#fyp #fyppage #podcast #podcasting #talk #audio #media #journalism #museum #history #military #WWI #Vietnam #Mexico #ancestry #genealogy #Missouri #WashingtonDC #Baltimore #boxing #Thanksgiving #Halloween #2025 #paranormal #RayCounty #newspapers #sports #Army #NavyCathy Gottsch, Ray County Museum director, returns to the podcast studio at the Richmond News/Excelsior Springs Standard offices in Richmond, Mo. Topics she discusses with co-hosts Micah Dillman and Shawn Roney include Halloween, ancestry and recent events staged by the museum.Notes:The name of the Los Lobos album Shawn was trying remember is, indeed, "La Pistola y El Corazon," released in 1988.Retired singer Linda Ronstadt has confirmed Mexican ancestry.Research shows that Czechs and other European groups also settled in Mexico during the 1800s and are responsible in part for the polka influence on Mexican popular music."Finding Your Roots" was the TV program on which singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash appeared and learned there was no Cherokee heritage in her family line, not "Who Do You Think You Are?"The boxing champion Shawn's paternal grandfather fought might've been a flyweight champion, rather than a bantamweight or featherweight champion.The U.S. government shutdown ended a few days after the recording of this episode. Credits:Hosts: Micah Dillman and Shawn RoneyProducers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn RoneySales director: Sharon DonatEditing: Shawn RoneyMusic credits: "Main Theme from 'The Nun Disappears,' an Imaginary Film by Alfred J. Hermann," composed by Shawn Roney; "Last Rites for Emily D's Mind, Loop No. 1," composed by Shawn Roney; "We Gather Together," traditional, arranged by Shawn Roney; "Archangel Chamuel Appears to the Lonely During the Holidays," composed by Shawn Roney. All songs performed by a solo incarnation of the music collective Sacred & Secular and used by permission of Mo-Mutt Music.Audio cleanup provided by Auphonic. Mastering provided by LANDR.