Strange Country Ep. 194: Emperor Norton I

Strange Country

Sometimes you just need to make an announcement in the newspaper declaring yourself Emperor of the U.S. especially if other people don't realize it. That's what Joshua Norton did in 1859. His next step was to abolish Congress. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about San Francisco's greatest tourist attraction and decree that you will love this episode with your very being.

Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands

Cite your sources:

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“Joshua A. Norton.” The Museum of the City of San Francisco, www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html.

Lumea, John. “Emperor Norton, Schizophrenic. Or Not.” The Emperor Norton Trust, The Emperor Norton Trust, 3 Apr. 2020, emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/5/22/emperor-norton-schizophrenic-or-not.

Pitney, Nico. “Donald Trump Supporters Are Now Calling Him 'God Emperor'.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 14 Jan. 2017, www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-god-emperor-creepy-reddit_n_579a6970e4b08a8e8b5d38b5.