Chapter Guides!
Did you notice that my new special has helpful chapter markers? The times are listed in the description and they’re linked so you can click them and jump to that section!
Or, even easier, when you’re on a computer you can hover your mouse over the timeline to view the chapter names and a preview screen. On mobile the chapter names will show as you scrub the timeline.
And below I’ve made a handy table of contents with links to the different sections if you want to get to your favorite section right this very minute! It also makes it easier to send your favorite part of the special to your friend! Think they’ll like the cowboy song? Boom, link straight to it! Want them to hear the background on William Miller and his failed Bible prophesy predictions? This link is here to help!
And please do keep sending the special around to your friends and colleagues! It’s truly the best way to get the word out on the special and for more people to know the weird backstory of things like Muscular Christianity or how much Henry Ford hated jazz!
| Song | Genre | Subject | time |
| Prologue | intro | 0:00-1:30 link | |
| Were Those Really the Days? | Brill Building Pop | Nostalgia and revisionism | 1:30-3:45 link |
| Satanic Panic intro | The Satanic Panic | 3:45-6:04link | |
| Satanic Panic | Heavy Metal | The Satanic Panic | 6:04-9:34 link |
| William Miller & Prophesy | The Great Disappointment of 1844 | 9:35-12:35link | |
| The Great Disappointment | Emo | The Great Disappointment of 1844 | 12:35-16:06 link |
| National Anthems | Star Spangled Banner | 16:06-18:37link | |
| Alternate Anthem | National Anthem | Burning of the White House in 1814 | 18:37-20:55 link |
| Adam Smith and economics | 20:55-21:43link | ||
| The Invisible Hand | Spy Movie Theme | Laissez-faire Capitalism | 21:43-24:46 link |
| Henry Ford and Jazz | Henry Ford’s anti-jazz anti-semitism | 25:00-26:51link | |
| Beep! Beep! Outta the Way! | Early Jazz | Henry Ford’s anti-jazz anti-semitism | 26:51-29:12 link |
| Stephen Foster | “Plantation” Songs | 29:12-30:58link | |
| Plug Your Ears and Sing! | Stephen Foster | White Fragility and Education | 30:58-33:28 link |
| The Frontier Myth | The Frontier Myth | 33:28-34:26link | |
| The People Who Were Already Here | Western/Cowboy Song | The Frontier Myth | 34:26-37:24 link |
| Sunshine Pop! | 37:36-38:00link | ||
| Corporations Are People Too! | Sunshine Pop | Corporate Personhood | 38:00-40:34 link |
| Muscular Christianity | masculinity crises | 40:34-42:57link | |
| Work That Bod | Disco | Muscular Christianity | 42:57-46:45 link |
| 1990s Nostalgia | 46:45-48:51link | ||
| The Ballad of Lou Pearlman | 90s Boyband Pop | Lou Pearlman’s Ponzi Sceme | 48:51-52:12 link |
| Remember it Better | Heartland Rock | Closing Credits | 52:12-56:53 link |