Episode 58 - The Future President Who Nearly Joined the Donner Party + More What-Ifs of History

Andrew brings in some wild what-ifs from history that very nearly happened and Seth tries out some impressions he's been working on

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SOURCES
Donner Party and it’s Historic Almost Guest
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/534557072 - Interview with historian Michael Wallis, whose work inspired this episode’s topic
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20170613/author-lincoln-considered-joining-donner-party
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/donner-party
https://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2008/02/19/the-ghoulish-tale-of-the-donner-party
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/donner/
https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/16982 
*To clarify something said in the ep, James Reed did survive the Donner Party’s expedition, the Reed family being one of only two families to survive the trip.

President-Elect Roosevelt’s Near Assassination
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/13/fdr-assassination-attempt-transition-president-elect/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-escapes-assassination-in-miami
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article131007844.html
https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/VP_John_Garner.htm - Bio of John Nance Garner
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/53402 - Examination of Garner’s “spit” quote
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54464/what-if-19-alternate-histories-imagining-very-different-world - Article about famous alternate histories, including the John Lennon killing Ronald Reagan one mentioned in the episode

MLK’s brush with death years before “I Have A Dream”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/01/21/martin-luther-king-jr-was-stabbed-by-deranged-woman-he-almost-died/
https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-1958-assassination-attempt
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/curry-izola-ware
** The incident where MLK’s house was bombed mentioned by Seth happened in 1956. This article details the bombing
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-king-jr-home-bombed-montgomery