Episode
Part One: Robert Baden-Powell: Founder Of The Boy Scouts
1:20:55
Published: Tue Nov 02 2021
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Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts of America.FOOTNOTES: https://time.com/longform/boy-scouts-sex-abuse/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-19/bankruptcy-on-the-table-as-boy-scouts-confront-sex-abuse-claims https://archive.md/1livE#selection-2825.0-2829.173 https://archive.md/ePU2Q#selection-2483.0-2537.46 https://documents.latimes.com/arthur-w-humphries/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210304192148/https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-scouts-leaders-2-20121231-story.html https://archive.md/ExPOA#selection-3545.0-3522.30 https://archive.md/w4Ij7#selection-2241.47-2265.90 https://abcnews.go.com/US/12000-boy-scout-members-victims-sexual-abuse-expert/story?id=62573567 https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/boy-scouts-lobby-in-states-to-stem-the-flow-of-child-abuse-lawsuits/2018/05/08/0eee0a44-47d8-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54971579 https://www.sgtlaw.com/case/ex-boy-scout-awarded-more-than-12-million-in-sex-abuse-case-following-jury-trial/ http://exitinterview.biz/essays/bl_noped/index.htm :https://www.jstor.org/stable/25475829 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/8403956.stmrober https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-53007902 https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/boy-scouts-have-been-one-of-the-worst-culprits-of-cultural-appropriation https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/16/historybooks.books https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-man-and-his-manual-1.1151580 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/young-men-in-shorts/302962/ http://scoutguidehistoricalsociety.com/setonfeud.htm https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/christopher-hitchens-on-the-mildly-fascist-founder-of-the-boy-scouts/272683/ https://www.policeprostitutionandpolitics.com/pdfs_all/CHILD%20MOLESTATION%20PORNOGRAPHY%20TEACHERS%20ETC/Catholic%20Church%20Other%20Clergy%20%20and%20Boy%20Scout%20Sex%20Scandals/Scout's%20Honor.pdf Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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