Deep Dive: Memphis Occupied (1863), Birthdays of Augustus, Coltrane & Ray Charles, and Dolphin 'Pod' Explained - September 23, 2025
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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss...
- 📜 The Union occupation of Memphis in 1863: how taking a key Mississippi River port reshaped logistics, military strategy, and civilian life in the Western theater.
- 🎂 Birthday tributes to Augustus Caesar (63 BC) — his reforms, infrastructure projects, and the Pax Romana — plus nods to John Coltrane (1926) and Ray Charles (1930).
- 💡 Fact of the day: why a group of dolphins is called a "pod," and how that single term frames our understanding of their social structure.
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