62: Pretendians and Rube Waddell

This week we deep dive into the strange phenomenon of people who falsely claim to be descended from Native American or First Nation ancestors and the absolutely unhinged on and off field antics of Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell. A listener email explains how the only copilot in NASCAR history was a rhesus monkey named Jocko Flocko. Episode Tabs: Who can Identify as a Native American? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBQPks1zb3A Rube Waddell https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rube-waddell/ Listener Tabs: Racing for peanuts: The legend of Jocko Flocko https://accesswdun.com/article/2020/5/900527/racing-for-peanuts-the-legend-of-jocko-flocko How McCutchen summons 'The Power of Anthrocon' https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-andrew-mccutchen-summons-the-power-of-anthrocon Email your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.