthem-still-leaves-citizens-at-a-loss-for-words/29043836.html

For episode 22, Aaron is taking us on a tour of the first country on this podcast that he's been to with our episode on Switzerland. Learn how all these European cultures bumped up against each other in the Alps and the farming communities that grew into a nation, then be disappointed at how this nation with humble beginnings colludes with fascist governments. It's a roller coaster.Rorschach/Brad Pitt comparison: https://preview.redd.it/05s6ezpjaztx.jpg?auto=webp&s=3e41925127395b7a96c64a8598f4991b0abbc5f6Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zwClo_t7EMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfDpRzN2SBIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecvs-aR8f3gMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Switzerland/Historyhttps://www.eda.admin.ch/aboutswitzerland/en/home/politik-geschichte/geschichte-der-schweiz.htmlhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/concise-history-of-switzerland/creating-the-swiss-confederacy-13861520/C00A64EA519E9549F869CA2DE0D42535https://www.myswissalps.com/aboutswitzerland/culturehistory/historyswitzerland

This week we're getting our first Viking action while visiting the island of Iceland. We'll learn about their almost-impossible-to-sing anthem, as well as a language that has gone almost unchanged since people were speaking Old Norse.Icelandic horse showing the "flying" gait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PMj_kiL5GYPlokkfiskur recipe: https://adamantkitchen.com/plokkfiskur/Anthem versions assessed:https://www.government.is/media/forsaetisraduneyti-media/media/thjodsongurinn/01O-Gud-vors-lands.mp3https://www.government.is/media/forsaetisraduneyti-media/media/thjodsongurinn/02O-Gud-vors-lands.mp3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o39LJOcB0bIMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Iceland/Drainage#ref225464https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Book-of-the-Icelandershttps://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/mid-ocean-ridge.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/protestant-reformation/

In Episode 20, we visit Central America to take a wild ride through Guatemala's fascinating history. Everything from Mayans and Cortés to a shockingly long string of dictators comes up in this one, along with our old friend from the Moldova episode: Sam The Banana Man himself.Chichen Itza photo: https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0483_0001-750-0-20080528123637.jpgTemple of the Jaguar photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Tikal_Temple1_2006_08_11.JPGLake Atitlan photo: https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/11/3a/91/f8/lake-atitlan.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6w2ldUWLIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT5in80qplchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg5EJXUnRocMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Guatemalahttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/latin_america-jan-june11-timeline_03-07https://www.worldhistory.org/Maya_Civilization/

In this episode, Kate learns about Laos - a landlocked country with a few aggressive neighbours. Also, the USA does come out looking good at the end of this one.Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpl271oypiwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ODWhvhdLkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6kbdgEiq2UMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Laos/https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/laos-during-vietnam-war/https://www.iwgia.org/en/laos.htmlhttps://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/french-indochinalaos-1945-1954/

For the eighteenth episode, Aaron teaches us about Moldova, the least visited country in Europe despite an incredible museum that we will talk about in the show. Follow along as we learn the definition of suzerainty and discover the nation that gave the world one of its very first memes.Flying Octopus helicopter photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bothezat_helicopter#/media/File:De_Bothezat_Quadrotor.jpgMuseum of Strong Drinks website: https://www.himoldova.md/en/md/bottle-museum/Alexei Mateevici poems: https://poetii-nostri.ro/alexei-mateevici-autor-131/Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKSqlXhG_10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2T-GhP8U4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lor5OfcoDzQMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Moldova/Historyhttp://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CE%5CBessarabia.htmhttps://carnegieendowment.org/2017/05/23/moldova-between-russia-and-west-delicate-balance-pub-70056

In Episode 17, we're learning about the small island nation of East Timor and their long fight for independence, first from Portugal and more recently from Indonesia. This is our youngest country that's been covered on the podcast to date, gaining full independence as recently as 2002.Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBetbUMn7UI (This one is a full soccer game but they sing the anthem first. It was too inaudible to be included in the episode anthem mix.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqgqb-DISIIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nw98086g3IBabadok drum:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Traditional_Dancer_%28Imagicity_112%29.jpg/440px-Traditional_Dancer_%28Imagicity_112%29.jpgMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/East-Timorhttps://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/East_Timor/sub5_10e/entry-3179.html#chapter-1https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14952883https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2019/nov/13/australias-history-with-east-timor-isnt-pretty-but-it-must-be-told-truthfullyhttps://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/portuguese_timorhttp://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/10/timor.timeline/

For episode 16, we keep trying to untangle the history of Palestine, this time focusing on only a century rather than a gigayear. It's still somehow the longer episode, an incredibly tangled mess of contradicting political promises and irresponsible maneuvering. Stick through it to learn about one of the world's oldest living trees and the excellent anthem, Fida'i.Hummus recipe: https://www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-hummus/(full disclosure: we ordered hummus from a local restaurant, this is not the hummus we ate for the episode)Anthem versions assessed:1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxdIMszp9tY2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74pxKzFRMFU3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS3weRzMkhMMain sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestinehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/15/palestine-what-has-been-happening-since-wwihttps://www.paljourneys.org/en/timeline/overallchronology

In Episode 15, Aaron heads into the heart of the Holy Land for a deep dive on the ancient history of Palestine. We will cover as many as we can of the frankly insane number of peoples, occupations, and empires that have passed through the region, including the majority of the Old Testament of the Bible. By the end of this episode, we will set up the conflicting promises and treaties at the end of World War I that lead into the modern history of Palestine. Tune in to Part 2 next week for the most recent century of Palestinian history and the coverage of their national anthem, Fida'i.Main sources used:https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestinehttps://www.worldhistory.org/palestine/https://www.welcometopalestine.com/history-of-palestine/ancient-history/Natufian sickle:https://cpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dist/9/20/files/2012/10/Replica-sickle-haft-copy.jpgTwitter: @iaoucpodcastEmail: inallofuscommandpodcast@gmail.com

In Episode 14, Kate travels from the Paleolithic age through the present to learn about the United Arab Emirates and their anthem, Ishy Bilady. Join us as the Portuguese, Dutch, and English duke it out over valuable trade routes on land that doesn't belong to them, and learn about the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa.Anthem versions assessed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6YNljzz-M4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZsglAL2sYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpDVbnmsICkMain sources used:https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/historyhttps://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Emirates/History#ref484756https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Arabia-31558/Arabia-since-the-7th-centuryhttps://skagit.instructure.com/courses/5362/pages/british-imperialism-and-the-arabian-peninsula?module_item_id=227226https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14703998https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Emirates/Political-processhttps://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/pride-of-poet-who-penned-the-words-of-uae-national-anthem-1.293594Fountain/light show video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c68Adj-PtU