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Cannelle aka Melissa Oliveri! If Melissa had never "met" Kid Cann, I wouldn't have started this podcast. You know the song you hear in between segments and sometimes in the intro? Well, it's called "The Velvets" and it's written by her too and she…
Happy Thanksgiving Week. We want you to know how very thankful we are for you, dear listeners. We reached over 1300 downloads this week and have a bunch of new listeners. So WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We know holidays can be hard, so w…
A friend of the show popped over the other day and brought me TONS of files about our guys, Izzy, Harry, Yiddy, and Abe Percansky (Perkins)! He also lent me a few books too. Two of them by Susan Berman. She’s the one whose dad was Davey The Je…
I thought I'd do a special post about the theme song we've been listening to for the last few months. I discovered this tune when I first started researching. One of the things I did was to search "Kid Cann" and "Isadore Blumenfeld" in YouTube and …
Transcript: Episode 11: The Insiders (season 1 Finale) Pt 2 Note this is the second half of the transcript, if you missed the first part, go here: Amy Which brings us to, back in 2000. Sometime I think it was around 2000. I …
Episode 11: The Insiders (season 1 Finale) Transcript Pt 1 I thought I would try to create transcripts for you. But honestly, this took me two days (and I even used a program) so if it's not beneficial to anyone I probably won't keep doing it…
Hello Friends! I see that people are signing up for our newsletter. THANK YOU!! However, I am not able to send an official newsletter yet as we do not have a physical address (I produce this out of my home) and according to anti-spam laws, you m…
This is a photo that one of my sources gave me. It's Izzy and Lillian, her sister Blanche and her husband Morris, with their friends.
This episode is our season one Finale. Our cocktail is the Fancy Free. So mix one up and join us while we talk about some of the sources and online research we’ve done. The Fancy Free: 2 ounces rye whiskey ½ ounce maraschino liqueu…
Here's the picture I promised you. Fergie (Izzy/Kid Cann) is on the left and my source's father is in the funky pants. The car is Fergie's.
This is the book we talked about in Episode 11. It's called "Augie's Secrets" by Neal Karlen and it's a super fun read. I've heard that much of it is untrue, but as long as you take it with a grain of salt I think you'll enjoy it. I sure did. Buy …
I created a family tree as best I could. If you know of any of these as incorrect please either comment here or reach out to me and I will make a correction. I got the info from Obituaries printed in the papers. The place I made this in, l…
Hi all! I had to go to Edina today to renew my driver's license so I stopped to see a friend on the way home. It was really weird being there. The grave is much smaller than I thought it would be, his being pretty wealthy. I said HI to Lilli…
Episode 10 is done! I challenge you to NOT stare at my zit. It's distracting! https://youtu.be/2UOZMwqFp7c
Hi friends! I created a new Facebook group for us to discuss the podcast and get to know each other! www.facebook.com/groups/volsteadland/
Which cocktail should we have for episode 10? 1. Gin Rickey 2. Old Fashioned 3. The Sidecar 4. French 75 5. Mary Pickford* 6. Bee's Knees* 7. Highball 8. Ward 8* 9. Southside 10. Corpse Reviver We've had the starred ones already…
The new episode of Video Volsteadland is up! Episode 9: The Wum Wing is live now. Note: as with the last episode, the sound on this one is not great. I did the best I could with the SHITE audio that was a result of our new set up.You may not…
The new episode of Video Volsteadland is up! Episode 8: The Aftermath is live now. You still need this link to see it though! Note: the sound on this episode is not great. I did the best I could with the SHITE audio that was a result of our n…
For those of you who are not on Social Media but who do follow us here, here's a little video snippet of the soon-to-be-released Episode 7, The Bumbling Crew Part 2. Wherein, Amy and Heather both have brain farts and can't remember the name of the m…
Hello!! The Video version of Episode 6, The Bumbling Crew is out now! This one starts out as a slide show like the rest of ours do, but halfway through I added the video from our Zoom recording. So you will see US too. (oh, lucky you) This is a pr…
Hi Darbs! Happy September! I just wanted to make sure you all know about our Patreon page. It’s going to be the best way to keep up with what’s happening in Volsteadland. You can follow for free, and you’ll still get an email whe…
If you've listened to the last few episodes, you know how heavily I relied on the book "Stopping the Presses" by Marda Liggett Woodbury. She's Walter Liggett's daughter who was present when he was murdered. I recommend reading this book to get the W…
Hey Darbs! I created some new T-shirts today. Same design, but to the old one I added some colors. Then I made a new one with lighter artwork because I thought maybe you'd want an actual purple shirt (I want one!). But I threw in some more colors t…
The Scofflaw is a Prohibition-era cocktail that combines rye whiskey and dry vermouth with lemon juice, grenadine, and a dash or two of orange bitters. This classic cocktail got its name from a term for those who continued to imbibe during Prohibit…